I can't say that I loved the Lynch aesthetics, they were more campy than operatic. The stillsuits were great though. I do like the film though, it's how I got into Dune by going through his filmography. The Atreides look the best out of the whole bunch. Simple, but still distinctive enough. It's the drab architecture and overall style that leaves me cold. Harkonnens got the "Space Nazis" treatment, and between that and that "opressors" line, I'm expecting a very toned down, politically correct take on the entire thing. I can see the General Audience lapping it up and teen girls latching onto the romance, but it's going to be a very watered down and safe Dune, with its political and religious themes being warped.
It'll probably still be a good movie, but I doubt it'll be the Dune adaptation I wanted.
) than ethnic uprising against the dueling empires, it makes sense they'd try to mine the more identity politics-friendly aspects.
