the 2000 miniseries. it is comparably low budget - but it also has Vittorio Storaro going crazy on what is essentially a theatrical production while actors do the Shakespearean take on the story.
It has the best Baron Harkonnen - in this version he’s a cunning politician first and foremost not just some disgusting flying obese blob saying sinister things. Jessica is more of a duplicitous character. William Hurt is there doing late 90s William Hurt thing as Duke Leto - it works and he turns it on during the confrontation with Baron. Paul starts rough due to age disparity (the actor is much older) but it smoothes out as soon as they join Fremen and the story gets weird - he really sells the whacked out royal high on messianic delusions that he both exploits and indulges in but also manages to keep it seem benign. As far as adaptations go - it is the only one that lets characters be characters.
Do you mean the one that came out couple years ago? Or is there an older one, the recent one is on my watch list.
the 2000 miniseries. it is comparably low budget - but it also has Vittorio Storaro going crazy on what is essentially a theatrical production while actors do the Shakespearean take on the story.
It has the best Baron Harkonnen - in this version he’s a cunning politician first and foremost not just some disgusting flying obese blob saying sinister things. Jessica is more of a duplicitous character. William Hurt is there doing late 90s William Hurt thing as Duke Leto - it works and he turns it on during the confrontation with Baron. Paul starts rough due to age disparity (the actor is much older) but it smoothes out as soon as they join Fremen and the story gets weird - he really sells the whacked out royal high on messianic delusions that he both exploits and indulges in but also manages to keep it seem benign. As far as adaptations go - it is the only one that lets characters be characters.