Dune: Der Wüstenplanet (1984)

Dune: Der Wüstenplanet: Directed by David Lynch. With Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, José Ferrer. A Duke’s son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father’s evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor’s rule.

“This film is one of those that is frustrating because it is so close to being great but it just canu0026#39;t get there. The majority of the performances are excellent, the cinematography is beautiful, the concept is intriguing, the biggest let down is the plot.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhilst I have no issue with a slow burn plot, the issue I have with this film is the repetitive scenes that take place and cause the progression of the story to be unnecessarily slow. Basically there are 5 different instances in the film were a character attempts to escape from the two captors. Granted some of these scenes are shorter than others but as you can imagine, the failed escapes get rather dull fairly quickly.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI would have rather had scenes of plot progression, better dialogue scenes or more flashbacks examining the core point of the film. I think if less screen time had been spent on people running through forests or down dark roads I would have been more invested. Instead it was just frustrating. After the second attempt it became pretty clear the main character was not going to manage to get away, as then the story would not be resolved, and all the following escape scenes became redundant and therefore had no emotional impact.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCredit where it is due, the film wasnu0026#39;t bad and there were elements that were excellent. I just wish there had been more of those and less chase scenes.”