Dune

Great story, riveting scenes!

Classic and wonderful movie.

Great Movie

No one is ever going to do cinematic justice to the writing of Frank Herbert. The first four Dune books are absolutely legendary science fiction imho. They are written in a very heady thought provoking style, the castle intrigue between the various forces that be, the Emperor and feudal royal families, CHOAM, the Benne Gesserit and the Spacing Guild involves so many layers of political complexity and feigns within feigns that it can be truly dizzying. Yet it's all written so fluidly and moves along by the formidable skill of a deft hand. Herbert was himself at least something of a scientist having worked as an ecological consultant and a marine biologist for a short while and as outrageously out there as some of the science "fiction" in Dune is concerned the geology and ecology at least is pretty solid stuff based very much in scientific fact. I could go on endlessly on Frank Herbert and the Dune Books. The Sci-Fi channels version was really pretty good, actually much better than David Lynch's version. Lynch did nail much of the look of Dune, I'll give him that, certain things he nailed, he had a good sense of what Frank Herbert and Dune was about. I'm a fan of his and I have a certain nostalgia for his version warts and all which is why I still give it 4 stars. There is also no doubt that he was hampered by film company stooges and just the sheer magnitude of trying to re-create something as epic as Dune is daunting. Still his particular style is way too idiosyncratically weird for lack of a better term. For example how they decided to handle visually interpreting the Weirding Way, is just plain, well weird. Again he was probably very handicapped by the capabilities of visual effects at the time but still there had to have been a better way than what they came up with. Unfortunately we never got Jodorowsky's version though I have a feeling that one would have made Lynch's quirkiness seem rather vanilla by comparison. Herbert's original writing is way too lofty and dense, too heady and epic in scope and you would do well to go straight to the source material if you haven't already. If you call yourself a fan of science fiction and haven't read at least the first three or four Dune Books - they start to get a little long in the tooth and off the rails after God Emperor - you are doing yourself a disservice. There is a reason they are critically acclaimed among sci-fi literary circles and there is a reason why George Lucas among many other's have lifted so much from Dune.

While everyone else has been waiting for AVATAR or LOTR (and yes I bought both of those and LOVE them), I've been holding my breath to watch DUNE in all its highdef glory. After watching this bluray disc, I feel like I've seen half of the film in HD and the other half in fair quality SD. I THINK I know what I'm talking about here . . . I saw this film 3 times in the original theatrical run, then bought the video tape in the Beta format, shortly thereafter replacing it with my first VHS copy of the film. Next came the LaserDisc (sadly a pan and scan version) then another vhs (from TV) of the "extended version". Shortly before the death of VHS, Universal released a Widescreen VHS version and then came the first, non-anamorphic DVD. Most recent is the steelbook anamorphic DVD release that also included the extended version as well as deleted scenes and short documentary materials. I still own them all and I'm happy to say that this new bluray release is the best DUNE has ever looked in a home video format . . . but I expected way more. The GOOD STUFF: Many scenes have a great deal of the HD pop, and as soon as Princess Irulan begins her opening monolog the difference in PQ from previous releases is apparent. Things stay looking pretty good until we get to Geidi Prime (Home of House Harkonnen) and then things look SPECTACULAR. After hundred of viewings of this film, I noticed details I had not seen before! There are MANY impressive looking scenes in this new edition and the all important "water of life" sequence and the final battle and the end scene in the Hall of Rites all look stunning and nearly three dimensional. They are gorgeous. THE BAD STUFF: Dirt, specks, lines, threads, all sorts of debris on the print show up FREQUENTLY and they ARE distracting. There is also significant fade damage on the right side of the print in several of the "Paul meets the fremen" sequences and the "Paul trains the fremen and blows up a big pyramid" sequences. This damage has been apparent on EVERY widescreen edition of the film Universal has put out and while it does look a little better on this edition (as if they tried to do something about it) it is still there. Certainly all of the specks and dirt (some small, others the size of footballs) could have been removed through digital means but Universal didn't bother with it. Black levels are not the best either and skin tones are all over the place, with the Baraon appearing very pink in every scene while Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is consistently yellow. There is some noticeable grain at times but I can put up with that. It is the frequent dirt and debris I object to. The DTS-HD sound is pretty good for the most part and there was a lot of great wind blowing from my rear speakers during the majestic opening title music. The roar of the worms gave my subwoofer a good pounding as did the scene where Paul plants the thumper but often the sound was a bit harsh and unconvincing. I suspect this is the fault of the original source and I suspect Universal has done the best they could with this soundtrack. THE EXTRAS: LESS than what was included in the 2005 DVD release! Most importantly the extended version (flawed though it is) is not included here. I guess they know DUNE fans will double dip when they re-release this disc with that version. Also not included is the beautiful photo gallery. The theatrical trailer is nowhere to be found here either and none of the printed material from either the DVD original release or the booklet from the 2005 release is included. There is however plenty of advertisement from the UNIVERSAL BD LIVE TICKER trying to sell you stuff (it has to be manually turned off every time). If you turn this feature off, which plays OVER THE (ugly and generic) MAIN MENU, you will be treated to the message that you can no longer access their wonderful BD LIVE features (which consist of absolutely NOTHING but advertisements) because you are not connected to the internet! The rest of the extra material from the 2005 release is presented here in "fullscreen" format in SD, so all of the cool deleted scenes will be window boxed. The disc was also rather slow and clunky to load taking a full three minutes to get to the feature film. The entire presentation of this release seems very half-hearted to me. I DO like the cover art (the same from the 2005 release) and at least the keepcase isn't one of those garbage eco cases. The disc itself looks entirely generic with no artwork whatsoever. Maybe I am expecting too much for an older catalog title but I've seen so many even older titles look so much better on blu ray than this thing does. Universal seems to have spent far more time finding ways to advertise itself and the bluray format than bothering with the release of a top notch catalog title. Come on, if they are going to tell me on the front cover and the back cover that I am buying a PERFECT picture, then at least don't sell me something that has this many imperfections all over it. I have actually seen a few bluray discs that I thought lived up to their "perfect" hype but this disc isn't one of them. Not by a long shot.

Película: Esta edición viene con audio en francés e inglés. Los subtítulos incluyen castellano "curioso". No es que se note excesivamente sin embargo ("robarse el anillo", "ponte el módulo mágico"...) y los nombrecillos están bien escritos. Si uno quiere leer los subtítulos en inglés, deberá conformarse con inglés+close captions dado que inglés sólo no está disponible. La calidad de video es formidable. Ver las pústulas del Barón con esta definición es realmente desagradable, y el azul de los "ojos especiosos" es sobrecogedor. Desde luego se nota que es una película del siglo pasado, pero por el tipo de fotograma que se usaba y no por la captura en alta definición. Lo que de alguna manera me ha impactado con más profundidad es la nitidez del audio. Tanto efectos de sonido como música estremecen enormemente. Embalaje: Se manda en un sobre con alcolchado de burbujas. Lamentablemente en mi caso el embalaje, no excesivamente sólido, se ha desgarrado y parte del plástico de la carátula está roto. Sin embargo se nota que en su viaje desde Alemania le han pegado un buen golpe en algún lugar e imagino que no todos los ejemplares sufrirán el mismo destino.

edizione magnifica per questo grande film! la qualità audio video è pazzesca, una nitidezza incredibile per un film di quasi quarant'anni (raramente ho visto riconversioni in hd così perfette). non ci sono sgranature o rumori di alcun tipo, solo l'immagine estremamente pulita. anche la versione in 3D del film non perde di qualità; si tratta di un 3D anaglifico quindi necessita di essere visionato con gli appositi occhialini dalle lenti verdi e rosse. nonostante ciò la visione in 3D dona una profondità in più all'opera ed aumenta la spettacolarità delle scene (il che è strano, dato che il film non fu mai concepito per una visione tridimensionale) uniche note negative: la totale mancanza di extra (e mi stupisce dato che nelle altre edizioni è presente almeno il trailer), l'assenza degli occhialini per la visione 3D nella confezione (se non le possedete già in casa rimanete fregati) ed infine l'assenza dei sottotitoli di qualsivoglia lingua. il disco non contiene la traccia audio italiana ma daltronde nessuna edizione in blu ray la contiene quindi tra le tante opzioni in commercio sul sito, io consiglio questa (nella speranza che prima o poi arrivi anche un edizione italiana). nota sul film: se non avete letto il libro o non siete particolari amanti del genere ve lo sconsiglio, purtroppo si tratta di un film che solo i fan della saga di herbert o fan di lynch sanno apprezzare.

Esta es una valoración del blu ray de Dune con ASIN: B07YTF5W9T Gran calidad de imagen, fenomenal. El sonido en castellano esta alto y como consecuencia se oyen demasiado las “eses” al saturar, pero no es importante. El sonido está también en inglés y en catalán (que no lo dice en la ficha). Los subtítulos en castellano y catalán, pero no en inglés (lástima). Una gran pelicula que tenía ganas de tener en bluray y a pesar de las peguitas, estoy muy satisfecho de haber comprado este. El envío rápido y en sobre abrefácil

星５つの理由。DUNEの仕様。本編136分33秒。 【音声】 ・英語 DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, フランス語 DTS-HD 2.0。 【字幕】 ・英語 SDH, フランス語, スペイン語。 【スペシャルフューチャー】 ・削除シーン ・デザイニング デューン ・デューン FX ・デューンモデル&ミニチュア等 ・デューン ウォーローブ デザイン ・モーション エネイブル となっておりました。 【画面】は、本編は1080p ハイデフィニション ワイドスクリーン 2.35:1。 スペシャルフューチャーは、480i/p スタンダード デフィニションでした。 また、スペシャルフューチャーの音声は、英語のみとなっております。 内容については、余りにも有名な映画ですので省きます、御了承下さい。 個人的には、映像、音響効果も素晴らしいと思いました。 日本語字幕はありませんが、砂の惑星の、コレクターのお方にお薦めだと 思います。読んでいただき、ありがとうございます。

outstanding quality video and audio of a classic.