Dune part 2 spoilers
I finally, belatedly saw Dune part 2. I didn't like it as well as the first part. I was a bit surprised that they decided to change it so that Alia wasn't born, implying the events of part 2 all took place in a matter of a few months, which is probably why they also wrote out Paul and Chani's first child. It seems like an unnecessary change. I'd say they probably did it for brevity, but those moves could not reasonably be called brief.
Dune part 2 spoilers
@internic Yeah I also wish Paul had spent a few years in the desert becoming Muaddib... Villanueva has talked about why he made the change and said a lot of it had to do with narrative momentum. They also thought the young Alia character would be hard to pull off.
Dune part 2 spoilers
@brianvastag Yeah, I figured the difficulty of pulling off Alia well had to be part of the reason.
Dune part 2 spoilers
@internic @brianvastag pulling off Dune in general is quite hard. A lot of things are nearly impossible to translate to the visual medium. But given the length of the movies I was off-put by how much was culled.
Dune part 2 spoilers
@gabrielesvelto @brianvastag I am really curious what people who had never read the books thought of it (which I'm sure I can find out online). It seems like many aspects wouldn't make much sense, since the necessary background wasn't explained. But, as you said, it's hard to translate many aspects to the screen (without clunky things like lengthy voiceovers).
Dune part 2 spoilers
@internic @gabrielesvelto I saw part 2 with someone who hasn't read any Dune and he thought it was one of the best films he's ever seen. He seemed to follow it just fine.