David Lynch's Dune was released 40 years ago today! Four decades later, what do you think of this first adaptation of Dune? Is it your favorite, or the opposite? Personally, I like the craziness of it. 👌

Clearly, I hated this film when I was young. Because I hadn't yet understood that an adaptation isn't a dry transposition of a book, but also because the VFX was already old-fashioned. Since then, I've learned to look beyond that to enjoy a truly strange and unique vision.

"Made me think of early Pynchon and of Neal Stephenson at his best. The most interesting novel I’ve read in a long time."

Sorry, but the new Dune feels like a sleeping pill. So many missed opportunities. There are a ton of scenes the old movie did far better! It is the far superior version.

Best version because of this:

There are some series -- Dune, Farscape, Flash Gordon -- where the dated effects make it feel more real, but in an unreal way. Yes, it looks "fake" compared to CGI, but the "fake" nature lends to the strangeness of the universe, which enhances the movie.

It has serious problems, the casting of Rabban and Feyd were horrendous, the Baron was not great either to be honest. However, it has a staggeringly perfect soundtrack, and nearly all the other casting choices were beyond perfect. The entire vibe gels exactly with the book, and it has 100x the soul of the remakes, which although visually impressive are to me, empty, the dialogue stunted and forced, with (conversely) almost ALL the casting done very poorly. Paul and his mother are just dry and deeply unimpressive, and don't get me started on what they did to poor Duncan. If you want to see the difference, watch the scenes with "The box" in the original, and the new ones back to back, there is no comparison. Or ,early any of the scenes with Patrick Stewart, and the scene where Kynes asks Paul about his stillsuit fit. All these little moments were lost in the new films, the nuance isn't there and they pass without any gravitas. The "Lynch" Dune is a wonderful film, and I never tire of it.

Lynch paved the way... sets, cinematography and vibe: "The Bene Gessirit Witch must leave."

It's a certified classic. Love it. It was much too different from both Star Wars and Star Trek for the 1984 American audience. But has achieved lasting status in the years since.

The ambitious, grotesque imagery found in the 1984 film that perfectly compliment the Dune universe aren’t even really present in the novel. Villenueve made a great adaptation, but his muddy palette and spartan designs will not age well. Even fan artists seem to use Lynch’s film as a starting point, and film will always be a visual medium

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