Denis Villeneuve’s Dune

Had the film faithfully followed all that's in the book and the nuances, it would have been more complicated and that 2.5 hours would have covered only one sixth the book. Dune probably would be best seved as a TV series of the highest production standards. like Brideshead Revisited, a far smaller and simpler book which took roughly 11 hours to cover as a TV series.

I loved the film but would prefer a BHR level treatment.

Very surprising that WB didn’t turn it into a series for HBOMax

It did extremely well on streaming services as well and probably will continue to perform strong based on word of mouth so that probably nets them significant additional revenue.

Ya the first book is straight enough. It's later in the series when you start getting high concept manwormgods

Arrakis remains a large part of the plot and there are rarely battles of any kind. It's more about the politics and scheming

Anything I was talking about is from later books not stuff that will be covered in the movie

He explains in the movie quite clearly that he knew it was a trap but had to play along.He also wanted access to the very powerful Fremen and thought with time they could swing the coming battles.

He was caught out by the swiftness of the attack and the turning of his unturnable doctor

What a bold effort this was, of the action that was in it, it was understated. For a budget of this size that is some achievement.

Really enjoyed the voice commanding particularly. That **** was amazing.

The witch thing where they could command people to do their wishes. Don't know the proper term.

No I disagree.

He knew going commanding Arakis was Danton’s and would make him more enemies but he could not refuse the “request” from the Emperor to to take command of Arakis but the wealth from the spice plus an alliance with the people of the planet gave House Atredis the potential for more power to them and their allies against those enemies.

Leto had simply not expected the Harkkonons to sabotage the spice storage and collection equipment nor had he anticipated the speed with which they would return.

Even the Harkkonons hadn’t suspected it.

There wasn’t much to the character himself which had me suspecting from the start that he wasn’t going to live to see the end of Part 1 and Oscar Isaac didn’t give him much personality.

The only thing I didn't like about the trap is that it made them seem quite foolish, as in I couldn't believe they fell into the Baron's plan. Felt like I missed an hour's worth of story but the Duke quickly realising he was fucked made up for it.

The movie does skim it a little too quickly but I would presume that the issue of the plan and some of the minor characters input to it will become clearer in part 2.

The Atreides were fully aware of the trap. They mistake they made was in underestimating the money the Baron would spend.

The book lays it out far clearer but a hint is given to the costs of space travel in the movie when the Duke asks Thufir how much the Empire spent to send the Herald to Caladan.

Warfare in the Duniverse is very much limited to raids and small actions due to the sheer expense of Space Travel via the guild.

The Atreides knew there was a trap, the knew the Baron and the Empire were in cahoots. They did fathom just how much the Baron would be prepared to spend to bring overwhelming force to bear. The Atreides expected a raid, perhaps supported by Sardaukar and believed that they had the time to build an alliance with the Fremen and prepare to expand the Atreides army.

Outside of the Sardaukar the Atreides were the best troops in the Imperium, it's touched on in the talk between Piter De Vries and the Sardaukar on Salusa Secundus.

The Atreides knew this and thought they'd have time to grow that combat power via the fremen.

The Atreides mentat Thufir Hawat's mistake was in not recognising how much the Baron would spend to destroy them.

The book really does go into vast detail on the trap, the machinations and the plans within plans.