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Dune (2021) Review

  Dune has been an enigmatic disaster to adapt to the screen.    The desert “Game of Thrones” epic has been difficult to translate on the big screen, much like trying to harvest spice when a worm is nearby.  I am going to forgo getting into the details of this rather complex story. What you need to know is there is a planet named Arrakis, on it spice which is made from the worms allow people to travel through space via hyperspace beings called engineers; there is an Emperor who selects one of the houses, or Baronages/ dukedoms to take control of the harvesting of spice. Intrigues lead to betrayals, violations of honor codes, and death. On Arrakis are bedouin people known as the Fremen who have been awaiting a messiah, a Mau’Dib, and a group of witches who have mind controlling powers called the Bene Gesserit have been breeding bloodlines to create their own messiah, Kwisatz Haderach, who they will control. That is a lot to digest, and for some reason its more arduous...