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I sat down to watch the 2003 mini-series "Children of Dune" straight after having sat through the 1984 movie "Dune". And needless to say that I was definitely expecting a major lift up in terms of special effects, entertainment and just all-round what they could do 19 years after the original movie.
And I managed to get through roughly half of the 2003 mini-series, but then I simply gave up. The storyline and plot was just a massive swing and miss for my liking. I can't claim that I was actually overly entertained by what I sat through and saw on the screen. Just the first out of the three episodes was a struggle to get through for me. But I decided to give "Children of Dune" a proper chance to win me over, but it just failed to do so. And halfway through episode two, I just got up, ejected the disc and put the item back on the shelf.
I will say, though, that "Children of Dune" did have some interesting and good choices of actors and actresses on the cast list, with the likes of Susan Sarandon, James McAvoy, Alice Krige and Steven Berkoff on the list. But they were given precious little to work with in terms of script, storyline and proper characters, so even such talents didn't lift up the overall enjoyment of "Children of Dune" for me.
Well, the special effects definitely had a major lift up in the right direction. And I was especially liking the major changes they had given the worms. They were much more menacing to look at now.
This 2003 mini-series didn't work out for me, and I have no intention of returning to watch the last one and a half episode that I am missing. I just simply didn't care about the characters in the story, nor did the plot and storyline appeal to me.
My rating of "Children of Dune" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars.
score 4/10
paul_haakonsen 14 September 2020
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