I actually think the movie works best as a companion to the book. It's probably quite confusing if you're not familiar with the story and universe already.
This unexplainedness by the way also keeps the mind engaged without dropping into the game of trying to mentally map out every little detail as a plot explanation mechanism. This mode of watching besets me when I see a movie that caters to the "everything has to be explained" crowd, but it should be exclusive to the murder mystery genre. Attempts to transplant that into other types of movies tend to either be painfully obvious or pointlessly complicated, to avoid the former. And somehow, they often manage to be both at once. I want immersion, not a CGI-clad sudoku.
Thank you for that expression.
I also watched the movie before... actually I still haven't read the books. I guess they must be superb and that's why readers are spoiled and dislike the movie.
The scene with the emperor and the navigator is best thing I've ever seen in sci-fi, both visually and for meaning.
That might be kinda cool too...
Dune had a lot of water. It wasn't circulating in a normal precipitation model but was instead sequestered underground via a few different means. And that doesn't even mention the sand-trout.
In later books only portions of the surface of Arrakis are given to the worms and the spice.