The Most Hated Movie I Love

[mishalak]

I really like David Lynch's Dune. At times it seems like everyone else hates it and likes the Sci-Fi version better. For the life of me I can't figure out why. I wonder if that could be a meme. What movie do you defend when people start saying, "Oh that was the worse ever!"?

Comments

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

I too really liked the David Lynch Dune. (I've never seen the Sci-Fi Channel version, so I have no basis for comparison.) What I remember more than anything else about the David Lynch Dune was the anticipation before it came out, with all the magazines scrambling to try to get pictures of the sandworms before the film's release. This was one of the first movies where I was sufficiently in touch with the SF world to get excited about it before it came out, following the rumors, reading each new article about it, etc. (Which reminds me: WTF with Starlog going up to $8 dollars an issue? What, I go away for a few years and they get delusions of grandeur? Does this really work for them?)

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I think that all the hype probably hurt Dune.

I don't think I've ever read Starlog.

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

You're probably right about all the hype hurting Dune but considering the time in which the movie was made, it could hardly help but have a lot of hype.

I could see paying $8 for Starlog if there were something special about it, but it's the same media SF coverage that you can get in any number of other magazines for $5. Apparently they think they get an extra $3 an issue for seniority.