I finally got around to watching Dune in its entirity today. Having watched the scifi channel's version just over 6 months ago, comparisons are inevitable.

Strong points of Lynch's 1984 version: Music. Loved the theme music. What a great score. The visuals were also very good (especially considering that this was 1984). I liked the epic battle scene at the end.

Weak points: The narrative felt very abbreviated. I supposed that's inevitable after having watched the 4.5 hour Scifi version. Despite this, some parts felt slow-moving anyway. Irratic pacing, I suppose. Wierd. I also didn't feel nearly as much empathy for the characters in this one. In this case, I would attribute that more to the writing than the acting.

Overall, I think I enjoyed the scifi version more. It "felt" more epic in scope, even though it was on a tv budget. Lynch's version was good too though.