Dune

Released: 1984
Sci-fi
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Sting
Running Time: 137 minutes
Rated: PG-13

The breakdown: A Duke's son is the chosen one and leads his new army on a strange desert planets filled with sand dunes and giant worms.

This movie was so weird and I don't know who to blame.  Could be David Lynch since he really likes to do weird concepts, could be the author of the book since I've never read it.  Could be that 2 and 1/2 hours isn't enough time to compress this really long novel into anything that makes sense.
With that said, it's hard to describe.  Easy to say though that the special effects are certainly dated and some of the scenes are kinda' goofy.

The universe is under the power of this drug called spice that allows people to fold time, live longer, and expand their minds into traveling through space without machines.  The Duke's son wasn't supposed to ever live, but his mother knew his father wanted a son, even though she was only allowed to have daughters. Anyway, the son ends up being the chosen one and starts a war to control the universe.

I don't know what to think of this one.  I guess...
2 out of 5 for some interesting ideas and maybe in the hands of a less bizarre director, could have been better.