Do I need to have an understanding of the game Dune to see this?

I don't know a thing about the game. However, this is based on the book, Dune, by Frank Herbert. You can probably enjoy it without having read the book, but I would recommend you read it when you can.

Unless you are a very fast reader, I would doubt you can complete the book before Tuesday. Read the book after you see the film and it will fill in a lot of the holes a movie adaptation must suffer to be filmable.

I have no previous knowledge, no idea if it was a game or a book first, and also didn't understand much of the story - much like a history movie. I have no idea who is who but the visuals were nice.

I have played the games, but I didn't read the book, didn't watch the first movie either, just this one.

I realized that Fremen should've been a faction in the game, at the same time I have no clue where the Ordos fit in the story (maybe in part 2 we'll see them?).

3/10.

Nice angle but you should’ve elaborated on the game.

An understanding of Islam would be better. This is parable of how Islam came about, and Paul is Mohammad.

..Joe

This is a weird thread for the generation who read the books. It was so famous that even people who didn't read sci-fi read it. It was one of the few sci-fi books (along with later Heinlein books) you'd pickup at the airport as a holiday read.