Review of Dune

Dune (2021)
9/10
We Need More Films Like Fury Road and This...
24 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Keep everything identical for Part 2. Same everything and everyone because we've just captured lightening in a bottle. The only reason I give it a 9 is because it doesn't accomplish the impossible task of showing the magic of the original novel. If you liked the movie, you'll love the book.

If you didn't like the movie, you don't quite get some of the ingenuity of the book.

I'll give an example: each chapter starts with a seemingly irrelevant historical retelling of history in this world; very sterile and dry, a statement facts. But peppered in are some important events that haven't happened yet in Paul's life. Such as a possible death of an important person early in the film. And it just gets thrown out there as "no big deal, it happened a long time ago."

You get glimpses into the future in sporadic, random slices - just like Paul. But as the reader.

Take my word for it, it's pretty cool. The moral of the story? Let's chop chop on Part II - and read Dune.
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