 It's like jumping off of a cascading beautiful waterfall and then hitting fucking hard concrete in a good way. Let me explain. Star Wars. Hey guys, this is my review for Dune, the film that I have been very highly anticipating for over a few years now. Ever since I knew that Denis Villeneuve was going to be taking on this role, having directed fantastic movies like Blade Runner 2049, Sicario, Arrival. I was very, very excited to see how he could translate the book over into film. Now admittedly I will be up front, I've never read the book. I have pretty much gone through the cliff notes as well as I watched the 1984 David Lynch movie. Finally, all of y'all who are crazy num-nums who love that movie for very, very strange reasons. You can now watch a very good version or at least half of it. Yes, there is the issue of how the movie ends, which I will come up and talk about, but first let's talk about the movie itself. This film is a world-building extravaganza. This film has so much dedication into building the world, but trying to not make it seem like exposition. You're actually being embedded into this universe, into this galaxy, its politics, its lifestyles, its cultures. There are so many different facets of this timeline, this universe, this galaxy that we are learning about. Admittedly having some prior knowledge of the Dune books are the movie does help a little bit because it kind of guides you in terms of how things are going to go. I imagine people watching this for the first time going in 100% green must have been a little bit out there, but considering the novel, its subject matter, how it's written, and just how the story is portrayed, I would say this is almost the easiest version you can take. The book has a lot of levels to it constantly changing between different perspectives in a single paragraph, and it asks a lot out of you. I have tried to read it and I've failed, but I still do appreciate what Dune is trying to establish in terms of higher keys and systems, family importance, the idea of deities and chosen ones and assimilating to another culture. I really do like how these elements are portrayed in the film, thanks to in part to the acting, the writing, especially the cinematography and the sound design. Within the first two seconds I was already going, because even before the freaking Warner Brothers logo appears, you're already getting out, whoa, what the hell was that? I heard that Denevin Anouve went through an absolute nightmare trying to edit this film in post during the quarantine. He was really even more so pissed off when his film wasn't even going to be able to be shown in theaters last year, but my god if you don't watch this in a theater you are robbing yourself of the technical level mastery that this film has. Between the music, the sounds of the planet, a crack as well as Paul's visions slash murmurs in his mind, all of this is around you. It's constantly coming in at you from all directions, and it really really pays off to be sitting in an IMAX theater to watch this. And then the visual design, oh my god, the costumes are fantastic, the ships are really cool, the way they shot in real locations really helps make these planets, these worlds believable. Making another comment about the 1984 film, I like the ideas that it presented, but it also went into that David Lynch really, really fucking weird realm, takes you out of it and makes you laugh at it because of how hokey it can look, especially with the exposition, oh my god the exposition dumps in that movie, thank god they're not in this fucking movie. Speaking of which actually, some people kind of find it pretentious, I understand where Frank Herbert was coming from when he was writing the dialogue, but everyone kind of speaks a little bit differently in the books, and the reason why is like this is 10,000 years in the future, language would evolve, language would change. That is also one of the reasons why I wasn't really good at getting through the book because my younger mind couldn't handle trying to read these sentences, but thankfully that is not in the movie and it's not because they're trying to dumb it down for lesser audiences, they are just trying to make this film flow as fast as possible even though it's a part one. And that is definitely by god my biggest complaint about this movie is that you are going to feel quite railroaded when they stop the movie right in the middle of the story. And it doesn't kind of stop like how part one of the it films did, that was a really good part one. This one tells you at the beginning in the title which there's a reason as to why. And the reason why is because it feels like you were going at a high speed, okay maybe not high speed because the third act is admittedly the slowest, blow highway speed into a brick wall because that is how the movie ends. My buddy who came with me he didn't know was a part one until just before we started the movie and he said he was happy that he knew that because he didn't really know how he would have reacted if he had not known that when the movie ended. There is so much more to be told and so much more to be said about this movie. The journey that Paul is going through needs to be told but there's still so much left hanging. Very worrying thing is that if this movie doesn't make enough money and it possibly might not Warner Brothers and their genius released us on HBO Max at the same time which you shouldn't you should watch this in a movie theater for fuck's sakes. This might not get a sequel so we might not get this story finished. If anything this might just be in the same kind of pit as the 1984 film but instead of being a hilarious embarrassment it will be an unfortunate embarrassment. Terms of characters though really love Oscar Isaac in this movie. He is my favorite character by far in this. He's such a complex character and I love his relations with Paul. I love his relations with Paul's mother. I just love every scene that Oscar Isaac is in. He's definitely got all of my favorite bits of the entire movie. Josh Brolin's in this movie. He's there. Jason Momoa has a really cool character. I wish he had a little bit more screen time in this film which that actually can kind of be established for a lot of people. Dave Batista's in this movie. You would almost blink and not see him because he's maybe in like three scenes in this entire film. But a very fruitful treat in this film is Stellan Stahl's Guard. He made that incredibly hokey looking floating weird pig dude from the David Lynch movie. He made him intimidating as hell. I was terrified of this character. But again, he's in it so little. In terms of distributing the story, 90% of it is on Paul. And then 10% is spared between other people in this movie. And that definitely can be a bit jarring considering as I said this is a part one. And the reason why I keep repeating it is because that's something you gotta know going in because if you think this is a full movie you are going to set yourself up for disappointment. But overall, it's still very, very engaging as a theater going experience. The visuals are fantastic. Music's beautiful. The sound design is amazing. The acting by everyone is great. The costume design is cool. The world building is fabulous. It just isn't a full story and that is definitely its biggest issue because it ends in its third act. And it doesn't help either that the third act that the film ends in is its weakest because it's slow as shit. Very little happens in the last 40 minutes in comparison to the rest of the movie. One of the reasons why I'm probably not gonna rewatch this movie again until I know for a fact that part two is coming out and it's gonna come out in like a week because I can't say that I'm just gonna sit down and watch half a movie. It's not like Lord of the Rings people who can enjoy those movies as themselves but you also can watch the others. Dune can't do that yet. So in the end I am going to give Dune a five out of seven. Like if you guys are interested in the book definitely see it. If you're interested in sci-fi stuff, definitely see it. If you're interested in any of the movies that Dene Villeneuve has made previous, definitely go and see it. And if part two does get made and it does come out, my score for the first movie might change. You're gonna have to watch these two movies at the same time. You're gonna have to watch them back to back to really get the full Dune experience. Then anyways guys, that's all for me. Hope you enjoyed the review. If you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe, tell me what you guys thought about the movie in the comments below. I'm really interested, especially for those who have read the book. I give you a lot of credit because like I said, I have tried and I just can't do it. My brain can't just wrap around the dialogue. My ADHD goes crazy and it just can't focus on it. So yeah, please leave your thoughts in the comments below. It'd be very interesting when you have to say. Anyways guys, until then, see you next time.