Let me first say that I have an outsiders perspective. I have never watched a Dune movie before that and read none of the books. I am not even a SciFi guy. But boy did I love this movie. I knew that Denis Villeneuve was bound to do great things when I saw Sicario and Arrival.
Everything clicks here. Great acting by the stellar cast especially by Timothy Chalamet and Stellan Skarsgad. Great world building. You can feel what the "dune universe" is like. Great storytelling especially because there is a lot to explain and so it is exposition heavy but never feels like that.
And of course the visuals. This movie looks absulety amazing. The camera work, the costumes and the set design. Everyhting looks epic. And you never have that flat CGI look like in a marvel or Star Wars movie where you feel like you are watching a computer game or feel like actors talking to a fixed point on a green screen. And the Nolan apprach as I call it. You have main stream popcorn blockbuster topic but it also has different layers and themes. It is not just a bad guy having a MacGuffin to destroy the world.
A great movie that will leave you wanting more.
Everything clicks here. Great acting by the stellar cast especially by Timothy Chalamet and Stellan Skarsgad. Great world building. You can feel what the "dune universe" is like. Great storytelling especially because there is a lot to explain and so it is exposition heavy but never feels like that.
And of course the visuals. This movie looks absulety amazing. The camera work, the costumes and the set design. Everyhting looks epic. And you never have that flat CGI look like in a marvel or Star Wars movie where you feel like you are watching a computer game or feel like actors talking to a fixed point on a green screen. And the Nolan apprach as I call it. You have main stream popcorn blockbuster topic but it also has different layers and themes. It is not just a bad guy having a MacGuffin to destroy the world.
A great movie that will leave you wanting more.