I have long been interested in the film Dune and went in with high expectations. The book which the film is based on, I have long been interested in reading while I honestly think it would have been better. The film is a masterpiece but not perfect. The film begins with plenty of unknowns about their world and about the characters that you find out more and more over time, but after half the film you had found out almost everything that was of value. Which made the movie much more interesting in the beginning than the end.
The film built up from the beginning that there would be more films, which is something I do not prefer, and I actually think Dune would have been more suitable as a series than movies. However, all the characters were very interesting and everyone had their role (except Paul's mother who had a big role at the same time as a very small one?) However a bunch of characters which made things like names incredibly hard to keep track of, especially strange to start with so many characters who then died quickly, which is just strange because you do not have time to build up any empathy for them.
The film was also beautifully made. It was nice scenes that were really "eye-catching". However, at times, the effects looked bad. At the same time, I was impressed by the acting, which was fantastic but also included comedy scenes that were not that fitting or fun at all. At the same time, all the fight scenes were realistic, unlike many other movies where characters fight for any length of time without getting tired. Which I thought was very impressive.
While also, the music by Hans Zimmer was incredibly fantastic as usual. But the film was far too long and drawn out. You can not sit down for 2.5 hours and enjoy a movie like this, it gets boring. And at the same time, it felt like they were constantly building up to something that never happened and that some things just happened out of nowhere (like the attack on Paul's family).
But overall, the positive outweighs the negative and I give it 8/10. Still a masterpiece that everyone should see at some point. I can also imagine that the upcoming movies will be absolutely fantastic as this just felt like an introduction to the Dune series!
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