Brandon Arner

Incredible satire on our current social climate and if you can't see through the facade of a coming of age movie, you missed the entire movie.

Disappointed - tried to do too much, ended up not doing anything well at all.

Beautiful film, undoubtedly. I was looking forward to this film for almost 2 years and I would say that it delivered. Villeneuve delivered on all fronts. As someone that has not read the books, the plot was well distilled in the scenes that we were presented. The world building was incredible, albeit we only get glimpses of everything outside of Arrakis. The characters have depth outside of the movie that likely appealed to fans of the books. Where the movie lost me a bit was the pacing and scene choice. There were A LOT of art scenes and flash backs - to the point where I kept wishing there was less fluff so that I could see more of the film! Overall, well worth the watch. Its a beautiful film and incredible adaptation of an epic novel. I was left wanting more and immediately googled Dune 2 - which has yet to be greenlit, but looking very likely upon a successful circuit in the theaters. This film is one for the theaters - go see it if you love cinema. Villeneuve deserves your $20.