I saw Dune......
.....a sleeper
I literally dozed off watching it. The original 1984 film did a far better job of telling the story, and had a mood/style that was much more engrossing and compelling. It isn't an easy book to translate into a movie, but the original film did a far, far better job of it. I have no interest in seeing the 2nd part of the new film.
I couldn’t get through the first 15 minutes. Horrible.
I will say this about the latest dune film, it was a far better adaptation of the book and the special effects and cinematography were fantastic.
One place where the fell down for me was there didn’t seem to be real humans in the movie. In none of the spaces where people were supposed to live were there any personal objects. The scene in Paul’s bedroom where Paul is almost killed by the flying drone is a perfect example. His bedroom had all the human quality of a storage locker for robots. There was not one item in Paul’s room that hinted at a personality. Here was a kid in his bedroom and were no old toys, random books, posters, or even a sock on the floor. The total lack of personality make the movie less relatable to normal human beings and punctured the suspension of disbelief just a bit.