[this was posted on May 12 2022, after I saw Spider-Man: No Way Home, which did lighten me up on a few aspects of this film and its sequel but I’m writing this from the perspective that I had when I watched this and before NWH (which was in November 2021). Most of what is written here is what I still believe to be true about this film and NWH - while making me a little less harsh on a…
I loved it. It was everything I wanted it to be and more. Visually breathtaking, with amazing cinematography by Greig Fraser and an epic score by Hans Zimmer makes this adaption of Frank Herbert’s Dune, feel like a grand-spectacle that needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible. Hell, I’d say this feels like the next Lord of the Rings (that may be too generous but I can’t think of any other blockbusters nowadays that are this huge in scale…
Back at the very beginning of 2020 (which feels like forever ago now), I made a declaration saying that I would use the first year of the new decade to catch up on “all the (big beloved) films I’ve missed in the 2010’s like La La Land, Blade Runner 2049, Inception, etc.” However, instead of watching any of those movies in 2020, I watched beloved hits like The Last Airbender and Killer Bean Forever! Who would’ve known it would’ve taken…
