DUNE - Good? Bad?

 

Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is a sci-fi film centered around Paul Atreides, who goes on a long epic journey about the rise and fall of House Atreides. The movie stars Timothee Chalamet, Zendeya, Josh Brolin, Oscar Issac, Rebecca Fergurson, Jason Momoa, and other great actors. The acting was very good and had a lot of emotions playing these characters. It takes time to study a person in a book or comic to understand their personalities, what they do, how they talk, and overall, the actors did a great job doing that. Acting - 10/10

Visual effects have changed over the years with new technology, and filming it in the best possible camera there is, for example, IMAX. This movie was shot in IMAX but never got the whole aspect ratio while at home because Dune plays both in theaters and on HBOMax. The details were stunning and all the ships, fighting, the worms had great detail that seemed very out of this world. Visual effects - 9/10, only because at home you should get the bigger aspect ratio, but had the same noise level as being in an IMAX theater.

The story is also a big thing when it comes to films being adapted by the book. The book had many details that would be described but never had the same feeling in the movie. There is a guilding tribe and the emperor, who showed up in the 1987 Dune movie and also explored the different things in the Dune universe that never got explored in the 2021 version. The main story was clear but never had those background details that would describe everything but is difficult for a 2hr and 35min movie. What they should have done is made into three parts instead of two, describing every detail and knowing everything. Story - 7.5/10, lack of background detail.

Overall, this is a very good movie, and would recommend it to a person who really enjoys science fiction.