Review of Dune (2021) by Revanjj — 22 Oct 2021
It’s not bad. It’s just not great. It’s half a movie. The pacing is so slow and while it has some truly magnificent moments, it can’t make up for some poor casting decisions, some extremely slow, yet not very deep moments, and many other issues.
I found myself having to pause it every 20 minutes to go do something or check my phone. I’m a scifi/Dune junkie. I’ve read them all and watched both versions of the 1984 film. I would still say I enjoy this as a generic scifi movie, but since they want this to be the definitive Dune, I have to say this is a MISS.
Also, it’s half a movie. Again wanted to point out it drags along so slowly that Paul is still Paul at the end. 2 hours and 35 minutes for that. Probably 5+ hours for both movies at this rate to get the plot in.
The slow, grinding plot that doesn’t even deeply go into the plots within plots. It almost assumes the viewer has seen then scifi shows, the movie, & read all of the books. Otherwise someone new would be liken”what the heck is going on?!” Can’t rate it higher.
There are some great things about this movie, but it does not live up to the hype just like Blade Runner 2049. Oh and it’s extremely pretentious. Extremely.
This review of Dune (2021) was written by Revanjj on 22 Oct 2021.
Dune has generally received very positive reviews.
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