Great visuals. Sound. Production design. Better than the 1984 version.
It takes it's time, that's for sure. Doesn't cover the whole book. They could've gotten through it too. Lots of padding here - vehicles taking off, sandstorms. Duncan arrives, says I'm going to leave with the Fremen, then he turns up having lived with the Fremen - you could've cut that first scene. A lot of repeated dialogue.
Misses some tension and excitement from the book - mainly the "who is the traitor" plot. Why cut that? Why not get some excitement? No one seems like a real person. Needed some warmth and humour. Jason Momoa is probably best at that. And Zendaya is beautiful even if she's mostly a vision on this one.
It's a great emotional yarn but the treatment is distant. Cold.
Occasionally it comes alive - like when Paul and his mother escape and the death of Leo. Gorgeous to look at.
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