As an introductory installment to Frank Herbert's epic saga, his massive world of Dune, needless to say Denis Villeneuve done his primary objective successfully. It clearly makes lots of promises with stunning audio-visual spectacles and A-list star cast but I'm not sure whether another 3-hour long movie would do justice to its original source material properly. This sort of epic stories epic stories ( i.e. Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings) fueled with politics, conspiracy, moral dilemma with conflicts and rise & fall of a hero or a villainous figure... need time & events to establish the characters, plot & sub-plots with their own fantastical elements.
The characters were introduced here nicely but I think it may require few additional touches to grow on you. Hope the characters will land on their foot properly with lasting impacts in the next part (specially Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides) but when the scale is so large I was hoping to get more strong build up this time.
Overall, felt like a pilot episode for a possible long running series or at least 4-part miniseries or quadrilogy.
Rebecca Ferguson as as Lady Jessica Atreides and Stellan Skargard as Baron was the star of this show for me. They shined on their respective roles near perfectly. Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho and Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto also fits in their part but in limited capacity.
The characters were introduced here nicely but I think it may require few additional touches to grow on you. Hope the characters will land on their foot properly with lasting impacts in the next part (specially Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides) but when the scale is so large I was hoping to get more strong build up this time.
Overall, felt like a pilot episode for a possible long running series or at least 4-part miniseries or quadrilogy.
Rebecca Ferguson as as Lady Jessica Atreides and Stellan Skargard as Baron was the star of this show for me. They shined on their respective roles near perfectly. Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho and Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto also fits in their part but in limited capacity.