The thought of the story of Dune conjures up images of sandy expanses and people looking wistfully across (see the poster above). That's my favourite aspect of Sci-fi, the sense of enormity and awe, and this film version has plenty of it. It is extremely stately and slow, as it must be, even to the point of crawling along at some points (slow-mo of spaceship coming out of water). I said some of the same things about Denis Villneuve's last film too: https://hamfilmreviews.blogspot.com/2017/10/blade-runner-2049.html.
The central relationship between Paul Atreides and his mother is really good, and I like that she is strict with him in a sort of your-fate-is-too-important-to-mess-around Sarah Connor way.
I could definitely take a few more hours of this and hope the next part gets made. Though if I was watching it again at home I'd certainly have plenty of snacks.
