Dune (2021): Quick Movie Review
So I got to see DUNE early, at a Cineworld Unlimited screening. They handed out free bottles of 7UP on the way in - a nice touch, seeing as we were going to spend 2 1/2 hours on a desert planet. My verdict? It's an invigorating sci-fi epic. Granted, it's an unwieldy book to adapt, but director Villeneuve is in complete control here. He balances the trippy mysticism with decidedly unromantic and brutally tactile science fiction world-building. It's a gorgeous-looking movie, bu