Denis Villeneuve. Sheesh. I usually hate the whole discourse of “this person is UNDERRATED” because I usually do no not know where these ratings are supposed to happen and whose rating them, BUT, I am going to use it here. He is so VASTLY underrated. I do not want to hear about Martin Scorsese ever again if it’s not immediately followed by Denis. An absolute mastermind. And this movie was just another one.
Just not an OUTSTANDING one! It was close. But no doubt, Dune is an EXCELLENT FUCKING FILM. Denis puts together an absolutely all star cast. Timothy C, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac and Jason Mamoa just to name a few. He puts them way into the future. On a planet that is very depleted of most and all resources. Except for one. A spice. That only grows in this one area. A desert. I DO NOT know if this desert is on the same planet they live or a different planet. That was very unclear to me throughout. But either way, its not their home land. They being Timothy C, Oscar Isaac and Josh Brolin who are the leaders of their “clan”. Of their “house”. What we know is this future world has people that are aliens, or close to aliens, have some powers, some people are human, some are not. Their is an emperor that rules over everything but also a republic. A lot of those details are a little unclear. But to me, it didn’t matter. You got the gist. It was a mix of Game of Thrones (85%) and Star Wars (15%). Which is a cool ass mix.
A visually stunning movie. WIth an absolutely incredible score. The music is so impactful in this movie, you have to watch with volume all the way up. Great story telling. Great acting. Entertaining from the second it starts to the second it finishes. This movie is about a house taking over an area and being promised this area which holds said spice. The plan is they get this area and get to produce it and sell it around the world for big profits. We as viewers are led to believe the people WHO DID run this, are getting kicked out for a more noble house. Everything is fine until its not.
The former house, aligns with other allies to form a full fledged raid and attack on the new group to take back what they feel is there’s. Backed by the emperor. Who is the one who basically set up Oscar Isaacs house. Why? We do not know. But it’s an absolute setup and ambush. ALMOST wiping out the entire house and any heir. ALMOST. But, that is why there is a DUNE 2. Because SPOILER ALERT! They failed. Barely. Another classic by Denis and I CANNOT wait to see number 2 which has been set up so perfectly to be an all time great film. That is a review.