Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One, meaning part two is scheduled for October, 2023) had a delayed release date from the USA streaming release date of October, 2021. Therefore a number of friends had already watched this ahead of a cinema release in little old, Australia.
Based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, Dune: Part One, primarily covering the first half of the book.
Set in the far future, it follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.
Starring man of the moment, Timothée Chalamet alongside Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya (first Spiderman now this!), David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa (Aquaman without facial hair!), and Javier Bardem.
Visually this film is stunning, content wise, it's long as hell at just over 2.5 hours, with trailers/ads, that is a three hour cinema experience.
Dune: Part One has been generally well received by critics for its visuals, scope, and ambition, and has grossed over $393 million worldwide on a production budget of $165 million.
It gave me mega Star Wars vibes with an evil emperor, storm trooper looking baddies, space ships descending on the good guys along with some serious good vs evil going on.
I enjoyed this on the weird Christmas/New Years in-between zone.
I am taking in another film tomorrow, so look out for the closer in the Return to Cinema (take two) 2021 blog series. It's been a rough few months for cinema. With delayed releases (like this), masks to be worn, films being made available online (legally or otherwise) at similar times to Australian release dates.
Dune is screening limited sessions now that Spider-Man is back on the big screen. However Dune is one of those films you MUST see in the cinema. It is one of those films that does cinemas justice. Without a big, clear screen without amazing sound (Hans Zimmer does the music) to blast a classy soundtrack.
Whilst Netflix, Disney+ among others are making cinemas a less attractive option, big budget, big concept films like this, make the cinema super relevant.
Whilst the run time was overly long, I'm not the biggest Timothée Chalamet fan, this was an enjoyable outing out of the house.
If you like the science fiction genre, get out of the house, mask up and give Dune a go. 3 Stars.
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