My hot takes:
In all seriousness, though, the movie was good. If it suffered anywhere it was that the two-and-a-half hour run time cannot possibly accommodate everything that fans of the book want to see while simultaneously being already so overstuffed that every plot point feels like it only gets a few minutes of screen time.
- 2021 Dune needed more ridiculous hats. There were not nearly enough outstandingly fabulous, audacious hats.
- Also, they should have used the best thing that Lynch added to the canon: Duke Leto's pug. He was the best boi. I would have loved to see Josh Brolin carry a dog into battle.
- At least we got Thurfir Hawat's parasol? That was a nice new touch.
In all seriousness, though, the movie was good. If it suffered anywhere it was that the two-and-a-half hour run time cannot possibly accommodate everything that fans of the book want to see while simultaneously being already so overstuffed that every plot point feels like it only gets a few minutes of screen time.