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DUNE Revisited Review
I can honestly say that DUNE: Part One is a cinematic masterpiece. Denis Villeneuve absolutely knocked this film out of the park.
I can honestly say that DUNE: Part One is a cinematic masterpiece.
It’s not that there aren’t any good movies being made; it’s that there aren’t any unique/newer/immersive blockbuster movies anymore. It is as if there is a blueprint for all blockbuster films, and we, as the audience, have been fed this blueprint for so long we watch everything with happiness and give them our money.
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Someone recently asked me if I was excited to see the new Marvel movie, and to my surprise, I didn’t react how I thought I was going to react. “Eh,” was my response. That was a shock as soon as it left my mouth; why? You ask. Well, I love film; I have a deep-rooted love for the cinema and the experience it gives. Usually, I would genuinely be excited about the next Marvel film, but recently it’s almost as if I’ve been awoken from a slumber.
Fear is the mind-killer
In the last few weeks, I’ve watched DUNE: Part One seven times; whether it’s on in the background while I’m cleaning the house or playing with my son, I’ve had this draw to rewatch the film.
There is a magnetic draw to the film, and each moment is captured beautifully. It has a fascinating aspect; the entire movie is a damn love letter to the literature. This must be one of the better (competing with LOTR) film adaptations of a book in a very long time.
The director creates a digestible version of DUNE for the big screen for all to enjoy. Each scene that unfolds on screen is literally ripped from the pages as I imagined since reading this book in middle school. To get back to my main point of being ‘awoken,’ it’s as if we, as in the movie-going population, haven’t had a piece of lore on cinema that has been so immersive and beautiful in so long that my standard for box-office films was, at best, flatlined.
DUNE: Part One brought me out of my slumber and showed me something I’ve only seen in my imagination. I applaud Denis Villeneuve, the DUNE cast, production team, Hans Zimmer & his epic sounds, and the entirety of everyone who worked on this film to see its fruition. It is genuinely one of the best films I have ever seen.
