Dune: Part Two

As a sequel, it works for the same reasons that make The Empire Strikes Back so many people’s favourite Star Wars film: there’s a darkness, a bleakness, that makes the fist-pumping moments feel all-the-more earned.

As different from the first film as [Ridley Scott's] Alien is to [James Cameron's] Aliens. Same stuff, totally different genre!

There is little character development and it’s not for the literal-minded -- or anyone who has, despite their best efforts, paid some attention.

An epic and spectacular sci-fi allegory with mass appeal.

You know Villeneuve will get the spectacle right. The question is about the human drama… It almost all connected in Part Two.

As in all of these sci-fi epics, there are plenty of scenes in which computer-generated characters drive computer-generated vehicles past computer-generated backdrops but, in "Dune," it feels human, slightly messy and organic.

Dune: Part Two is a generational film&#59; the rare release that reaffirms why I believe in cinema.

Dune: Part Two features the same technical brilliance as the first film, as well as a remarkably talented cast, but it also suffers from the same problems as before thanks to a weak screenplay with poor story & character development and sluggish pacing.

It’s a credit to Villeneuve and his team that these films are as impossibly good as they can be, even when aspects are unevenly approached in order to play with so many characters in the story.

There's some incredible world building and cinematography here but I didn't feel emotionally connected to any of the characters.