DUNE PART ONE (2021)
by
Denis Villeneuve
Frank Herbert's 1965 novel was excessively fascinated by Islam and saw parts of its elements survive 20000 years into the future. Dune is a sci-fi film, strangely obsessed with dreams, visions and the messiah. There are some fancy gadgets like the ornithopter, and some hifalutin nonsense like spice as the substance required for interplanetary travel at more than the speed of light. Dune, the film, works because of crisp direction and less sermonizing. Denis wants to tell a story, and he sticks to that. As per Al Jazeera, this is the story of jihad but is sold as crusades.
Why should one watch this film?
Because it narrates an epic at a good pace and is well-edited. Timothee Chalamet is the One. Zendaya plays his love interest. Rebecca Fergusonis the mother, Oscar Issac the father. Then there are Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem and Stellan Skargard who have played important parts. For the jargon, one has to dig deeper. Go, take a dip!
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