I believe that this is worth seeing in a theater. The visuals were stunning. They broke the story off at a good part, and they really packed a lot into this movie. There was no part that dragged. None. It's 2.5 hours long and I wish it were 5. Your love of the source material should get you through that bit of exposition at the very beginning. There were a handful of scenes that I would have liked to have seen edited slightly differently but that's a quibble.
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Pretty sure I already know the two aspects that will piss me off - turning Liet into a woman :-) and them not getting the melange-addicted eyes correct. But I've had months to brace myself, so it should be all good. :-)
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I will say that the actress had a very strong screen presence. She was believable.
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I think I've gotten too acclimated to being at home now. I didn't watch the bond movie yet and I'm gonna watch this on HBO Max. I guess I'm just not ready to deal with people yet.
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So, there's already a 1080p version floating around the wild. That's surprising.
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Also got tickets for the first time in forever. Looking forward to the IMAX experience.
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I won’t be going on opening night but I got this film targeted.
Pretty excited
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I couldn't resist. Just finished it. Very well done. Expectations were pretty high, and it still exceeded them. I had no idea this wasn't telling the complete story and was only considered part 1. So, that was an unexpected surprise. All in all, I came away very entertained. Definitely going to follow it up seeing this on the big screen as well.

Lots of potential for the next film.
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That's the right way to do it - there's just too much content for a standard length movie.

I am kind of surprised that they didn't shoot both parts at the same time, though.
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I didn't figure it out until about half way through the movie that there was no way in hell they could finish the story from this point on in a single film. Didn't really read a lot into it beforehand to realize it was intended to be just the first 1/2 of the story. Was surprised to find that even though this was a huge big budget picture, the 2nd movie isn't even guaranteed as of yet. After seeing this, there's no way in hell they don't make a sequel. (I'd even love to see them break it into 3 movies Peter Jackson style... )

The atmosphere is great, mostly all good performances from the lead cast. Really dark and gritty. Lots of well done fight scenes. Which is why I want to watch it in a theater even after seeing it once. Movie finished with me wanting to watch the next part right fucking now...
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I guess the only surprise I've got coming is at what point in the story they decide to end it.

And yes, it's going to suck having to wait another three or four years for the second part. Again, they should have shot both at the same time. :-)
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Going Saturday
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It's definitely not an issue for me. Now, if you had made Feyd or Rabban female...
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'Bullish'

https://deadline.com/2021/10/dune-ma...ec19081108a870
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Just got back from the theater. My thoughts:

I enjoyed it a lot. Obviously it was night and day from the Lynch abomination. Looked beautiful and had great visual effects (I loved their take on the dragonfly-like ornithopters). The cast was mostly effective.

However, I didn't like it as much as I had hoped I would. I definitely would have known that it was directed by the same guy who did the recent Blade Runner just by watching it. Villeneuve definitely has a signature style. But IMO he went a bit overboard here with the sweeping cinematic shots and often overbearing score (I also complained about this in Blade Runner). While in BR it simply got a bit boring after a while, here it sucked up time that could have been better served sticking to the source material and fleshing out some of the characters and details. More time should have been devoted to Yueh and Hawat. There were some minor scene omissions and story changes that seemed really unnecessary. And I think if I was not so familiar with the story I would have been really confused in some parts.

And goddamn I hated the Fremen eyes even more than I thought I would. In low lights scenes they looked like zombies. That's probably my biggest complaint. And the worst performance was Barden's Stilgar. He really seemed to be phoning it in. Character seemed aloof and bored, seriously lacking in leadership. And overall, the Fremen were a bit too beefy for people who lived in hiding in the desert. They should have been wiry, not chubby. The guy who played Janus looked like an NFL lineman.

But admittedly this is nitpicking by someone who has read the novel a dozen times and pretty much reveres it. It was a good movie. I definitely hope they go forward on Part 2.
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