Dune 2

I liked it. Ok I admit, I was not a fan of the first Dune movie (yes I know it’s a remake and originally was a book and even though it feels like a rip off of Star Wars -that it actually came out first and likely inspired George Lucas). So before watching Dune 2, I re-watched the first Dune with subtitles on (because I’m old and that’s what we do) and that helped me understand and enjoy the second Dune movie. It’s good. The special effects are impressive, the acting is outstanding and the creativity of other worlds is, pretty inspired. The first movie was a lot of character building for Paul (our hero) and is a good set up for the second movie which is more action. What’s not to love: there’s betrayal, a hero saga, a love story and several evil villains, I also kind of love the female power plays here. It’s worth a watch. 2 watch checks for me (impressive in such a long movie). Big screen is better if possible. Sadly, Ryan would probably fall asleep- he can’t go the distance…if there’s a slow scene near the end, we lose him.