Dune: Part Two

This is just cinema on a whole other level. It took everything the first one did and did it a million times better. I’m a sucker for good cinematography, and this film delivered so well in that area too. The entire movie’s color scheme was excellent, the constant brown and orange on Arrakis fit so well and really helped give the planet character. The black-and-white colors for the evil empire also made them feel way more dramatic and sadistic. The battle scenes were also just awesome. Every single one of them was super entertaining to watch and shot so beautifully. It really helped give you the right idea of just how large-scale this war is. I also liked how they didn’t get scared away from letting the evil people be evil and letting them be as brutal as they should. Again, small things like that just help immerse you in the world of Dune, and it works so well. Probably the best costume design I have ever seen. Florence Pugh’s sort of futuristic knight outfit when they went to Arrakis was probably one of the coolest character designs I have ever seen. I really hope they bring that back for the third movie. What I really liked is how dark the story gets as the prophecy starts becoming real and you realize this “hero” might not actually be a good thing for the galaxy. The film does such a good job of grabbing you and pulling you into this dystopian, large-scale sci-fi world filled with dark magic, prophecies, warlords, and evil emperors. Its really what makes this grand scale drama war film work perfectly and makes it a five stars for me. I cannot wait for the third one to come out. It’s going to be so cool to see what Denis Villeneuve does with this trilogy.