Last night was movie night down at Gary and Ali's, which, of course, made me incredibly happy. A couple weeks ago we watched the first installment of Denis Villeneuve's Dune trilogy, and yesterday we moved on to Dune: Part 2. I liked the first one (generally, I like his films quite a bit) and I liked this one as well. They're so beautifully filmed. My main problem with it is that I think both films, but especially this one, overplayed an Arab fanaticism aspect and downplayed the Islamic mysticism/faith aspect. A similar accusation could be made against Herbert's original work, although I would argue that he doesn't play up the former and more richly explored the latter. I suspect this is much more a condemnation of Hollywood (and Western culture) than it is of Villeneuve himself. The Chani character is pretty far afield from the novel, but that may be more a case of plot positioning. You should give both of them a view.
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