Earlier today, I went to my local AMC theater to watch director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune.
Just like his previous movies such as Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, Sicario and Prisoners, Dune was a well-made and great-looking film...with an amazing cast to boot.
Like The Lord of the Rings trilogy for New Line Cinema, Dune was obviously meant to be Warner Bros' own version of the Star Wars saga (even though there's only going to be one more Dune film in this series). This is clearly the case as the original 1965 novel Dune, written by American author Frank Herbert, was one of George Lucas' major inspirations for the Original Trilogy.
Like in Star Wars, Dune's main character (Paul Atreides, played by Timothée Chalamet) possesses special powers like the ability to control other people's minds, and has a huge destiny that awaits him, like Luke Skywalker. And of course, you have the Imperial Army that invades the desert world of Tatooine—err, Arrakis...with an Emperor manipulating scenes from behind the curtain.
Oh, and Jason Mamoa's Duncan Idaho was supposed to be that movie's equivalent of Han Solo...however briefly.
I look forward to Dune: Part Two, which arrives in theaters nationwide two years from now. Will Paul Atreides build his own lightsaber and find out that Chani (portrayed by Zendaya) is his long-lost sister? We'll see.
Just kidding about that last part.
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