That’s pretty encouraging! The host of one of the podcasts I listen to mentioned he hadn’t read the books (partially because he saw David Lynch’s Dune and figured it wasn’t worth his time) and loved this Dune enough he might go back to read the books! 'Course his co-host was shocked that he’d not read the books and certainly seems in the right demographic to enjoy them.
I saw on Twitter someone called it “the single most humorless movie” she’d seen:
https://twitter.com/ursulav/status/1453547237259235331
My thought was:
- There was also a joke when Leto told Gurney Halleck to smile and Gurney answered “I am smiling”.
- The jokes and the Leto telling Paul he only wanted him to be his son felt really out of place in Dune.
- Can’t really blame people who aren’t immersed in the lore to be surprised this film isn’t more entertaining. Or at least not entertaining in the way we are used to from typical blockbusters.
In any case, glad to hear it has at least some appeal beyond the fans of the books. Looking forward to Part Two.