@PeachesAndGravy

On the first viewing of this movie, I gave it a 3 1/2 star rating - I thought the visuals were incredible, but the story was a bit slow, busying itself with the setup of different factions and characters. After watching Dune 2, I bump this to a 4 star movie, and give Dune 2 five stars. Give them a chance, it's terrific stuff. And by the way, the 4k is amazing.

Ah, now I get it. This is the Dune where the rubber hits the road. The complexity of the Dune world, with all of the players, the history, and even the mysticism, was never going to be a good singular two-hour movie (although I haven't seen David Lynch's 1984 film). So the first film was the setup for the next chapter. And did it ever deliver - Dune: Part Two has involving storyline, astounding s...