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Great Movie. Excellent picture and best sound quality.

A science-fiction epic that is glorious to behold both spice and sandworm alike! Canadian director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic adventure Dune (2021) provides stunning fantasy vistas, thought provoking political intrigue, personable human drama of ascension and fate, and exciting combat. I’ve never seen a film quite like Dune. Villeneuve blows every Star Wars and Star Trek film out of the water with his epic grandeur of sensational scope, while keeping you involved in Dune’s complex lore. Villeneuve proves he is a formidable auteur as he successfully adapts author Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel Dune for the silver screen in majestic fashion. As someone who never read Herbert’s Dune book, I was not confused by Dune’s enigmatic sci-fi world. Dune is easily the best made and most enthralling picture of 2021 thus far. I’ll gladly watch the sequel as I’m entertained by this film, while enticed for whatever comes next. Timothée Chalamet is compelling as the curious and maturing hero of Dune named Paul Atreides. Chalamet’s subtle acting style lets you feel Paul’s every expression of pain, doubt, resilience, respect, pride, humor, and courage. He bears a seriousness in his regal manner as well as a quietly contemplative humanity so that Paul is simultaneously esoteric in his royal position and endearing in his humanistic charm. Chalamet truly is the greatest actor of his generation. Rebecca Ferguson steals every scene as the mysterious, alluring, fierce, and caring Lady Jessica. Ferguson displays Lady Jessica’s steadfast devotion to her son Paul Atreides as well as her enigmatic convictions for doing so with spiritual voice magic and brutal hand to hand violence. Ferguson is so lovely, charismatic, and sensitive against Villeneuve’s fabulous backdrops. She portrays Lady Jessica with a manic fervor as well as a poignant resolve and regal grace. Oscar Isaac is commanding as Duke Leto Atreides with his stern manner, but also feels tenderly paternal in his father and son scenes with Chalamet’s Paul Atreides. Zendaya gets to shine as Chani in her brief scenes with Chalamet, but is enchanting in Paul’s visions of the future. I’m sure she’ll have a bigger role in Dune Part Two. Jason Momoa is entertaining and cool to watch joke and murder as the charismatic Duncan Idaho. Stellan Skarsgård is fearsome with his eerie gravitas as the disgusting Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. He revels in his fat suit and oil. Stephen McKinley Henderson is kind and intelligent as Thufir Hawat. Josh Brolin is tough and intimidating as the no nonsense Gurney Hallack. Javier Bardem is striking and captivating as the Freman leader Stilgar. Sharon Duncan-Brewster is fascinating as Dr. Liet Kynes. Chang Chen says much with a few lines and intense body language as Dr. Wellington Yueh. Dave Bautista is scary and menacing as Glossu Rabban. David Dastmalchian is fun and interesting as the meekly voiced Piter De Vries. Charlotte Rampling is mysterious and disturbing as the space witch character Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam. Babs Olusanmokun is terrifying and intense as Jamis, who challenges Chalamet’s Paul Atreides to a duel to the death. Lastly, Benjamin Clémentine cameos as the neat space envoy: Herald of the Change. Villeneuve’s direction is impressive as he focuses on attaining striking visuals alongside intricate sci-fi concepts of new technology and perilous space diplomacy. Dune author Frank Herbert’s story is as much a coming of age drama as it is a political drama about young Paul Atreides becoming a Duke worthy of his family name, father’s pride, and mother’s wisdom, powers, and grace. Herbert’s ideas also cross into warfare, capitalism, supply chains, and how people and culture affect future diplomacy as much as the spice being mined from planetary deserts. Screenplay writers for Dune Eric Roth, Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts keep the story grounded with emotional characters and relatable human ideas. I am still thinking about their themes of imperialism and conquests, royalty’s transitions of power, family, fatherhood, motherhood, romance, maturity, bravery, and intelligence overcoming treachery. Dune is very intricate in its world’s fantasy lore, but Villeneuve helps you understand all the difficult names and strange magical concepts a scene at a time with his patient and entrancing direction. For a mammoth sized 155 minutes, Dune is made palatable through Joe Walker’s tasteful editing that keeps the plot moving at a brisk pace. His sharp cuts from conversations about destiny and serfdom to Villeneuve’s visceral combat battles and harrowing sandworm encounters is inspired. What else can be said about cinematographer Greig Fraser’s breathtaking ultra wide shots that make you believe in uncharted planets. Every panning shot of vast oceans of water to endless seas of sand and spice are magnificent to behold in theaters. His intimate close-ups feel as thoughtful and emotionally in tune with Herbert’s characters as Villeneuve’s stellar direction. Patrice Vermette’s production design captures impoverished desert homes on planet Arrakis as well as lavish regal halls for planet Caladan. Karl Probert, Tibor Lázár, Tom Brown, Bence Erdelyi, David Doran, Sam Hudecki, Gergely Rieger, and Borbála Debreczeni’s art direction makes these space worlds unique, extraordinarily beautiful, yet familiar enough to appear relatable. Richard Roberts and Zsuzsanna Sipos’ minimalist set decoration keeps to Villeneuve’s sparse style, while adorning rooms with peculiar sci-fi gadgets and furnishings to keep you looking on in awe. Dune’s visual effects are phenomenally realistic and yet a world away in scale and imagination. CGI artists Michael Lemon, Maricel Pagulayan, Paul Lambert, Brian Connor, Tristan Myles, Lorna Barnshaw, Dan Finnegan, Alvaro Garcia, Frédéric Gaudin, Hamid Shahsavari, Ryan Wing, and Shailesh Chibire outdid themselves with Dune’s enormous sandworms, shield armor, missile launches, ship landings, and helicopter take-offs. Dune is the best looking film of 2021 for sure. Composer Hans Zimmer delivers an ethereal score of haunting melodies and pulsing bursts that will deafen you. I appreciate how diverse Zimmer’s music sounds with music from all over the world throughout Dune with his versatile scoring blasting away. I do think the sound mixing is too blasting as my only complaint about Dune, with blaring ship landings and quieter speaking volumes. Overall, I was enchanted by Dune’s sound design. Sound effects artists Mark A. Mangini, Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Lee Gilmore, Doug Hemphill, Bob Kellough, and Dani Connor Wild create startling explosions, throbbing sandworm ripples, piercing screams, echoing inner voices, and eccentric sci-fi noises for all the technology herein. I loved Dune’s cool costumes from designers Jacqueline West, Bob Morgan, Stacy Horn, and Lilla Vasvári. From Paul’s black coats and armor to Lady Jessica’s flowing gowns. I believe Rebecca Ferguson’s ornate ceremonial gold dress may be cinema’s most expensive costume in any film to date. Make-up artists Donald Mowat, Jutta Russell, Daniel McGraw, Judit Farkas-Arful, and Kata Huszár keep House Atreides and House Harronnen ghostly pale, while the Freman characters are all warmer browns and tan in color for distinct looks in Dune. In all, I highly recommend you see Denis Villeneuve’s Dune in movie theaters if you can as it is an unforgettable experience of finely tuned craftsmanship and deft acting prowess from a wonderful ensemble cast.

Featuring a Blu-Ray 3D, and a Blu-Ray Disc, featuring a worldwide cast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phenomenal! This movie deserves the absolute best possible picture and sound delivery system and this 4k disk delivers in spades! The included blu-ray and a digital download are icing on the cake. No streaming device or service can even come close to the experience a proper home theater setup can provide. I pray physical media never dies. Long live the fighters!

Amazing movie amazing 4K! The steelbook is awesome, one of my favorite designs in a while

Denis Villeneuve is a fantastic filmmaker. Just like his fantastic Blade Runner 2049, Dune is a masterpiece. Villeneuve does a fantastic job re-making a classic Sci-Fi story with an excellent cast. The movie features a fantastic cast: Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and Stellan Skarsgard are wonderful as supporting actors and bring their characters to life. I have to admit I'm not too familiar with Timothee' Chalamet's work other than his role in the Showtime series Homeland and in Interstellar, but he does great work as Paul Atreides. I eagerly await the second film.

HEARD ABOUT DUNE HOW GREAT IT IS---- IT IS REALLY THAT GOOD--- GOT 2 COPIES 0N 4K AND BLU-RAY &DVD TO WATCH WHENEVER

You should know that this movie only covers about half the book, and you really do need the other half. You should also know that they are going to make the second part of this movie — this movie was good enough that the studio committed to making it. So should you see it know or wait until the second part comes out and watch it all at once? I say see it now. The visuals are stunning.

Bought as an Xmas gift. I liked the movie so hopefully they will

Fantastic sound and visuals i would recommend this to everyone

Didn't love the movie, nor did I dislike it. Great picture quality and an excellent atmos track!!

This is a good long introduction lol. There’s not much action but the movie were still good.

Commenting on the movie and steelbook artwork, not Best Buys failure to have this available in stores. As others said, It sold out online within seconds of being available after 10 pm. Thankfully, I was able to purchase it; shipping soon.

Movie was delivered as promised, grew up with the original movie, couldn’t wait for the remake! Couldn’t be happier! Now can’t wait for Part 2.

An exceptional adaptation of the book. Of course nothing compares to reading the book, but I think Herbert would give his approval.

I love this movie, saw it several times in theaters. So happy to add it to my home collection. Can't wait for part 2.

Have not watched it yet. But when I do I will do comparisons with the original.

Good movie, packaged well. My husband saw the original, wanted this version. Purchased it for Christmas for him. He didn't realize there is a sequel apparently not available until 2023!

Awesome movie! Had to watch it three times to understand the plot completely but SO GOOD!!!

The aesthetics are phenomenal, the HD picture quality is clear, and the sound is good.