The first act of dune film is full of seductive glints of treachery, however the film never quite reaches the level of visionary insanity it goals for. In the hands of Denis Villeneuve, director of Sicario and Arrival and Blade Runner 2049, it's nonetheless a dazzling experience. But, not like these movies, which drew on the identical wellspring of ideas as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, this new Dune wears its aspiration to star-child, auteur-anointing spectacle squarely on its sleeve.
It's 10191, and Duke Leto Atreides (a note-perfect Oscar Isaac) and his clairvoyant concubine Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) have been given the go-ahead by their rivals in House Harkonnen to colonize the hostile desert planet Arrakis and mine its psychedelic spice for the benefit of their family and their empire. It's a dangerous proposition, and the Atreides might want to convince a skeptical populace that their son Paul Atreides is the Kwisatz Haderach, or "man of future," who can deliver peace and prosperity to the entire universe.
There are plenty of hurdles to clear in such a grand plan: complicated interplanetary politics involving House Atreides, their bitter rivals the Harkonnens and their Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV; made-up languages that make it easy to overlook essential plot factors; the Fremen's mystical connection with the earth; the emperor's eugenics program; the savage setting of Arrakis itself. But Villeneuve's film clears a lot of them, because of a pre-credits sequence that does lots of the expository heavy lifting with wit and economic system; some deft scripting from Eric Roth and Jason Momoa; and, most significantly, a younger actor in the title role who conveys all of the grief and fear that his messiah burden ought to encourage.
Timothee Chalamet is a revelation here, conveying the grief of expectation with the drowsy stoop of his shoulders and the contemplative wariness of his voice. But his efficiency is anchored by an astonishing conviction: It's exhausting to believe that the younger man on this Dune may be the only one who can save humanity from its present harmful course.
ซีรี่ย์เกาหลี พากย์ไทย แนะนํา has a agency hand on the throttle right here, managing his source materials with a sense of purpose and urgency that is missing from David Lynch's 1984 catastrophe of a movie. The film also boasts dazzling visuals and a sense of place that is all too rare in a sci-fi flick. And, should you can overlook the truth that it does not fully ship on its Messianic promise, the world-building in this Dune is worth your time. Just do not expect it to change your life. - David Ehrlich, Vulture