Dune

"Denis Villeneuve's adaptation has a majestic vastness, and most of it actually makes sense, but it's an act of world-building that runs out of storytelling steam." 

"At least gets closer to the elusive goal than its predecessors (...) What the film doesn’t do is shape Herbert’s intricate world-building into satisfyingly digestible form." 

"Villeneuve draws you into an astonishingly vivid, sometimes plausibly unnerving vision of the future (...) As a visual and visceral experience, “Dune” is undeniably transporting" 

"A Massive Disappointment (...) No story could ever hope to support the enormity of what Villeneuve tries to build over the course of these interminable 155 minutes (...) [it's] like an overture that’s stretched for the duration of an entire opera" 

"I’ll always love Lynch’s “Dune,” a severely compromised dream-work that (not surprising given Lynch’s own inclination) had little use for Herbert’s messaging. But Villeneuve’s movie is “Dune' (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"In all its marvel, Dune forgets to do basic things like give us someone or something to root for, or feel for (...) it’s all just a bunch of pretty shots of sand and fire and lavish costumery" 

"A sensory experience so opulent and overwhelming it begs to be seen big, or not at all (...) If you're already knee-deep in Herbert mythology, you'll thrill to every whispered word"