# The first reviews of the new dune are out

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-reviews-of-the-new-dune-are-out/950064 "2021-09-03T22:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-reviews-of-the-new-dune-are-out/950064/1 "2021-09-03T22:15:10Z")

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And its mixed… I do hope it does enough for a 2nd because that’s where all the "action "is … I still wanna see it

> **[‘Dune’ Review: Spectacular and Engrossing…Until It Isn’t](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dune-review-spectacular-engrossing-until-164505057.html)**
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> In “Dune,” Denis Villeneuve’s droolingly anticipated, eye-bogglingly vast adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 cult sci-fi novel, the characters fly around in airplanes that have three sets of wings, all of which flap very fast. The planes look like...

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-reviews-of-the-new-dune-are-out/950064/2 "2021-09-03T22:33:54Z")

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heres a 2nd opinion :

> **[‘Dune’ Film Review: Huge Sci-Fi Epic Is Relentlessly Dark But Also Thrilling](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dune-film-review-huge-sci-164500219.html)**
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> Director Denis Villeneuve has succeeded in wrestling Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic “Dune” to the big screen, and that’s an impressive feat all by itself. So when his film premiered on Friday at the Venice Film Festival, it’s no surprise that it...

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-reviews-of-the-new-dune-are-out/950064/3 "2021-09-03T23:04:08Z")

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Here’s the one Google news pointed at me:

> **[‘Dune’ Review: Denis Villeneuve’s Epic Spice Opera Is a Massive Disappointment](https://www.indiewire.com/2021/09/dune-review-denis-villeneuve-1234660459/amp/)**
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> Hype is the mind-killer.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-reviews-of-the-new-dune-are-out/950064/4 "2021-09-03T23:11:44Z")

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Dune is scoring 76 on Metacritic after 17 reviews, which would normally be a very good score, but it’s spectacular in a year in which a lot of crap is being dumped. This was way better than I expected.

[Dune (2021) Reviews - Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dune-2020)