“Dune: Part 2” Review

The thought had crossed my mind to reread Dune before venturing into Part 2. Before the first film debuted in 2021, I flipped open my copy, fired up an audiobook, and skimmed some clips from the David Lynch 1984 film adaptation. But before deciding to refresh on Frank Herbert’s classic tale, I recalled a major criticism of the 1984 film, that fantasy films like this should be an escape and not homework. Denis Villeneuve directed the first part of Dune as if it were an escape, where another worl...