Aidan’s review published on Letterboxd:
If Oppenheimer felt like what it must have been like to experience The Godfather when it first came out, DUNE PART TWO feels like what watching Return of the King for the first time must have been like.
It’s all of the things that make the first one a masterpiece (being perfect on a technical level/an incredible cast, I could go on) and just raises the bar. You expect all of that going in and it still manages to give you something better than you ever could have expected. It is rare to witness a new movie where you could have hyped it up an insane amount and still not be disappointed, but this is one of them.
Chalamet’s performance in the second half of this film is some of the most powerful acting I’ve ever witnessed from someone his age. He brings something that some veterans can’t even muster up.
Zendaya cements herself as an actor worthy of movie stardom, I hope this and Challengers get her all the love on the film side of things that she’s gotten in the TV world.
It’s going to take a few watches before I know exactly where it lands for me, but this is without a doubt one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Denis you are Lisan Al Gaib
