Epic fantasy film storytelling hasn't been this elevated since The Lord of the Rings films. Denis Villeneuve is obsessed with Arrakis, and he sells the operatic, sweeping story with tremendous skill and beauty. The difficult task of taking Paul from a protagonist to a plot device is fulfilled with understanding and care for what the story needs from Paul, and what the film needs to comment on.

There may be people who again are confused that the end feels again like a beginning, but all of the story is there. I hope we will see Messiah adapted, and I believe we will, but even so we have seen the Kwisatz Haderach, and his path to make the universe anew, whether he wants it or not.