Dune

I first read Dune when I was pretty young and going through a "read lots of classic SF" stage. My mom had read it long before and was like, "there's so much dust. No water. Only dust, they have to recycle their urine and stuff. Gross." So I read it and my memory was, "look, there's not only dust, there's also political intrigue!"

Then, at Capclave last month, I saw a used copy on the freebie table, and was like, "hmm, new movie coming out, I barely remember the book, apparently it was one of the inspirations behind 'Crying Suns' which I'm really into right now...I'll snag it." And read 100 pages.

I really enjoyed Blade Runner 2049, and while I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" Arrival exactly, I felt feelings from it. (Some of my linguistics nerd buddies were not impressed with the way the alien linguistics came across there, but I was fine with it.) So I had high expectations for another Denis Villeneuve SF movie. I don't live within walking distance of a movie theater so I had to rideshare over, definitely for the first time since the pandemic.

And, it was fine? Pretty, nice cinematography, but...fine?

( Spoilers for Dune, also Arrival )