Wow, wow and wow! Dune: Part 2 sures its predecessor in every way and becomes a monolith of cinema in 2024. 

Dune: Part 2 feels like it’s more than just a movie, it’s a cinematic event on the scale not seen since Barbenheimer, and 2009’s Avatar before that. 

Visually, Dune: Part 2 is unlike anything we’ve seen outside of Denis Villeneuve filmography, with deep orange sand and spaceships and open vistas that draw you in from the very first moment. 

There were at least two moments during my viewing today that my mouth was wide open, in awe of what I was lucky enough to be seeing on the big screen. 

What could easily have been a white saviour film is instead a warning against that very notion. 

It’s a warning that messianism can corrupt, both the people and the person.

So often in Hollywood, white saviour films place the lead as a pure hearted white person who is going to free the locals from oppression.

In Dune: Part 2, quite the opposite is true. 

All the film’s performances were top notch, but I wanted to make special mention of Rebecca Ferguson as Jessica Atreides. 

Everything about Ferguson, from her performance to her look was ICONIC.

Dune: Part 2 features an ensemble cast full of the next generation of Hollywood heavyweights, including:

- Timothee Chalamet
- Zendeya
- Florence Pugh
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Austin Butler

Denis Villeneuve has said in interviews the above stars capture the imagination of young people and are getting them into cinemas. 

Well, those stars are going to be holding Hollywood on their shoulders within a matter of years, if they’re not doing so already.