Alright fine I get it now. This is incredible. Timothee Chalamet lives up to the role and is ed by so many other showstopping performances. It's so rare to see a film like this where everyone is firing on all cylinders. The sound is absolute perfection, the use of silence and low frequency is unlike anything I've heard before. It's such a mind blowing spectacle it's so difficult not to get wrapped up in the grandiosity.

The political aspects are so difficult to parse. I don't know how to feel about the use of such awful real world parallels in a story about galactic Hitler. I need to read more about it from people who are smarter than me. My initial takeaway is that it is a condemnation of the idea of leaders as a concept. That no one person can claim control and stay sane and grounded in reality. Especially not a white guy. Obviously a huge theme of the corruption of religion and the use of it as a political weapon. Idk. A lot to think about.

EDIT: I'm struck by the juxtaposition of Paul's parents. In the first one Leto says that all Paul needs to be is his son. And Jessica wants him to be Jesus Christ and "fulfill the prophecy" that her order invented. Something to be said about nature vs nurture