"May thy knife chip and shatter."

Now I understand what my father must have felt when he watched 'Star Wars' for the first time in theatres and he can't stop about it ever. With a specific affinity towards the first film, I really longed for this to happen as soon as possible. As I'm in college, I saved up for this and I gotta say, that theatre experience was worth every penny of mine. Some people were saying beforehand that the first half seemed slow to them, but I didn't really feel like it during my experience. Just like its predecessor, the film had excellent visuals and godlike sound design. I'm not even kidding. The soundtrack and the background music was better than my 'Oppenheimer' experience in the theatre last year. About the arcs, the film paid attention to every character arc, and each one of them had a backstory, a drive, and a goal which they were all very ambitious for. We see all the perspectives of war in the film, and how everyone approaches it. This film is the definition of the saying, "Strategy is sexy.". The first half picks up from where it started, and doesn't nitpick or leave a thing unanswered. About the actors and the characters they portrayed, everyone did such a good job. I had two misconceptions about the film though. First was the character of Stilgar done and crafted nicely by Javier Bardem. Everything which Paul did and commanded, it was always a sign for him and 'written' and destiny and whatnot. I wonder if it was just there as a comedic element, or it was supposed to be a character defining trait. Because being the leader of the 'Fremen' group, he should've had a little weight on his shoulder other than just being noisy about it and saying one thing again and again. And the second thing was the black and white perspective during the fight in the stadium, I'm genuinely curious why it was shot that way, because a change in perspective or objectivity didn't really matter in that fight. Other than all this, I think the film is very well-made and crafted. The role of Butler and Ferguson were given very good arcs and they were all in on the film. The two twists, one which happened midway and one which was in the end, made me wonder. Is Paul Muad'Dib Atreides just seeking revenge, or is now a power-hungry ruler? They set it up and the voice, the one which will pop out in the third film, and has definitely spiked my interest more, and this will make me wait for the sequel again. The storytelling, the music, the acting, the dialogue, and the visuals. So well done. The cameo. Oof! This is so close to a perfect 5, but I'll just tone it down to a 4.5 because I've only watched this once. I'm actually pretty sure that I'll give this a perfect 5 on the rewatch even though it would just be on my laptop. A must watch and a definitely better film than the prequel.