Review: Dune – Part 1
Timothee Chalamet plays Paul, son of Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac). Duke Leto is charged with ruling over the desert planet Arrakis, home of a substance called ‘spice’, which is in high demand particularly for the purposes of space travel. Soon after Duke Leto, Paul, and Lady Jessica Atreides (Rebecca Ferguson) arrive on Arrakis, trouble starts with rival family Harkonnen attempting to take Arrakis back by force. Jason Momoa plays Duncan Idaho, who trains Paul in swordplay, Josh Brolin is Gurney Halleck, Duke Leto’s ‘Warmaster’ and another mentor/instructor to Paul. Stellan Skarsgaard turns up as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, the chief villain of the piece, with Dave Bautista having a small role as Baron Harkonnen’s nephew. Elsewhere we have Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohaim, Javier Bardem as Stilgar leader of the Fremen tribe, and Zendaya as a Fremen named Chani. Look, can we all just finally admit that Frank Herbert’s novel Dune was never meant to be a motion picture