Just saw Dune yesterday.
Pros: It's honestly not nearly as woke as the race swapped characters would suggest. The cinematography is great, and I think the cast was well selected (unnecessary race swapping aside). They did a great job of designing the costumes and the spaceships too.
I haven't seen anything in the way of woke pandering and politics thrown in your face, but Zendaya doesn't really do anything in this movie so who knows about the next one.
Cons: It's a bit confusing who/what everyone/everything is if you haven't read the book.
You will have to use the bathroom after watching it.
To be fair, Paul Atreides is a tiny guy. I want to hate Chalomet on some sort of principle because I don't like squirrelly looking dudes, and his rise to prominence seems inorganic, but he did a much better job as Paul than I thought he would
"His oval face was like his mother Jessica’s, but he had stronger bones and a browline reminiscent of his maternal grandfather. He had a thin, disdainful nose, long lashes concealing lime-toned, directly staring green eyes, and a hardness in the expression like the old Duke, his paternal grandfather."
You're quite literally introduced to him with the Reverend Mother asking "Isn't he small for his age?" And not that much time passes between the Gom Jabbar on Caladan and the Arrakis arc