I admit I'm a bit optimistic in assuming that anyone where has watched it.
I enjoyed the first part (admittedly as a captive audience on a plane), but I did notice how they made the Fremen, who speak Arabic, half-black and half-Arab. Apparently, the Fremen are yuge racists who don't interbreed with the blacks among them, or if they had, all of them would be a mix of the two. But there was a clear dividing line between them, as if there's been segregation for centuries.
it feels like the new movies are perfect for taking screenshot and making them illustrated inserts for the book but can't stand on their own as storytelling medium
Some scenes. Mostly the landscapes. But everything else is far too bland considering Dune is supposed to be set in a 10000 year old feudal society with millennia old noble houses.