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.
I just saw it last night.
I thought it was a good movie. I haven't read the books yet so for this review I don't really care if it's a good adaptation, only whether it's a good film.
Chani is insufferable, but she's played by Zendaya so that is inevitable. Stilgar is unironically a better GF for Paul than Chani. He is literally ride or die for Paul, while Chani is a bitchy woman who constantly undermines him.
Jessica probably has the most dramatic change in her character.
The worms were my favorite part.
The bad parts of the movie are mostly just the standard DEI stuff and nitpicking from people more concerned with whether or not it's a good adaptation or not. If you take out Chani, there's basically no real bad parts.
Overall I'd say it's a solid 7/10, especially for a film in CURRENT YEAR.