Dune 2021
The main text. Amanda's mind was blown for the first hour, then wandered; all three agree the last 45 minutes downshift into a mother-son picnic. Chris's read: it doesn't insult the audience. Debated at length — Zimmer's percussive-choral score, Greg Fraser's photography, the ornithopters and sandworms, the gun-free hand-to-hand combat, the fact that the theatrical print didn't label itself 'Part One,' and the near-certain sequel. $40M domestic, north of $220M worldwide, likely a lock for the below-the-line Oscars.
