I have mixed opinions about Part 1. Does anyone else get the sense that this film just feels strangely “empty”? Like, I don’t recall ever seeing like a typical city street on Arrakis, or even any average citizens (except those religious people standing around trying to get a glimpse of their Messiah).
I know in the novel there’s a scene where the Atreides family hosts a dinner party, and all sorts of colorful characters from around Arrakis show up. I think scenes like this were needed to give the movie some personality. As it is, I get the sense that the city on Arrakis is just a couple of rooms in the palace, most of which look like some ultra-modern 5-star boutique hotel in Tokyo. I mean it’s all very visually stunning, it just often feels a bit sterile because the world isn’t fleshed out enough.