You lost me at vapid. Dune on film is just not for you, is it. Stick to the books.

​ @anthonyburn1010 -- I suppose one man's "vapid" is another man's "scintillating," but I'm hardly the first person to point out how listless, superficial, and interminable the DV "Dune" films are. I honestly went into the film expecting to like it -- a lot -- but there's not a single memorable event or interesting line of dialogue in the entire film, IMO. And the main characters, outside of Javier Bardem, are wooden (Chalamet) and inauthentic (Zendaya). Even Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, and Stellan Skarsgard are wasted in the film. Austin Butler's physical performance is good, but the character of Feyd-Rautha is boring: one-dimensional "evil." Anyway, I don't begrudge other people their good time at the movies, but the ridiculous way that people are heaping praise on this well-crafted-and-glitzy-but-otherwise-pedestrian film makes me worry for the future of Western civilization. That said, if I'd never read the source material, I can picture walking out of this movie thinking it was pretty good -- not "the LOTR/Star Wars of its generation," but pretty good. It's the cynical (and manipulative) deviations from the novel that makes me hold DV's film in contempt, rather than just disliking it. But yes, you're right, I should stick to the books. After feeling burned this time, I'll surely pass on DV's "Dune Messiah."