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There was a moment early on in Denis Villeneuve's DUNE part two when I actually laughed out loud. It was the moment when Stilgar tells his peers that "Muad Dib is too humble to admit that he's Muad Dib." It was identical to the scene in Monty Python's LIFE OF BRIAN (1979) when a moron from the back says "Only the true Messiah denies his divinity!" Having read the novel in my youth (happily) and sat through the David Lynch version from 1984 repeatedly (unhappily) I'd reached a point where I despaired that Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece would ever be filmed intelligently. Certainly the miniseries from 20+ years ago was as good as we were ever going to get on a cable TV budget...and now here it has finally arrived and ye gods what a spectacle! A feast for both the eyes and ears... Part 2 picks up without missing a beat where the previous film ended. Paul and his mother have embraced the pre-packaged destiny provided by the Bene Gesserit, and so goes the long march for Paul