Watched it again yesterday and had a much better theatrical experience this time. Better seat, better screen, better edible. Movie holds up fantastically on rewatch, still an A+
Some random thoughts:
In the beginning when the Harkonnen soldiers are being sniped on top of the hill and one of them says to use their shields, why does the other soldier say no? Seems like the right move.
Both times I watched it, for a brief second I thought the harknonnen bodies lying in the desert were crash test dummies. They're so pale.
Stilgar's "of course the Lisan al Gaib is humble!" moment got a big laugh both times. Javier Bardem doing the literal "mind-blown" gesture is so funny. He's great this whole movie. I thought he was underused the first one but I see they had a plan for him.
The harvester attack would make a great encounter in a video game.
^How do you not root for this guy in this moment?
Austin Butler and Lea Seydoux lowkey have better chemistry than Chalamet and Zendaya
Speaking of Chalamet, his performance gets so much better after he drinks the water of life and gets some bass in his voice. I'm so over the whisper talking that's so prevelant now
Loved Lady Jessica's villainous turn. Al her scenes using where she uses the voice are so menacing.
All in all I'm just obsessed with this movie. I had a similar experience with the first one but this one is even more captivating. I think I'm going to start reading the books, I was on Quora and Reddit finding out more about the story and world and it's really fascinating.