I saw the original movie with my buddy in the 80s and since I never read the books, I tried to prepare myself by reading articles giving background on it beforehand...didn't help since it was still a confusing mess to me.
The same buddy wanted to hang out last week and asked about movies...I said "how about Dune since we both saw it together the first time" and so history repeats. lol
I loved it! Everything hit the mark as "fantastic": Cast, acting, scenery, music, sound, action, flow...it was like dopamine for my senses! Also the way they filmed the actors (some of whom are quite beautiful imo) was at times mesmerizing.
When I was growing up, my family didn't watch movies so I missed the first Star Wars. I heard it was fantastic, so I went to see Empire Strikes back with my buddy in the theaters expecting similar. While it was fantastic, I was SO frustrated to hear at the end (with all the cliffhangers) that I'd have to wait ~3 years to find out what happened. I was NOT happy....actually I was quite pissed lol.
This movie, while it is only Part 1 of 2 (and I didn't know this going in), I actually didn't mind since I felt it was so good that I'll watch it several times and maybe get the video to watch some more. Also I'd like them to have as much time as they need to make Part 2 equally awesome.
TLDR - GO SEE THIS!!!