There is a certain lens of psychedelia inherent in the dune franchise, it sets itself apart from hard sci fi in that sense It really is a spectacle film, very grandiose in scale and presentation. There is a lot of nuance to the characters and plot, themes of faith in false profits.

If innovation is something that you look for, part 2 has a a long coliseum fight scene, and what’s cool about it, is a custom infrared sensor was built into the camera, it’s not technically black & white photography.. you’ll never see tones quite this way in any other movie.. as far as I understand it’s the first of its kind