Boldly go where..

Ulysses (Matt Damon) in the movie of the same (The Odyssey) name wins the Trojan War through deception .. but is it his guilt or his sense of adventure.. the irresistible draw of the unconquered unknown.. that draws him to perhaps the most perilous discretionary voyage in the history of mythology. While wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) fends off suitors, and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) shows all the hesitancy of coming of age, our protagonist, in spite of the close counsel of Athena (Zendaya), careens from one tragedy to the other - Circe to Calypso (Charilze Thereon) of the lotus eaters, to the terror of the multi headed Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis. Nolan brings the same grayscale and foreboding as Interstellar, while the many oil lamps and rough hewn architecture detract from any insinuation of "too much special effects". Overall a great movie and a must watch, but not one of the soul stirring Interstellar types that truly stand the test of time

16.5/20

Arakkis Redux

Paul Aetrides is no saint. Dune is amoral. There are no god people. The Harkonnen and the Bene Gesserit and the Aetrides are all related. The Fremen are the ones that are fair game for all colonizers. Dune Part Two is s much of realpolitik and unlike the first edition - where there is some cause for empathy with Paul and his mother as refugees - the cynicism of Frank Herbert is in full flow herein. Visceral and real. And great action sequences in IMax

15.5/20

Dune - Resurrected

 In a huge improvement from David Lynch's version, Denis Villeneuve brings the realpolitik of Dune back to the big screen. Uncluttered and far more nuanced than the likes of Star Wars, with none of the pedantic Star Trek genre nor the incessant intrigue of Game of Thrones, Dune is faithful to the storyline. Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) flee from the aftermath of a Harkonnen plus Federation attack, to regroup and reclaim what is owed to him, through an alliance with the Fremen. After a long time, a movie thats definitely a must watch

16/20