Literally two episodes of a TV show taped together, for better or worse.

The Mando half is competent, but dripless. Every shot and scene seems like a boring, practical, economic version of something cool a concept artist or storyboarder thought of. Mando is transformed into some kind of Space John Wick with almost no personality. All the exciting moments feel weightless. The Baby Yoda half is much better; Way less is happening, but it still manages to be way more…

I liked it for the vibes, but it drained a lot of blood from the books.

You know how some people say Blade Runner 2049 is like if they turned Blade Runner into an actual detective movie? I feel the same thing at play here; It’s like this is turning Dune from something clunky and introspective into something sleek and fast-food digestible. That’s half a compliment though, because aside from a certain lack of scale and imagination there’s a lot…