It should have been a masterpiece...
I am an admirer of Villeneuve movies.
The direction, cinematography, mood, the long thoughtful pauses, poignant scores, layered characters and enticing narrative. And in Dune thats mostly what you get.
The problem is that in Dune, the story takes a back seat to the spectacle and the screenplay gets crushed under the weight of the complex source material.
With both movies i was left with a kind of emptiness like "yes that was cool, but kind of shallow too". In comparison, Godzilla Minus One was such a full and well rounded cinematic experience.