Yes!! The Dune movies are the only big movies I've been excited about in a loooong time. Between the crappy nostalgia remakes (which never live up to the originals) and the endless superhero franchise churn, the theatre experience has been quite dire for far too long.
I love that Villeneuve is bringing the craft of movie-making back to blockbuster movies, and doubly so that he's done it with the Dune stories. And he's done them justice so far, both the material and with the beauty of the cinematography.
I think it's horrible. And not just for race relations, but for worker's rights, environmental protections, and sick and disabled people struggling to get by on a benefit.. I suspect that the public health system and Pharmac are going to get absolutely fucked. And as someone who cares a lot about conservation and the environment, I'm worried that the few gains that have been made in those areas over the past few years are just going to be obliterated (and those gains were minimal too, compared to what we're up against re. climate change, pollution, and people generally just not giving a fuck).
A whole lot of people voted for 'change' just for the sake of it. We're going to get change all right, and we'll probably be paying for it for decades. I'm feeling very doomy about it all, so maybe I'm only seeing the negative, but I really don't like the look of things.