@stoner713 @dubbub @Viking5050 @judgedread Frank Herbert was a retard about miscegenation and action grrls himself so I can't fault Villenueve too much, but the absolute worst casting decisions were:

1. Chani (enough said)
2. Liet-Kynes (changed from a patrician slender blond nobleman to a niggerbitch, particularly insulting as he's Chani's Dad in the novel)
3. Thufir Hawat (from reserved sage to fat mystery meat, luckily his character just got disappeared from the rest of the movie following the Atriedes curb-stomp)

Momoa as Duncan Idaho I'm indifferent about as the character was described as kinda Asiatic in the books iirc and at least he has solid physical presence. Yueh as an Asian was actually smart. Jessica, Duke Leto and Irulan are very well cast (the Atreides are implied to have a Med background). Walken as Shaddam is . . . Walken (so, awesome). Javier Bardem as Stilgar is way too fucking fat and comical.

The ornithopters and the Sardaukar were the highlights of the film for me, particularly the way they depicted the Sardaukar language being spoken and Salusa Secundus.