Wait and watch it with part 2.

My biggest gripe with it is that it's just yet another Villeneuve movie. It's not different enough compared to BR2049. It seems as if 2049 was just a study for Dune. (Because probably it was.) And there's just not enough life in Dune compared to the richness of the books. (Nor in BR. Or in Arrival. ... Because Villeneuve emphasizes the anxiety of alienation a bit too much...?)

The emptiness in BR2049 was explained in-universe: people were leaving Earth for colonies and the planet was severely depopulated. It was OK for it to have this lifeless feeling. But "Dune" should be brimming with life, struggle and constant dangers, this melancholy and sterility do not fit it at all.

I also found Blade Runner 2049 terrible. It felt totally empty. The original movie had an interesting story and built an interesting world. I don’t even know what 2049 was really about.

I felt the same about the “Joker” movie. Good acting and production but ultimately not interesting .

2049 is completely unengaging for me. It seemsa to add exactly zero to the original movie.

Yep. And doesn't work as a standalone movie either.

Aesthetics were amazing. But after a certain point I just don't care how it looks and feels. No story worth digging into.

And it's not like the man can't tell a character driven story. I cared a lot about the characters in Arrival. It made my whole family cry.

I felt nothing from Blade Runner 2049. Nothing.

Did you not care at all for K and his struggle for meaning?

I love that movie and I think in it, the story is just an excuse to show us the world and it's the world that's more interesting. A future where androids are organic, of course they have protein farms everywhere. They appear to have mastered sustainable (solar) engergy too. All of this and it's still a distopian future ravaged of inequality.