A new sci-fi movie has surpassed The Shawshank Redemption as the number one highest-rated movie on IMDB, and it hasn’t even been released.
The Shawshank Redemption has held the number one spot for best movie on IMDB since 2008, when it removed The Godfather from its nearly 20-year-old ranking.
The 1994 film has lost its crown Dune: Part Two, which critics have deemed “visually exciting” and “narratively epic” days before its official March 1 release.
The Warner Bros. film has a 9.4 rating on IMDB from viewers who attended an early screening of the sci-fi epic on Sunday, along with a 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Dune: Part Two surpassed The Shawshank Redemption’s number one spot on IMDB days before its release
Dune: Part Two is the second park in the film adaptation of the first book of the same name by Frank Herbert.
Dune: Part Two’s sudden rise in popularity is in direct contrast to The Shawshank Redemption, which was slow with viewers after it tanked at the box office.
The cult classic didn’t find its way into viewers’ hearts until it was released on VHS a year later, but it still took another 12 years before it reached IMDB’s top 250 list.
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi vision, Dune: Part Two, doesn’t seem to have that problem, with viewers calling it the movie Hollywood needed and the ‘sci-fi/fantasy epic of our generation,’ while some call it compared to The Lord of The Rings trilogy’s success in the early 2000s.
Most critics gave Dune: Part Two a 10-star rating with only five reviews placing it below five stars, with many praising its combination of “visual splendor and narrative depth.”
The film’s IMDB rating has surpassed the highest-grossing films of all time, including Marvel’s Avengers: End Game and James Cameron’s Avatar and The Titanic, which scored approximately 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Rotten Tomatoes is considered a more accurate description of a film’s success because it focuses on reviews.
Dune: Part Two cost $190 million and will need to gross $470 million at the box office to make a profit
Filmmakers expect to make between $70 and $80 million on Dune: Part Two opening weekend
Dune: Part Two features an all-star cast including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Christopher Walken.
However, its rise in popularity is giving other viewers pause, with one asking: “It hasn’t been released yet and it’s already the highest-rated movie of all time on IMDb.” How is that possible?’
Another person wrote that people are judging the movie too soon.
Critics are also jumping on the Dune bandwagon, saying that the second installment of the film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s book of the same name did not disappoint.
The first part dealt with “world-building and…expository heavy lifting,” according to film critic Austin Goslin, as it followed Paul and the Atreides family’s acquisition of control of the universe’s only planet, Arakis. , which produced a valuable resource called spice.
Viewers raved about the film after seeing an early screening and called it the film Hollywood needed.
“It’s a fantastic piece of cinema, rarely seen in modern cinema,” said one viewer.
When the Harkonnens family invaded House Atreides and killed their patriarch, Duke Leto Atreides, to reclaim the sand-ridden planet, Paul (played by Timothée Chalamet) and his mother Jessica (played by Rebecca Ferguson) were among the few who survived. to the assault. escaping into the desert after his family was nearly wiped out.
The second adaptation reportedly wastes no time on a recap, instead jumping to Paul and Jessica’s attempts to avenge their family.
The film had a much larger budget than the first, with the filmmakers spending $190 million, compared to the $165 million spent to create its predecessor.
To break even, the film will need to gross between $380 million and $475 million to turn a profit, but Villeneuve is reportedly hoping to gross between $70 million and $80 million in opening weekend box office sales, Variety reported.
Dune: Part Two features an all-star cast including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Christopher Walken who bring the story to life.
Austin Butler, known for his debut role as Elvis in the film adaptation of the rock and roll star’s life, “steals the show as Feyd-Rautha,” according to a viewer who saw the film’s early Imax release.
“Overall, Dune: Part Two is an inspiring, visually stunning sci-fi spectacle and an incredible collision of myth, adventure, and destiny on a galactic scale,” the viewer wrote.
They added: “It’s a fantastic piece of cinema, rarely seen in modern cinema.”