So, I watched Dune on my home system last week. First time the sound was muddy and had hard time hearing stuff. Turns out that my 20+ year old Sony 5.1 system was dying. It died a long death shortly thereafter.

Bought a new Samsung sound bar - a Dolby atmos capable one that goes with my Samsung tv.

The difference was… amazing. I haven’t heard that home system rumble in years.

Sometimes it takes sound to make a movie. Dune is still a flawed movie, but the improved sound quality definitely helps the overall experience. That said, Dune is still half a movie.