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Denis used the phrase "power over spice is power over all" but the real quote from the book was stated by Paul and read "He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it". The reason that differentiation is important is that Paul is the only one who was willing to go to those lengths to achieve that goal. Destroying spice production was inconceivable to literally every other person in existence. This was critical because the Fremen were powerless against the Great Houses militarily. We saw when the Harkonnens attacked Sietch Tabr with aerial artillery the Fremen had no answer and were slaughtered on the ground. By threatening to end spice production permanently Paul controlled the Spacing Guild who every Great House was at the mercy of in terms of intergalactic movement. This meant the Great Houses would not be able to form a coalition and come to Arrakis and attack Paul and the Fremen since the Spacing Guild would never risk access to spice so they would refuse to go against Paul. The other thing I wanted to mention is that the Water of Life is actually bile from the stomach of the young sandworms. With regards to Jessica is that after she took the Water of Life and integrated all those other Reverend Mothers to her own personality, she went full Bene Gesserit in her tactics as she was fundamentally changed as a person by that act.

17:58 - The shields drive the sandworms into a killing frenzy that's why noone uses shields anywhere in the desert. This was mentioned by Kynes in the first movie. Why exactly wasn't explained but due to how the shields are visualized I assume extremely fast vibrations are carried into the sand or similar, irritating the worms

The thing that is important to remember though, is that if Paul didn't do what needed to be done, everyone he cares about dies. Everyone. Chani in this film might be right about how the prophecy is used to manipulate them, but the solution to avoid it is for her to die, and all her tribe. And anyone else sheltering Paul. There was one way to save everyone, and Paul took it to save everyone he cared about.

for anybody that thinks Paul is bad, don’t look into what his kid is like 😂 Leto II goes hard

Love that you did your research on Dune lore before watching👍

I’m very curious to how Dune: Messiah will play out cause not much people liked the third book, but I believe Denis will be able to make another masterpiece just like this!

13:52 HE'S NOT THE MAHDI, HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY!!

Denis Villeneuve Does Not Miss! ❤ Dune 2 is an absolute masterclass of filmmaking. This film was such an experience & reminder of the utter power of Cinema. Villeneuve has finally arrived at his peak with Christopher Nolan, where now his films will become a must-see event in the future! 😁🤟 I will be waiting no matter what & seated for Dune Messiah after his 1-2 year break from the franchise!

Since you asked, So much of this film series differs from the books, but given the aspects of the story they've chosen to tell I don't believe it detracts from it. For instance, the amount of time that passes between the slaughter of House Atreides to the duel with Feyd-Rautha takes mere months in the film, but years in the book. This compresses the time to develop relationships and practically eliminates the agency of the now unborn sister Alia, who was already several years old by the time the Emperor reached Arrakis. Chani doesn't really have time in this film to cultivate a deep connection with Paul either, so it makes more sense to have her not support him at the end of part 2, where she stood by him in the book. There are many other little omissions that were also not explored in either this film or the '84 David Lynch film that add context for certain characters or the Fremen as a whole, so it makes sense that those characters would not behave in the same way they do in the books as they do in this film, and why their motives in the '84 film seemed confusing. I appreciate that Denis Villeneuve and his writing team recognized the influence some of these events had on these characters and were able to alter these characters in a way that made sense with the new course of events, without losing the plot.

The kwisatz Haderach is the Bene Gesserit messiah. They had been breeding him for generations. For me this is the ultimate form of “be careful of what you wish for.” Both for the Fremen and the Bene Gesserit. Messiahs generally don’t do what you want them to.

The atomics were used to open the shield wall so the worms can pass in… there is a lot of reasons including immediate retribution from the great houses to not use the atomics on actual targets.

With “The Life of Brian” in mind, Gurney’s song lyrics would fit nicely in the Monty Pyhton bogus Hungarian phrase book, right next to “My hovercraft is full of eels.” Chani comes comically close to saying that her secret name is Zendaya. Control and confidence allow Margot to be the goddess of serenity. As with “The Boys From Brazil,” the Bene Gesserit don’t put all their eggs in one basket. Instead, they cultivate multiple candidates and cherry pick. I like how the ultimate remedy for Paul combines “Desert Spring tears” with “the hair of the dog.”

Yeah its worth noting, this is definitely not a hero story. Unlike other "heros" who are trying to reach their potential. Paul knows his and is terrified of it. He uses the Fremen to his own advantage, takes revenge to the emperor and Harkonnens. Lisan-Al-Gaib leads the way! ✊🏽

27:11 And that’s why his father, LETO, didn’t marry Jessica. She was his concubine, not his wife, which left him to marry a princess from a rival royal family to form a political alliance.

"He's just repeating what people say to him." Wow, you are as hell-bent on making Paul a villian as others were too quick to make him into a hero. He's not trying to manipulate her in this scene, he's just trying to tell her that whatever makes her happy makes him happy. He's in love. You are right that vengeance never left him, but that does not mean he is not fully sincere about the Fremen. Both things can be true. Paul is both more and less a hero and a villian.....he's more complicated than either title. He's tragic. A good, but flawed man given too much power. Power is the problem.

Paul's tranformation was haunting, his speech at the war council in the South was full body chills. o.O Chalamet did a great job. :)

Fun fact : 34:43 The second kiss was improvised by Austin Butler.

Dune is not a pamphlet, is not propaganda, is a work of art that transcends his author. Even he contradicts himself in the rest of the books. I think he realizes too that he gained nothing trying to vilify Paul because it backfired when Messiah came out, like the Kwisatz Haderach backfired to the Bene Gesserit, that's kind of poetic.

1:31 "The Battle For Arrakis" was actually a freakin' genocide!

They don't explore it in the movie but in the book Paul is not the Kwisatz Haderach, he is something else. As he puts it "something unexpected". The reason why the Reverend mother is so angry about Paul being male has nothing to do with his training in the Bene Gesserit, her anger comes from the lady Jessica not following orders and having a girl. The reason why she was supposed to have a girl was that she was to have been married to a Harkonnen heir preserving both bloodlines.

Léa Seydoux could tell me to put any part in the box...without The Voice and i would've happily. 😂😂😂

57:38 Anakin Sandwalker!

Jadd J.A.D.D. Jadd It's up there as one of the greatest sequels ever made. That ending has so much more to come. Dune: Messiah is where things become very real and fast.

Really loved your analysis of pre-born, and your revisiting the story as a second review. Nice change to the reaction type channel Please give us more of this

The Fremen and Stilgar also use Paul to get rid of the Harkonens. This story is not a simple good vs evil and is not only about colonialism bad, it also turns on his head that. Dune is attractive because is complex and grey. Paul is not a villain and is not a hero, is something else. And I think Dune has a lot to offer to our times, it reflects the mess we are at this time in our civilization, because of that Dune will grow even more during this decade, also kind of predicts things to come soon.

Another thing that is different from movie to book is that Paul is not persuaded by Jessica to take the Water of Life, he chooses to do it on his own without telling anybody. He was found by the Freeman and Jessica has to keep them from taking his water because they believed him to be dead. Chani doesn't blame anyone or gets angry with Paul. She does, like in the movie, revive him.

Great reaction video guys. After watching some other reaction videos, I’m always surprised how many people are rooting for Paul. There were a handful of reaction videos were the people got the meaning immediately. But for most the whole meaning of the story goes completely over their head or they like the idea of a white savior. It’s hard for people whose ancestors were colonizers to see Paul as anything other than a hero. The real hero and the stories, moral compass was Chani, who always stayed true to her people.

The arena scene in cinemas was so cool for me. I wish I could go through that experience again for the first time.

A couple of things they do differently than the books. One is the Shields. They would never use Shields in the desert because it would attract worms. Second they would never use Laze guns if there are or might be Shields present. The reason being it would cause a thermonuclear explosion if they can't even contact. That's why they don't use them.

Bro, Americans, stop being obsessed over the hero stuff. Enjoy the ride, who tf cares if he's a hero or not. Every fkin youtuber keeps saying he's not the hero he's not the hero. Who cares for real

More specifically, the Water of Life is the bile of a drowned worm. Sheshakli was trolling when she called it "worm piss"

Top class commenting, served with intelligence. So refreshing.

Frank Herbert's message in the Dune books is, "beware of charismatic leaders". And that includes religious leaders as well. Just as Missionaria Protectiva, an arm of the Bene Gesserit, play planted Legends of a messiah, so it has been in real life.

Alia is an interesting change from the book, they totally keep her for a third film, so in that way works in the books and in this film. Chani on the other hand is better in the books and the changes they make for the film are unnatural, unnatural for her character as written and as a woman in general. But in the big picture, it won't matter because, for the third film, it is obvious that she will back to the role and behavior of the novels, otherwise it doesn't make any sense.

You're also correct that atomics are illegal but Paul knows a loophole in that they're only illegal if you use them on people. He gets around this by using atomics on the Shield Wall.

58:19 the point isn't to be a hero. The point is doing what needs to be done. Leaders have to make hard decisions that cost lives. People were going to die no matter what. The power didn't corrupt Paul, it gave him the ability to see the future and take the path that costs the least amount of lives (which is still going to be a lot lol). Paul didn't lose site of himself. He accepted what he had to do. Albeit reluctantly. 3rd movie is already in development 👍

I just think that the ultimate path to humanities survival „the golden path“ is not explained well enough in the movies but maybe Villeneuve is saving that for „Messiah“

24:10 My understanding is that in the process to breed for the Kwisatz Haderach the Bene Gesserit created people who could catch glimpses of the future. And so they use those glimpses of the future to sculpt the legend of the Lisan al-Gaib. That and knowledge of the powers that the Kwisatz Haderach would have led them to create a fairly accurate set of prophecies. And that which they weren't sure enough about they left vague so that people like Stillgar would interpret it as being true. I've given this example before imagine you don't know anything about jugglers and I come to you and say there's going to be a man who will arrive that can keep multiple balls in the air at the same time. And later I hire a juggler and he shows up. The prophecy is true. Because I made it happen. That and a few lucky coincidences of which they are always a few makes the prophecy seem very real. But it was all made up to suit a purpose. the Bene Gesserit designed it so that a member of their order could take control of Arrakis and thus have control over spice. 26:28 I'm glad Clariss caught on to the fact the following a fanatic might not be the best thing for you. The religion and its beliefs can be manipulated for others political gain. That's the true point of the book. Blindly following a charismatic leader can be bad for your health. 54:15 Faid being a precursor to the Kwisatz Haderach can also see the future to a certain degree. This clouds Paul's visions the two overlapping cancel each other out so the future is hidden from both of them. Paul has glimpsed it being the more powerful of the two but the future is still indeterminant for both of them. Thank you for saying Paul is not a hero his victory is not glorious for it leads to destruction. Clariss you get it. And now you guys have to wait A couple years for the next movie. I read Dune in 1975 or so So I'm going to pull out the world's smallest violin and play for you and your suffering. Because I've been waiting that long for this movie. A couple more years will seem like nothing to me.

Hi Clariss , It's great to see your reaction to Dune.2 with Tim And I even saw your reaction together on his channel 2 of this movie. I also enjoy your reaction together to twister🌪🌪🌪 Thanks watching this movie together. So many great actors were in this movie !!!

Paul felt sincere remorse for initiating the jihad, The holy war. He knew millions would die and even though he wants revenge he doesn't want millions because of his actions.

The Reverend mother's plan didn't backfire, it never came to fruition. Because the lady Jessica had a boy instead of a girl she circumvented the plan. What the Reverend mother in the book was trying to do was to salvage what was left of the plan. Their plans are measured in centuries.

1:11 no you can't, spice is not money its a resource, if spice were removed something else would be the next most valuable resource to buy with money. Money can still be made via alternate means. Example Caladan (Atreides homeworld) was largely an agricultural planet and made its money that way. The other houses had to buy the spice from whoever was selling it.

You're very close to understanding the "freeborn" and why it's "abomination". The memories that they inherit are memories from past female lines of their genetic line. These memories can be powerful. In Alia's case she is closer to what Paul is than just your normal Bene Gesserit is who won the goes the spice agony. She has, like Paul, personalities of the male line as well. The primary reason that is so dangerous, considered abomination, is because as a fetus or small child they have not developed their own personality so therefore any one of these other personalities could conceivably (and do) take over the child. Very similar to possession by a spirit. Alia is very much an abomination.

While waiting for Dune Messiah, go back and re-watch Lawrence of Arabia. Just sayin...

Just curious. Reaction says first time watcing, but you both said you've seen it before.

Awesome news: Tom Holland (Spider-Man) & Zendaya (MJ) are getting married 😀.

Thanks for reacting

I would love your reaction to "Once Upon a Time in Mexico".

hmm, he is the hero. a tragic one. but otherwise all off mankind would die.

It was amazing how much the movie Star Wars (1977) “borrowed” from the novel Dune (1965) such as: 1. The desert planets of Arrakis and Tatooine. 2. The voice control of Bene Gesserit and the Jedi mind control. 3. The obesity of Baron Harkonnen and Jabba the Hut. 4. The plot twist of “I am your grandfather” and “I am your father.” 5. Many more…

You should react to the elephant man love your reactions

Awesome reaction of my favorite Dune movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

A preborn isn't *always* an abomination, they can end up becoming one though. It's not a certain thing that happens to every preborn

The fact, higher you climb in ladder of power, more douche bag you will become. If you are given high power but you're good person, who holds ideals deep, others will kill you. Its such brutal world. Villeneuve really made epic with two movies that pretty much openly slapped Disney's entertainment giant across its face. I gotta love that. These movies had better visual effects, practical effects, story, acting what Disney has put on live action in past several years. And money has been well spend considering how amazing both films look. Most Disney's projects with similar or higher budget look like caricatures of films compared Dune films.

Yeah but you and everyone else is speaking from a case of Hindsight because you know it ends badly.... Remember charismatic leaders like all have good or bad. One of the most charismatic of recent times Nelson Mandela never ever went bad... So a very difficult topic

I believe in Stilgar ;-)

Did you watch wreck it Ralph?

Bonjour du Québec ! 😊

Clariss preggers? Looks like she's glowing. Not good to ask? Sorry, I have brain injury. Sometimes I don't know what is sociably acceptable or not.

The Dune movies 🎥 are awesome 😎

Excellent movie❤❤

Great reaction As Written

I don't know Clarissa makes me feel like she's seen it in theaters already just saying reaction doesn't feel genuine.

I'll never understand how people enjoy these movies. they are so Blahh,