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To be honest delaying Dune 2 to 2024 may have been 500 IQ move. If it was released in 2023 it would have been rival with Oppenheimer for the Oscars. This year it will be the clear winner.

The shot of Paul walking through the crowd on the way to the council from the top down perspective...I've been seeing it every time I close my eyes

Best part was Paul going "it's duning time"

It's not really the case that Paul is "power hungry", it's that now he sees the future he knows what he has to do, regardless what he has said his intentions were before or what people think of him. He's a tragic hero after all.

"I even question whether I should be rooting for him or not" YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS. Now you get it.

I think Dave Bautista as Rabban deserves more credit. He wasn't just being Dave Bautista. There was subtlety in Rabban's expressions and interactions with other characters. He wasn't just a brute, especially he starts to fail and gets replaced (and humiliated) by Feyd. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Dave Bautista in cinema.

Video in beginning: "I'm not going to say this detail because I want you to watch this movie" Video in a few minutes: "Here is the ending of the movie and also all the important plot points"

20:25, This isn't an error the googles are on his face just covered by the cloth, the "glasses" auto-slide up and down when needed, on the worm . you can see this in action when they RPG-bazooka the Ornithopter. You can also see this in the fight sequences when the face-shields/helmets auto slide...up and down. Denis Villeneuve is very meticulous, and thorough. He has been basically working on this since he was 13, it shaped his entire life...passion, discipline and dedication - his magnum opus.

the score is transcendent

Totally agree with you. I walked out of the theater thinking “WOW, so there is SOMEONE in Hollywood today who can straight up MAKE A MOVIE.” I was also blown away by Timothee Chalamet’s acting at the same points you were. Very powerful stuff.

Dune is my Star Wars. It’s incredible and EVERYTHING I’ve ever wanted. I’m reading the books and watched both movies and oh my god, I just love it all. I even adore the changes, both versions are so good. 😌

Can’t get my mom to stop talking about Greg and his cinematography

We are Bene Gesserit. We don't hope, we plan.

One thing I’d like to see more commentators acknowledge is how foundational Dune is as a Sci-Fi story and how pivotal it is to the genere. Remember, this book was published in 1965. Many of the ideas we see as uniquely “Star Wars” are 100% inspired by dune, and Lucas freely admits as much (cf. Jedi vs. Bene Gesserit, Controlling Galactic Empire in both, Jabba the Hut vs worm man God Emperor of Dune Leto II, young hero goes through his hero’s journey on a remote desert planet, etc.)

Paul isn't power hungry. He is on the Golden path...

The moment before the ending where he said "Lead them to paradise" you can see pain on his eyes knowing the billions would suffer. Obviously he doesn't want it to happen.

The scene I love is when Feyd (Austin Butler) starts laughing like a madman (spitting while laughing) when his opponent is trying to shove a knife into his face. The acting from Butler and the arena fight scene overall is jaw dropping no matter how many times I watch it.

"I'm not usually a fan of hand zimmer" those are fighting words.

May thy knife chip and shatter

He’s definitely not the good guy. But he is definitely not the bad guy either. It’s pure Utilitarianism.

One thing, you said that this movie is not trying to be other franchise like star wars, etc. But the Dune books literally inspired the creator of star wars to make the movies, the Voice being the Force, and others inspirations

A few things, Paul is not the Kwisatz Haderach. He is only a seed. Paul's son, Leto the second is the Kwisatz Haderach. Second, although Paul is not "the good guy" in a stereotypical sense, he is not the bad guy either. What he is doing and all the death he will bring does have the greater purpose of eventually saving all of humanity from destruction. It's just that this is the only way to actually do this.

Every frame is peak cinema 👌

I don't think Dune is redefining Sci Fi, it's more of a return to form.

My favorite part was when Paul looked at the emperor and said “this is our dune, too.”

Stilgar and Chani are different from the books and even different from how they briefly came across in movie 1, but in a way I really didn't mind? Like it was a really good and useful way to highlight those ends of the belief spectrum and develop a sense of cultural conflict

Lisan Al Ghaib literally translates to Tongue of the Absent

20:25 he's already wearing the goggles here, if you look closely at the dark frame surrounding his eyes. The costume department maybe wanted the neck goggles to stand out more while unused so it's tinted, while on the closeups they want to emphasize his eyes so the goggles are crystal clear, and obviously on the last one they have a sandy pair emphasizing the ride.

You under appreciating Dave Bautista’s incredible portrayal of a man with all the power, both physical and political, anyone could ever want but crumbling under his own fear of losing said power, is wild. In his limited screen time he perfectly showed what was going on with his character. Do better.

I can't remember the last time (if ever) multiple shots in a movie actually made my jaw drop to the floor.

It’s so satisfying to see a film about a hard sci-fi novel actually take the serious tone the book intended rather than just using the title for clout and profit

Admittedly I read the Dune series over 20 years ago, so I'm not as attached to certain details as I might have been otherwise, but I think the changes in the Chani plot (her scepticism of Paul as the Lisan al-Gaib) was a great choice, because 1) it makes the dynamic between them much more equal and healthy, Paul has to earn her trust and love as a person, he's not just given it as a saviour - and she holds him accountable as a person too. 2) it also makes the dynamic more complicated and interesting, of course (she loves him as a person, but is afraid of what the veneration around him is going to mean for her people), and 3) through her, the audience keeps being reminded that Paul is an anti-hero, not a hero; without it it would have been so much easier to get swept up into his story and cheer him on even when we know this path will lead to a great bloodshed. Chani following him into the war for the sake of her people, while simultaneously being heartbroken and angry about the way he went back on what he had promised her, was a very compelling story. I wanted them to be together, but I also completely understood and agreed with her sense of betrayal. Finally, Zendaya's Chani is very determined and no-nonsense, so (in my opinion) this scepticism suited her portrayal (I loved the fact that her resting expression in the movie, especially in the outdoor scenes, was so serious, distrusting and frowning - you can tell that it's a character who has little reason to smile and be carefree when out on a mission. It was a great contrast with the scenes with her friends and especially with Paul when she finally opens up to him). Also the choice to have different Fremen factions of believers and non-believers was a fantastic choice, adding extra complexity and layers to a society that's supposed to comprise millions of people, and helping to further humanise them (otherwise there's a risk of falling into "naive natives" trope).

20:19 I think this isn't a continuity error. They start from around his neck, then after a few cuts, you might think it's completely gone, but you can see the frame of the goggles. The color of the lenes/glass just blends in with his skin tone. Even though you don't see him put it on, it is implied that he wore it. Then when he's riding the worm, his goggles that he's wearing is made much more visible due to the sand that's covering it, than it being as clear as when he put it on. Idk tho, but that's just my theory. (btw great video, i enjoyed it :D)

All I got to say is Pauls goggles are under his head wrap on his forehead. When he needed them, he could just pull them down while the strap remains under the head wrap. So he doesnt lose them, while also keeping them dust and dirt free before he jumps on the worm.

I think Dune 1 will change Hollywood forever. Dune 2 is just more of the same. But I think Dune 2 stands out so much more because Marvel has gotten so much worse. The world is hungry for a high-budget epic story, and Dune 2 filled that void.

No Duncan Idaho. 0/10

The fight in the colosseum, te attack on the emperor and the two fights inside sand clouds are literally burned into my brain. These shots were just absolute adrenalin rushes and it has been a long time since i have been this much immersed into a movie and its world. I just frickin love it

Chani won't go home because she needs to give birth to Leto II and Ghanima.

Hey, Rogue One is my favorite Star Wars. Yeah, i said it! Meet me behind the school and well fight it out!

If the whole world agrees that Dune 2 is a masterpiece of cinema and one of the greatest films ever created (myself included) and we somehow still don’t get Dune Messiah, I’ll lose all hope in reality.

The interaction between Stilgar and Gurney with the subtle argument about the place he hid the nukes was soooo funny and reflected their dynamic as commanders under Paul with different ideologies from the books very well

Watched this movie about 2 weeks ago and it's still on my mind. I particularly can't stop thinking about the fight scene between Feyd and Paul.

The Call of Duty Warzone operator pack in the shop goes hard lmao 😂 😂

Is it wrong to play with your worm during this review?

I watched it 3 times (so far), so glad to know there are 6 time goers out there that make me look not so over the top! 😅

My sweet summer child, wait until the story progresses to the later books when you complain about no Duncan Idaho.

If you look closely at your minor problems shots, in the second one he already had the googles it was just clear : 20:26 The only reason you see after those shots is because the sand and dirt hit the lens of the googles after he jumped on the worm 20:35

You really just said you didn’t want to spoil anything while talking about the sand worm… but then spoiled EVERY OTHER THING in the movie.

Paul going Super Saiyan after drinking the water was amazing. He talked and moved like he knew the whole Universe was his for the taking 🔥

Speaking of movies that sweater is definitely the movie theatre floor from the ealry 2000s

The goggles are on as soon as he puts the head wrap on. You see in the scene with harkonens that the lens flip down. You can see the edges of the googles in the wrap

2:42 i think this is a case of Zimmerman actually enjoying his work. In an interview, he talks about how he just couldn't stop writing more Dune music. Even after the whole film was shot, edited, and complete, Zimmerman kept sending Villeneuve more tracks and samples until he told him to stop. But even then, he didn't stop writing. There were two different Dune albums he released to accompany two different artbooks. I haven't heard Zimmerman this inspired since Pirates of the Caribbean.

Dune: Changing science fiction forever since 1965

Dune 2 is th best documentary ever made. Documentaries will never be the same again.

14:36 all I will say is, Chani is just as much of a main character in Messiah, as she is in this movie. If not more

This is one of the greatest films of all time. In every conceivable aspect. Our boy Duncan will be back very soon. I will force Warner Bros to make Dune Messiah with all the powers of my wallet

Dune is revolutionising sci-fi......again

Completely disagree that Paul was power hungry by the end. He wanted to be with Chani. But the only way to protect the Fremen from eventual annihilation, including Chani, was to win. And winning killed him, he lost the woman he loved. And billions would die. But it protected Chani’s life. It was…a sacrifice. Does no-one else get this plot?

9:14 I love the quick shot of Feyd Rautha's reaction to Paul silencing the Mohiam (not shown in this vid)

"There are no sides" I feel like that really empathizes as a whole the overall ending of Dune, it starts with the Mua'Dib fighting against the Baron and the Emperor, and yet Paul at the end essencially becomes just as bad by the end of the story

I had always heard about dune since my reader teacher in 8th grade was a big fan of it, but energy really got into it myself. I watched part 1 in the theater and it just spiraled from there, this is some of the best sci fi media I’ve ever seen. I watched the both movies, watched a fan edit of the Lynch movie, and I’ve l learned more about the lore. The Dune universe is awesome and I wonder what Frank Herbet himself would think of these 2020s movies if he was still alive

Paul isn't power hungry, he sees the future and in his eyes, this narrow path out of thousands (or millions?) of other potential futures is the one that best serves humanity. Now whether he's right or wrong is up for interpretation.

Peak fiction As a book reader i cannot believe i live in the timeline where Dune is so openly talked about and loved. Peak

It's SO REFRESHING to finally have a massive scifi or fantasy epic journey saga with the lead character not being your average beacon of light morally perfect hero and rather someone nuanced and morally grey. I can not wait for Dune: Messiah to be adapted as I feel that the ending will catch more than one person used to conventional storytelling with their guard down. It's a shame that the rest of dune is near impossible to adapt into movies/shows coz I'd love to see how Villeneuve would have figured certain aspects of the lore out (for those who have no clue about the lore: SHIT GETS CRAAAAAAAAAAZY and I mean CRAZY as in Dune 2 was maybe 3% of what this franchise has to offer in terms of craziness)

I was shocked when I learned that Grieg Fraiser was the cinematographer for Rogue One and the Batman too. No wonder they both look so good

that feeling you guys are having is what we old people felt back when blade runner came out. it was life changing movie. not so much like the star wars 77 event that it was. that just blew peoples minds. this movie is the best sci fi movie I have ever seen and I have been waiting for decades for this film

Dune 2 was so F!!!!!ing good man, loved the summary and video man

This man really missed the opportunity to say "too much talkin, not enough Chiristopher Walken"

Chani sort of has to come back. She is a major part of the second book. There is a line in the book where Jesica tells her something like "We may be called concubines, but history will know us as wives. The princess will never know the tenderness of her husband". In the books, Paul is 100% romantically loyal to Chani, but he marries the emperor's daughter for political reasons and Chani understands since Paul only loves Chani and never really shows love/affection towards his wife.

Every video I’ve seen so far has talked about Paul’s “betrayal” to Chani. Now I have never read the books but the idea I got from the film was Paul was doing that to protect her. He has seen images of her dying and I was wondering if he followed the path of marrying irulan to prevent Chani’s death. Many times during the end of the movie Paul made eye contact with Chani almost evidence he still cares for her. The more obvious evidence is when he says he will love her until his last breath. So I really hope this isn’t the end to Chanis’s character masterfully played by Zendaya.

Btw the goggles have retractable lenses and in the scene right before the worm ride where he has the cloth surrounding his face, the lenses are retracted but he activates them in the next cut for the worm ride

This movie is incredible. Period. Nice review and synopsis! Of note, I'm pretty sure the goggles were just under his head wrap. You can see the frames around his eyes under his wrap during the closeup just before Paul's ride. 20:23 Earlier in the movie, during the sand crawler battle, both Paul and Chano are wearing their goggles. When they come out from under the crawler and start running it shows the lenses snap open (automatically? They didnt touch them to do it). So I think Paul activated the lenses while running across the Dune before jumping to catch the worm.

Oh, Chani will be back. As Paul already said after drinking the water of life and seeing the future, she will come to understand. And Paul wasn't lying about his love for her 🙂

“I don’t want to spoil anything because I want you to watch this movie” proceeds to describe the whole movie 😂

Chani is in the second novel Dune Messiah as Paul's concubine while he's married to irulan. He only gives love to chani n his line continues through chani not irulan Paul just uses irulan he married her but doesn't love her or show any love to her so she writes history books about Paul n his rise to power she writes books about Paul which later are history books. Chani is integral to Dunne Messiah and don't know how there gonña do it since chani is still with paul throughput dune Messiah hope they don't change all of this

Film of the year when we have Kraven coming in August?? SMH.

16:12. Yeah definitely didn't see the lack of exploring this as an issue, but that would make things so much more satisfying to have a moment of them talking, discussing,

Chani's talk about the prophecy is total metagaming. she'd have no way to know.

The best part was when this movie went full Life of Brian... please tell me someone else here understood that reference.

I only regret is I saw Dune 1 only four times.

Agree about the track "Arrival". The power of the song and the change in color/costume as he enters the crowd knocked this out of the park. He looks changed and powerful. Brilliant. Chalamet is PERFECT. In the first film, he is a boy that is learning and frightened. He NAILED IT.

The story was writtten decades ago. But it is great to see a new generation discover the ultimate science fictioon story. I think that this movie adaptation is far and asway the best, and I hope that it motivates viewers to read the books. There is some inner dialog and explanations that can’t be done the same way in film. Same for the Expanse.

Dude I'm almost done watching this video. I've watched a lot of review videos for dune 2 and yours is one of the better ones, totally deserves way more views. You're the first one to bring up that costume discontinuity, good catch, we saw the movie 4 times in 4 different formats this month and I didn't notice lol.

10:15 One of the only minor gripes I had was the reference to him asPsychotic rather than Psychopathic. Big misconception. Medically, beingPsychotic is what you see with severe illnesses likeSchizophrenia, where a person hears voices or sees things that aren't there, crippling anxiety, nervousness, paralytic fear etc which in turn massively impairs their ability to function normally in a day to day life. WhilePsychopathic is the theDark, cunning, calculating, manipulative, sadistic and unempathetic stuff you see withPsychopaths like Dexter or Hannibal Lector, Baron Hakonnen, Ramsey Snow (Bolton - GOT), etc

The continuity error with the goggles isn't the error you think it was. He had the goggles on under his headwrap but they cleaned up the lenses while it was on his face so you could see his eyes and then you clearly see them when they get dirty.

I need to go see this agaaain. now that I have a better understanding of the story. And I was following it, but everything was still a mystery. But yeah. Peak film making this is. I'm glad to have experienced it.

Great review, nice to see someone praise something.

Okay with the goggles, I think watching it 6 times, there’s scenes where we see some goggles deploy like you can wear the frame and then bring a windscreen or shade over them. So I think he has them on under his head wrap from around his neck, and just deploys them at some point in the chaos on the worm.

nice video, casual yet insightful, nice job

14:13 😊I love this background … MS_Paint ?? 🤔 seriously… Hard Boiled.

He's got his goggles on, they're just clean so you can't see them, right?

I have watched it twice in IMAX. I wish I could watch it every day in IMAX.

as written, the books shaped modern scifi, and now the movies too

Hey I appreciated this review. I don't know anything from your channel. But if you're like me, your feed is all DUNE right now. What I appreciate about this review is it clearly comes from someone totally green to the Dune world. ("Nissan al Gieb" was my favorite 🤣) And that's what's so masterful about this film. It's hitting everyone differently but still getting us there together.. Busting in unison 🙌 I feel, as a book fan, I need to defend the frustration you've heard about Chani. The main issue many are having is about the story to come. Not to get too spoilery on you, but Chani being Paul's ride-or-die queen in this part of the story is VERY important to the next book Dune: Messiah. And many are worried this has been completely removed from the story... because Chani hates Paul now. It isn't that Paul is gaslighting the Freman. It's that their liberation is dependent on Paul. And Paul's prescience is the only way they can defeat the Harkonnens and the evil emperor. To put it another way, without Paul, the Freman will be forever trapped, hunted, killed or enslaved. With zero chance of success. Anymore than rebels in Afghanistan could beat the Russians in the 80's without the US/CIA arming them to the teeth. However, in both cases Dune and Afgan in the 80's, what thise events LEAD to are VERY bad. And the movie spells it out. "The Holy War begins". Which is left vague until the 2nd book. The main purpose behid Dune is for the reader to understand that no matter who you are, you're fully capable of being swept up in a cult. It's a part of the human condition for everyone to have a breaking point of faith in a charismatic leader. Could be religious or political or anything. And this point would have been even more dialed in if Chani would have been converted in the great council scene. But I understand, they need a shortcut to certain aspects of the story that keep the audience tethered to reality more than the book would at that point. And that no matter how good Paul's intentions may be, or how reluctant he is to leading them into a tragic war... it becomes inevitable. If he wants to free the Freman and avenge his family, it will trigger the Holy War leading to the death of billions. Paul isn't faking anything. He is their liberator. It was fortold. And it did come true. The political discourse between the Freman was a nice touch. And regardless of Chani's future role in the trilogy, she did a good job keeping the audience afraid of what's to come. Even if it was a little modern in thought. It only took me out of it initially of the first viewing. Before I reconciled what Denis was trying to do with the trilogy. And at this point, I really don't care if part 3 resembles the books at all. So long as it's a good movie. It would honestly be an anticlimactic way to wrap up the films if it were shot as written. Besides being an 8 hour+ movie. So I hope they just go off road with it. And keep it spicy. 10/10

Dune is meant to be a warning about the reliance on religion and the reluctance of self-determination. However, Paul's character is interesting because the movie makes it seem like in the second half that he sees the only path to success for the Fremen is to go on the Holy War, and I kind of agree. It seems that spice is too important and valuable to the entire Imperium, that the war for Arrakis, and by extension the Fremen will never end. As Paul sees the future, the Fremen as a people have only one option to keep their way of life, and Paul has to use all the tools he has at his command, even if it means lying to the Fremen to achieve their goals. As far as Paul knows, he is still manipulating the Fremen into following him into battle, but he is the Kwasit Haddarack (an already prophesized being) and this seems to be Paul's and the Fremen's only chance to strike at the rotten core of the Imperium and the other Houses including Harkonnen. There's like 5 more books after the first one that I haven't read so I assume not everyone lives happily ever after in the second book, but If you're on the side of Paul or not at the end is completely dependent on whether or not you're a "ends justify the means" kind of person. I feel like for the Fremen, securing peace for generations by going to war would be preferable than dying a slow death in the desert when each House is replaced by another again and again to go and mine the spice eternally.

"Arrival" as a song really is peak. The absolute guttural feel of the build up is straight up something I never knew I wanted in music. It sounds so dark and gross and raw and just friggin perfect.

We need the people that made this movie to make THE Warcraft movie (Arthas' Story). It would be fucking glorious. The style, the music, the cinematography, the mood of it all. All fucking perfect.

Do people notice the similarities between Eren Yaeger and Paul? Reluctant saviors of prophecy that want to save everyone but realise they have to create tragedy through genocide to get there?