The saddest line in this movie is when Leto says to Jessica “I thought we had more time”. He’s so sad and resigned when he says it. Always hits me in the feels

The meaning of this scene is that the emporer knew that if he made a big show of it then the honor of House Atreides wouldn't allow them to refuse. Basically forcing them into a situation they can't escape.

also literally the Leto way of saying this all could've just been an email

"When is a gift not a gift?"

Oscar Isaac nailed this scene. His eyes look like he just died a thousand deaths.

Somehow took 21,000 years to have beards be fashionable for politicians again

The thing with Paul was that he had the best of all possible educations. His mother taught him the ways of the word via her bene gesserit training, the computational and logistical way of thinking via the mentats, and then of course the training he received from Gurney to fight and defend himself. Lastly, the philosophical teachings his father passed down to him. He was molded for success.

The best beard in Dune and it's gone. RIP Leto

Great scene. Death warrant signed. The bit where the Herald says "It's done" is great too. Everyone saying so much without words.

bruh.. they are just dune their duty

My man looking directly into the brain to see the answer. Edit: People who are explaining how he is a Mentat, "Please roll your eyes and look directly into the brain and see the comment is a joke."😅👍

This scene also shows how the emissary and pretty much everyone else know what’s happening here and you can tell from the subtle expressions on the emissary’s face that he isn’t pleased about about it.

He is human computer, in dune, AI were banned, so , they took a few select people and made them super smart, each of the 4 houses were assigned one.

Forcing Paul to go fulfilled the prophecy, this was a mistake by the emperor.

One of my favorite scenes. The money wasted just to formally say, "get ready to be screwed. "

Imagine if Thufir just said "I don't know"

The exchange they have afterwards, "is that it, is it done?" Says it all. He knew it was a death sentence, and he went forward anyway. Not that there was really any alternative. If he rejected the Emperor's order, he likely would have attacked them on Caladan anyway. The Emperor was paranoid about House Atreides, and they were as good as dead the moment he suspected them. Ironically, had the Emperor done nothing to the Atreides, he would have likely remained Emperor to his dying day instead of being deposed by Paul.

An animal will bite its hand to escape the cage but a human will stay in the trap. He will stay in the trap in hope to kill the trapper and saving its kind. The gom jabbar scene is a minibook for the first book. ❤

"This could have been an email but the courtesy you give before getting rid of me is appreciated."

Mom, im internet famous!

This movie gets just better with every rewatch. Hope the 2nd crushes the box office, so that we get a 3rd one edit: finally watched it - part 2 is epic

The Emperor really sent a delegation for an official Fate Sealing Ceremony. Padisha Emperor? More like Petty-sha Emperor 😂😂😂😂😂

I love this scene, the cinematography, the tone. As soon as he stamped his insignia the tone changed, you could feel the shift in the bene gesserit. This was the emperors way of showing the emperium the atreides weren't forced to go, but they accepted their fate.

Duke Leto: "Sooooooo it's done?" Emperor's Herald: "It's done." When i heard those lines, i took it as the herald telling the Atreides that theyre literally done for.

"The Emperor put a lot of money into making sure your house takes it in the exhaust."

When your enemy spends a whole of 1.46 million and 62 solaris just to tell you, you are fu**ed

Yeah, my eyes do that, too, when I try to do math.

The casting in this movie was absolutely unbelievable, big khal drogo as Duncan Idaho, Rebecca Ferguson is the perfect lady Jessica, skarsgaard as the baron, not one character seemed out of place, and not forgetting Javier Bardem as stilgar!! Brilliant

This man's beard game is on point.

Gigaduke understood it was a trap and gave zero f@#&s

Oscar Isaac is so handsome

Whats also cool to see is the empire is into appearances in a way. They spent that much money and used that many navigators for a formality, shows how much deception the emperor used to destroy the people he was jealous of

The Emperor is digging his own grave with that jealousy. Should’ve made Atreides his advisor. He could’ve take the credit and clout he felt they were getting. Seriously… pettiness will always come back on you.

I’d never read Dune or seen any of it’s previous media and yet the subtext in this scene is a masterclass of showing the audience and not telling them directly. I loved Dune because Dennis treats his audience with respect, he knows people like to put it together themselves and leaves just enough bread crumbs for the viewer to nibble on. It’s not exactly difficult to understand but the implications but it’s extreme close ups that really hammer home just how much of grip is around their neck.

basically if u read the book, it’s set up for them to extinguish the atredies line from the very beginning

Still cheaper than British train ticket

“This could’ve been an email”

That's one expensive death warrant.

Everyone involved seemed to realise it was a trap. You can see the pity in the herald’s eyes just before he bows

Would have required a massive amount of foresight but imagine a moment if Leto had identified the fact that the Harkonnen had inside information and setup contingencies and limited even the inside circles information to Thufir, himself, Paul and Gurney. Backup house shields, additional defensive emplacements that were camouflaged, QRF's, sensor emplacements etc..... There were enough signs there to at least be a BIT more cautious but they thought they were safe behind that damn shield and not once did one of them go 'Hmm, but what if that thing comes down'. That ONE thought would have changed the course of the battle.

When dude pressed Leto for his seal…..we knew the the spice was gonna hit the fan

This film doesn’t receive the plaudits it deserves, in my eyes it’s one of the most underrated films I’ve watched but also one of the greatest sci fi films I’ve ever watched

I actually thought the meaning of this scene was to somewhat introduce what exactly a Mentat is, and does.

What DV did to Dune that FEW directors ever would have is all the implicit undertones so important to dune. He didn’t have to say so many things because he made you feel them. Casting and directing coming together. In this scene you felt the weight.

I feel like you actually have to read the book to understand 90% of what’s really going on in this film lol, I rewatched after reading book and it made so much more sense

They picked an actor that actually looks kind of like he could be related to timothee

Really am ready for part 2. So intrigued with this Dune universe 🤨

"We have more money than you will ever have"

I swear the Herald is way more intimidating than Rabban

When he imprints his seal on the document and the reverend mother watches from the side, i can’t help but think “you just signed your death warrant buddy”

This is the only mentat that used a straw.

That beard is straight up perfection

I imagined Howard to be a thin toll old man you know like an actual assassin

Count Fenring was such a pivotal character in the end to the Emperor. Refusing to fight Paul even though he could win because he ALSO is a Kwisatz Haderach and because Paul was exhausted from Fayed Ratha.

Literally signed his death warrant with his signet ring

Three guild navigators? So that means the Atreides home planet is quite a distance away from the empire center?

I got to give it to the actor playing that announcer guy. you can tell just by his body language and line delivery that his character knows Leto is screwed

The imperial herald looking at Leto like he is staring at a dead man

Excited to see more of that character in Dune 2...

Was a whole convo in the book that as soon as the plan was put into motion, Leto was screwed, and he was definitely intelligent enough to know it immediately as well. He couldn't refuse, and agreeing would obviously result in the harkonnens being seemingly justified to attack them to get Arakkis back. There was absolutely nothing Leto could do about it. The only difficulty of the plan was it required the Emperor's involvement.

I would go see a movie if I knew Oscar Isaac was in it. Watch A Most Violent Year, Ex Machina, Annihilation. He elevates the material.

Dune is essentially what happens when you cross Star Wars and Game of Thrones I know that this came first but still

This is how emperor should look like

Damn! Poe Dameron didn't pay his taxes to the Emperor... Now the IRS is coming for him...

That is one hell of a beard

Atredies knew this was a trap from the beginning, as he knew the emperor had turned against his house.

imagine bros eyes roll back like that when he busts a fat one.

Such wonderful faces in this scene!

Love the detail in this movie

That guy is Mentat, genius mathematician calculating every possible way with percise knowledge

This isn't a promotion. It's a funeral. Leto knew it. That's why he asked Jessica to protect Paul on the day he died.

Great movie can't wait for the sequel

Mentats are Human Computers. Thufir Hawat and Piter DeVries, are a few of them from the ‘Dune’ universe.

"the emperor wants to kill you" "i know"

You shouldve just showed the part were the herald loses all sense of formality and just says "It's done" that shit hits like a mace when you finally hear it

Not everyone knows the context of that guy, and this short video doesn't make it clear. In this story, computers are outlawed. It is forbidden to create a machine that "imitates humans" so humans found a way to turn themselves into living computers through the use of powerful, and highly addictive drugs. The mark on that guy's lip is actually wrong. It's supposed to be a stain from the drug. The spice is essential for space travel cause it allows people to create psychic worm holes or something. And the only place you can find it is on Dune. Such a weird book series.

"How much will it cost?" 😐 🙄 😵‍💫 😳 "19 dollar Fortnite card"

But Leto knew of the trap. " The first step to avoid a trap is to know of it"

I thought he was just rolling his eyes over a dumb question. 😂

A very well acted scene. Paul seems interested, slightly excited, and a little awed by the whole ceremony. Everyone else is looks stoically depressed (even a little scared). Clementine looks like he's honestly sad being the herald charged with delivering the order for the Atredies to march willingly into this trap. You can practically see the gun pointed at his head as everyone talks around what they know is happening, and Paul is left wondering what's going on, because everyone is acting so oddly about something he thinks they ought to be proud about.

This movie is so underrated 🫡

" I'm gonna give you an offer, that you can not refuse "

This was a great update to the original! The acting was so on point! The effects were great as well. It actually feels believable.

Such a great job of showing the futility of a dying honor system.

I loved the casting in this movie. Apart from the main characters, who are both talented actors and fit their characters' descriptions to a tee, so many of the extras have an odd sort of racial ambiguity or just a general strangeness to their features that makes them seem like believable products of a human society thousands of years in the future.

That lil sigh after he says how much it cost explains it. Couldn't fold on his honor.

I’m hoping some time in my life this will be made into a full tv series starting with the Leto’s father as Duke of the house and the reign of the Baron in his prime youth.

It looked so beautiful when his eyes went grey like Devine consciousness

This scene explains Dune better than any other thing. With a few words. And a couple of nods. Deep messages, families, and an entire galaxy's economy is summed up.

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration"

The herald is an absolutely beautiful man. ❤

Body language

Leto knew that long before the emissary turned up.

The way his eyes goes💀💀

Why were they massacred

This is the cost of killing one of the most beloved families of the Dune universe

Always loved the way the herald says "it's done" so casually, like at this very moment they briefly dispensed with being so formal about it.

What would have happened if he would have said no?

Yeah he even knew he was screwed what I don’t understand is knowing this why not station a lot more security around the shield dome access and within the company’s itself also if u know that their coming and your time is short restrict all access to quarters and main areas no non was personal allowed within certain areas. Give them 30 guy roving patrols and stationary chiefs at every entrance and exist and secure the main security of the compound areas to have the troops stationed within the only access terminal so to shut down the shield wall you must travel thru the troops barracks and then after that the squad leaders, corporals and then generals at the end to stop and alleviate any main security risks. It’s what I don’t understand how a dr basically a big bitch could just slip in and shut down a advanced civilizations security system and tech and bring down the strongest house in the imperium. Doesn’t make any sense when thing about it logically. I mean he brought down the whole house with a. Couple stun darts and a comfy pair of shoes

I love that Denis pays so much attention and respect the power of visual storytelling. The colors, the contrast, the action and facial expressions of different characters tells you so much about what is actually happenning in every scene. Pay attention and you can already tell what the fuck is about to happen