Dune Part Two Destroys Modern Hollywood (Review)
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Dune Part 2 starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya recently opened to great reviews, and after watching Dune Part 2 myself I can see why. In this review of Dune Part 2 I go over what makes this movie so great, as well as how Dune part 2 in a way is everything modern Hollywood hates, and I personally think Dune part 2 may have just saved Hollywood as a whole, which has been struggling lately.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:41 - The Plot
02:52 - Performances
05:53 - Modern Hollywood hates this
07:18 - World Building
08:36 - A New Evolution
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Hollywood hates it? I'm sold on watching it.
Ahahahaha
@@solarydays Book published 1965. Movie adaptation 1984 (Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart et al). New adaptation part 1 2021.
Loved the book(s). Loved the first movie adaptation. Loving the latest adaptation.
@@solarydaysOh. You mentioned the book and this movie. I just thought you might have missed the first adaptation =)
No one hates it. Jesse's a two-bit hack who needs click bait to be relevant. Go see the movie because it's well made.
Hollywood MADE it. Are people genuinely this stupid?
When I was reading the book, my sister said it was “a lot of people all trying their best and failing”. I really think that’s why it makes it such a compelling story. You see how much effort everyone is giving
That's very interesting.
And things will get worse I expect. Maybe I'm wrong but I think it is possible things will get darker in this movie series-not happier. Part of the problem may be basing galactic civilization on feudal society (which could get very bloody, unpredictable, and backstabbing) and a somewhat unspoken corporate monopoly but that could be me.
the effort was palpable, i could sense tension from the book-to-cinema conversion, but they did better than most book adaptations. They caught the spirit of the book
“a lot of people all trying their best and failing” Hard disagree. The Bene Gesserit have been pulling the strings of politics for generations for their own gains. The Houses and the Padishah Empire are generally despotic. Duke Leto was an anomaly, and obviously killed for it. Humanity has devolved into monarchies, just across space. Paul is, indeed, sympathetic at first, but (at the end of the day) he still chooses power and going on a space jihad that kills billions. He becomes an even worse monster then those that ruled before him.
@@pplr1 yes this story is not a cheerful one and I think probably wouldn't work if they did too many more of the books. It's quite dark.
He made the transition from boy to war leader better then I have seen in any other movie.
Agreed. Well said.
The character arch of Paul is impeccable. A well designed character.
Yeah and those final scenes where Paul gives in to the prophecy and takes control was done so well. The sound of 'the voice' in the theatre played a monumental role in that final scene in the emprerors throne room.
That speech he makes to the fremen, amazing and stilgar being his ultimate hypeman during it. Got goosebumps.
better than khaleesi in season 8
I’ve never got more chills watching a movie than I did during this one. It was actually kinda weird, like watching a horror movie but it wasn’t.
So true. I was a sweaty mess after the movie😂😂
I felt EXACTLY the same way.
I definitely was squirming in my seat. Despite having read the book and knowing the outcome, this movie still managed to make me wonder if Paul would survive. Well done!
wow!!! great way to describe the sensation! I think I was shaking in some parts.... what a masterpiece
@nean3075 must be a common reaction, my theater was so hot at the end!
Not to take anything away from the actors... but when everyone is good, much credit should go to the director, the editor(s) and the writer(s).
all the oscars Dune part I got were technic Oscars after all. 👍
@@avatarlhamo3063 They didn't even nominate the director, as if all of those elements directed themselves. Oscars are a BIG JOKE!!
And that score! The score was intense!
Even the best actors, directors, set designers, and effects people can't fix bad writing.
So not this film then.
There's the jarring performance of Christopher Walken being Christopher Walken. I mean it's not jarring seeing him be him in every other movie. But this film did not need him.
Much respect Mr Walken, love you man, but in this film, not so much.
It was "captivating", I haven't physically felt my heart pump in a film like that forever. When the credits rolled, people in the IMAX were stunned in silent appreciation of the complex and well defined story they had just seen. I don't remember a better composed film in the past 10 years. The last thing I saw in the cinema that left me as transfixed was when one didn't notice that Wolverines daughter hadn't spoken in about 20 minutes in Logan. Dune Part 2 was a tour de force.
Yea, I was in Imax yesterday and after credits started to roll 75% of people stayed in their seats just trying to comprehend what they've just saw.
Saw it yesturday
I don’t think a film has made my adrenaline pump like this since the first time I saw mad max fury road on the big screen
Absolutely brilliant
Same here, accept our audience clapped, but people were gobsmacked and I’ve never seen people leave a theatre so slowly. Guess they were still digesting as I was.
I just got out of the theater and noticed the same general reaction. People were even gasping, me inculded.
Am I the only one who thinks that the storytelling in part 2 was a bit off? It felt rushed and less cinematic compared to part 1. I'm a bit disappointed tbh...
I forget that there are younger people that have been subjected to CGI pumped superhero films for so long that many haven't seen a great new well crafted story come out in the cinema. We use to see this stuff way more often, but it has fallen so far that one being released now is like a shining ray of light. I still remember going to The Matrix and LOTR and just being blown away like this back in the day. Hopefully people take note.
Lord of The Rings are such great movies. Still hold up to this day
Maybe the fact that the story is based on a book rather than a kid's comic book may have helped make the difference.
Well said, sir.
"great, new, well crafted" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.. It's literally none of those.. And it's woke pandering at its finest.. You're too blind.
Cultural marvelization is cancer of film-making. These young people who grew up on mindless CGIfests constantly overwhelming their brains with colorful stimuli are unable to appreciate something like Dune because a movie is bOrInG to them when stupid characters in ugly CGI costumes don´t make jokes every 10 minutes and there is not constant action for the sake of action.
CGI is supposed to allow the filming of a movie that otherwise would have been impossible, but by no means it´s a replacement for a good story (or a great story in this case) It´s purpuse is to enhance the story and allow the visions of the director, set designers, etc to come forth. It seems to me that many, if not all blockbusters, use CGI as and end in itself, blow as many things as you can idea, and the results are obvious.
That happened to Avataar 2
@@DangerNoodl3 I don't mind CGI at all if the designs are creative and well thought through. In Avatar 2 the CGI serves a very specific purpose: to intricately realize an alien world and all the life in it. But they also strove for absolute excellence, which also counts for a lot, and is why they won every single VFX award they were nominated in, 14 awards in total by the Visual Effects Society. If you pay attention to the way James Cameron shoots Pandora, he operates the camera as though he was in a real place, which is why you won't see those typical comic book movie scenes where all these weightless cameras are flying around a cacophony of CGI noise.
@@tronam This is true, but i personally think the way the movie was written reminds me of a fanfiction of a 12 year old. The are just so many plot holes, so many clichés and so many cringeworthy dialogues...
This is real cinema gold and why people need to go to the movies. Denis doesn't compromise and stays true to the source material whilst putting every effort in astonishing acting, visuals, music & storytelling. This is why I fell in love with movies.
Bullshit. Dr.Kynes is evidence to the contrary. Denis does it better than most, but your not making a movie in Hollywood without DEI compromises
You are right, seeing it at huge cinema is something you cant compare. Its such an amazing experience to see smart and epic films in a cinema again.
@@yomomscouch2841 😂. Unfortunately, some delusion angry idiots probably hold this opinion without irony.
He kinda stayed true to the source material, as Chani going rogue wasn't in the original book.
Agreed. True fans of film and cinema should go see this in theaters. The entire production team and talent really deserves the support of seats in the theater.
Now that Everything Everywhere All at Once has broken that barrier that had forever kept sci-fi from the academy award for best picture it would be nice to see Dune 2 ride an army of sandworms through the ruins of that barrier next year.
It wasn’t real sci fi. And it won awards because it pandered to the woke DEI crowd.
This movie will not be in that conversation
Bless the maker and his water.
@@Teshyb21it will effortlessly be
Cinematography = HERO, Jet Lee.
Loved the camera work in this film!
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
Very good comparison. Someone tried to say this was like Disney Star Wars. What an unfair and silly comparison.
so nothing unseen before
I remember Dave Bautista getting flak for voicing out his desire to play a more artistic role. He had the desire to do better things. The masses seem to have disliked the idea. Looks like he got his wish. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
I was reading Arthur C Clark and Isaac Asimov novels pretty much as soon as I hit my teens and have been addicted to sci-fi since. I read Dune when it was published, and it joined 'Foundation' in blowing my young mind. Way back then, the very idea that these series could actually be portrayed on screen was a wild fantasy. The last few years have seen those fantasies become reality way beyond anything I could have hoped for. When you consider that 'Foundation' was written over 80 years ago, and 'Dune' almost 60... you might begin to appreciate the extraordinary scope and vision of the true 'Golden Age' of Sci-Fi. I'm by no stretch religious... but I thank the Sky Lords for bringing the impossible to life before I pop my clogs
I saw it last night. There were many scenes that were spine tingling. Like someone else here said, it was almost like a horror movie in parts but it was the horror of knowing the inevitably of what Paul would become. Timothee Chalmette was outstanding and Zendaya was perfect. She was totally believable in the role of a Feydakin warrior.
I was really stunned by her performance and just the character’s writing in general. Came a long way from (this is only the beginning)
Chani spent the last 2 hours of the movie doing nothing but giving Paul the stink eye... It was unintentionally hilarious once you realise she must have spent ages beforehand practising 🙂. A great movie, but I'm not sure it'll be remembered in 5-10 years, except as they go further and further into the many many books in the Dune series written after the original author died to milk everything they can from the franchise when people remember the series started out good.
It's the perfect time to greenlit Dune Messiah follow-up as a conclusion of Paul's story as envision by Villeneuve.
Well said
A female told me she thought Chani was a total mardy bum. I just think she was the one character who saw herself as a chess piece who had no play and no choice in the game. I really want to see her role in Dune Messiah and how she gets over this.
If this movie isn't with this year's Oscars. You know there must be fowl play involved.
Well it’ll have to be 2025 Oscar’s because the 2024 noms have already happened. But definitely deserves some awards or at least nominations
"adam ruined everything" already revealed oscar is sold to the higest bidder. There's nothing fair about it.
What do chickens, ducks, and geese have to do with Academy Awards?
You're as much of an attention seeker as Jesse.
The first movie won six Oscars @@neal9444
@@Padmepotter4986 ???
I already loved Dave Bautista's acting in Blade Runner 2049 and was pleasantly surprised to see him again in Dune Part I and II
Same here! I love how much fun he was in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and then he's seriously nuanced and compelling in Blade Runner 2049 and Dune parts I and II. He has great acting instinct and screen presence.
He acted perfect like a big simp
I was very surprised at how vulnerable he was in this film. I’ve never seen a man his size pull that off while looking so effortless.
Yeah, he was able to look imposing in an instant, then miserable and cowering the next. I can't imagine a better actor in his particular role.@@rhysproudmourne1646
He was good in Hotel Artemis too
I was also too young to see Empire and LOTR in the cinemas, so having such an awesome fantasy/sci-fi trilogy for this generation to call their own was great
And I'm happy you and your generation have this as a soon to be epic trilogy. 😇
I saw LOTRs in theatre when I was about 12. It blew me away. There was also an intermission, which helped everyone collect themselves mid way through. I wish Dune also had an intermission. Other than that, it was perfect. Happy you could enjoy a baddass blockbuster.
I really appreciated that this movie didn’t have any unnecessary sex scenes or nudity just sprinkled in for a wow factor like most movies in Hollywood. Even with Feyd Rautha, who we learn during the film is a psycho sexual weirdo who’s into torture and pain for pleasure, in the common trash movies we’re accustomed to from Hollywood these days they would have had a whole scene showing us him torturing and sexually abusing other characters but in this film it allows us to fill in the blanks and just imagine the horrors he could have committed based on the fear we’ve built of this character from seeing him in other scenes. This way the story stays on script to tell and show us what is actually important to know.
Agree completely!
Yes, I like it a lot that the films don't show too much sex and cruelty and leave more to the imaginations.
Agree, sex scenes or nudity is by far one of the cheapest ways to try and capture your audiences attention. Not having it, Dune will only help age the movie that much better.
Very good point!
I've read Dune by Frank Herbert and it was a space opera epic.
Now wonder it was an inspiration for the original Star Wars Trilogy.
I hope to read Dune Messiah and I hope it is adapted.
Yeah the books great and thank god so are the movies
It's a foregone conclusion
Frank Herbert must be smiling from Heaven
Yeah George Lucas even said that he used to read the books and that Dune was partly his inspiration for the planet Tattoine and his creation of the Jedi
For the sake of completeness, it would be nice to see all of them adapted. But...I have to say Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, and God Emperor absolutely depressed the hell out of me. TBH, I think the book cover art set the wrong tone for me...then the story...just didn't click. But I got back into it with Heretic... However, plenty of people love all of the books, so I'm the oddball.
Also, this is how you make a diverse cast actually fit in the story lore and not make it feel like a check box being ticked. Kudos to the whole team, Dune is by far the LOTR of this time. I can't wait to watch it again and can't wait for the next movie.
Ahaha literally have a video on this topic dropping in about 7 hours ahaha
LOL dude what? HAHAHAHA
I love Hayden Christensen but... Imagine Austin Butler playing Anakin Skywalker, and young Vader in his early days between ep3 and 4. His intensity and ferocity in this role was what I imagined Vader was like after his fall to the dark side.
That would be brilliant! Austin Butler would do Anakin justice
I Love Dave Bautista and am hopeful to see him in more roles that give him the spotlight as well
Yeah he’s really done so well for himself!
To be fair, personally i think is the character the movie treats. Less for sayng
Dave Bautista is an amazing actor
He just screamed a lot and hit things. Was a silly role. Any WWE wrestler could’ve done that.
@@RC-qf3mp agree his part in Blade Runner 49 was much more interesting.
Terrific analysis. Just one little nit pick. Am old enough to have seen premier showings of The Godfather, Star Wars, Alien, Close Encounters of The Third Kind etc.
When those movies first aired, the ubiquitous multiplex theaters had not yet been invented. Those movies were such huge successes that moviegoers in all kinds of weather literally stood in lines that extended for blocks hence the name “Blockbuster”. In fact many times the moviegoers had to wait in line through the length of time of a showing just to be able to get into the next showing. The term Blockbuster was used to describe successful movies and not used to describe movies that were not yet aired or were not yet proven successful by the appearance of the blockbuster lines of people. Actually it was an interesting time to be a moviegoer because as you stood in line it was only natural to strike up a conversation with people that were close by. To pass the time while standing in line people brought books, magazines and newspapers. Street artists and food venders pushing small carts or carrying wicker baskets provided snacks.
Lol, the good old days! I remember making a lot of friends while waiting in line to see a Star Wars/Empire double bill the weekend before Jedi premiered.
Do you mean people actually had to practice patience and self-assertion in consuming entertainment? That certainly explains why people are turning away from theaters in general because if there is no promise you'll at least have a fun time with a movie, there's no point in even putting the minimum amount of effort to leave your house.
OK, Boomer.
Star Wars had a run of six months in my local cinema.
Thank you for sharing that memory!
Just came back from premiere in Czech Rep.. you could hear a hair drop on a floor, that´s how deep the atmosphere was, everybody was fascinated by what saw a heard ( the music and sound design is perfect ). Nobody even dared to try chew some fucking popcorn or anything... so powerful
Besides the people who have to pee in the middle of epic scenes and walk right pass the screen…
Same at my theater!
probably because popcorn bucket looked like it could bite your hand off
Not in mine. They held it in. I know cause I never heard so many guys say "I gotta piss" at the credits.
I think the people in Hollywood are so amazingly dense they will miss true lessons and just find superficial things to take away from it's success.
Hollywood made this movie
@@lewienew I meant more general as a over all zeitgeist in moving forward.. But, good point.
Certain changes to Chani's character make me wonder what the future of the Atreides lineage will be like in this continuity. Let's just say given how ideologically charged her split with Paul is, Irulan might just have a chance this time round.
I'll put money down that it's going to be cold sheets for this very hot woman. Politics 😂
There's still a path to Messiah, and in a sense it makes Paul and Chani's relationship a bit more nuanced and deep. Chani at her core is a pragmatic Fremen warrior. Paul is an outsider - admirable and empathetic, but still: an outsider.
And therein lay the key message of Dune: idealization of the hero is the path to ruin. Chani walks the line because to her, Paul is not just a Messiah, but a lover. A person. No matter his power or prescience, he's a human being to her.
But Paul is not the messiah
He's a very naughty boy
She'll come back. She might already be preggers.
I don't see any change possible to Chani being the (sole) mother of Paul's children. Ghanima and esp. Leto (II)'s story are the unavoidable conclusion of the main Atreides family arc. At least the arc that I think Villeneuve will be treating. I don't think he'd be personally interested in developing anything beyond Leto II's death as God Emperor and the fulfilment of the Golden Path. He may even stop at Paul's walking to his death in the desert and passing on the terrible fate of the Messiah that he himself wasn't capable of to his son.
Chani is probably already pregnant at the end of Dune 2, but dies during the childbirth of the twins, so in terms of storyline there's nothing requiring her to be aligned with Paul in the time in between. There's still lots of potential for Villeneuve to play with Chani's character arc.
With regard to the God Emperor part of the story, does anyone think the story would still work if Villeneuve gave the fate of fulfilling the Golden Path to Ghanima instead of Leto?
It's a masterpiece...
I'm going to watch this movie twice so the cast from Madame Web can blame me more.
I was already sold when you said Hollywood Hates it
But the don't.. They love it.
No one hates it, is his old way of clickbaiting
Yea these guys do this cause they know the movie gonna be good so they do the “this movie is on our side” thing. It’s pathetic. They don’t have entertainment so they latch on to Top Gun Maverick and are all like “this movie is hated by SJW’s” and morons will support it cause “hey, I hate SJW’s! I’m seeing”. Literally happening here lolol
They don't hate it. Everyone is gushing about it. Jesse's a pathetic human being who needs views.
Hollywood made it. Look how many big names are associated with it. There's bad shit and good shit, always has been. We just only remember the good. Before we had Netflix and Hulu we had Direct-to-DVD/VHS shit movies.
The whole sage of Dune is about character study, Villeneuve expertly reflected that in the movie. It's not about the history of the houses. It's about what power can do to people.
I don't think that protagonists necessarily need to be "complex" anti-heroes. However, sometimes that IS appropriate. In this case, it is.
I enjoyed Dave Batista's performance and it made me think "You know what? Why don't we see more of Dave Batista in movies?"
Well Batista really stick to his guns that he wanted to be an actor, not just a cookie cutter like The Rock.
I like this in depth look, and how Dune Part Two has a flawed protagonist. When movies do this type of thing, it connects the audience better, as people are flawed, because no one is perfect. This film was absolutely amazing.
Nobody is perfect but we need protagonists who can inspire us to be better human beings. Not just be whatever makes us feel better as we relate to them being flawed. Paul in the book is flawed but he is still the hero of the story. We admire the way he tries to deal with difficulties within the context of what is right and wrong.
Interestingly the protagonist of the book wasn't 'flawed'. He grew and matured, but wasn't ever really flawed, or even more than bothered in a passing fashion by the most horrible of compromises and acceptance of the unacceptable. Everything became just theater for the role.
You forgot to praise the costume design. Like seriously, those costumes are the ones we see on fashion shows.
Happy to hear Austin Butler’s performance as Feyd-Rautha getting compared to Heath Ledger’s take on the Joker. In the book, Feyd is an incredibly dangerous character - as much a product of Bene Gesserit breeding and top-level court intrigue as Paul himself, and a genuine threat. Among the reasons I hated the David Lynch / Dino de Laurentis Dune was that they had the perfect Feyd casting (Sting), but did NOTHING to flesh him out in the role. So looking forward to seeing the character done justice.
Dune Part two was Superb, it didn't follow the Books exactly but it was so well put together
Yeah, and my god, Paul‘s speech was something else (Haven’t heard the english version, but holy hell, the german Voice Actor went above and beyond. Like, in the heat of that moment, I would‘ve almost jumped up and joined his holy war.)
Having loved the books, I honestly think the change were all superb.
A lot of the changes made it more obvious that Paul's jihad was...if not the worst possible future, at least a damaging one. That Jessica had engineered this in a way that was at least somewhat self-serving. That both are - if not entirely - Harkkonens. This came through with close reading in Dune, but had to be parsed. While the whole moral of, "Be careful about wishing for your messiah" was crystal clear in Dune 2.
I also liked that Chani had a bigger role. Herbert clearly could write interesting female characters (I always liked Jessica and Irulan). But Chani was pretty dull in the books, IMO, while she lived in this adaption.
So while there were changes (including fairly major ones), I think they were all for the best. A child Alia killing the Baron honesty didn't make as much sense as Paul. A kid who was born (and died) off screen was...maybe not a great addition. (RIP Leto II...) etc. etc.
Such a weird feeling seeing the Disney SW footage juxtaposed with Dune. It's like a 5-star Michelin 5-course meal next to a plate of jolly ranchers
As someone who read the books a lot, I completely forgot the characters of this movie were actors.
I didn't see Actors playing characters from the books, I saw the characters...
Like LOTR and the other greats, I think what we’re looking at here is a cast who genuinely cared about what they were involved in. The level of sheer hard work is there for all to see
Aside from how well it's made, probably the #1 thing I love about this new Dune movie iteration is that even though it is scifi-fantasy, it takes itself much more seriously than the average "blockbuster" of this day and age. Dune is serious about telling an actually good story and making a good movie out of it, and succeeds.
As for whether Dune will significantly change the movie industry, well, I'm not very sure about that, because the market for the "explosion-based" movies is there. And making great epic movies like Dune is inherently hard, lots of things need to come together for it to happen and succeed. But I think Dune will influence movies in a good way, at least.
And Mad Mad Fury Road is a great “explosion movie.” There is a way forward.
Denis Villenueve certainly enjoys working with Batista and had been able to help him tap into himself and bring out good performances. In an interview Batista said he was grateful to Denis for not type casting him like other directors.
Seeing it on Imax soon!!! So excited!!! Thanks. Take care and have fun!!! 😎😃😎
I´m gonna see Dune part 2 in a few days and you made me even more hyped then I already was. I´m especially looking forward to that psych0 Feyd and epic shai-hulud riding scenes. I rewatched part 1 to refresh my memories of the plot, and watching it and the non-spoiler video of yours I realized this is in it´s core everything Mando S3 was supposed to be but wasn´t because Felony sabotaged it.
"A great man doesn´t seek leadership. He is called to it, and he answers."
- Mando = Paul
- various Mandalorian clans united under his leadership = House Atreides and their forces + the Fremen (including the subplot of "he is not a Mando/Fremen by blood)
- Baron Harkonnen + his goons = Bo-Karen and her goons (I´m so proud of this insulting comparison :D )
- mythosaur = shai-hulud
All good stories are basically the same story with different details and in different locations.
One thing he left out-the importance if hood writing. Herbert’s novel is one of the greatest SF novels of all time, and fortunately the movie was pretty faithful to it, unlike the recent Foundation effort.
Dune part 2 is so fantastic and epic in every way.
I watched Dune 2 tonight and absolutely loved it too!
I’m so glad a great blockbuster finally came out! It’s been a while
@@thejessegrant my son and I have been waiting for this ever since we saw Dune Part 1 , it was a long wait but so worth it and it’s setup perfectly now for the third battle against the houses - keep up the good work from a fellow Aussie 🇦🇺
Thank you for making a video that describes everything I was thinking and putting it into words. I find it kind of mind boggling that only eleven years ago this crazy modern Hollywood stuff wasn't even a thing. I will say seeing Dune Part Two for the first time in Dolby (I would love to see it in Imax but have ptsd from losing my hearing during the Part One re-issue) was like a big reassuring warm hug that let me know cinema is in fact not dead as long as dreamers like Denis exist.
The scene where Paul goes into the council of elders and basicly defies all their traditions and tells them he is the one... a wave of sadness came over me that felt like it came straight from Chani's heart! I have read the novel and of course knew this was going to be his move, but the way the actors and the film portrayed it gave me the chills. It has been a long time since a moved did that to me! The visuals and the acting were superb.
Great review, agree with the points you highlighted. Loved this film - the sound design is worth mentioning too. Saw it in a cinema with a great soundsystem - subwoofer Ornithoptors are freakin cool AF.
Thanks man! Yeah I don’t see how anyone could not enjoy this film there’s something for everyone
I saw the first one and really enjoyed it, haven't seen this one yet, but it to looks great. We need more writing like this in the movies.
Perfect! Time for a weekend viewing!
This is a really good observation. Very informative video
Watched it yesterday, It´s an AMAZING film.
It’s amazing
LETS FREAKING GO I KNEW DUNE PART 2 WOULD BE A BANGER
It’s insanely good!!!!
Let's freaking learn where you caps lock button is so you're not such an annoying idiot
I second that! :D
The movie is premiering in Korea and people are going crazy. IMAX theaters are completely sold out for weeks(even the late-night shows), and many already had seen the movie more than once.
I'm a big fan of Star Wars I ~ VI and Matrix series, but I dare say this one beats them all by far.
IMAX strongly recommended.
Great review and analysis. I watched it last night and was blown away. It was sci-fi epicness!!
And I watched Empire Strikes Back in my childhood and Lord of The Rings in my late teens in the cinema. It's definitely on the same level.
Loved the movie, couldn't believe it was 2 hours and 46 minutes, when it ended I wondered, it couldn't be over. Your review was spot on. There were changes from the book of course but they worked to make the movie powerful and I had moments where I felt chills as well. A real tribute to Herbert's work.
Thank you for noting that personal interpretation is important for this film (and the Dune book by extension). This story has complex characters and plots going on, and while considering Herbert’s and Dennis’s intentions can be an insightful perspective, a completed work of art stands on its own and is subject to the interpretation of the reader/viewer. I don’t love all the discourse of people telling you how you have to interpret this movie
Let’s see what all you “fans” think when Dune Messiah is made into a movie. I predict it will be like when the book was published as it was not well received by fans. It got its kudos years later. Dune Messiah is where the themes actually begin.
somehow I feel Villeneuve will find a way of making it justice and still accessible to audiences. The man is a genius, can't be denied anymore
@@viviantriana5146 He is definitely a genius as the way he did the ending. I liked that he showed that Paul's victory is gonna have consequences and how it will effect everyone. It was giving us a little prelude to the second book. It's just that the second book subverts and has so many twists in the story, I am not sure the audiences would be ready for it. However, Dune Messiah is a great book and since Villeneueve wants to end it at the second book. That ending of Part Two was a perfect setup. It's almost like he's telling to hate Paul as he went full on beast mode after the water of life.
Villeneuve it ramping up the intrigue in this film. Tonally the story is shifting towards something more cloak and dagger.
The simple fact that that Villeneuve introduced so many important characters in this movie, regardless of when they were introduced in the source speaks to a planned shift from one story to an other.
Add to this that this film really stress the terrible purpose of Paul as well as the his displeasure in taking up his mantle as Messiah. It does this to the point that it felt like it will be leading into a synergistic transition into Paul’s hating the role.
I predict that Dune Messiah’s adaptation will pad out the first half with action before settling into something more akin to the book.
@@macmurfy2jka There isn't a lot of action in Dune Messiah. Between the two books Paul basically become a cross Michael Corleone and Adolf Hitler. At one point he practically bragged about it. Everything gets subverted in Dune Messiah and by the end Paul is broken in every way. When the book came out at first the fans of the first book didn't like. I gained it's due years after it came out.
@@macmurfy2jka Yeah, and intrigue is basically the entire point of Messiah. (I'm a weirdo, but it was my favorite book for that reason. Give me Bene Gesserit and Spice Guild intrigue over big battles any day!) I can't wait to see what Villenue does with it.
I was blown away by it's 'epicness'. It was like the history of the Byzantium Empire, with powerful themes of love, honor and duty. F'in amazing!
Watched it yesterday in IMAX. Ultimate cinematic experience, there were so many moments my eyes got wet and i shivered because of what was happening on the screen. What a time to be alive to live through such a masterpiece!
I’m dying to go to the movies and watch it. Someone said this type of movies are as good as the villain is. Heath Ledgers in The Dark Knight, Josh Brolin in Infinity war, Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back, Daniel Day Lewis in There will be Blood. I truly hope this is not the swan song, instead of a revival of the genre.
Zendaya carried this film, and that's saying something. Every performance was outstanding, but her performance was something different.
Yeah she brought so much grounding and heart to this film!
@@thejessegrant Her character is nothing like the book.
Yeah, which IMO is for the best. She was one of the weakest characters, IMO, in the book. Jessica was wonderfully complex - a character who's at the mercy of powers beyond her, but also is willing to impose her own will on them. As is Irulan, as a person with a position assigned to her by fate and pressures on all sides, who attempts to create her own position within them. Chani is...just sort of a love interest. Zendaya (and Villeaneu) elevated that. For which...thank God.@@VoltesWithElias
@@NinieneNah it doesn't work. Chani is supposed to be supportive of Paul. It's his story. She is about the greater good, not herself.Jessica may be complex but she is supportive of Paul also. Both those women are supposed to be all about Paul and the revolt. Not their own personal interests as Chani is in the movie. It takes away from her principles and strong character and attitude. In the movie she is weak because she is selfish. That's not Chani. Without Chani's support of Paul, we lose that special romance and bond that they are supposed to have. It changes the dynamic completely. There is no Leto II, which also bonds them. That's why Herbert wrote her like that among other reasons. You pull on a bit of fabric and the entire thing comes apart. Chani in the movie is not Chani and shouldn't have been changed.
Whether you or I like it or not, Chani is written in the book a certain way for a reason. And Denis changing that changes the movie completely in a bad way. You mess with the dynamics between characters and you change important plot points that should not be changed. Huge mistake.
She was behaving like woke unstable teenager if that is what you mean by carrying the film 😂😂😂
One of the best movies I have seen in Theater in a long time. I saw the greats in the Theater. Perfect video for a close-to-perfect movie. Good Job Mate.
Such a breathe of fresh air. It was so good that I started reading the book just to see how it compares. Personally, I know a movie or a series is really good if I am compelled to read the book just to see what happens next. This was the same exact sht I did after watching the first season of Game of Thrones in 2011. Shogun is also queued up in my tablet once I'm done with Dune.
Dune 2 saved nothing, Hollywood is doomed, one good movie here and there doesn't change anything.
Sad but true
Oppenheimer??
Great video my friend! It totally got me even more stoked to see the movie, but gave nothing away! Excellent job!
Yes!!!! It was exquisite! THANK YOU
the special effects people are the real mvp's. how they pulled off the visuals are mind blowing.
Dune has been one of my favorite movies for many years. I watched the david lynch one (1984 i think) and the tv mini series (2021 i think)...and I've seen part 1 of this new version so far. I've been skeptical of this new version just because of bias regarding the two main casts...I they nailed it so perfectly with the two main characters in the previous versions and I have such a hard time taking chalamet seriously as an action star (its like watching the kid in home alone overpower navy seals...way too soy) and zendaya as an adult love interest. I will say that this supporting cast may be the greatest of all time though (walken, skarsgard, brolin, isaac, momoa, pugh, butler, bautista, bardem, ferguson)...every single supporting cast member is epic.
Absolutely spot on with the litmus test of the "test of time". That's how classics are defined, it's not even about how much money they make it's about how many people still talk about them and celebrate them decades down the line. LOTR can STILL sell out theatre venues 23yrs later. I have not seen Dune Part Two as yet, VERY much looking forward to doing so but we need to be careful about comparisons here. Time WILL tell.
Kudos to Bautista! Unlike other wrestlers who made or are trying to make the transition from wrestling to acting like John Cena, The Rock, and, to a much lesser extent, Hulk Hogan, he’s not just coasting on a big beefy screen presence. He’s genuinely honing his craft and taking risky roles. I doubt Dwayne “I have to put a clause in my movie contracts that I have to win” Johnson could play Glossu Rabban Harkonnen a tenth as well as Bautista did.
The Question is - how many Dune movies will they make? I think that making a good movie of God Emperor of Dune would be a very severe challenge for even the very best of directors.
Dennis said he's stopping with number 3. So I think Messiah's the endpoint unless Warner Bros. decides to get someone else to do the other books.
Thank you . That is very interesting to know. I hope 2024 is going really well for you.
Great point about Bautista’s performance! Everyone brought it, even in smaller roles. It makes MCU, Star Wars and DCU movies look childish. No vast CGI to ruin gorgeous cinematography. And you’re right. Ultimately, it’s a character study of everyone.
I thank God everyday that this was not made by Disney or Netflix
Lol I was waiting for this. Legend
Awesome Video!
Lol, they don't hate it. Critics, directors, and actors in Hollywood alike are raving about this movie. Hollywood is profiting of this movie big time in a year that hasn't been doing that well so far. Yes, I hope it means we get more movies like this, but that framing is very disengenous.
By all the trailers I have seen so far. It all takes me back to LOTR lore.
I saw the movie yesterday and Batista really suprised me in this movie. He really acted well and showed so much emotion and vulnerability with his expression as he never did before.
And even though the movie is so long, it didn‘t feel that way and I would have happily watched 2 more hours.
Best movie I have seen in a long time.
Chapeau to all the people involved in the making of this movie. They did great.
Saw the original Dune movie in London (Empire - Leicester Square)during the Xmas holidays of 1984 when I was just 18. I had read the original trilogy about two years before and found ithe movie excellent, although very ‘abridged’. Love the slower pace of the new movies. Still carry a torch for Francesca Annis, who played Jessica, Paul’s mother
I saw it yesterday. I thought it was great. I enjoyed it far more than part 1. Full disclosure: I haven't read any of the books and I fell asleep back in 1984 when the Lynch version came out in the theaters. That said, I'm interested now to go back and watch that one after learning all the differences between both of these and the books. My main disappointment in the first one was that most of my favorite actors were portraying characters that died and didn't make it to the second part but the actors who are in the second part were fantastic.
Excellent review my friend, excellent Indeed! 🙌
This movie was a masterpiece.
I loved every thing about it! And what you said about the fact that everybody will get something different out of it personally, rings SO true to me!
I resonated equally as much with the movie, as I did with your review of it!
I could not agree more!
This was absolutely perfect! 👊
Thank you! 🙏😄
Hi Jesse, you nailed it.
I’ve been hearing lots of good things about these movies, and now I think I have to check them out. Thank you for telling us about something worth watching!
You definitely need to check it out you won’t be disappointed!!
@@thejessegrant Then I shall watch it. It’s good to see that there are a few precious gems among the trash that is Hollywood, and we have people like you to thank for letting us know what’s good and what isn’t
I really appreciated the complexity of Paul Atreides.
Jessica: You chose the wrong side. Reverend Mother Mohiam: You of all people should know, there are no sides, Reverend Mother.“
"If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Thank you for the review, I agree that Dune is a important milestone and we are definitely talking about before and after dune era :)
Don't want to mention Star Wars series but the TV series Andor brought a different shift there as well.
I cant wait for Saturday! Already bought tickets for my friends! I hope their wives like it too.
In the "behind the scenes" one of the sound editors said (about the first part): "and then we thought: the sounds won't be foley sounds" - this sentence describes both films perfectly for me. Because it's not just the sound that shows this approach in both films: it's the suit that isn't CGI, the desert, the sounds, the costumes, the visual style and camera editing. In these films, the right people at the right time have created a masterpiece.
Excellent review, Jesse. Thank you!
I watched it a week ago in an IMAX theater in Guangzhou, China. The photography and the music and sound design was mind blowing. Kudos to all the amazing people and teams that made this movie possible.
I would like to ask for anyone reading me, do you think there will be a third part of Dune?
Another banger video by u
I’m looking forward to it but…usually when I get hyped for a film I go watch it and while I like it a lot doesn’t have the impact I expected. Hoping for the better with this one.
Dune Part 2 has a 2 hour 46 minute runtime, and it EASILY feels half that. It's immersive to the extent that it distorts time. EPIC!
Studio exec: "how do you plan on adapting the novel, Dune?"
Director: "I plan to adhere to the book as much as possible."
Studio exec: "I don't know, sounds risky."
can’t wait to see it at home, the only way i can see captions in my bufu town.
You’re the first person I’ve heard give Batista his flowers for this movie, and I 100% agree. I had the same thoughts in the theater, it’s his best performance to date and is on par with lifelong actors.
As much as the rock is a megastar post wrestling, Batista really seems passionate about the art and continues to improve. Great observation
While you have valid points - they are mostly due to the original book and how the director has done his best to be true to it, while being forced to leave a bunch of things out and change some.
Paul is not a hero.
If you go to your theatre website where you buy tickets and look at the seats available it's still fully occupied on a Friday Saturday, a month after release. It will go for a long time.
lol I got scared when I saw the thumbnail that thinking Dune: Part Two became a toxic film 😂
Having seen both prior versions and read the book (I like the 2000 miniseries the best) it's a high quality movie and I enjoyed "interacting" with it, especially its shifts in tone and even different plot elements. But the miniseries took my breath away much more often.