@@luiginastro8831 you show you kinda dumb,when "fun movie" make you think abbout Transformers When i think abbout fun movie,i think abbout Buio Omega,Demoni,Evil Dead,Evil dead 2,Phantasm,Friday the 13th part 6,Aliens,Tremors,House of 1000 corpses
@@nicogalax If you don’t know what it is. The Voice is something the Bene Gesserit women can do to force you to perform whatever action they say. By speaking with a particular tone only capable by being fully in control of your body you can hack a person’s brain if they can hear you.
Zendaya’s Chani representing Paul’s destiny in his visions was absolutely ingenious. Many people were upset she wasn’t in the film more but there was a great payoff when she finally shows up and speaks so candidly as opposed to how auspicious she seems in his dreams. And then Paul hesitating to tell her, really perfectly set the stage for their future relationship. Paul is so vulnerable in that moment.
My favorite bit was his "not exactly" to the Bene Gessirit's "Do your visions play out exactly as you see them?" and then all of his visions are him dying...then right before his fight at the end, he hears "To kill another is to kill yourself" and then he kills someone. Therefore he himself has died, just like he saw...just not exactly.
I loved that. He spoke of a dream and then hesitated quickly after. Ive watched this movie and at times, parts of this movie quite a bit since release.
With this movie, Denis has surpassed Robert Eggers as my favorite working director. Maybe Eggers will take back the title with The Northman, but who knows.
This movie drew me in rather quickly. Never saw the older movie, never read the book. It's often very hard for me to turn off my inner critic and just go on the journey, but this movie made it effortless. I felt like I was in the hands of a master. Visually stunning, dialogue that's almost lyrical at times, a score that was AMAZING. It was a feast for my mind and all of my senses.
I felt the same with the first watch, such an experience. The second time, I noticed more exposition, but that's after I watched bunch of dune lore videos.
when you wanna rewatch a half-story for the visual and design alone, you know they did a fricking good job lmao. I didnt know dune before but god, am I blown away by those aspects of it
I love a movie that “Shows” and doesn’t “Tell” so much. Mad Max did that too a few years ago. As someone who didn’t read the book, I never felt info was being dumped on me.
That and I was never confused by what was happening, even when I felt confused. The scenes where it would cut between visions and the present, the look on the actors/actresses faces reflected confusion, so it was easier to understand that this is supposed to be somewhat confusing.
I really like how all the dudes touch each other, made me really feel like that loved and cared for each others, especially around Paul, cos they raised him y'know. Humanised the bois a lil for me
Thing is with the prequels most of the politics was a lot of exposition dumps which made it extremely boring but here its legit medieval politics but in space so it makes things 100 times more interesting.
@@AK_-xn1fm I think the politics of the prequels could have been handled a lot better, but the actual things that happen in those politics don't bother me when I think back on them or think about them in terms of the context they give for Star Wars. I think it was just a case of the execution of how it was shown and told to the audience that was lacking, likely due to a focus on the movies being for kids.
you didn’t talk about the score, but holy shit this might be Hans Zimmer’s best work in years, seeing this in imax, I could literally feel the score in my chest
Yeah my legs hurt at one point from shaking, I felt every basses thump like in my Soul. And the scene of Paul snapping at his mom with the reverb of his voice damn.)
This movie's use of scale framing is incredible. Many of the shots feel like matte paintings from the 1980s rather than full CGI. Villeneuve is a visionary.
I just tell people Dune is "Game of Thrones in Space" when they ask what its about. & I believe, for better or worse, Game of Thrones paved the way for the success of Dune as whole. It opened the mainstream to slow burning politic intrique plots with hints of brutal action & underlying mystesism.
@@syedaiman5705 neither s8 of GOT nor sandworms of dune were written by their original authors. also, most people dont believe the brian herbert books are the real ending.
I never read the books, went into this movie with 0 context, just the knowledge that George Lucas pulled basically all his motivation for Star Wars from the Dune books. This film showed me many things I'd never seen before, so immersive and visual stunning. Motivated me to buy the books and I'm a massive fan now. Can't wait for the sequels
as someone who saw this movie literally knowing nothing about dune but "big sand worm" i really hope they make more movies because i left this movie not really knowing what i just saw
It would've been more resourceful if people went to see Dune with some knowledge of the Book as well, it can fill in some questions about what people saw.
It’s an allegory for oil in the Middle East. Rich civilizations controlling the resources of a native people’s land and a jealous emperor trying to eliminate a rising threat by offering them a Trojan horse. a.k.a space politics.
I haven't read any of the books either, but I thought it explained everything pretty well. The only thing they didn't touch is that the reason why they use the spice for space travel is because there was a robot vs human war like the Matrix, except the humans won and they swore off using AI.
You say it's not particularly friendly for people new to the world of Dune, but I don't know, as a newbie myself I found it perfectly digestible. Absolutely loved it, now planning on reading the book and can't wait for the hopefully green-lit part two!
I just went into the movie knowing it’s a massive tale that a single movie wasn’t going to convey the full scope of things in the first book, let alone 6 novels. With that set up in mind, I’m plunging myself headfirst into as much Dune lore as possible.
Yeah I feel like I missed something without the knowledge of the source material. I'm certainly gonna invest some time reading the book. I still enjoyed it...Villenueve is amazing.
I will also say, I wish they’d made Paul a bit more curious and childlike at the beginning to highlight the change that comes to him once he gets more spice in his system. He’s supposed to be cold and calculating… eventually. But also warm and caring to begin with, with bits of that showing through later
He was never really childlike and curious, more just naive. Remember, he grew up a noble of a great house. He’s spent his childhood training in combat and learning to protect himself from assassination attempts. Idk how curious and childlike that would make someone.
I think his relationship with Duncan Idaho showcases that pretty well, and remember the scene where he first sees the Muad'IB in hologram? That felt warm and childlike until he found a dead body
I wonder if they might not go down the emotionless route with Paul... I thought I remembered in the book that after he and Jessica in the tent find the signet ring, he can't bring himself to feel grief or cry - but he clearly shows emotion in that scene in the movie.
@@Jesse-xg8rk I have just read the book, and he eventually starts to cry. At that moment he was overloaded with spice for the first time- he breaks down later.
My feelings at the credits roll was BRING IT HOME, DENIS!!! It will be a tragedy if the second film doesn't get made or isn't made the right way. He can do it. I will buy the shit out of this franchise if they let the man do his thing
I love they used many aspects of the lore other adaptations like to ignore, because give a much original personality. The story othervise could be just Game of Thrones in space: hand signs, secret langueges, people able to indiferenchiate others not just by they face but also they walking. Really looking for the next scene where Paul gonna say "I recognize your footsteps, old man."
original dune flopped but was interesting, i must watch this movie i know its free right now on HD but i need to watch it on theaters worth a money to spend
There were a few things I’m surprised weren’t explained, but I’m pleased with how well my friends who are not “Dune Enjoyers” picked up on some of the finer details of the plot. Then when one had a minor question, I could use scenes from the movie to explain it. It is a masterpiece of distilling dense source material onto the screen.
I think a good example of this is the Mentats. We’re never told what they do, but both Thufir Hawat and Piter De Vries have this weird blink thing they do with their eyes. Never explained but if you’re familiar with the source material you pick up on it.
@@yooooo8600 yeah they train people to do this because computers were outlawed after a robot uprising hundreds of years ago. Trained mentats are very rare and very valuable.
@@makesquash I'm wondering if they'll end up explaining prana-bindu training or the shield/lasgun interaction later on because both of those become kind of important.
*SPOILERS* I was definitely left a bit disappointed by Dr Yueh's treatment. In the book we get clear introspections into his mind, moreso than A LOT of the other characters. Out of all the Atreides Supporting characters he was by far the most fleshed out, even beyond Thufir Hawat (who also didn't get great film treatment). His goals were clearly laid out and even him screwing over Leto and the whole house wasn't enough to make him a villain in my eyes. Even his DEATH was cool in the book. A real battle of the mind between him and the Baron. His disdain toward the Baron was PALPABLE in the book but in the movie he was just killed narrowly off screen and tossed aside. Other than that good film 10/10 would Dune again
I also found it surprising that the Baron would kill him himself. Book Baron let’s others do the dirty work for him. But the characterization on the Baron so far is very different from the books
In the novel though one of the themes is inevitability. You know quickly Yueh is a traitor and have to watch him do it. I think introducing the imperial conditioning and breaking it within the one film wouldn't adapt as well as the film doesn't press the same theme of the inevitability of characters fates
“Dune isn’t like lord of the rings. Dune is delightfully boring” Bro have you READ the lord of the rings books? They take 8 pages just to describe what a tree looks like.
also when people make that comparison, I think what they mean is that just as all western Fantasy exists based on it relation to LOTR, A massive amount western Sci-Fi exists based on its relation to Dune. by relation I mean Either being Inspired by the Art or made to be deliberately different than the Art.
@@sethsmith6042 but when most people make the comparison they aren’t talking about movies, so why would he be talking about the movies unless maybe that’s the only way he has experienced the movies?
@@WhoAmIWill Most people ARE talking about the movies, because most people haven't read the LOTR books, besides it was probably something that a cultured person who had read both books said to a friend to get him to read Dune and then the saying kept being passed by other people until it lost its real value/meaning.
Herbert: "Paul looked at the tree. It was quite tall and study and it's bark was dark olive. Paul wondered about all the things the tree must have seen in its life, the Bene Gesserit witch."
Yeah when it happened I had the same recognition, it almost feels intentional? His posture is the exact same, but maybe that's just Jason Momoa being Jason Momoa
I really do think they did Dr. Yueh dirty. From what I understood in the books, he was conflicted the whole time, and actively wanted Paul and Jessica to survive and helped them, and held onto the belief that they would. Also, I think he knew his wife was dead, and the book alluded to that. He didn't go into this thinking he would get his wife back, at least he had strong doubts, he went in wanting Revenge and a chance. I think that matches the theme of the book pretty well.
My only gripe is that at no point did Paul look at the camera and say, "So what am I, some kind of Dune messiah?" 4 outta 5, hope we get another one. Edit: Legendary greenlit Part 2! We're gettin' another one!
When people say "It's like The Lord of the Rings but sci-fi" I think most people are referring to the epic scope and impact they have had on their respective genres rather than any similarities between the stories in the books themselves, and in that case they are very accurate in that comparison.
The foundation series by Asimov would be a better comparison. Don’t get me wrong, I love dune. But foundation is THE sci-fi novel the way LOTR is THE fantasy novel.
As someone who was completely new to Dune, I never once felt lost watching the new film. I actually like when a movie tells me to pay attention Oh and part II is officially confirmed
Yep, if the viewer meets the movie halfway and uses basic critical thinking skills then everything will be fine. But that’s too much to ask of causal moviegoers though.
I personally went in blind, I would’ve liked to have read the books first but the opportunity arose. And I was very surprised at how stunning and interesting everything was. I personally enjoy stories that just leave some aspects undiscovered. The mystery dies the second you learn the answer, so a movie that doesn’t rush to tell you EVERYTHING is really fun to watch.
It had the biggest opening weekend for a Warner Bros. Movie all year. If it does well in China and has a good second weekend hold, the odds are in our favor.
As a guy who never saw the old movie, nor read the books or watched the “suppose to be good” tv shows i fucking loved this movie. Definitely “newcomer friendly”
Saw it on an IMAX screen yesterday, god the score shook my bones. People literally stood up and clapped afterwards. The guy next to me was actually crying. Even my wife and her brother, who know nothing about Dune, absolutely loved it. Obviously they had a couple questions afterwards, but that just meant I got to talk about Dune more. I fucking love this movie. I will be heartbroken if we don’t get a part 2.
I’m a huge sci-fi/fantasy nerd, but this might have been legitimately the best sci-fi movie experience I’ve ever had in a movie theater. If he isn’t permitted to make his sequel to finish the story, I will be absolutely devastated.
And to know that the second half is epic with an incredible endgame. It would be a shame to not see it realized after all the intrigue they set up. I'd also argue the action in the second half may be even more grander and frequent compared to this film.
I knew NOTHING about any of the previous movies or books, and LOVED the movie. It definitely feels like the pilot episode of a huge, multi-episode series. I just want more of it now.
The touching thing felt kinda like a natural reaction between actors who have chemistry, I can feel like they were somewhat having fun while trying to be professional, I liked that.
I loved the movie. I walked out of the theater so impressed, I told my friends that it might be the best movie i’ve ever seen in theaters. I agree that the dialogue was awkward at times (my favorite was “desert power”) but all the characters were believable and I loved almost all of them. The father and son had good chemistry and I believed in their bond. Timothy does a good job.
I had literally zero previous knowledge of Dune before seeing it in theaters, but was by 20 minutes in I was completely engrossed in the world, and didn't even realize how much time had gone by. It was honestly one of the only times I have felt like I was reading a book but watching something onscreen. That is a really difficult feeling to create for a viewer. Denis did a wonderful job. Never though space politics would be so captivating!!
Not to mention the scene in the book where the spice harvester has to be evacuated and the Atreides encounter a worm for the first time is absolutely tailor-made to be a spectacular movie scene. And it was!
@@LordMangudai the sacking of Arakeen and House Atriedes was probably 5 pages long but they turned the action up to 10 in this film. Spoilers I'm curious if they will do the same for the retaking of Arakeen. Beast's death was a single sentence in the book. I wonder if they will focus on the spectacle of that battle in the sequel.
@@aserr5660 YES I'm excited for that too. I really appreciated in the film they spent some time to focus on the attack part of the Fall of House Atreides as it was mostly skimmed over in the book. Obviously in part 2 there is a LOT of cool action the film has a chance to show that was given short thrift in the book.
@@jefflz72 I'd welcome a fight scene with Gurney taking on Rabban, being that they have some history. I know it's a change from the book, due to Gurney wanting to duel Feyd, but it would be a change that makes sense.
Biggest crime this movie committed was the lack of the dinner table scene before the harkonen attack. It has my favorite Paul line in the whole series. where he basically says he's not afraid to stand on the shoulders of other to get what he wants which I think is pretty important to establish considering the later books, but not that big of a deal. Me and my brother were really thinking that scene would show up, but were really disappointed when it didn't.
Supposedly it was one of many scenes that were shot, but were cut for one reason or another. I wouldn't be surprised if some years down the road, that an extended edition comes out.
Agreed! If anything now i want to know what the readers know as far as all the details surrounding what they have shown. But that just means that I'm finally going to buy the Dune book, so isn't that still considered a win for the franchise?
@@mattxstarx since you’re saying you haven’t read the books, I’ve been wondering how well people who haven’t read the books understood certain details that weren’t explained at length. If you don’t me asking, what do you think the Landsrad is (Paul wants Kynes to tell them about Sardaukar being part of the attack)?
@@mcclickbait4943 don't mind at all. since they didn't explicitly say it in the movie, i can only use context clues, but i just assumed that it was an organization or group of people who oversee galactic affairs and politics. not unlike what the U.N. is "supposed" to be for us or maybe even closer to what the citadel council is in the game Mass Effect (if you know what that is). since i could see how desperate they were in the movie, i could only assume they "might" have the capacity to intervene in some way. of course im sure there are way more elements/nuances associated with it, but this is something i have to look forward to by finally reading the book in the coming weeks. that or hopefully the whole universe can be fleshed out in an extended edition/part 2 of the movie. but waiting is only making me more curious since i enjoy these types of movies personally and i would say they do not get made often.
@@mcclickbait4943 also, i am becoming more and more aware that there is probably a ton of background information on the world/history that the movie can barely touch on. that is a difficult thing for book to movie adaptations in general. but it didn't detract from being immersed if that makes sense. so taking the movie as standalone, i left just wanting more at the quality that was being delivered.
@@mattxstarx your pretty much on the money. It’s a council of the great houses which is meant to balance the immense power of the emperor. The reason Paul and Duncan want them to know what happened is that the Emperors own army attacking a great house is a HUGE deal and ultimately an abuse of power that threatens everyone else (especially because house Atreides were one of the stronger houses and were respected by many others).
There's 2 really well fleshed out and brilliant duels, and there is a lot of general action but it always felt pretty quickly glossed over. Like big fight scenes being briefly described then moved on from to the next important character moment.
I think cosmonaut was talking about how in the book most of the action sequences are glossed over without much detail. Especially when the Fremen retake Arakeen.
I thought there was a good balance between the action and the slow burn. As someone who isn’t familiar with the source material I did find the Yuehs motivations to come out of nowhere and it would have been nice for them to have a little bit of time on Arrakis before the Harkonnen invade, that part feels a little rushed. If Paul is supposed to be cold and calculating than TC really nails that. I wish they hadn’t hyped Zendaya as hard as they did because she’s only in like the last 15 minutes but oh well. Great movie but desperately needs its part 2.
Exactly! The invasion felt rushed and didn't really get any reaction out of me. They really needed to build up better to the betrayal also showing Duke Leto getting more worried about the predicament he and his household are in on Arrakis. Plus just showing another tender moment between Lady Jessica and Duke Leto would have been nice, cause it was a big deal that she fell in love with him against the wishes of the Bene Giseret.
YES! Dr.Yueh's betrayal felt a little too close to a movie trope from some shitty action movie, when that flat character on screen for 2 seconds betray the MC out of nowhere and we're supposed to care. More build up would've been appropriate for both the betrayal and the character himself. The Zendaya part was hilarious, she literally says 3 phrases on screen😂
@@DeadKraken perfectly stated. For how well crafted everything was, that yueh betrayal felt really flat and out of place. Like I wasn't buying it at all. The betrayal and fighting sequences needed more explosiveness.
Yeah there is a really important set of circumstances with Yueh that influences certain characters later that was passed over. I am wondering if it will just be skipped out on. Yueh and Jessica were friends in the book and that is never established in this movie and Yueh's betrayal has much less impact and doesn't quite make sense. There could have been a scene with Yueh and the Baron making his deal a flashback or memory or something. Anything to provide more context to Yueh's betrayal, and a scene or two with Yueh and Jessica to establish that they are actually good friends. Yueh even gives Paul his Orange Catholic Bible which is passed over as well. He really does care about the Atreides but getting his wife back is ultimately a more powerful motivation.
Yueh has more screen time in the book and his reason for betrayal is more highlighted and explored, there’s also a sub plot between Jessica and everyone else in the military
The best way I can articulate how this film reminds me of Fellowship of the Ring is that it gave me the exact same feeling I got when I saw Fellowship in theaters 20 years ago. It feels like it’s kicking off what was a beloved, esoteric, influential book series and turning it into a blockbuster film franchise that is epic, beautifully shot, and self serious without being corny. I also anticipate this film (hopefully series) occupying the rare space that only LOTR (and perhaps The Dark Knight trilogy) has occupied before it; the rare blockbuster film franchise that is somehow simultaneously an Oscar darling, beloved by the nerds/fanatics obsessed with the source material, and the average movie goer alike, making it a true phenomenon. That’s something not even Marvel or Star Wars have accomplished. LOTR, and I reckon Dune now, too, satisfy all of the same types of fans while also still being labeled as high art and true achievements in filmmaking. I think this truly has the potential to be the Fellowship of its era, and Dune as a whole the LOTR of its era. It feels like that is happening. I personally think it’ll get a sequel, in the major city I live in, nearly every theater at every showing was sold out, or close to. I haven’t seen that since Covid. That’s even more remarkable since this film is streamable at home anyway. People are showing up for this film. I think we are in for the next massive global takeover of a film franchise.
I think what will stop this reaching the heights of the LotR trilogy in the public eye is that Dune (by design!) lacks an emotional core to anchor it. As Marcus says, it's mostly about scheming and space politics on a grand scale, and the protagonist Paul is hard to relate to from the beginning due to his uniquely powerful lineage and strange abilities, and he only becomes more alien as the story progresses. Dune has the scope of LotR but not the heart. That said, I love Dune in spite of that. Sociological storytelling has its place and is all too neglected in modern Hollywood, so I truly hope the film does well so that Villeneuve can continue his vision of the universe and also so that studios aren't too afraid to take a punt on these more cerebral types of speculative fiction films in the future.
@@LordMangudai I would tend to agree with you, but I actually think the public has been predisposed to being into a story like that by the phenomenon that was Game of Thrones. GOT led to shows like Succession, and potentially films like Dune; stories centered around non relatable characters and political scheming, becoming legitimately mainstream. The world is starving for the next GOT, and I think Dune has the potential to really scratch that itch as it has so much in common with Thrones; and I especially think Paul, at least from what I can tell, has a lot in common with Jon Snow as a protagonist.
@@WinedandDined27 I think the characters in GoT/ASoIaF, even the most flawed and vile ones, are far more accessibly human than your average Dune character (with the possible exception of Jessica who I've always found to have the most relatable and human motivations and struggles). Paul is less like Jon than he is like GoT-show's later version of Bran - a cold and enigmatic figure rendered distant by his powers, albeit done much better in Dune, of course. But he doesn't really fit that audience surrogate role that gets you invested.
@@LordMangudai fair enough. I’m admittedly not a Dune book reader, so I have no idea where the character goes. I am only speaking of how the film made me feel while watching it and how I think a show like GOT could’ve helped prep the world for a franchise like Dune, like a segue between LOTR and Dune in terms of plot and characters. If there were to be a scale or spectrum of sorts, it would go from the relatable Frodo, to the only mildly relatable Jon, to the hardly relatable Paul. That’s all I was saying. And the political drama and whatnot that GOT made popular obviously speaks for itself. I assume you didn’t acknowledge that aspect of my comment because of how obviously legit the comparison and points were.
This movie honestly got me into Dune. Since seeing it, I've watched both it and the David Lynch film (original and extended) over and over again in the week since my first exposure. I'm even listening to the audiobook while I'm working or driving. This movie did exactly what it set out to do: get new fans. I'm a new fan. 😁
Afaik, theres no navigators in this movie, no Irulan or Fenring, Yueh isnt developed at all and sardaukars dont even wear their disguises while attacking atreides, which makes zero sense. Also, Kynes is a woman now. How could this be called a good adaptation, let alone a masterpiece?
@@Brandelwyn all those (except Kynes and Yueh) are there because for someone without the context of the book, it’s immensely confusing. Nowadays, an exciting film is more liked than a confusing one. Plus a lot of those are most likely saved for the second movie
@@Brandelwynthey established what was most important, the rest will come in part 2. there was no time for yueh’s moaning about wanna and his decision; no time to have newcomers confused about why the sardukar didn’t stand out. kynes’s overall character didn’t change so the fact that she was a woman doesn’t matter. get over it. go back and watch lynch’s abomination of a film that apparently has no issues to you… despite the fact that paul makes it rain on arrakis, killing every worm on the planet. we ignore that though, huh?
This movie was incredible. Absolute feast for the eyes and honestly one of the most original things to come out in a while. It doesn’t treat its audience like idiots. You have to be patient and really take in as much as you can to appreciate it. It actually made it easier for me to read the source material as I found it incredibly difficult before the film.
Let me just say after COVID, this movie brought back my faith in the movie going experience. Seeing it in IMAX was a spiritual experience. I’ve never watched a film and felt compelled to read the book, I’m going to the bookstore to get it today :)
watched Dune out of curiosity after falling in love with the sounds & music in the trailer, and absolutely loved it. bought the book almost immediately after getting home, the intense vibes of everything & all the details of the world made me so interested in the lore that I know gets left out of film. it was slow, but in such a solid way. I was enveloped in the world, rather than being bored by it
I absolutely loved this film, the story was deep enough to drown in, pacing was tight (even for a two and a half hour movie) and the cinematography was delightfully weird. I can only pray this movie is successful as this may just pave the way for a Warhammer 40k movie in the future. An Astartes can dream I suppose.
I went in knowing very little about Dune and absolutely loved the movie. I really thought they did a great job introducing the universe to those unfamiliar with it, and I personally was never confused about what was going on (except during scenes that I'm pretty sure were supposed to be confusing).
"This movie adapts two-quarters of the first book." Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. Edit: I know how the meme is typically utilized, but for this comment, I'm referencing how Marcus has kind of failed to notice a simplification in his video.
Having no knowledge of the Dune universe, I fucking LOVED this movie! The score and visuals were incredible. My only gripe with the movie is that everyone keeps WHISPERING important information to each other. Like c'mon enunciate people!!
One small easter egg I enjoyed was that Leto said he wanted to be a pilot as a kid. He's played by Oscar Issac, who played Poe Dameron. Just a neat easter egg
I love the detail that everyone in the thumbnail is smiling, but Gurney. Also, I fuckin' love this movie, and I'm glad I saw it before reading the book, since the book spoils itself. This film has probably the greatest visual effects ever put on screen. The acting is great, the action is great, the score is great. However, with the context of the book, I felt like it was actually too fast Also; in my opinion, it is the greatest book I have ever, and will ever read, which is saying quite a lot
@@thedingleberrybush6076 I've only read the first book. How much of the series is about Paul? I know in messiah the protagonist is his son but Paul is still a main character. But also that once you get to the 6th book it's like 3000 years after the first and the atreides bloodline aren't even a factor.
@@m.w.r.1408 Paul’s son exists in Messiah but doesn’t become a major focal point until after. Paul is still around but fills the role his father Leto left. I delineate the book series into three separate major arcs, dune-messiah being the first. The second and third arcs focus heavily into the mystical detached stuff. If people thought Dune 1 and 2 was unfilmable, the others would be an order of magnitude harder to put on film (literally might need the help of AI to render and convey everything).
I can't explain why, but for some reason this movie had a huge impact on me. I've never read the books, never saw the original and I've never even heard about "Dune" word in terms of sci-fi until the first trailer dropped (I missed that the film was supposed to be released last year). Since Villeneuve is one of my favorite directors I went searching for "What is Dune?". Quickly I found out it was a series of books and that it even had a previous adaptations to big screen. I went into the movie *blind*. Completely blind. Only words/things I knew about the movie were: Dune, Paul, spice, Arrakis, big worm. At first I was somewhat terrified if I'll be able to understand the story and not feel like I wasted money and 2,5 hours on a movie I have no idea what's going on. Luckily, that was not the case. The film was visually brilliant, the score was amazing, story was interesting and the 2,5 hours flew by. This movie was masterfully presented for the people like me who were not familiar with the story and characters. The movie really made me want to explore more about the Dune world and I immediately bought a book after the movie was over. Can't wait to get into it and explore the world of Dune. 😊
Quick shout-out that this movie has a lot of melee-combat fight scenes in it, and they *aren't* jump-cut all to hell. Steady cameras with action you can follow. I really appreciated that. Anyway, I went in almost completely Dune-blind. "That's the one with the sand worms, right?" was about the full extent of my knowledge. I hadn't even seen the trailers. From that perspective, I had mixed feelings. I do feel that marketing it as Part One in some way would've helped. Might've staved off the sinking realization 90+ minutes in that very little was going to be resolved, and that the next hour would just be a trailer for Part Two. In addition, while it was *absolutely* beautiful, some of the abstract, artsy sequences actually started taking me out of it, rather than drawing me further in. Something about too much dessert spoiling your dinner, I guess. After the 500th vision of Zendaya I started getting impatient. That said, I did overall enjoy it, and would absolutely go see any sequels.
Yeah, I think they really wanted to put zendaya in the trailers a bunch despite her character not really being relevant at all in this part of the story.
I really enjoy looking at Zendaya, dont get me wrong, but a female friend of mine said that the constant shots of her in Instagram-like poses got a bit too much too quick. I didnt like the frequency of the visions overall, although I get what it tells us about Paul and why they are necessary.
I'm so glad someone finally said how good Rebecca Ferguson did and how great that character is! Lady jessica is my favourite character in the series and her relationship with Paul is so tangible and interesting and wonderfully told. I am speaking from a book perspective, the movie did a great job with it.
Even though some of the characters felt somewhat shallow, like Dr. Yueh, The only character that fell flat for me (As a book lover) was Piter. Specifically with Baron taking Yueh’s life instead of Piter
I know what Yueh wll do in the plot, but I am still quite pissed that he doesn't get any kind of development before him doing that to the Duke. In storytelling perspective, what Yueh did was "catalyst of change" to enter ACT 2 in a story. Yet that "catalyst of change" doesn't really make sense if you never read the book.
Never watched the original movie or read the book(s), I absolutely loved it. Thought they balanced everything really well and even through all the exposition I absolutely loved the movie. The film absolutely was not what I expected and I loved it the entire way through. Was a super cool experience, excited for the next movie and to start reading the books.
As someone who didn't read the books, I thought this movie was spectacular. The design of everything was super cool. The story was insanely interesting and the character were also interesting. The missing scene with the Dr. Dude talking about his wife would have been nice to have tho.
I saw it last night in IMAX, and it was just incredible. I've never read the books or anything, so I really had no expectations going into it. It did good at introducing the characters, the world, and the different houses. I found myself really engaged, and I really would love to see part 2.
I knew nothing about the Book going in, but I loved this movie. The visuals, sound, story telling, everything. I like how they didn't cave to tons of exposition that's basically talking straight to audiences who haven't read the book, like me. I would catch things that I thought, "I bet the book says more about that, but I still understand what's going on and how it contributes to the larger story". I can't wait for the coming movies, I would even love to see Dune in imax again.
Honestly my biggest issue with Dune is that it’s just 2 movies and not a full length HBO Max series where they have more time to explain the shitloads of exposition in the book
IMO the story edits to the first act of the movie do a really good job condensing Dune's Dictionary definitions into visual explanations. We, the audience, aren't told what a Mentat or really what the Spacing Guild represents but the scene where Thurfir calculates the cost of the guild landing on Caladan is pretty smart shorthand writing for a potentially new audience.
The adaptation difference is real with this one. Lynch's adaptation: "You mustn't speak!" "SILENCE!" "grrrrrrrr..." Denis' adaptation: "Consider what you're about to do, Paul Atreides-" "Silence!"
2:01 actually I've never read Dune and I loved this movie. Usually I'm not a fan of slow burn movies but this one had enough action and tension to keep me engaged and entertained. But that might've been because I watched it in 4DX so maybe if I watched it in a normal screening or at home I probably wouldn't have loved it as much as I did because like I said I'm not the biggest fan of slow burn long movies. For example I had a lot of trouble watching and finishing Lord of the Rings because it's a slow burn long fantasy
@@lilliebobson3146 i just saw it in 4DX as well! It‘s basically where the chairs move around depending on the scene, air blows in your face, fog rolls in, and the chair kind of kneads you in fight scenes and such. Interesting stuff
@@lilliebobson3146 it brings a third sense into the movie which is feeling. It uses movement, air, and even a massage like feeling in the chair to give the illusion of feeling. It's immersive and disorienting all at the same time and makes scenes more tense and more action packed. I found myself bracing my chair at times which can be a good thing and a bad thing
@@ChangedMyNameFinally69 are you asking about lord of the rings? If so, I guess it isn't technically a slow burn but it is slower to me than other movies I've seen. Maybe it's not actually slow but because it's so long it seems slow because there are more mellow scenes.
As someone who hasn’t read the books or seen the first series of movies, this movie felt like it finished with 2 acts, but still managed to be one of my most favorite movies I’ve seen in a long time.
Ive always loved star wars politics just the way they did it in the prequel films was a lot of exposition dumps than actually seeing the political actions being made. However clone wars fixed this a lot with any of their political based episodes. I also think the game of thrones/medieval style politics definitely makes things a little more entertaining. One of my biggest disappointments was the fact the sequel star wars films threw all the politics out.... among the other number of disappointments with the sequel films
Denis Villeneuve really is an intelligent and patient creator... He's doing his stuff / his vision..apart from hollywood sci-fi usual canvas...it seems like he dont care about us, but just about his art and his vision on the stuff he adapt perfecly...he wants to be thought. Love his work.
The scene where Paul and Jessica are in the tent and he uses The Voice to tell her to get off him made my eyes water, dude. Having read the book up to the point where the movie ends just before going out to see it, I was not expecting it and it hit me hard in a very good way.
I thought the movie was okay but I do see it aging well over the years as more movies come out. The lore is interesting and the world and environments look fantastic so I'm sure it'll slowly simmer and get better over the years.
Never watched Dune, never even read the original books…I fell in love with this world almost immediately. God damn this is the kinda shit I love. I’m gonna try and read the books now.
