Dune: Part Two is the Sci-Fi Masterpiece of the Decade 

This was one of the most exhilarating theatrical experiences I’ve ever had. That excitement to watch a long awaited blockbuster, and then for it to deliver and surpass its predecessor in every aspect is a rare thing.

Paul's attraction to Chani doesn't appear to be too quick in Part 2 when you take into account that he has been dreaming of her for the whole of the first movie.

The whole period of the film of Geidi Prime, the arena and the scenes around it, was easily one of the most sublime film experiences ever. Possibly the most. Later, when the Emperor's ship flies over the desert and reflects the ground, I was just blown away. It looked jaw dropping.

That shot in the beginning with the Harkonenns floating up the hill was when I knew I was about to witness something monumental. It looked like ants going up an ant hill. Just brilliant

paul's monologue gave me chills man!! best movie i've seen in theaters for a long time!!

Even small moments like the the Harkonen soldiers lifting off the ground to scale an escarpment was just breathtaking

When Paul put the his father's ring on and Gurdy slightly smiles and is proud gave me chills.

Me whenever I see a new video essay or breakdown of Dune: *THE SPICE MUST FLOW*

Walked out of the cinema and immediately ordered the book! I cant get enough of it, im already halfway through. What a movie!!! 5⭐️

The shot when paul is walking in slowmotion in front of the worms is my favorite shot of the movie

That climb by the Harkonenn’s was one of my favorite shots in the entire movie. Jaws on the floor and it didn’t close until credits rolled.

“If I was making the movie, I would’ve started it like that too so I’m basically Denis Villeneuves.” You guys are hilarious. 😂 Subscribed.

When Paul gave is council speech, that was the best scene in the movie for me

People keep saying Dune 2 'was as good as Dune.' It was not. It was far better, in fact, it was one of the best films ever made. The theater experience of Dune 2 was amazing. It was quite literally the best experience I've ever had at a movie, and I'm old. I had a similar feeling at the premier of Star Wars, because it was so revolutionary at the time, but this exceeded that.

I went and saw this Friday with my 85-year-old grandfather and my mom and I was beyond blown away. I left the theater thinking I had just seen the greatest movie of all time I’m sure it’s a little recency bias but it just hits on every single note and filmmaking aspect. Also Feyd-Rautha is the monster we needed

what a picture, my only complaint is that it wasnt longer lmao. 5/5 lead them to paradise

Denis set the bar high early in the film with the suspensor activation of the Harkonnens field squad -- created an eerie cat and mouse game, with all this modern tech - it was suspenseful and beautiful at the same time.

"YOUR FEET?! YOU'LL BE LUCKY TO KEEP YOUR HEAD!" I love the whole exchange between Paul and the Emperor

I think the best line was the second or third time Stilgar says “you see he’s humble, moadib would be humble” after Paul tries to genuinely deny the prophecy. It was almost funny a la Monty Python, Life of Brian… “Don’t follow me you’re all individuals” “yes, we’re all individuals”

The book came out in 1964! The year I was born. NOT the 50s. So, cool it with the "old" talk whipper snapper! JK, I know I'm old, just didn't expect to be reminded 2 minutes in.

Dune created Star Wars. Star Wars was a huge hit it then opened the door to make huge sci-fi movies which then in turn eventually lead to a nearly perfect dune film to be made decades later.

i couldn’t decide which was a better first viewing experience Oppenheimer or Dune Part 2…but then i immediately bought another ticket right after i got out of the theater. so i think the debate is settled. LOL

The fireworks on Geidi Prime were one of the most beautifully unpleasant things I’ve seen on screen. I was both parts repelled and delighted.

I liked when Paul thumped his chest before the Feyd Rautha fight, as if he were summoning his inner Shai Hulud

Denis is a film genius. I genuinely hope Hollywood takes this movie as a lesson in how to produce a blockbuster film. I hope big studios wake up to the fact that they need to start hiring film nerds again. Something all great directors have in common is that they are nerds and genuine lovers of film. I know directors like Denis are hard to find but you won’t find them by being so hyper focused on sending political messages through your movie or on hiring a diverse production. You dont make a film as amazing as Dune Part 2 without having a genuine love for film as an art and without being a complete nerd who cares about small details that the average film lover does not notice. Instead, it seems Hollywood is more focused recently on checking boxes. And I say this as a female and as a black person… before you accuse me of being racist or sexist. Denis was able to make diversity work smoothly because diversity was NOT the goal, making an excellent film and pleasing audiences was. It seems Hollywood no longer cares about the actual story or about the unique art of producing a film. We need to get back to that. I’m not saying hiring someone who is diverse is bad but that it should happen organically in making the best story possible. The ONLY boxes these studios should be checking is “Is this director amazing? Do they put time and care into creating a film? Do they pay attention to every minute detail? Do they genuinely care about the story or franchise they are adapting?” If the answer to those questions is yes, hire them. That’s how we find more directors like Denis, Tarantino, Nolan, Cameron, Scorsese, Spielberg, Anderson, Jackson and others. Stop trying to push messages and just hire great directors again. And then the messages that you care about will likely come out in the story naturally. And the production staff under great directors, which might include black, brown and female people, will learn from the work and craft of these greats, and go onto produce amazing films or shows of their own. Anyway, sorry for going off topic. I will end this by saying that I will always remember my first time watching this film and I plan to go back to watch again this weekend. Does anybody want to watch 2 kids so I can go? I don’t have a sitter.

Bene Gesserit are able to control their bodies on a cellular level. So they can not only choose the sex of their child at conception, they can change the molecular structure of poisons rendering them non-toxic. Jessica does this to the Water of Life, which is still super concentrated spice essence which opens her up to receive the past lives Reverend Mother Ramallo gives her. And in the book she also is able to change the Water of Life itself for the spice ritual that the entire sietch participates in, which is when Paul and Chani first really get together.

I saw this on IMAX the day after it came out. My god, it was an experience of a lifetime!🤩🤩🤩 and with a good audience too because everyone was glued to the screen and all of its glory!!! 🤯🤯

I love the haters that struggle to be contrarians. "They changed Chani from the book!... for the way better. One said the music was generic...really? What other movie sounds like that? The movie is all sand color.... hmmm wonder why Best was a "professional reviewer" who wrote Rebel Moon was better. (Bro needs a new career)

"May thy knife chip and shatter"

It's not a sequel. It's the second half of the same story of the same book.

Good to see that these two movies bring new fans to the actual novels. The two kinda complement each other I think and once you are hooked on Dune, you kinda want to experience it in as many forms as possible, be it TV show, films, games or music, etc.

Im glad you guys focused on that opening shot for a while, because while there is so many amazing shots in the movie, this got me in the world immediately. As someone who has been to Burning Man several times, experienced incredible amounts of dust and desert conditions, as well as taking shroom chocolate to see the film the first of many times, I felt like there was dust flying through my theater. It was so quiet but loud, and just the walking on the sand almost made my skin crawl. So well done and enthralling *And Im not just some druggy guy, Ive been an extra/actor on Ballers, a Chinese Doolittle series, and small films. It just hit me so hard even when I was sober and at the Imax that I have to speak about it regardless, but that first time was so mind blowing

When you mentioned no sharp corners in the Giedi Prime architecture, I immediately pictured Baron Harkonnen getting stuck in a corner with his antigrav apparatus yelling "No more sharp corners!"

The movie reflects real life in that you cannot level up until you drink the poisonous water of a baby maker.

Loved Dune since I read as a Teenager many decades ago. Both Dune 1 & 2 are awesome movies and there are always Pros & Cons in any adaptation yet these were masterful. However, there were a couple of technical things I felt made it less 'realistic', one being the worms were as rigid as the studio floor with almost no movement & must have just farted for propulsion & riders not jerked around etc. Surfing would be harder than riding a sandworm. I think the 1984 movie was more 'realistic' on that point. A minor point I know & I've not seen any related comments.

I love how truly tragic Stilgar’s journey from seeing little signs of Paul being Lisan Al Giab, to the very end of the movie when he’s literally Estatic to go on a Jihad and kill billions all in the name of Paul

That baron backstory is a prequel thing and the "baron is massive because of a disease from the BG" aspect kind of undermines the entire concept of the character by Frank Herbert, which is that he is a glutton in every sense of the word. I tried reading 2 of the books by his son and it was exactly things like this that made me give up both times lol... well that and just the plots and writing feeling like lame fanfiction...

The change to Chani's character is so important. The way she is in the film, she is a counter to the dark influences that Paul eventually embraces. She's there to seek freedom for her people, both from the empire and the bene geserits. At the end, he's there to seek personal revenge and acquire power for himself. Chani was with him right up until it became clear he valued the throne more than her people. By leaving, we better understand how far he's strayed. Chani is the hero of the movie, which is why she's the first person you hear speak in Dune 1.

41:40 It’s a tomb! I’ts called memorial Brion, or Tomba brion, designed buy Carlo Scarpa. I live close to the area and I was very surprised to find out they shot Dune in a cemetery 😂 I guess you could say it’s an hotel! for dead people 😅😂

I absolutely enjoyed this film, though I don't think I'd consider it a masterpiece (but on a technical level it absolutely is). Maybe because I read the book, lol. I think the reason why so many purists of the book are a bit underwhelmed and confused by some changes in the film compared to the book is because we were expecting Part 2 to be an almost 1-for-1 adaptation of the 2nd half/lastThird of the book and that Villeneuve would finish his stint with Dune with Part 2, when in reality it seemed his plan all along was to make it a trilogy and include Messiah as its 3rd act, so I'm guessing some of the changes and plot threads that were left unresolved in Part 2 will be more relevant for the presumed Part 3. If one looks at it from that perspective, I feel better about the film and its changes, and will have a clearer opinion on Part 2 when Part 3 comes out. Surely lots of people probably felt the same way when Empire Strikes Back came out as they didn't expect it to be the middle act of a trilogy, and now it's considered arguably the best Star Wars film and one of the greatest sequels ever.

The part that gets me is that it is, and it isn't a false faith. Without them, the golden path never is ttaken, and humanity dies. The idea that the faith the fremon observed is false is the biggest mistake made by everyone. Without their belief, humanity is ultimately ended and off the golden path.

The greatest movie experience I have ever had and the imax was so damn perfect

I feel incredibly privileged to watch Denis make the best sci-fi movies I’ve ever seen on the big screen, over the last seven years.

My 2 complaints are that I expected more of the spice agony, like more trippy space and mind bending stuff. I do like the shots of alia being infused, and im fine with her being cut out as long as they do well with her in part 3. 2, Even in the book, I never felt Feyd was anywhere near a threat to Paul. They build him up by him killing totured and drugged prisoners and him being really ruthless. But, he never seems like a real challenge. He could have been built up more as a messiah type figure of his own and maybe had a little bit more to do. Like, maybe the bene gesserit could start training him in their ways, suspecting Muad Dib is Paul, and Feyd excelling in totally unexpected ways, maybe even him getting spice visions when he comes to Arrakis.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't care at all about the changes from the book. And I've read the first Dune book. But so many reviews spend so much time talking about the differences between the novel and the movie and I find that conversation pretty boring. Thanks for this great review. I'm just interested in Dune the movies. Part 2 is an incredible work of art, and any story or character changes were for the best and served the story and the visual spectacle. In Villeneuve we trust!

So happy I saw this. I had to wait so long but saved this video for when I did see it. Very good channel. I liked the scene where harkonans stacked the siech

With you covering RM Mohiam, I just looked up older photos of Charlotte Rampling and she 100% looks like she could be mother to Rebecca Fergusen. Back in the 1960s, Rampling looked just like Fergusen (beautiful, same icy blue eyes) and scifi bonus - she was in the campy scifi classic "Zardoz" with Sean Connery.

ᑐ ᑌ ᑎ ᕮ an absolute masterpiece, a transcendent experience. Exceptional cinema 👏

I loved part 2 but the 3rd act felt a bit rushed. Seems like a lot of scenes were cut to keep the film under 3 hours.

Not even two hours long?? Unsubscribed!

Question to You guys - Do you think "Dune 2" told the story, use, addiction and making of SPICE? Honestly, if I did not read the books - I would not fully understand, what "spice" is...

While I love the movie and I absolutely do think it is a once in a generation type of masterpiece....I do think what needs to be discussed more are the themes and subtext that this movie, and the book are telling us. It's something that I hope people don't miss because they're too focused on the filmmaking aspect and also there's certain people that absolutely do not see the subtext or themes this movie or the book is taking aim at and they actually see Paul as a hero. (You may think the movie made it very obvious that he isn't at the end of the movie but um let's not act like a lot of people have critical thinking skills or media literacy in this country, we know they don't) I just think that the reason why the book is such a classic and is still so relevant is because it highlighted issues with our history as a country and the history of religion and the history of us on an individual level when it comes to how we percieve the world and how we percieve other socities in other countries etc. I just do hope that people dont repeat what they did when the book first came out and interpret the books points and ideas in the exact opposite of how it was wrote or intended. Herbert was so annoyed that people missed the whole point of his first dune book that he wrote dune messiah as a response to people that held Paul up as a hero to look up to.

it was boring amd confusing and melow dramatic but was nice to look at

Nice podcast guys, this is my first time tuning in and i gotta say that it was very interesting and fun to watch. Keep it up, you guys deserve way more recognition. And yeah... Dune part two is literally the best movie of all time.

If they finish off the trilogy strong this could be the best trilogy made. However I think lord of the rings is the reigning champ right now.

Definitely a masterpiece. My biggest gripe is overall surface level storytelling, especially with the villains and politics for us that haven't read the books. Also, the knife fight could have been extremely effective but did the very basic trope of protagonist injured and beaten but but antagonist getting too close and the whole who got who in the fatal stab moment. It's played out. This deserves a memorable death like when Anakin cuts count dookus hands and head off 😆 also, love Walken but he's just too famous for that small role and reveal as emperor. It makes it almost an snl parody seeing him in the dune universe without much to do

Great discussion! I’ve seen it three times now (twice in IMAX)! Between this movie and the new Shogun mini-series it has been a truly AMAZING week for book adaptations! 🔥👍🏽🔥

The explanation of the infrared filmed sequences on Giedi Prime was perfect. Thank you. Subscribed!

There is two other differences that I think is important to notice one I like and one not so much but I understand the chsnge. The first one is, in the book Gurney doesn't kill Raban and Paul denies him the right to kill Fayed, even tho he promissed to him he would. Therefore he cannot have closure. So I really appreciate the change in the movie. The other change is that in the book, the fremen ask Paul and his mother to train them in the art of combat. It's the reason they don't kill them at first. This omission suck. I think it creates value for Paul to the Fremen at first.

Best ever movie experiences: Jurassic Park The Matrix Dune pt2 And not necessarily in that order. An incredible job.

Villeneuve has no idea how to make a movie. He makes postcards. With this said, money makes wonders, so besides the usual marketing, the studio also bribed the YT streamers. Red thumb.

Unfortunately no weirding modules in part II

Great movie. The only changes I didnt like were to Chani. Her book version was way better. Paul is about to save her people and free the planet and all she cares about is being a anti religious crybaby.

A lot of people felt that Paul’s mother took a turn for the villainous after she drank the water of life. To me, it was bad ass prophetic. It’s like she saw the future and knew what was gonna happen, and was simply annoyed with Paul for not wanting to fulfill the inevitable. Imagine I could see the future and I saw you standing on the roof of the White House. So, I go talk to you and you say “The one place I don’t wanna go is the White House.” It might seem I’m a villain trying to get people to support “the journey to the White House.” And hey, if you don’t wanna go there it might seem that I’m you’re enemy. All I’m saying is “it’s gonna happen. It’s annoying you’re trying to avoid it.”

He literally was stabbed by blades from each side he earned a wife

25:59 ahhh great explanation! I didn't get what exactly was going on with the sun

Release that Raban Elvis voice cut, that's what I need. "May YOUR knife chip and shatter, buddy, u-hu-huh!"

Denis Villeneuve is known for empowering women. He openly speaks about it, gives women important leading roles and addresses violence against women in his films. (Polytechnique, Incendies) So sexism is a very odd charge to make against one of his films.

I often dislike when movies changes too much, but Dune is one where everything else is so excellent and the changes ties well together with the main story that this is such a chefs kiss. LOTR was the last amazing epic book-films and for me personally this tops it if I try my best to remove nostalgia bias.

The only real change, except for some choices of characters to not include, was how Chani was changed to act more like a foil for Paul. Frank Herbert was surprised that Paul was considered a hero by readers when he was written as an anti-hero, the changes in Chani were meant to support Herbert's view. Alia was changed as well, but considering she only appears as a character near the end of the book, her addition would have been weird without character building.

I believe Chani is pregnant at the end of Dune 2. Paul perhaps forsees this as the reason she’ll return.

I’ve got a question about Paul and him using “The Voice”…. So is Paul able to use “the voice” on crowds of people?? Coz I haven’t read the books or anything but I was thinking that Paul was going to be so powerful in using the voice that he could use it on crowds of people like the fundamentalist in the south when he’s shouting that speech to then yknow and that’s why the space granny’s are so worried about him 😂 coz that also kinda make him even more of the bad dude that way coz he’s just forced a whole bunch of people to fight for him… also why didn’t he use the voice more in part 2?? Like I was really expecting him to just use the voice on Feyd or the Barron and tell him to kill himself infront of the emperor by the throne or Feyd in their dual?? Does Paul ever use the voice in that way ever ???

As I haven’t read the book, there was one scene that I didn’t understand: how was Chani able to save Paul when he drank the water of life? How did this all work and why could only she save him? I got that she drinks a drop of the water but how does that save Paul?

They could just make part 1 & 2 into a single 2 movie. Part 2 is really boring, Too much fightings. They could just cut all those fighting scenes

I’m having a Spice fueled vision if the future: I see a Special Edition Director’s SUPERCUT 4K BluRay of Dune parts 1 and 2. I also foresee myself buying this. And if you do not believe me; I shall UNSUBSCRIBE!

Battle of the bastards and Hardehome was better than Dune 1&2

Zendaya and Christopher Walken were bad casting choices. Also, why did Rabban kiss Feyd-Rauthas foot twice, but the second time was more dramatic? They should have edited out the first kiss.

Quizatz haderach? Ive always called it the quicksand hat rack.

Having not reading the book, the final scene had me gripped and I thought Paul could die and his sister would eventually take his place. I thought maybe he isn't the one when he got stabbed. Then when he grips the blade I thought this is it, then he goes down with Feyd. What a suspenseful scene.

The fish-bowl helmeted people from the first film are not guild navigators, they are "representatives of the spacing guild" although when you look closely you can see that they are basically breathing concentrated spice and have blue eyes peering through their mask.

In terms of spectacle, CGi and all that, maybe. However, in the original the story was still prominent. Nowadays everything else trumps it. (Looking at you "Everything, Everyhwere all at once" getting Oscars (except Jamie-Lee Curtis) for no particular acting) Sci-fi Masterpiece of the decade? Well, have there been many other sci-fi revelations since 2020? Don't think so.

I'm sorry but the story is timeless. It didn't need to be changed for this generation. Yeah this version is pretty to look at but the story sucked! The scifi mini series of Dune and Children of Dune is 1000x better as far as world building and character building and its 95% accurate to the books. And you can watch it and you wouldn't even need to have read the book. All these new movies think people are just to stupid to understand the politics and intricate details of things. And I mean come on if a tv mini series running 4 and half hours has time to explain things fast and sufficiently with a $100,000 budget, a movie like this should be able to. The emotions are convincing in the scifi adoptions. The Chani n Paul relationship is so much more epic. She supports him but she's still strong. Idk if you want the best adaption and a better story watch the scifi mini series it covers the 1st 3 books too, so you don't have to wait another 2 years for just 2 books to be finished. And you'll get to see James McAvoy play Paul's son. And best of all you may just find it on RU-vid. I promise you won't be disappointed, unless you are only worried about special effects and nothing else. I'm sorry its like Disney StarWars, special effects can't make a movie, but a good story with old effects will stand the test of time, because it's a good story. And idk why everyone is comparing it to the 80s movie when we had an updated version in 2000?

Uh oh The normies are liking it

I saw Blade Runner several times. I will be seeing his s one more than once. Butler took it over the top. 😊

It's an amazing movie and some of the added stuff like the Bene Gesserit being telepathic and Jessica being able to talk to Alia is an amazing idea, but I hate the major changes because you don't get the character relationship developments. And I don't like the fact that yes Channi felt how she did at the beginning but as Paul gets his powers and the prophecy starts to be fulfilled her refusal to accept it and her keep moving the goalpost so that she didn't have to believe is really annoying.

There were no Weirding Modules, plus with the Baron having younger boys would show how evil & twisted he is. I don't understand why things like this have to be tamed 'today's audiences'. Anyway, still a brilliant movie.

Honestly I liked part 2 way more than part 1 but I dunno if part 1 is to blame really, considering how the Dune book is paced. It’s like half the first part of part 1 was exposition. But I still love them both and I’m jealous of people who marathoned em when watching for the first time

This may be too cheesy for some, but since Count Fenring was an older generation attempt at the Kwizatz Haderach that didn't pan out, I was secretly hoping that Count Fenring would be in this movie played by Kyle MacLachlan.

So the only thing that confuses me is what is the Bene Geserits motive for implementing this religion on Arakkis and other planets. What’s the point for them to do it?

I would've been satisfied had he followed the miniseries route, even it wasn't perfect, but I at least cared about what was going on. The visuals and music are spot on, but the way the story was done is just a no for me.

Don’t forget that the original Bene Gesuit plan was that Jessica would have a girl and this girl would mate with Feyd!

I'm feeling DUNE PART TWO and DUNE TRILOGY will become THE LORD OF THE RINGS or STAR WARS for our generation

It was magnificent enough to survive Zendaya's unattractive performance.

Part 1 and part 2 are legit good sci-fi movies. Feyd Rautha stole the show for me. 👍

One of the most overrated movies of the decade. The 1984 version was far better and had far more flair and soul then this snore fest.

I think it was visually excellent, but thats it.. my least favourite villaneuve film

Time jumps but Lady Jessica still pregnant??? 🤷‍♂️🤔

I love people that talk about art but don’t create it

Count Hasimir Fenring is my favorite villain in the books. It should of had a short scene of him supporting the seduction of Feyd-Rautha... and them showing their love for each other. 🤔

Sheesh: doesn't ANYONE under 30 read anymore? Dune wasn't writen in "the 1950s". It came out in 1965.