we watched *DUNE* (2021) for the first time and CAN'T WAIT for the next one! (Movie First Reaction) 

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Jamis wasn't really weak at all. Paul is actually just exceptionally good. think of like a max level dexterity/perception build in an RPG. That's Paul. The Bene Gesserit training from his mother includes more than just using the voice. Additionally he trained with Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck, who are both considered to be exceptional fighters in this universe, especially Duncan. Paul is actually a very very perceptive, fast, and agile fighter. His small frame is deceiving.

Paul wasn't just trained by Gurney and Duncan, but also by Jessica. In the books he was trained as a mentant as well by Thufir. He is probably the best fighter in the galaxy.

The cinema experience of this movie was insane. The soundtrack and the cinematography are magical. So happy you reacted to this! ❤

So the reason you saw that spurt of water when Kynes (the judge of the change) got stabbed, they punctured her stillsuit. If you remember from earlier, the still suits are filled with water from their recycled sweat - preserving water is EVERYTHING in their culture. In fact water is seen as the most valuable asset a person has - that’s why they actually (in the book) give Paul possession over all the water that Jamis had with him when Paul killed him. So I think when Kynes was killed it would have been water and blood but the filmmakers were making a subtle nod to the Fremen culture. Losing all her water…is true death.

I said this on Patreon but y'all are the few reactors I've seen who connected the part about "to take one's life means you must take you own." Paul saw himself dying in that fight with Jamis and in a way he did. His life as the Paul Atreides we saw before that point has ended and he has risen as someone completely different. Jamis did teach Paul the ways of the desert. With prophesies and dreams, they aren't always linear and there are different paths and outcomes. So if Paul sees something a certain way it shouldn't be interpreted as concrete. Also, the blue eyes are not genetic, it's from being exposed to the spice. In the books people used to do spice drugs on other planets and their eyes would turn blue. Leto is the father of Jessica's child, she's pregnant when Paul tells her she's pregnant so she didn't have a Fremen baby, her and the baby were just exposed to spice so their eyes were blue like Paul's in his vision. The books go more into this but Leto and Jessica aren't married because Leto is from a Great House and wanted to keep himself open to marriage alliances. Many people take on a Bene Gesserit concubine but have a legitimate wife. This movie is great, I saw it a few times in theaters and read the books. Star Wars and a lot of other sci-fi films got inspo from Dune as well.

The Bene Gesserit is a religious order of women (nuns, perhaps) who master self-discipline and the study and control over minutiae of the human experience. The Voice is achieved by modulating normal human vocal harmonics to add 'compulsion' to the mind of the ones who hear it. They can divine whether or not someone is telling the truth (or believes they are telling the truth, at least) by observing minute behaviors and physiological changes in people. So they have a reputation that you cannot lie to them, or they will know. They are amazing warriors, as part of their self-discipline training. Jessica knew the moment her body began to produce hormones differently that she was pregnant. All Bene Gesserit have the ability to control their own bodies down to the cellular level, so when the Reverend Mother tells Jessica, "You were told to bear only female children." she's not kidding. The Bene Gesserit represent the author Frank Herbert's vision of the Jesuit Order in outer space. In Earth history, the Jesuits were among the first orders of priests to go to all new countries. They believed in education, and they sent priests in to study the locals and convert the natives. The Bene Gesserit did the same, only on a galactic scale. Because the Bene Gesserit were working to cross human bloodlines to eventually produce the Chosen One, the Kwisatz Haderach, the Supreme Being, their missionaries throughout all of those thousands of years were working to create mythology and prophecies which they seeded throughout the galaxy into every inhabited planet and people, which foretold of the coming of the Chosen One. AND which also put in place cultural protected status for all Bene Gesserit. So when the Fremen were shouting "Lisan al-Gaib!" it's because the Bene Gesserit missionaries to Arrakis thousands of years ago installed mythology into the Fremen culture which said, "These are the Bene Gesserit. They are Holy Women and cannot be touched." (Stilgar - "You cannot challenge a Sayyadina, Jamis"). AND "At some point in the future, the Chosen One will arrive, a young man who is the Chosen One, and his Mother, the Bene Gesserit. And you will know them by certain signs." When Reverend Mother talks about Paul not being ready, she says, "A Way has been prepared for you." That's what she means. Jessica knows exactly what she means. And Paul guesses very quickly. So while everyone is running around calling Paul the "Chosen One", he's having trouble figuring out... am I really the Chosen One? Or do I just play the Chosen One on TV because of a millennia-old script that my mother's SIsterhood spread around the galaxy in case I needed something on this planet?

Timothee as Paul was mind blowing

Big part of the books in that duel at the end is the difference in fighting style. Paul is trained in fighting with shields where you have to move with slow precise movements because only the slow blade penetrates the shield. But in the duel he needs to be faster to avoid being killed. Dueling with shields also requires when someone gets the kill shot you have to ask the enemy to yield. Usually they do. But not always. Paul has never killed a person so he's desperate to get Jamis to yield. The Fremen who don't have those rules think Paul is toying with Jamis and are offended. Why wouldnt a dueler take the killshot if they have it. So they think he's being disrespectful. A big part of the book is about cultural differences.

In the vision, Jamis (the one who challenged Paul and died) said "I will teach you the ways of the desert." He did teach Paul about what kind of people they are, very quickly.

Zendaya also said “I wouldn’t have let you harm my friend” then she gave Paul the knife that killed that very friend. The parallels are so sick in Dune

Duke Leto's "you'll still be the only thing i ever needed you to be....my son" kills me everytime because I wish my father told me anything remotely similar.

Everyone forgets Zendaya was the FIRST person we see, and the FIRST voice we hear, and is seen THROUGHOUT the film in Paul’s dreams.

Great reaction. Jamis doesn't actually "suck" as a fighter, though, he simply wasn't trained from early childhood by one of the best fighters in the entire empire (Duncan Idaho) and had mental training by one of the best mentats in the entire empire (Thufir Hawat) and had Bene Gesserit training by one of the most talented Bene Gesserit (Lady Jessica, his mother). Very few people are a match in a 1-on-1 for Paul if he isn't caught off-guard or distracted.

I think most people were upset with how much Zendaya was advertised for it, but how little she was shown XD I honestly think most of the complaints were from people that only went into the movie due to the cast (mostly Zendaya fans because those were all the complaints I saw).

Oh, no! Not my girl being seen as a potential villain! LOL. One of my favorite aspects of this movie is the Atreides family dynamic. Rebecca Ferguson plays Jessica’s love for her family as well as her guilty conscience and conflict very well. The Bene Gesserit do not like Paul; he was not in their plans. Jessica deliberately disobeyed them by having a son. She loves him with every fiber of her being, but her loyalty is also to the Bene Gesserit. She sends Paul into the pain test, knowing that her son may not come out alive, and she does not prepare him for it. This conflict of loyalty is why Leto asks if both sides of who she is will protect Paul, because those sides of her clash. She knows his future as the Kwizats Haderach will be difficult if he is the one, but does not prepare him for this. When Paul yells at her for what he is, she knows he’s right, it’s her fault. And I think she would take it back to spare him. I think that’s why she looks so uncomfortable at the end, because she knows the journey is just beginning and things are going to get harder. She made him this and now she has to live with the consequences of watching him struggle.

What Jessica was mumbling when Paul was going through the test is called the Litany Against Fear. At the end of the litany, when Jessica talks of remaining alone, she is not talking about Paul being gone, but about FEAR being gone. Jessica would have taught this to Paul as a way of enduring a fearful situation. I believe Paul himself is reciting it during the test in both the book and the 1984 film.

Unfortunately in the movie, they don’t show more clearly why Paul won the duel. Paul was fighting in the weirding way, the fighting style of his mom’s order. Jessica trained him. This movie made me go obsessed with everything Dune. The universe around it is INSANE, so amazingly good. There is a very clever explanation why the worms don’t go under the sand when they ride them. Look it up!😉

Great reaction as always! Dune is one of my favorite movies to come out in the past few years, I can't wait for part 2! The sandworms can sense vibrations in the sand; that is how they know when someone or something is nearby. The thing Dr. Kynes puts in the ground is called a thumper and it generates vibrations in the sand to attract the sandworms and it is the same thing that saved Jessica and Paul. Zuff was right, Dr. Kynes was planning on riding the sandworm before she got attacked. Since the Fremen are so resourceful, they regularly ride the sandworms to get around the desert and even consider the Shai-Hulud (the sandworms) to be almost like gods of the desert.

I learned this later but Paul can see *possible* futures. So, the reason Jamis was so "weak" in that fight at the end is because Paul knew what his every movie was gonna be and was able to avoid them. Again, I also found this out later, too, because I had a bunch of different ideas about his visions, as well. Lol. But, I think knowing this fact will help with understanding the future movies. And, with that being said, had Jamis not challenged him, they would have become friends at some point and trusted allies. :(

11:30 "thats water" easily the best commentary

Nominated for 10 Oscars including Best Picture but won for Best Original Score Best Sound (Editing and Mixing) Best Visual Effects Best Film Editing Best Production Design Best Cinematography. Coming Next Year, DUNE PART 2, November 22, 2023.

His ability is seeing possible futures, its like a guide that helps him what he can do to reach his desired future

The visions are showing Paul's prescience, he doesn't see the future but he sees possible futures. Spice can grant this but with Paul's carefully bred lineage he seems to have more powerful visions. The film definitely demands your focus but it's a great spectacle that rewards your attention. Some of the details are definitely more for the book readers and if any of you read I can't recommend Dune enough. Fair play if you wanna wait until after part 2 for no spoilers but you should for sure read it some day. That book inspired so much sci-fi it's unreal and references pop up in all pop culture, even outside of sci-fi!

This film is so good when i watched it in imax it was such a visual and sensory experience can’t wait for part 2

"it's like the worm from spongebob" lol that was my exact thought when i first saw this 😂

The Fremen sietches are essentially underground caverns so they are safe from the worms. Worms avoid solid obstacles in the desert. If you remember Paul told his mom that once they landed to head for the rocks. That is also why the worm stopped when he was chasing Paul. He had made it to the rocks and safety.

The side effect of prolonged exposure to the Spice is that it turns the whites of anyone's eyes blue. Also called "The Eyes of Ibad" as mentioned earlier in the film. Jessica is pregnant with Duke Leto's baby. It's not a "Fremen baby." But the child will be born with blue eyes because she is immersed in the Spice already. And boy, that really means something important later in the story.

I love this reaction; you’re invested in the score, characters, writing, action, visuals, etc. It’s great to see new fans.

OMG YES i totally went to the theaters to see this just cause of Timothee and Zendaya's 5 mins of screentime LOL but she'll be in the 2nd one A LOT more so I can't waitttt

I GASPED THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE

The vision Paul has of Jamis is of him teaching him the ways of the desert and by being the first person Paul had to kill you could say he did that. Paul's visions aren't always literal or entirely reliable.

Glad you liked it! Indeed, the story is quite compelling, and they stayed pretty close to the original story and scenes of the book. Some details were omitted, but that's unavoidable when adapting such a lore-heavy book. As to give you some info on the lore and politics of the Duniverse, so it becomes a bit more clear: You have 4 major powerblocks in this universe: 1)The Emperor (and his army, the Sardaukar) 2)The Landsraad, consisting of a dozen Great Houses (and many Minor Houses, all vying for power). Think Game-of-Thrones here, but in sci-fi setting. ;-) 3)The Bene Gesserit; a semi-religious Order whom have certain powers (like the Voice, or being a Truthsayer, and some others not shown yet) and exert a lot of behind-the-scenes influence, but mostly stay low-profile 4) The Guild Navigators and CHOAM; a strong mercantile power, with a monopoly on spacetravel It was more or less explained in the beginnings when Paul talked with his dad on Caladan: House Atreides is a growing power, politically and military, and the Emperor feels threatened. But he can't directly attack the House, because otherwise the Landsraad (the ensemble of Great houses) will turn against him. As said, they each constitute a "big power" in this Duniverse. So the Landsraad and the Emperor keep each other in check, as it were. Meanwhile, the Bene Gesserit are working from the shadows, on both sides - they primarily are concerned with their own plans and devices, to create the Kwizatsh Haderach. They manipulate from the shadows and actually form the third great power in this universe, but seldom show it openly. They also exert power by political marriages, or become concubines for political advantages - which is why Jessica wasn't married to Leto, though it was done to benefit him and House Atreides, not herself or the Sisterhood. The fourth independent power, which is hardly touched upon in this first part of the movie, is CHOAM and their Spice Guild. They're like a huge mercantile power, and the Guild Navigators are the only ones able to move/teleport between planets, so without them, there would be no viable interstellar Imperium. Which make them essential and an enormous powerhouse as well - though, of course... they are and remain dependent on the Spice. That's why: whom controls Arrakis, controls the Empire. So the Emperor can't directly attack a Great House like Artreides, or he risks all-out war with the Landsraad, consisting of the other Great Houses. Instead, he uses an indirect attack, with and through the Harkonnens - who want their fiefplanet back with all the Spice - doing the grunt work for him. It's a sort of proxy war, thus. He does help the Harkonnen to make sure they'll win - hence why he sends a few battalions of Sardaukar, his elite troops. But no-one (especially the Landsraad) may know about that. (That's also why they killed Liet, because she was going to expose the Emperor's meddling). Hope that made things more clear!

Just finished watching this and I am glad that you guys enjoyed it!!!! As far as the fight of Paul and Jamis, you have to understand Duke Leto made sure that Paul was trained by the best fighters and his mother was the best Bene Gesserit of her generation and they are amazing fighters as well. He is meant to be one of the best fighters because he was able to combine all of his training to make him a unique individual. Also Dr. Kynes is dead!!!!

To give you some back story into the Dune universe / saga; a story that spans 35’000 years, it’s good to know that dates are know as BG (Before Guild) & AG (After Guild). The Guild monopoly on space travel / transport and upon interstellar banking is taken as the beginning point of the Imperial Calendar. Interestingly, the events of Dune when set to our current Earth years, take place 20’000 years into our future; so technically we are part of the Dune story. A little timeline for the Dune universe. 19000-16000BG - Earliest civilisations on Terra (Earth) 16500BG - The Roman Empire 14100BG - 13600BG - Our Solar System is colonised. 13402BG - An asteroid hits Terra making it uninhabitable. 13402BG - 13399BG - The Rescue of Treasures off Terra. 13360BG - Terra is reseeded & set aside as a natural park under Imperial Decree. 200-108BG - The Butlerian Jihad. the crusade to free humans from thinking machines. 86BG - Foundation of House Atreides. O - Foundation of The Guild. 10140AG - Duke Leto is born 10190-10191 - House Atreides moves to Arrakis. I saw Dune in IMAX on release day & it just begs to be seen on a huge screen. This really is the adaptation that fans of the novel; like myself, have been wanting for so long. It wasn’t rushed & forced to cram the story in to a short run time like the Lynch version; it was given the space to breathe. Also the vastness of the worlds were also allowed that space. Not for a long time; probably since Blade Runner 2049, or seeing LOTR in a theatre have I repeatedly let out sighs of relief….& smiled so much at how amazing a film has been. From a design point of view (as I have a degree in film design), the worlds are spectacular. From the Grecian influence on Caladan, to the brutalist buildings of Arrakeen were epic. The size of the Guild Highliners is incredible….& seeing Salusa Secundus was just the icing on the cake. Can’t wait to see more of Shai Hulud!! Casting was spot on; just wish we’d been given more of Piter De Vries!! Rebecca Ferguson was excellent as Jessica & the regendering of Liet Kynes didn’t even bother me. The Baron is truly terrifying; not some pantomime villain as we saw in the Lynch version. In Part 2 (which will deal with the second part of the novel & then if we’re really lucky a third film, based on Dune Messiah) we’ll get to see Zendeya’s Chani be given the chance to really develop. Also, we’re yet to see the terrifying Feyd Rautha; Austin Butler has been cast in the role, along with Christopher Walken as Emperor Shaddam IV. 10/10 & an absolute must see in the theatres!!! Also, a few little things of interest: The Kangaroo Mouse, Maud’Dib will have special significance in Part 2 Paul’s line ‘I recognise your footsteps old man’ are him alluding to Shai Hulud. The worms have many names; many given to them by the Fremen. These including Old Man of The Desert, Old Man Eternity & Grandfather of The Desert. In Arabic Shayʾ-Khulud translates as "Thing of Eternity" or "Thing of Immortality", consisting of Shayʾ "thing of" (in construct state) and Khulud "eternity" or "immortality".

Yessir dune is fire looking forward to watching this later

Star Wars was based around this series as far as i know you can see the many similarities between the both of them

On the duel you forget Paul has been trained like no other. He is also foreign to the fremen instyle so his opponent could not prepare for him. But the fact that he sees possible futures (like what leads to him being stabbed) and may be able to avoid unwanted outcomes can also be of importance. :)

Great video, I had most of the same reactions, especially when that one guy went out SORRY 🤣. I also gotta give credit to the studio for having the balls to not advertise the fact that it was only part1, I never even knew there was going to be a part 2 until the end of the movie. either way, Im invested into the story now and cant wait for part 2

To understand why Paul bodied Jamis so hard, remember that Duncan, who is an absolute beast, was his sword instructor, Jessica, a Bene Gessirat sister of significant skill was his instructor for both The Voice as well as assassination prevention, and Thufir Hwat a literal 5k IQ galaxy brain mentat trained Paul as a mentat himself, which is basically a human with the mental speed and faculties of an actual supercomputer. Paul is unbelievably Himmy Himmel right now. Unironically the best fighter in the entire known universe as of this moment. Honest to God Jedi Masters from Star Wars would be getting bodied by Paul in a knife-fight.

oh my god im so glad you guys watched this...based on one of my favourite books

i was a bit confused at first watch but rewatching it with you guys makes a lot more sense now, even though we're all lost LMAO. i know they mostly speak English but imagine if watching without captions it would be more confusing hearing all these weird names. thanks for the reaction guys. Love u❤

Zuff cracks me up every time “HELICOPTER HELICOPTER” 😭

This is such a great reaction. I really love your chemistry together. I can tell what great friends you are and what amazing taste you have. You really vibed with this amazing movie in the best way and I can’t wait for your part 2 watch-a-long. I’ve now watched a good few of your reactions and you have gained a new sub in me for sure! Keep up the good work

I think the really confusing thing about Dune is that the visions don't always tell the truth. They show things that may happen, which are often quite similar to what does happen, but the visions aren't always right or always wrong. That's why there was the vision of Paul being friends with Jamis, that didnt end up happening but in a way Jamis still taught Paul the ways of the desert. In the Duncan Idaho case the vision actually was accurate, but again, that wasn't guaranteed

"When you take a life, you take your own." It means that the willful act of ending another life, permanently changes you. The person you once were, dies...ceases to exist, and someone new takes their place. You're forever altered by the act, and can never go back to who you were. It's a pretty sentiment, but ultimately flawed. You kill constantly, every moment of your life. And you fundamentally change constantly in a myriad other ways, as well. What makes it so impactful when we kill another human, is only our deeply warped perception of the nature of life, and of the act of killing. Kind of like a cucumber and a cat, really. The cucumber is irrelevant, but the cat reacts as if it's a deadly threat.

I saw it in the movie theatre when it came out. The sound design was insane. Dune is awesome. And the book is incredible. Loved your reaction.

Y'all need to watch the David Lynch-directed 1984 Dune movie, it'll help for more context if you haven't read the books. E.g. explaining how the Emperor's army is in cahoots with the Harkonnens to take out the Atreides on purpose, because Duke Leto had trained an army competent enough to challenge the Emperor's prison-planet supersoldiers, the "sardaukar". Plus, the Spacing Guild thing. The Spice generated by the sandworms on Arrakis/Dune is essential to all of Known Space, because in their universe, interplanetary travel is only possible because that's how the Guild Navigators are able to get high enough to see through spacetime well enough for their massive jump-drive/fold-space ships to arrive at their destinations safely. That's why, whoever controls the Spice, controls the universe. Meanwhile, the Order of the Bene Gesserit have been lurking behind the scene for the past 10,000 years, grooming historical genetics/bloodlines on purpose to produce superhuman abilities, up to and including being able to see through time and space (and also able to genetically recall memories from *everyone* in ancestry), which is where Paul's visions & dreams are coming from. Pretty much finally achieved the goal, after 10,000 or so years. Which, of course, doesn't turn out the way everyone thought it was "supposed" to. Meanwhile, one could always actually read the books, but I know that isn't a thing most people bother to do these days...

Y’all did soooooo good!!! ❤❤❤ I love your reactions!

The suit makes water out of sweat and piss. When the fremen woman was killed, the 'light fluid' wasn't "fremen blood" but water.

I like that you guys try to talk as softly as possible so you can concentrate on the movie while answering everything your friends say. the last fight scene seems to be too easy I get it but Paul is smart and pretty practical in combat because he has good teachers and he's the one and powerful.

I love their take on the "chosen one". Paul is clearly special and the fremen have been waiting for someone, but they show how the bene geserit have been slowly putting things into place. How crazy - start rumors and legends that a powered person will be coming, then use science and genetics to eventually make that person, and a few hundred years later you have a built in religion.

Everytime this man wears a Jets shirt I get happy

"I recognized your footsteps old man" has two meanings. one. paul maybe referring to Gurney and two.... the sandworm is called Shai-Hulud or "the Old man in the desert" by the fremen people

I’ve read a bit of the book and knew a little about the dune universe before going into the film. The casting is 100% on point.

"I recognize your footsteps, old man." The girls who get it get it.

Paul's visions and dreams are not usually what happens, like he had a vision of Jamis befriending him, yet in real life he was one of the only people who opposed him being there.

Jamis was an excellent fighter, Paul was just trained by Duncan Idaho and he was the best. Also, Paul’s visions are not set in stone, he can make changes real time like when it showed Jamis stabbing him.

I think in the book, Paul shed tears for one he killed. To Fremen that was giving water to your enemy, unheard of.

It’s like you guys can read my mind sometimes I LOVE this movie!!

22:18 "Here comes Kwizats Hardritch!!" Your guys reactions were hilarious 🤣🤣

The books are fantastic, highly recommended to read!

paul’s visions shows two futures that could happen, in the vision he and chani kiss but she stabs him after means that one of the two things can happen, same thing with jamis being his friend but we see that actually the opposite happens

I don't know if you guys like to read but the books are really worth it. I like all off them, the Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson books as well as the original Frank Herbert books. The Frank Herbert books are more complex and philosophical but the Dune universe he created is amazingly intricate and interesting. If you don't like to read maybe find a video or two about the Bene Gesserit, who are fascinating. Also the Spacing Guild/Navigators and Mentats. Knowing about these groups and disciplines will put a lot of the confusing parts of the movie in place. What looked like a moon or space station was a Heighliner. All space travel is controled by the Spacing Guild and the Heighliner is where thousands of ships can dock and be taken to another part of space through faster than light travel, which can only be done with Navigators who belong only to the Spacing Guild. Part 2 is going to be very exciting.

The movie was really entertaining, however a lot of the lore was hinted and not really explained. The books are so much richer and so immersive. The movie simplified the story, but the visuals are superb.

Good catch on seeing the worm (Zuff saw it, right?) amidst the fight in Paul's vision when he's fighting along with the Fremen.

The people in this movie gave up computers and cultivate the mind and body instead. The Navigators can see the future to guide their ships and the Bene Geserate can see the past. The "one" is supposed to be able to do both

Dune is one of my favorites. Nice reaction boys! Unrelated, but I'm trying to get triceps and biceps like the guy in the light gray shirt. Gonna have to get at it!

Y’all got a new sub 🤙🏼

36:48 In the books, Dr. Liet Kynes was a man and the father of Chani played by Zeendaya.

The Harkonnen pet was Wanna, Dr. Yueh's wife. She was taken apart and put back together. He wanted to free her. He knew they were both dead but, better to end her torment.

You better record your reaction to Dune Part 2 in the cinema! because I already see you buying tickets to watch Dune Part 2 hahahaha okay no!! I am eager to watch the movie again when it comes out on platforms and with you guys in the watchalong :D

The thing about Jamis' fighting... he is as good as any other Fremen. Keep in mind what you've seen the Fremen doing with complete and utter ease throughout this movie. Wiping out the most trained military force in the galaxy. Jamis is just as good as any of them. Or he'd have died in the desert a long time ago. That shows you how much better Paul is than even that. Paul has been trained by 3 of the best military and fighting minds in human history. Since he was a little boy. Up until his fight with Jamis though it was all theoretical. But he is literally that good through a decade of intense training.

I loved this movie. Great cast, wardrobe, and design. You might like the book. I couldn’t get through it.

so excited to watch!

The fight with Jamis is showing us that Paul sees the future, not perfectly but he sees it, therefore he knew Jamis{ movements before hand.

53:03 is were he finds his comfort zone and he wasn't even dreaming of skjing

42:33 In the books Paul used his future vision to find a safe path through the storm. Just like a Space Navigator uses spice to find a clear path through interstellar space.

Interesting watching this now after seeing part 2. And part 2 u should definitely see in theaters. It’s like a religious epiphany -someone’s gotta pick up robs jaw from the floor this entire reaction

Paul's visions are not always meant to come true, obviously. But they all have something to teach him, some lesson that he needs.

In the book, a lot of what’s said is done in internal thoughts, which is why you as the reader find out the dr is going to betray the Duke immediately as he’s introduced near the beginning. No one else finds out until 3/4 way in during the attack. Paul’s visions show all possible paths of the future and even when one doesn’t come to pass like learning from Jamis, he still experiences it as if he spent all that time with Jamis.

Dune is a universe where in general death means death... no you don't resurrect... if you die you die... its a realistic setting for what it is. Don't expect resurrections out of the sandworm. Thankfully Dennis Villeneuve the director is dead serious about these things, and always favors realism over hollywood crap and he would never do such a crap thing to make the franchise completely unrealistic. In that sense we are very lucky. The cinematography, the Hanz zimmer soundtrack, the set, the costumes, the minimalistic narrative helped wonders in fleshing out the great world building that this universe deserves. This was absolutely phenomenal in the cinemas. They did an amazing job, normally this book is insanely difficult to adapt.

Hehe I know this is an old video for anyone wondering. Paul, in this movie, is trying to figure out his "prescience", he can glimpse paths through the future. In several moments, particularly in the Jamis fight he saw several "losing paths" and choose another one in which he wins. His power becomes stronger as the story goes along.

51:00 easy to predict the moves when you've seen the fight in your mind already, heheh

The Baron never said he wouldn't attack - he said he wouldn't kill Paul and Jessica. And he didn't. The reverend mother asked that they be granted exile, which he did do. They were to be dropped into the desert and left alone. The baron assumed the desert or the worms would kill them. But he never said he wouldn't attack - the reason the reverend mother was there was that she knew the attack was coming and she wanted to save Jessica and Paul - "The duke means nothing to us. But his mother is a member of our order and under our protection, and by extension her son. Give them the dignity of exile." Jessica is chanting a prayer to herself to not let her fear take over her and her actions. She's terrified over what the reverend mother's test will do to Paul - it could have killed him. She's not chanting "only I will remain" because she's plotting to take power - she's telling herself to let her fear pass by. "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” Jessica has already betrayed her order by bearing Leto a son - as the reverend mother says, she was told to bear only daughters (quoting the 1984 film, "An Atreides daughter could have been wed to a Harkonnen heir and seal the breach" - that is the Bene Gesserit manipulating bloodlines as mentioned in this film too). She would do anything to protect Paul. The water you saw spurting from Dr. Kynes when she was stabbed was the liquid water flowing through her stillsuit. Meaning that even if she survived being stabbed and eaten by the worm, she cannot survive in the desert. But she along with the Sardaukar were killed by the worm that she called. The Emperor rules over a number of houses in a group called the Landsraad. Duke Leto Atreides is becoming very popular among the other houses, gaining notable support, to the point that the Emperor ("a dangerous, jealous man" as the baron notes) believes that he could threaten him and take the throne. So he takes advantage of the Harkonnen hatred for the Atreides and sets a trap. He promises the support of his Sardaukar legions if they attack Arrakis while the Atreides are there. The Sardaukar are needed because as Piter de Vries says to the head Sardaukar guy, the Atreides command the finest legions in the empire and the Harkonnen forces alone are not enough. You see this during the attack - the Harkonnen meet a group of Atreides troops on some stairs, and the Atreides decimate them until the Sardaukar come in from behind and finish them. This attack has eliminated the Atreides and almost beggared the baron, benefitting the Emperor enormously - his greatest threat is removed, and the next greatest, the Harkonnen, are in his debt and in no position to threaten him at all.

Paul's visions are not always accurate and the future they foresee can be changed through people's actions. He tells the Reverend Mother when she is testing him that they don't always come true. But also, if you think back to the beginning of the movie when he struggles to use the voice, his abilities are growing by leaps and bounds after they get to Arakkis. Also, Jessic trained Paul to fight like she does, the WeirdingWay. Stilgar recognizes this when she captures him from behind when he says, "I did not know you were a weirding woman." The Weirding Way is deceptive movement that makes it appear that the fighter is moving faster than possible. That is how she got Stilgar from behind and it is how Paul killed Jamis from behind. He was there before Jamis knew what was happening and it was curtains for him. Jamis was a badass but no match for that. The second film is coming out about a year from now. Please please please go see it in IMAX. Great reaction, bros.

16:06 Baron Harkonnen is the inspiration for Jabba the Hut

I don't think this a spoiler but paul sees multiple what if's...think they portrayed this wonderfully in this adaption

You guys needed someone who understands the movie with you to explain a lot of the stuff. E.g. the water squirted because when Liet Kynes was stabbed she was wearing a stillsuit, the suits that convert sweat to water.

@1:05, I’ve read a lot of the Dune books. This movie is only the first half of the first book in the series.

idk if yall are picking out a show soon but i just watched high fidelity and its really good. Sort of a fleabag vibe because she breaks the fourth wall a lot. It is really funny but is also very depressing at times. Zoe Kravitz is the main character too

I am a massive dune fan great reaction! I think Game of Thrones in space is the best way to describe Dune. There is supposed to be a tv show coming out about the sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. Would love to see a reaction to that. Duncan did unfortunately die but he is the only Charter that is in every book, so he will be back. Also the movie and books are partly commentary on American imperialism. Zuff caught it by miss pronouncing Arrakis as Iraqis like Iraq. You might have also caught the Arabic words and phrases and imagery that where directly inspired by the Tuareg people of north Africa (the most like the fremen) and the Bedouin people of the general middle east. Spice can be substituted as oil in our world, something which the entire world system has a dependency under. In the books there is a phrase "the spice must flow" indicating how everything is predicated on its continuous extraction. I like manny people read dune as a young adult and like many others it changed how I perceived and interacted with the world. Again great reaction. Btw Bryce seems like the most like Paul.

Try the Audible audiobook . It is long but done very well .

I relived the movie again with goosebumps...the best Movie (Bookadaption) since "The Lord of the rings"...i can't wait to see the next Dune...This is just part 1. The music is so amazing...in the next movie we'll see Duncan again, and other's from house Atreides. And we will learn more about the Harkonnen, the imperium and the Imperator Shaddam the 4th

This is the first half of the first book "Dune," so the next movie will cover the second half. If they choose to make a third movie, it will be based on the second book, "Dune Messiah." The third book, "Children of Dune," goes in a different direction and would be difficult to adapt, but I think it would be fascinating to watch. I first read "Dune" in the 80s and have reread it many times since, so it was easy for me to follow the film. This is one of the best film adaptations of a book I've ever seen. Honestly, if I hadn't read the book, I don't know if I would've stayed interested in the movie. So good job with keeping up with everything, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

i saw i theory that pauls visions are like different versions of a future

what you saw on the baron's back, is the anti gravity harness, it allows the baron to float. you have to remember, the baron is too heavy to walk, so the harness is like the baron's floating wheelchair

part of the problem Paul has in the knife fight is he trained to fight against shielded opponents so his defence is lighting fast but his attacks are slower to pass through the shield. Jamis was a good fighter but Paul has been trained by some of the best in the galaxy

the dragonfly-looking craft are called ornithopters

The lip thing indicates he's a mentat - a human computer. You'll notice there aren't any computers, everything's analog - a war was fought against AI in the distant past. So in order to process calculations, they train humans to have minds like computers - mentats.