Okay, I'm gonna watch it as soon as possible, but I'm gonna have to defend Tahar Rahim; he was clearly stifled by a weak screenplay - if there even was one. I will never watch 'Madame Web', but Rahim is a great actor; if you want any proof, just watch Jacques Audiard's 'A Prophet' and Kevin Macdonald's 'The Mauritanian'.
Genuinely shocked at how much Denis got away with in Part II. Deeply rooted in religion and overall bleak by its end. They have to let Denis make Messiah
I'm so glad to hear that DV has kept the overall themes of Paul's journey intact. Not that there was a lot of doubt in my mind about that, but that was obviously one of the major problems with the Lynch version.
@@crashthevacuum Part II’s script gives so much more depth to Paul. We not only see Paul become a man but we see Timothee mature as an actor and step firmly into a new era of his career.
@@conorvansise1872 That's also great to hear, because I thought he was fantastic in the first film, really showing Paul's transition from sheltered teenager to Duke, which again, I don't think you get much of a sense of in Dune '84 (still love Kyle Maclachlan). I'm sure a lot of that is just Denis' love for the material as well, though. Also glad to hear he's front and center in this, it sounded like they might be sidelining the character a bit.
Paul spends the first act as the protagonist that we're cheering for-- and we can't understand why he is trying to avoid being 'the man". He just keeps muttering about how his destiny is horrible. And as the 3rd act finishes, the audience has emotionally switched places with Paul. He's embraced his role as the blood-soaked messiah and we're wondering why we feel so wary of Paul's ascendancy. It's the ultimate feeling from the reading the book-- why doesn't 'winning' feel like the happy ending that inhabits other Disney-style stories? I saw the film over the weekend in iMax with dozens of other Dune fans... as the lights came up, there was silence as people had to process what they'd just witnessed. Magnificent.
It means a lot to be a fan of the material while not being afraid to make changes. Adaptations used to make changes all the time, until they started catering to fan bases instead of general audiences. If you're playing to a fan base, every change you make might piss them off and cause you to lose your audience
Giedi Prime and its Sun were the coolest things I've ever seen in a Sci-Fi movie ever. This is the blockbuster EPIC that audiences have needed for years.
Dune part 1: The Fall of House Atreides, Part 2: The Rise of Paul Muad' dib....plain and simple for such a complex work. LOTR was so good because Peter Jackson loved the source material, same as Denis with Dune.
To me Villeneuse have the potential to have an impact on pop culture as big as Star Wars or Lord of the rings, those 2 films were so good and if he deliver a 3rd to conclude this epic run, oh man!
I hope so but I don't think so. Dune is too smart and too dense for Americans. Star Wars is space Hamlet. The Dark Knight is a great movie wrapped around a comic book character. Lord of the Rings is one of the best selling books ever and has magic and wars.
@@kevinmsftI mean, Dune is the highest selling sci-fi novel ever. It is to sci-fi what Lord of the Rings is to fantasy. Is the work very dense? Yes. That doesn't mean it won't see success in the U.S.. People are starved for quality stuff at the moment. And I've already seen a massive influx of people who have watched these films that then come to read the books for the first time and love them. This is is an cinematic event.
@@Johnlindsey289I know a lot of stuff that the Matrix was inspired by (if not stole from), but I’m wondering what aspects came from Dune. Actually now that I think about it I think I see it now. Paul / Fremen sietiches -> Neo / Zion
i can't believe that we are living in the same time as a film like this. that this is coming out in my lifetime. i'm seeing it this weekend and i am so so excited
I already watched it. So. Damn. GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!! I can't wait until it comes out streaming so I can basically watch it as many times as I want. Oh. My. GOD!!!
this movie is amazing. i saw it with my dad. he has mild dyslexia so he’s never been a reader but dune is one of the only books he’s ever read on his own. At the end of the movie he was teary and told me he was just so happy bc he’s been waiting 45 years for someone to make this movie. Truly a gift.
What really got me about this one (and to some degree, the first film) was that I kept wanting to see and learn more about the world and characters, and the pacing is set up to make me a bit anxious that the film is soon going to be over, but then it keeps hitting you with sick new plot details that somehow don't feel rushed. I don't know any other films that have managed to make 3 hours seem like 5, but in a good way.
28th of february was earliest release date to the public and only in certain countries (including mine). I think world premiere was 15th and then US release is 1st of march.
It's just a cinematic phenomenon, the visuals are insanely astonishing, the acting is fierce. It's a great film, it has all the qualities to awake within you feelings and emotions that are lately rare to experience through film, it's outstanding, it's deep. I'm sure we can all agree that it will imprint itself in cinema's history, in all its mesmerizing fashion, wonderful production- all so beautifully presented. It's so good that keeps you hungry for more, Part Two just came out and here I am yearning for the next.
"I am starting to think he is one of the finest directors working today"... mate, he's reached that status back in 2010 with Incendies. After that, it is his him showing Hollywood how to make timeless classics onwards.
For JUST scifi, he's given us Arrival, a sequel to Blade Runner that sounded like blasphemy yet ended up toe to toe with it's predecessor in quality, and now... "unfilmable" DUNE. Christ...where could he go beyond this??
I love your talk about living through an event. I'm 23, and I certainly grew up watching LOTR, but I never saw them as they came out, so I never got to experience them the same way, many others did. I didn't live through that event. This is my turn to do so and I couldn't be happier. I read Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune before Part 1 came out, and I'm a massive fan. I actually shed a tear during the sandworm ride. I have never had such a good time in a theater. I saw Part Two on the 27th of Feb through a double IMAX screening of Part One and Two and it was honestly one of the happiest 6 hours of my life.
Dune (both parts) is a masterclass in how to adapt a novel for the silver screen. It is as faithful to the spirit and scope of the books as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, and in some ways is an even greater achievement. Lord of the Rings is a far more straightforward narrative. Villeneuve had to make strategic changes in order to make the films understandable and digestible in movie form, and when the lights came up after part 2, with many people applauding around me, I was stunned at how well he nailed it. Villeneuve is one of the best directors working today. What a treasure.
Yes, the choices he made in the introduction, even just the way he introduced The Voice, all these little choices that just prove he knows what he's doing and he gets the material
It only just came out, I've already seen it twice in IMAX and the second time was even better. This is probably the most immense film (literally) I've seen, just because of the size of the desert, machinery, architecture and how every frame is built to emphasise that. But the story is sooo powerful - deliberately didn't read the book so it doesn't spoil the impression. It delivers on every level, literally our age's 'Star Wars'
literally JUST came home from watching dune... i'm absolutely floored by this film. as someone who gave part 1 "only" 4 stars i can say that dune part two might be the best sequel i have ever seen in any franchise. like i don't even know what to say. immaculate. giving a movie 5 stars has never been so easy. (btw, some loser was outside the cinema complaining to his mates that the movie was "boring and the action was super lame" and i was staring him down so bad lmao)
I went to an early fan screening of Dune 2 on the 25th... and goddamn! I agree with everything he said in this video. And coming from a Central Asian/Muslim background, the Arab/Islamic influences in this movie were so cool to witness and it was done just right where it didn't feel like your usual "Muslim man bad" scenario. Timothee Chalamet was amazing! His onscreen presence was incredible! and so was Zendaya's! I'm excited for everyone else to see this!!
I just saw it. You're so right. You explained my feeling so succinctly. I got to live through Star Wars and LOTR and as a movie fan, I never thought I'd feel that feeling again either. This feels like that.
You will not be disappointed. I went in with super high expectations and, even days later, I'm STILL buzzing about it. It's one of those blockbusters that people are going to talk about for ages. It eclipses part one in like every way (and I do love that movie)!
@@G-0Dude same! Saw it Sunday and I'm still thinking about it! Seeing again Friday. Saw Part1 again for the re-release and still love it, but now it looks a bit quaint by comparison 🙌
My favourite thing about this version, apart from the visual of the Emperors shiny shiny ball on fire, was the time they took developing the romance between Paul and Chani, and the resulting changes they made to Chani's character. When Paul was on a journey of becoming unlikeable and unsympathetic, it was so important to spend extra time learning to like and respect Chani seeing as she's a leader in her own right. She had an actual character with conflicting emotions and she did what she thought was right. That's role model shit!!!! Compared to the David Lynch version where we see Paul and Chani kiss before we see them exchange twelve words of dialogue. That always maddened me. The second half of 1984 Dune felt like a montage, but Part II 2024 felt like a truly epic masterpiece
absolutely. absolutelyyyyyyyyy if chani had been treated the exact same way as she was in the novel and original adaptations, with a character with the same weight as princess irulan or margot fenring, this movie wouldn't have hit as hard. i am so glad that the final shot of this film is chani riding a sand worm alone and bitter as she watches her people radicalised enacting insane violence.
@@boybriar it's crazy that the last we see of paul is in that room full of people, then we see jessica telling the baby that his brother is going to start a war while proudly looking at the sky, and then that last scene with chani. both jessica and chani are the ones who had clear convictions from the start, and their influence on paul determined what was going to happen in the story, so they got the last two scenes
Arrival is one of my all-time favorite movies. I didn’t entirely love his Bladerunner, but I left it thinking, “My God. I think this guy actually could do Dune right.” I’m so excited for this. I’m seeing it Saturday.
I also agree with your casting takes, but was shocked to see you leave out Javier Bardem. That man is an industry legend who really seemed like he put his all into this character. The genuine devotion in his eyes to Paul is haunting and I think he perfectly depicts the transition from somewhat skeptical follower to a completely enraptured zealot. Aside from that, I agree with your sentence at the end. I left that theater thinking that I had just watched the new generation's version of Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy.
Awesome, so happy to hear this is as good as I was hoping for. Been a Dunehead for years and I love the books immensely. I knew the movies could never recreate the same sense of depth and wonder as the books just because of the difference in mediums, but it just feels so good to see an adaptation of Dune on this scale with the right tone and atmosphere. I liked Part One despite being only half the story and missing some important scenes, but I was really hoping for Part Two to hit it out of the park, and it sounds like it did just that. Can't wait to see it.
I feel this. When I left the cinema, a friend asked "are you ok?". I was just walking ahead, looking into the ground - completely oversaturated by "movie".
Saw it last night and I agree with all of what you said. It is incredibly well done! The arena scene along, dear god! The scale, the sounddesign, the choreography! This movie doesn't have set design, but set ARCHITECTURE.
I just got home from the theater and oh my God you are right on point. It felt like a historic entertainment event, like seeing Star Wars in theaters for the first time or the release date of the last Harry Potter book. Can’t wait for part three
Seeing "Incendies" years ago, I was impressed but I could never have guessed that Denis Villeneuve would pull such a tour de force for Dune thus far... But also I've never drunk the Waters of Life.
Florence Pugh was the PERFECT Princess Irulan, something about her voice and the accent she does is just 😘🤌 and Austin Butler was so FREAKY its crazy the way he can transform, i kept hearing his voice thinking he was doing a perfect impression of Stellan Skarsgards voice as the Baron, you coukd really feel that they were the same family and the same level of threat
The cinematography is INSANE. Even the most insignificant scenes are breathtaking. The way they make a desert look full of life is breathtaking. The way they play with dust, fire, light and wind add such a texture to the scenes. and the COSTUME DESIGN!! wow
Had the honor of watching Dune: part 2 yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is most definitely one of the ages. That being said, the ending didn't quite satisfy me in the way I expected it to. Unlike Karsten, I feel like Dune: Messiah is very integral part to this theoretical franchise. Anyhow, a 9/10 as a first impression, and I say that because I am rewatching this movie as soon as possible.
“I’m starting to think, he’s one of our finest directors working today” well yeah, you’re about 5 years late on that take but we accept you fully into the Denis Den regardless.
Lord of the rings was three films that were basically all made (some reshoots etc) at once. When people compare Dune to that achievement it makes me feel like they are dismissing a lot more of Jackson’s talent to spearhead a 10+ hour journey based on nothing but pure gumption. Dune 2 was great! And an achievement of itself. But it doesn’t manage to pull off the long gambit in the same way. He was able to see the response for the first and create FROM that. Hell the script for part 2 isn’t even the same writing team. So there’s changes beneath the hood
It’s funny, I didn’t click with Denis’ previous movies much emotionally though I thought they were absolutely stunning, but the second I saw he was going to direct Dune I got excited because I knew that above all else he understands *scale*. The ship rising out of the water on Caladan, the sheer size of the worms, the way humans looked like ants next to spice crawlers, all these things had me excited in part one and eager to see part two. Part two’s Giedi Prime scenes might just be the best thing I’ve seen on the big screen since I first saw Rivendell in the Lord of the Rings.
Beyond the technical achievements, there's so many layers to the film! I just can't stop thinking about each characters' choices and what really drive each of them.
i fr haven’t been this excited abt a movie since The Way of Water or Endgame, and those two have a big nostalgia factor to them. Can’t wait to watch this movie 5 more times in dolby
Since it’s coming out so early in the year, I wonder if this will get a lot of attention at next year’s Oscars, like I just wonder if it had come out when it was originally, if it would’ve gone more Oscar nominations… I guess we’ll find out
I was one of the people who didn't connect with Dune 1, but man Dune 2 had everything! I took my kids to see it today, we all loved it. I'm going with my bf to see it again tomorrow. I hope a lot of people go and watch it because it is epic and I desperately want another one. I need a conclusion!
Probably my new favorite film. It's that good. No, it's probably not technically the best or greatest movie of all time but it just scratches literally every single one of my itches. Grand, mystical, epic, complex sci-fi, just how I like it. A perfect movie to me
I feel as if we are so lucky Dennis was a fan of the book previously, not because I believe that a director has to be a fan of the source material previously to do it justice but because you’d have to be a fan of the book to even attempt the challenge of adapting it. I actually read the first book as the first trailers for Dune 1 were coming out and I instantly knew they had the right director. Have since read the other 5 Frank Herbert novels and I have full confidence he can nail Messiah! I cannot wait!!!!!
One of my favorite scenes of Austin butler as Faye was after the massive battle between the freemen and the empire because when Paul stepped in the room he was the only one not terrified of him. That made his presence more felt as a villain.
Is there someone who didn’t like the film? I am very fond of other Villeneuve’s work, but this one fell flat. It felt stylish but lacking character development.
Dune 2 is one of the best sequels I have ever seen in cinema. There's a lot of worldbuilding, a rich plot with twists and also characters that felt personal and real. It is such a step up from the first movie which I got a little bored in the middle. This movie deserves a 9/10!
I find myself fortunate being born in 1984. I got to see Star Wars Remastered, LoTR, and Dune in theaters. I never really thought about that till you mentioned feeling about Dune like that.
I'm so glad you compared it to LOTR. I saw fellowship 13 times in theaters. It was all I wanted to do when it came out. Nothing has felt like that since for me except this.
As someone whose favorite book has been Dune before Denis (one of my favorite directors since Blade Runner 2049) even began working on Dune Part I, I loved it. I was a little worried about Part II, but I shouldn’t have been. 10/10. I couldn’t stop geeking after getting out. Planning to watch it in IMAX again next week.
Dude I agree completely about Denis being one the finest directors working today. Incendies had been enough for me to prove that. Ever since then I’d been hooked on this director. Also on your comment about Zendaya being able to take on a role complex, gritty role. As surprising as this sounds ever since her last Disney show I always wanted to see her take a huge role and I’m glad she’s gotten her opportunity here. I can’t wait to watch this movie and how this whole story is brought to life
I was mesmerized with Dune 1, a beautiful film, with the intense soundtrack. After watching Dune 1, I was wanting more! I am so looking forward to Dune Part Two!
I was so excited to see this as I loved part one. Was bitterly disappointed to find out it was ponderous, pretentious and worse of all.....really tedious.
This movie's sound design is enough to score it an Oscar - and then there's the VFX, acting, cinematography etc. The opening scene cannot not give you goosebumps, Chris Navarro poured his heart into this one. And it's refreshing to see a massive space opera universe that's not Star Wars (which mostly pumps out Disney+ shows nowadays) on the big screen.
This is the most a movie has made me *feel* in a theater probably since Infinity War or Endgame. This movie is firing on all cylinders and not pulling its punches. It is so good, I just love it so much. It adapts everything I love about the book so well. Denis does not miss and I hope his winning streak continues.
What a wonderful review, Karsten. I'm not even crazy about sci fi and did'nt even have much interest in seeing it and now I feel like I have to. I resonated hard with the 2nd half of this video
Saw it today for the second time! I was contemplating whether or not I should see it again after I saw it yesterday, and I also had that feeling that I could not imagine going through the rest of my life never having experienced it on the big screen again. You are 100% that this is something we will tell our children about one day. Finally a brilliant epic in our generation, and we are living it. Go see it one the big screen!!
Im on a dune pill even though my favorite trilogy is Lotr, just because I didnt get to watch those films on theater and didnt grew up with it sure ive seen the LOTR films thousands of times and read the book but its a different feeling of just seeing it grow into something big like watching Dune 1 and the feeling of waiting years for the 2nd film and watching it exceeds my expectation is just part of the experience that I never got to feel when I watch the lotr trilogy if Dune 3 is as great as the 2nd Dune then id put this trilogy above Star Wars. Right now id put Dune 2 as my top film in terms of sequels.
I totally get what you're saying about being able to live through this incredible piece of cinema. After the sequel Star Wars trilogy crashed and burned, I had lost hope of being able to witness something that could have a legacy like the original trilogy or LoTR (Infinity War/Endgame had the grandeur, but not so much the polish). To have witnessed this masterpiece in the theater was a truly special moment
Good god I loved seeing it in theaters, I remember seeing the storm approaching as the emperors ship was about t make landfall and was like: ''oh my god are we getting THAT SCENE?'' and then we did, and I loved it.
The highest and most accurate praise I can give Denis Villeneuve is that to me he's like the live action equivalent of a fusion between Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii (which considering how ingenious both of those filmmakers are, is really saying something). I think the only other people in the world of science fiction cinema working today who are in the same league (and I say cinema because I feel like there are other people on the TV/streaming side of things like Brit Marling, Aaron Guzikowski, Baran Bo Odar, and Jantje Friese who are equally as incredible, but that's like a whole other thing) are Alex Garland and Kristina Buozyte (with Moorhead and Benson not far behind).
To say that Denis Villeneuve is improving with each film, and surprising us with his growing talent, is something I can for sure agree with. However, to say that Wes Anderson is in the same vein isn't entirely true. At one point he was, but not lately. I love Wes and he is in my top five favorite filmmakers of all time. However, he's kind of stagnating at the moment. His past two films, Asteroid City and The French Dispatch, just feel like inconsequential movies that rely on style over substance. You sit down with one of his movies, and you more or less know what to expect now. The cinematography, the quirky characters, the deadpan dialogue, etc., are all starting to feel old hat. The shorts he did for Netflix were miles better than either of his last two movies, but it also wasn't his writing that he was adapting. I don't know. I really hope Wes finds his stride again, but I'm a little worried he's run out of fresh ideas.
We need to get Anderson back together with Baumbach. Unfortunately, I'm sure Noah will be staying in the mainstream Hollywood studio space after his success with Barbie.
I didn't like the first one, but watching this movie in theaters is what I imagine it must've felt like to watch the original star wars movies when they released
I think what Dune stand out to me, is that while Star Wars seems like the American comic equivalent of Sci-fi movie (which is great, I love Star Wars, the original trilogy and prequal that is), Dune felt like Euro/French comic equivalent, darker, grittier but equally fantastical and brimming with imagination. I hope that this is a new era of sci-fi movie, because I would love to see more big budget sci-fi like this.
I grew up through LOTR and saw all the harry potter films etc. I saw all the event films as they came out and loved them all for what they were. But Dune part two was the single greatest cinematic experience of my life by a country mile. The music, the visuals, the set design, the character design. It was all alien and strange and magnificent in a way that made me intensely fascinated and deeply uncomfortable. The shift from Paul as boy with a destiny he runs from to Paul as man who embraces the horror was story telling at its best. The visuals and theme of the movie conveyed meaning so well you could watch it without the words and still get a general understanding of the complex themes through out. Absolutely fabulous film.
My only disappointment with this movie is that I spent the entirety of it waiting for the army of sandworms only for them to do nothing. They just show up then it cuts to something else (Paul iirc) and we don't see the fight with Stilgar commanding the sandworm riders. IT'S DUNE. I'M HERE FOR THE WOOOORMS!!
dune is a series/universe that i know isnt my favourite, but i can still aprichiate it for what it is. and it is an amazing and stunning movie. I found both part 1 and 2 hard to follow in the beginning, but the plot comes together beautifully in the end.
I don't know if Wes Anderson is the best comparison when saying Denis keeps showing something new, Wes' biggest criticism is that he doesn't try anything new.
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Okay, I'm gonna watch it as soon as possible, but I'm gonna have to defend Tahar Rahim; he was clearly stifled by a weak screenplay - if there even was one. I will never watch 'Madame Web', but Rahim is a great actor; if you want any proof, just watch Jacques Audiard's 'A Prophet' and Kevin Macdonald's 'The Mauritanian'.
Genuinely shocked at how much Denis got away with in Part II. Deeply rooted in religion and overall bleak by its end. They have to let Denis make Messiah
I'm so glad to hear that DV has kept the overall themes of Paul's journey intact. Not that there was a lot of doubt in my mind about that, but that was obviously one of the major problems with the Lynch version.
@@crashthevacuum Part II’s script gives so much more depth to Paul. We not only see Paul become a man but we see Timothee mature as an actor and step firmly into a new era of his career.
@@conorvansise1872 That's also great to hear, because I thought he was fantastic in the first film, really showing Paul's transition from sheltered teenager to Duke, which again, I don't think you get much of a sense of in Dune '84 (still love Kyle Maclachlan). I'm sure a lot of that is just Denis' love for the material as well, though. Also glad to hear he's front and center in this, it sounded like they might be sidelining the character a bit.
_They have to let Denis make Messiah_
_No, no...he must be stopped! The Spice must flow!!!!_ - Guild Navigators
@@crashthevacuumyeah man Timmy is great in part one, but he ascends in part 2!!
Paul spends the first act as the protagonist that we're cheering for-- and we can't understand why he is trying to avoid being 'the man". He just keeps muttering about how his destiny is horrible. And as the 3rd act finishes, the audience has emotionally switched places with Paul. He's embraced his role as the blood-soaked messiah and we're wondering why we feel so wary of Paul's ascendancy. It's the ultimate feeling from the reading the book-- why doesn't 'winning' feel like the happy ending that inhabits other Disney-style stories? I saw the film over the weekend in iMax with dozens of other Dune fans... as the lights came up, there was silence as people had to process what they'd just witnessed. Magnificent.
He’s like anakin
@@Johnlindsey289exactly
@@Johnlindsey289anakin is like him
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Same thought he would be Luke or Neo or Jake Sully (avatar franchise) but nope
@@Johnlindsey289Or Walter White
This is a director that is a healthy fanboy we need more directors like villnueve who aren’t up their own ass
It means a lot to be a fan of the material while not being afraid to make changes. Adaptations used to make changes all the time, until they started catering to fan bases instead of general audiences. If you're playing to a fan base, every change you make might piss them off and cause you to lose your audience
yep-- he captured how the book cheers for Paul to win... and then realizes "wait, young Paul was right... this might be bad-bad."
The film was great, but that ending!
It's so refreshing after what was done to Wheel of Time, to see what a healthy fan with skills and budget can do.
He's like a fraction of jodorowsky. Concerned more with style but he's a nice fellow to know
The rock crawled so Dave Bautista could sprint
Did John cena lightly jog for peacemaker
Bautista is the best Wrestler/Actor
The Rock sucks at acting, Dave Bautista in Dune is better than anything The rock has ever done.
@@jevinday You fool, have you forgotten southland tales?!
@@jevindayagreed
Giedi Prime and its Sun were the coolest things I've ever seen in a Sci-Fi movie ever. This is the blockbuster EPIC that audiences have needed for years.
Absolutely, I really got awestruck with how those environments were presented. Made me feel weird things in a good way.
Just Feyd walking down the hallway during the 'fireworks' was cool as all hell!!
The way the color transitions from the hallway to the sunlight outside is just **chef's kiss**
The harkkonen art direction is so inspired I could watch a whole movie taking place on giedi prime
They should make a spinoff just on Geidi Prime! That could be epic.
Dune part 1: The Fall of House Atreides, Part 2: The Rise of Paul Muad' dib....plain and simple for such a complex work. LOTR was so good because Peter Jackson loved the source material, same as Denis with Dune.
3 will be the downfall of muad’ dib.
Hopefully, they introduce the concept of the golden path and what he is sacrificing everyone for. @@DJNITON
Or rather "The Fall of the House of Atreides"
so from what i am hearing, Dune 2 might be the best sequel since Shrek 2?!!
When the fremen started singing I need a hero as Paul rides the worm, that was true cinema
Brotha it’s leagues better than Shrek 2
It's akin to Empire Strikes Back.
since BR2049.
@@julianleft4662 yes people need to give 2049 its praise, an insane and nearly impossible sequel that had everything riding against it
To me Villeneuse have the potential to have an impact on pop culture as big as Star Wars or Lord of the rings, those 2 films were so good and if he deliver a 3rd to conclude this epic run, oh man!
I hope so but I don't think so. Dune is too smart and too dense for Americans.
Star Wars is space Hamlet.
The Dark Knight is a great movie wrapped around a comic book character.
Lord of the Rings is one of the best selling books ever and has magic and wars.
@@kevinmsftWhat are you even trying to say
@@kevinmsftI mean, Dune is the highest selling sci-fi novel ever. It is to sci-fi what Lord of the Rings is to fantasy.
Is the work very dense? Yes. That doesn't mean it won't see success in the U.S.. People are starved for quality stuff at the moment. And I've already seen a massive influx of people who have watched these films that then come to read the books for the first time and love them. This is is an cinematic event.
The book was one of the influences to Star Wars to matrix
@@Johnlindsey289I know a lot of stuff that the Matrix was inspired by (if not stole from), but I’m wondering what aspects came from Dune. Actually now that I think about it I think I see it now. Paul / Fremen sietiches -> Neo / Zion
i can't believe that we are living in the same time as a film like this. that this is coming out in my lifetime. i'm seeing it this weekend and i am so so excited
same they said that this is our generation's The Two Towers
@@brylerivera402 and they weren't wrong! The Lord of the Rings trilogy is perfect. Everything about it.
Best sci-fi movie I’ve ever seen, its not even close. Epic doesn’t encapsulate it.
I already watched it. So. Damn. GOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!! I can't wait until it comes out streaming so I can basically watch it as many times as I want. Oh. My. GOD!!!
@@42Sharp"Epic doesn't encapsulate it" Truer words have never been spoken
this movie is amazing. i saw it with my dad. he has mild dyslexia so he’s never been a reader but dune is one of the only books he’s ever read on his own. At the end of the movie he was teary and told me he was just so happy bc he’s been waiting 45 years for someone to make this movie. Truly a gift.
you can tell Javier Bardem had so much fun shooting this movie
Josh brolin too
👁️👄👁️ Lisan al Gaib!
@@TheMarkieGoodBoy As it is written!
My favourite character
What really got me about this one (and to some degree, the first film) was that I kept wanting to see and learn more about the world and characters, and the pacing is set up to make me a bit anxious that the film is soon going to be over, but then it keeps hitting you with sick new plot details that somehow don't feel rushed. I don't know any other films that have managed to make 3 hours seem like 5, but in a good way.
Well if this Dune was all one film it would over 5 hours long
Saw dune part two like 15 minutes ago, and came here to say that THIS IS MY FAVOURITE MOVIE AAAHHH!!!!
I'm sorry but when was it released?
02/28
28th of february was earliest release date to the public and only in certain countries (including mine). I think world premiere was 15th and then US release is 1st of march.
seeing it myself in a few hours :D
haha today February 29
@@johnnikhil.g66tomorrow in uk
It's just a cinematic phenomenon, the visuals are insanely astonishing, the acting is fierce.
It's a great film, it has all the qualities to awake within you feelings and emotions that are lately rare to experience through film, it's outstanding, it's deep.
I'm sure we can all agree that it will imprint itself in cinema's history, in all its mesmerizing fashion, wonderful production- all so beautifully presented.
It's so good that keeps you hungry for more, Part Two just came out and here I am yearning for the next.
I just watched it yesterday and woke up wanting to watch it again
i didn't think madame web could possibly be referenced in this video but here we are
"I am starting to think he is one of the finest directors working today"... mate, he's reached that status back in 2010 with Incendies. After that, it is his him showing Hollywood how to make timeless classics onwards.
For JUST scifi, he's given us Arrival, a sequel to Blade Runner that sounded like blasphemy yet ended up toe to toe with it's predecessor in quality, and now... "unfilmable" DUNE. Christ...where could he go beyond this??
@@treborkroy5280 A Foundation movie that properly captures the book.
@@treborkroy5280 if he did Hyperion that'd be insane.
bro we get it that you wanna be a hipster but that's literally his first critically widely appreciated movie
@@HuskyandStarchI keep hearing that name being tossed about....
I love your talk about living through an event. I'm 23, and I certainly grew up watching LOTR, but I never saw them as they came out, so I never got to experience them the same way, many others did. I didn't live through that event. This is my turn to do so and I couldn't be happier. I read Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune before Part 1 came out, and I'm a massive fan. I actually shed a tear during the sandworm ride. I have never had such a good time in a theater. I saw Part Two on the 27th of Feb through a double IMAX screening of Part One and Two and it was honestly one of the happiest 6 hours of my life.
Dune (both parts) is a masterclass in how to adapt a novel for the silver screen. It is as faithful to the spirit and scope of the books as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings, and in some ways is an even greater achievement. Lord of the Rings is a far more straightforward narrative. Villeneuve had to make strategic changes in order to make the films understandable and digestible in movie form, and when the lights came up after part 2, with many people applauding around me, I was stunned at how well he nailed it. Villeneuve is one of the best directors working today. What a treasure.
Yes, the choices he made in the introduction, even just the way he introduced The Voice, all these little choices that just prove he knows what he's doing and he gets the material
Clapping in the movie theatre? That's might be the whitest shit i've ever heard my dude 😂
The irony is that with the music/atmosphere/lighting/acting etc he managed to make part 2 almost feel like an actual religious experience.
I wouldn’t say it’s a masterclass in adapting
It definitely failed in many areas, the film was amazing but was it a great adaptation of the book? Nah
It only just came out, I've already seen it twice in IMAX and the second time was even better. This is probably the most immense film (literally) I've seen, just because of the size of the desert, machinery, architecture and how every frame is built to emphasise that. But the story is sooo powerful - deliberately didn't read the book so it doesn't spoil the impression. It delivers on every level, literally our age's 'Star Wars'
Much better than Disney Star Wars
the book came out in 1965 bro, how is it our age's star wars?
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@@ProdLucioidk maybe as a culture we weren’t ready for Dune
He’s talking about the film adaptation of Dune re: Star Wars 🤦♀️
literally JUST came home from watching dune... i'm absolutely floored by this film. as someone who gave part 1 "only" 4 stars i can say that dune part two might be the best sequel i have ever seen in any franchise. like i don't even know what to say. immaculate. giving a movie 5 stars has never been so easy. (btw, some loser was outside the cinema complaining to his mates that the movie was "boring and the action was super lame" and i was staring him down so bad lmao)
I went to an early fan screening of Dune 2 on the 25th... and goddamn! I agree with everything he said in this video. And coming from a Central Asian/Muslim background, the Arab/Islamic influences in this movie were so cool to witness and it was done just right where it didn't feel like your usual "Muslim man bad" scenario.
Timothee Chalamet was amazing! His onscreen presence was incredible! and so was Zendaya's! I'm excited for everyone else to see this!!
I just saw it. You're so right. You explained my feeling so succinctly. I got to live through Star Wars and LOTR and as a movie fan, I never thought I'd feel that feeling again either. This feels like that.
With one of the first shots with the anti-gravity suits that look like they're underwater... I was like yeah, this is going to be great.
Was already very excited for this but seeing your glowing review of it makes me even more excited!
Seen Dune: Part 2 last Sunday for the prerelease screening. All I
Gotta say is… THERE BETTER BE DUNE MESSIAH
I love the passion in this review. Absolutely stoked to see this movie
Haven't been this excited for a film since ... I don't know ... maybe EVER😅😅🤯🤯
Can't way to see this!
You will not be disappointed. I went in with super high expectations and, even days later, I'm STILL buzzing about it. It's one of those blockbusters that people are going to talk about for ages. It eclipses part one in like every way (and I do love that movie)!
@@G-0Dude same! Saw it Sunday and I'm still thinking about it! Seeing again Friday.
Saw Part1 again for the re-release and still love it, but now it looks a bit quaint by comparison 🙌
It was amazing!!!!! You will love it!
It’s so extremely good
It's really good
My favourite thing about this version, apart from the visual of the Emperors shiny shiny ball on fire, was the time they took developing the romance between Paul and Chani, and the resulting changes they made to Chani's character. When Paul was on a journey of becoming unlikeable and unsympathetic, it was so important to spend extra time learning to like and respect Chani seeing as she's a leader in her own right. She had an actual character with conflicting emotions and she did what she thought was right. That's role model shit!!!! Compared to the David Lynch version where we see Paul and Chani kiss before we see them exchange twelve words of dialogue. That always maddened me. The second half of 1984 Dune felt like a montage, but Part II 2024 felt like a truly epic masterpiece
What about the miniseries?
absolutely. absolutelyyyyyyyyy if chani had been treated the exact same way as she was in the novel and original adaptations, with a character with the same weight as princess irulan or margot fenring, this movie wouldn't have hit as hard. i am so glad that the final shot of this film is chani riding a sand worm alone and bitter as she watches her people radicalised enacting insane violence.
@@boybriar it's crazy that the last we see of paul is in that room full of people, then we see jessica telling the baby that his brother is going to start a war while proudly looking at the sky, and then that last scene with chani. both jessica and chani are the ones who had clear convictions from the start, and their influence on paul determined what was going to happen in the story, so they got the last two scenes
@@b_delta9725 wouldnt have it any other way. amen.
Absolutely love the changes to Chani's characterization. I always felt she was extremely shallow in the novels.
Arrival is one of my all-time favorite movies. I didn’t entirely love his Bladerunner, but I left it thinking, “My God. I think this guy actually could do Dune right.” I’m so excited for this. I’m seeing it Saturday.
You know a movie is a masterpiece when it compels you to dig into the original source material. A movie that will be remembered in ages to come
I also agree with your casting takes, but was shocked to see you leave out Javier Bardem. That man is an industry legend who really seemed like he put his all into this character. The genuine devotion in his eyes to Paul is haunting and I think he perfectly depicts the transition from somewhat skeptical follower to a completely enraptured zealot. Aside from that, I agree with your sentence at the end. I left that theater thinking that I had just watched the new generation's version of Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy.
This is what it was like to see Blade Runner 2049 on the big screen
Yeah, BR2049 was very good, but Dune Part Two is definitely a bigger deal/better movie
@nickm.5931 Bigger deal sure. Better movie is debatable. 2049 is still probably my favorite movie of his... but Dune 2 is close
Awesome, so happy to hear this is as good as I was hoping for. Been a Dunehead for years and I love the books immensely. I knew the movies could never recreate the same sense of depth and wonder as the books just because of the difference in mediums, but it just feels so good to see an adaptation of Dune on this scale with the right tone and atmosphere. I liked Part One despite being only half the story and missing some important scenes, but I was really hoping for Part Two to hit it out of the park, and it sounds like it did just that. Can't wait to see it.
You know it’s a good day when Dune does it good day when
This comment gave me a brain aneurysm
I shidded and fardted 😞
Did I have a fucking stroke
TRUE!!
When you know its good when its you know
"[Watching Dune: Part Two in theaters] is the kind of thing I'm going to tell my grandchildren about."
That sums it up perfectly.
The kind of films they will re-screen time and time again because it's a classic
I think you’re going to love Rendezvous with Rama, Denis’ next book-to-film adaptation.
HE IS FUCKING DOING WHAT!?!?!?!?
@@TheDiabeticGameMasterRendezvous with Rama is absolutely perfect for Denis' style. One of my favourite sci-fi novels.
@@TheDiabeticGameMaster I screamed when I heard.
Should I read it before the film?
@@nickhtk6285 it’s a great book to read anyway in my opinion. But I’m sure if you don’t read it, the film will still be amazing.
We joke about Rick McCallum saying "it's so dense, every single frame" but this actually is that
I feel this. When I left the cinema, a friend asked "are you ok?". I was just walking ahead, looking into the ground - completely oversaturated by "movie".
Saw it last night and I agree with all of what you said. It is incredibly well done! The arena scene along, dear god! The scale, the sounddesign, the choreography! This movie doesn't have set design, but set ARCHITECTURE.
I just got home from the theater and oh my God you are right on point. It felt like a historic entertainment event, like seeing Star Wars in theaters for the first time or the release date of the last Harry Potter book. Can’t wait for part three
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Seeing "Incendies" years ago, I was impressed but I could never have guessed that Denis Villeneuve would pull such a tour de force for Dune thus far... But also I've never drunk the Waters of Life.
Welp… absolutely fucking stoked, as if I wasn’t already
Florence Pugh was the PERFECT Princess Irulan, something about her voice and the accent she does is just 😘🤌 and Austin Butler was so FREAKY its crazy the way he can transform, i kept hearing his voice thinking he was doing a perfect impression of Stellan Skarsgards voice as the Baron, you coukd really feel that they were the same family and the same level of threat
The cinematography is INSANE. Even the most insignificant scenes are breathtaking. The way they make a desert look full of life is breathtaking. The way they play with dust, fire, light and wind add such a texture to the scenes. and the COSTUME DESIGN!! wow
EMBRACE THE DUNE AGENDA
Had the honor of watching Dune: part 2 yesterday and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is most definitely one of the ages. That being said, the ending didn't quite satisfy me in the way I expected it to. Unlike Karsten, I feel like Dune: Messiah is very integral part to this theoretical franchise. Anyhow, a 9/10 as a first impression, and I say that because I am rewatching this movie as soon as possible.
“I’m starting to think, he’s one of our finest directors working today” well yeah, you’re about 5 years late on that take but we accept you fully into the Denis Den regardless.
Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Arrival, 2049 didn’t convince me BUT NOW
Polytechnique before Incendies
Lord of the rings was three films that were basically all made (some reshoots etc) at once. When people compare Dune to that achievement it makes me feel like they are dismissing a lot more of Jackson’s talent to spearhead a 10+ hour journey based on nothing but pure gumption.
Dune 2 was great! And an achievement of itself. But it doesn’t manage to pull off the long gambit in the same way. He was able to see the response for the first and create FROM that. Hell the script for part 2 isn’t even the same writing team. So there’s changes beneath the hood
Nice info
it is hilarious how you are already making excuses for lord of the rings. pick your favourites, but be honest and fair.
@@boybriar making excuses? Wha?
Masterpiece, I can’t fuckin wait for messiah
It’s funny, I didn’t click with Denis’ previous movies much emotionally though I thought they were absolutely stunning, but the second I saw he was going to direct Dune I got excited because I knew that above all else he understands *scale*. The ship rising out of the water on Caladan, the sheer size of the worms, the way humans looked like ants next to spice crawlers, all these things had me excited in part one and eager to see part two.
Part two’s Giedi Prime scenes might just be the best thing I’ve seen on the big screen since I first saw Rivendell in the Lord of the Rings.
“That was a big and strange event that I just went to” 😂😂
Me, walking out of the orgy
The seen where he addresses the fremen in the south after hes fully awakened gave me actual chills, if he doesnt get an oscar I'll he amazed
Beyond the technical achievements, there's so many layers to the film! I just can't stop thinking about each characters' choices and what really drive each of them.
i fr haven’t been this excited abt a movie since The Way of Water or Endgame, and those two have a big nostalgia factor to them. Can’t wait to watch this movie 5 more times in dolby
Since it’s coming out so early in the year, I wonder if this will get a lot of attention at next year’s Oscars, like I just wonder if it had come out when it was originally, if it would’ve gone more Oscar nominations… I guess we’ll find out
I think being a middle chapter in a supposed trilogy will hurt its chances more, like Lord of the Rings. Hope I'm wrong.
I think it’s better that it got delayed. 2023 was stacked for film, and it would’ve been competing with Oppie.
Everything Everywhere All At Once also released pretty early in the year but swept all the awards, I don't see a problem here
I was one of the people who didn't connect with Dune 1, but man Dune 2 had everything! I took my kids to see it today, we all loved it. I'm going with my bf to see it again tomorrow. I hope a lot of people go and watch it because it is epic and I desperately want another one. I need a conclusion!
Long live the fighters! Long live cinema!
Probably my new favorite film. It's that good. No, it's probably not technically the best or greatest movie of all time but it just scratches literally every single one of my itches. Grand, mystical, epic, complex sci-fi, just how I like it. A perfect movie to me
I feel as if we are so lucky Dennis was a fan of the book previously, not because I believe that a director has to be a fan of the source material previously to do it justice but because you’d have to be a fan of the book to even attempt the challenge of adapting it. I actually read the first book as the first trailers for Dune 1 were coming out and I instantly knew they had the right director. Have since read the other 5 Frank Herbert novels and I have full confidence he can nail Messiah! I cannot wait!!!!!
When Timmy whispered “Dune!” In the movie. Ik we had aging classics in our hands 🥹
One of my favorite scenes of Austin butler as Faye was after the massive battle between the freemen and the empire because when Paul stepped in the room he was the only one not terrified of him. That made his presence more felt as a villain.
it's crazy how much is going on in this film, yet it's never hard to follow. truly a masterpiece
Is there someone who didn’t like the film? I am very fond of other Villeneuve’s work, but this one fell flat. It felt stylish but lacking character development.
Dune 2 is one of the best sequels I have ever seen in cinema. There's a lot of worldbuilding, a rich plot with twists and also characters that felt personal and real. It is such a step up from the first movie which I got a little bored in the middle. This movie deserves a 9/10!
So surpassed my expectations as a fan of the books and a complete fan of denis. This is a historic movie.
I'm glad you got to expierience that feeling in Dune. I felt like I was in 2002 watching LOTR
Comparing LOTR to Dune is insulting to both Tolkien and Jackson
Thats how I felt.. No insult inteded@@paddyestrella
100% agree with what you said about "living", "experiencing" such a series of movies as it unfolfs!
I find myself fortunate being born in 1984. I got to see Star Wars Remastered, LoTR, and Dune in theaters. I never really thought about that till you mentioned feeling about Dune like that.
I'm so glad you compared it to LOTR. I saw fellowship 13 times in theaters. It was all I wanted to do when it came out. Nothing has felt like that since for me except this.
This was one of the most fun theater experiences I’ve ever had
As someone whose favorite book has been Dune before Denis (one of my favorite directors since Blade Runner 2049) even began working on Dune Part I, I loved it.
I was a little worried about Part II, but I shouldn’t have been. 10/10. I couldn’t stop geeking after getting out. Planning to watch it in IMAX again next week.
Dude I agree completely about Denis being one the finest directors working today. Incendies had been enough for me to prove that. Ever since then I’d been hooked on this director. Also on your comment about Zendaya being able to take on a role complex, gritty role. As surprising as this sounds ever since her last Disney show I always wanted to see her take a huge role and I’m glad she’s gotten her opportunity here. I can’t wait to watch this movie and how this whole story is brought to life
I was mesmerized with Dune 1, a beautiful film, with the intense soundtrack. After watching Dune 1, I was wanting more! I am so looking forward to Dune Part Two!
I was so excited to see this as I loved part one. Was bitterly disappointed to find out it was ponderous, pretentious and worse of all.....really tedious.
We seem to be deeply, deeply alone in this opinion it would seem. Me and my brother were both underwhelmed.
Shoutout to Greig Fraser most impressive DOP performances in the last 3 years
It's great when a Karsten review gets you more excited for a film that's already out in the US but your British ass has to wait another week
This movie's sound design is enough to score it an Oscar - and then there's the VFX, acting, cinematography etc. The opening scene cannot not give you goosebumps, Chris Navarro poured his heart into this one. And it's refreshing to see a massive space opera universe that's not Star Wars (which mostly pumps out Disney+ shows nowadays) on the big screen.
This is the most a movie has made me *feel* in a theater probably since Infinity War or Endgame. This movie is firing on all cylinders and not pulling its punches. It is so good, I just love it so much. It adapts everything I love about the book so well.
Denis does not miss and I hope his winning streak continues.
What a wonderful review, Karsten. I'm not even crazy about sci fi and did'nt even have much interest in seeing it and now I feel like I have to. I resonated hard with the 2nd half of this video
among the greatest science fiction films ever made. I experienced several goosebumps when watching this film.
Saw it today for the second time! I was contemplating whether or not I should see it again after I saw it yesterday, and I also had that feeling that I could not imagine going through the rest of my life never having experienced it on the big screen again.
You are 100% that this is something we will tell our children about one day. Finally a brilliant epic in our generation, and we are living it.
Go see it one the big screen!!
Haven't gotten this feeling from a film since seing LOTR for the first time. Being able to see this in an Imax theater was truly lncredible
Im on a dune pill even though my favorite trilogy is Lotr, just because I didnt get to watch those films on theater and didnt grew up with it sure ive seen the LOTR films thousands of times and read the book but its a different feeling of just seeing it grow into something big like watching Dune 1 and the feeling of waiting years for the 2nd film and watching it exceeds my expectation is just part of the experience that I never got to feel when I watch the lotr trilogy if Dune 3 is as great as the 2nd Dune then id put this trilogy above Star Wars. Right now id put Dune 2 as my top film in terms of sequels.
I totally get what you're saying about being able to live through this incredible piece of cinema. After the sequel Star Wars trilogy crashed and burned, I had lost hope of being able to witness something that could have a legacy like the original trilogy or LoTR (Infinity War/Endgame had the grandeur, but not so much the polish). To have witnessed this masterpiece in the theater was a truly special moment
Dune 1 feels like a complete film Dune 2 feels grand and epic
Good god I loved seeing it in theaters, I remember seeing the storm approaching as the emperors ship was about t make landfall and was like: ''oh my god are we getting THAT SCENE?'' and then we did, and I loved it.
The highest and most accurate praise I can give Denis Villeneuve is that to me he's like the live action equivalent of a fusion between Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii (which considering how ingenious both of those filmmakers are, is really saying something). I think the only other people in the world of science fiction cinema working today who are in the same league (and I say cinema because I feel like there are other people on the TV/streaming side of things like Brit Marling, Aaron Guzikowski, Baran Bo Odar, and Jantje Friese who are equally as incredible, but that's like a whole other thing) are Alex Garland and Kristina Buozyte (with Moorhead and Benson not far behind).
One of the best sequel ever. Just a master piece.
To say that Denis Villeneuve is improving with each film, and surprising us with his growing talent, is something I can for sure agree with. However, to say that Wes Anderson is in the same vein isn't entirely true. At one point he was, but not lately. I love Wes and he is in my top five favorite filmmakers of all time. However, he's kind of stagnating at the moment. His past two films, Asteroid City and The French Dispatch, just feel like inconsequential movies that rely on style over substance. You sit down with one of his movies, and you more or less know what to expect now. The cinematography, the quirky characters, the deadpan dialogue, etc., are all starting to feel old hat. The shorts he did for Netflix were miles better than either of his last two movies, but it also wasn't his writing that he was adapting. I don't know. I really hope Wes finds his stride again, but I'm a little worried he's run out of fresh ideas.
We need to get Anderson back together with Baumbach. Unfortunately, I'm sure Noah will be staying in the mainstream Hollywood studio space after his success with Barbie.
I didn't like the first one, but watching this movie in theaters is what I imagine it must've felt like to watch the original star wars movies when they released
Didn't think I could enjoy Denis' work more and then this is made... absolute legend in the making.
You're right, as I was watching it I was thinking this feels a lot like the new LOTR in so many ways, but better.
All three and this are excellent
I think what Dune stand out to me, is that while Star Wars seems like the American comic equivalent of Sci-fi movie (which is great, I love Star Wars, the original trilogy and prequal that is), Dune felt like Euro/French comic equivalent, darker, grittier but equally fantastical and brimming with imagination. I hope that this is a new era of sci-fi movie, because I would love to see more big budget sci-fi like this.
I grew up through LOTR and saw all the harry potter films etc. I saw all the event films as they came out and loved them all for what they were. But Dune part two was the single greatest cinematic experience of my life by a country mile. The music, the visuals, the set design, the character design. It was all alien and strange and magnificent in a way that made me intensely fascinated and deeply uncomfortable. The shift from Paul as boy with a destiny he runs from to Paul as man who embraces the horror was story telling at its best. The visuals and theme of the movie conveyed meaning so well you could watch it without the words and still get a general understanding of the complex themes through out. Absolutely fabulous film.
My only disappointment with this movie is that I spent the entirety of it waiting for the army of sandworms only for them to do nothing. They just show up then it cuts to something else (Paul iirc) and we don't see the fight with Stilgar commanding the sandworm riders. IT'S DUNE. I'M HERE FOR THE WOOOORMS!!
Going to see it tomorrow at BFI cinema in London on 70mm.
dune is a series/universe that i know isnt my favourite, but i can still aprichiate it for what it is. and it is an amazing and stunning movie. I found both part 1 and 2 hard to follow in the beginning, but the plot comes together beautifully in the end.
I don't know if Wes Anderson is the best comparison when saying Denis keeps showing something new, Wes' biggest criticism is that he doesn't try anything new.