SummaryPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
SummaryPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Villeneuve’s facility with this stuff doesn’t just come from his talent for spectacle, though there are set pieces in Dune: Part Two that aim to blow the top of your skull off.
The second chapter of Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation delivers on the visual grandeur and political intrigue, even if the characters tend to be reduced to their plot function.
The first half of Dune: Part Two is among the best things that Villeneuve has ever done, though the sheer eventfulness of the plot and a bustling retinue of side-players (Austin Butler upgrading Sting’s cod-pieced ninny from the 1984 film into a hairless psychopath is worthy of mention) means that the final act does feel rushed.
As blockbuster movies go, Dune: Part Two is a thrilling ride that totally earns its two-and-a-half-hour running time. The filmmakers add much-needed heft to their display of virtuoso filmmaking by adding serious real-life themes.
Still visually dazzling and overwhelming in its scale, Dune: Part Two becomes enmeshed in the political denseness of author Frank Herbert’s world, unevenly marching through this part of the story before rather abruptly coming to an end.
Just as in the first film, I was put off by the white-savior narrative (Stilgar’s fervent belief quickly becomes grating), and the Hans Zimmer score that sounds as if Arrakis were in the Middle East rather than space.
'Dune: Part Two' sees us return to Arrakis to follow Paul Atreides' search for revenge.SYNOPSIS: 'Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.'Apart from thinking the last hour of this predecessor dragged I really enjoyed 2021's 'Dune: Part One's. It was a dark sci-fi epic. A classic film.However, with this sequel things seem to have gone really awry with it really not matching the quality of what's gone ****'t get me wrong, the film looks incredible and the action scenes are magnificent, but the storytelling plods along so slowly at times I really lost interest. The story on Arrakis is tedious and mind numbing whilst the off world events really had me interested. More of that please.Also, at about 2 hours in, director Villeneuve, seems to completely lose the plot with the story losing track of where characters are or should be, and contradicting earlier plot points. It's a ****'s so tonally inconsistent at times it could be a totally different film. Which is so **** film seems to stumble towards its conclusion whilst ignoring any set up from the first film and setting us on an inevitable series of sequels with these characters.This is something I don't think I need.'Dune: Holy War' anyone? It certainly looks like it.I really wanted to love this film but I don't. However, I'm still totally intrigued and engrossed by this universe as a whole. I want more. The history of this universe and the Great Houses is something I'd love to see.There is something very special here, and in the works of Herbert, but unfortunately this film just doesn't deliver for me.Maybe the burden of this franchise is too much for the director?It's good but the first film is far superior in every way.6/10
Probably the worst movie/TV adaptation of Dune. That even doesn't feel like Dune.
It sidesteps alot from the original. Adaptations usually do this to decrease level of weirdness to appeal to the mainstream audience, but Part One managed without such a measure, and Part Two not just destroys coherence of the plot in the process, but upps the level of the weirdness instead.
Combat scenes feel like Space Vietnam, or if you like - Avatar 1&2. Surprisingly, final assault and showdown are less captivating than previous ones, speaking of long but mismanaged runtime. Non-combat scenes - like Star Wars, but bleak and colourless. And I do really dislike unimaginativeness of Villeneuve's Dunes costume design. Apart from Vietnam and SW, really a miniscule amount of Dune survives.
Actor performances are not all bad, but we definitely have a deficit of actors, at least sci-fi/fantasy actors, and seeing the same faces jumping across franchises only diminishes satisfaction. Choreography isn't good either.
Speaking of casting - for a Dune there is a criminally low percentage of beautiful women in sight. Mine beauty'o'meter stayed at zero the whole time. If you're a not a Dune connoisseur - just look at a publishing date of the first book. Frank Herbet was a really smart man, a succesful writer and apparently held women at extremely low regard. His book is product of its time, but you can't show Dune without it.
What I don't understand is why suddenly Dune, in our enlightened age, gets new adaptations even more centered on a bloodline theme. And I don't think of a Villeneuve as a great sci-fi director. Our society just became more acceptable towards sci-fi, which wasn't brought to the masses, it's other way around.
Strayed too far from the book for my taste, and in wrong direction, not for the better. Sometimes it's just dumb, like having fetus Alia communicate with her mother. Poor pace and story development. Everything takes place in a few months, whereas this part of story spans years. This is such a packed and powerful story, but they're simply not giving the audience much of it.
Production Company
Warner Bros.,
Legendary Entertainment,
Villeneuve Films,
Eagle Pictures,
New Zealand Film Commission,
Ubisoft Abu Dhabi,
FGM,
The Royal Film Commission,
Origo Film Studio