Dune: Part Two

dune part 2 is an incredible film, the best of the year and also may be the best in this decade, what denis did should really be studied for the next generations in film school because wow. Needless to say the directing and writing of this film are incredible, it’s the attention to little details that did that for me. Hans zimmer is my favorite composers and I love his work and his creative mind. Score is a very important part of a film because it makes the whole experience of the film, and hans zimmer did that incredibly, it was truly mesmerizing to sit and be in that experience, “you don’t watch dune, you experience it”, and that experience is made by having denis and hans zimmer’s crazy minds come together. Another thing I loved in this film regardless of the score, is the sound and how you can feel it in your seat when somebody shoots a gun, it adds up so much to the experience for me as well. The filmography of this film, how every single scene is shot so well from the best perspective! I loved learning about how films are made and shot and when greig fraser and denis are talking about the geidi prime arena sequence my eyes are glued to the screen, the use of the infrared camera, the fact that the black sun makes everything black and white so when you see the baron coming up to his seat you can see the contrast from the color to the black and white and everything about it is just genius! (chefs kiss) More about the geidi prime sequence – I love with the fact that the atreides guy that was not dragged was also in the first film and not brought out of nowhere and that he was also the stunt coordinator in the film. Something that I lovedddd is the way the bene gesserit always find the opportunity to roast a man, in the first film when reverend mother gaius helen mohaim says- “so much potential wasted on a male” and when lady Jessica said to paul about drinking the water of life- “its lethal for men” For me, a standout on this film was Austin butler as feyd rautha harkonnen, I was not a big fan of the elvis movie so his performance didn’t blow me away, but now having finally watched dune part 2 (with my doubts, but trusting denis and knowing that he knew what he was doing) I loved it! He played into a psychopath really well! (thank god he mentioned he wasn’t method for this one) and I honestly don’t think anyone else could’ve done that better actually, he made the film be so much better and I am obsessed with the part where he enters the arena and you see his entire figure and his position and then the terrifying sound comes and just makes this horrid in the best way possible, one of my favorite parts of the film. I also liked the way rabban was killed, with a knife to his throat trying to scream but cant after all he did during both films was scream??? I gasped. Talking about harkonnen, timothee makes the performance of his life in this in my opinion, just so much strength and vulnerability, playing both paul who doesn’t think hes the messiah while also playing paul who thinks hes the lisan al gaib not many actors can make both of these work but timothee can. His performance was so raw and in times also a bit scary, I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen and I genuinely didn’t want it to end. This story follows the story of someone who many people believe is the messiah but deals with a love story that is affected by politics, timothee plays a messiah, an anti hero, an anti-messiah, a lover, and a fighter all in the span of a little less then 3 hours, I have so much to say about this rule, about the way he acts the hell out of it an denis was right by saying he didn’t want to make this film without timothee because he knew he can do it. And he was right. “now harkonnen shall fight harkonnen” is a quote from the dune book (page 217) that I loved and has shaken me to my core when I read it. making a book adaptation can often be tricky and not work as we have seen in dune (1984) but denis with his love to the books and his commitment and his creativity, he made something so well and so moving that no one before him could make about dune, and it has been said many times that making a dune film adaptation is impossible, denis proved them wrong. dune part 1 was my favorite movie long before i’ve seen dune part 2, while some can say it’s long and slow, i never found it that way and im always glued to the screen every single time i watch it, finding new things that i haven’t noticed before, even on the 11th rewatch. i was lucky enough to have gone to a dune double feature (my barbenheimer!) and experience both this films back to back, and oh may i tell you everything in the first one all makes sense after you witness denis’ full vision of dune, and see how both these films are so well written and directed, and filmed, truly a mesmerizing experience to have, dune part 1 and dune part 2 are both the best sci fi films i’ve ever seen and i honestly don’t think anything will be able to surpass them. Javier Bardem had a very important character, though very funny, he was a believer of paul, he believed he was the lisan al gaib, pauls “hype man” but as the story goes along you realize that his “as written”s become dangerous. Paul didn’t want to become the lisan al gaib, he was afraid “because you lose control? Because I gain it” he didn’t like the fact that people have started to worship him (“they all used to be friends, now theyre worshippers”), he didn’t believe he was the lisan al gaib, but stilgar and reverend mother lady Jessica made everyone think he was. Dune talks about a complex tale about the risks of messianic prophecies, so no, its not a white savior trope, and paul was just the right guy that fit into the fremens narrative. Zendaya as chani was the most valuable character in this in my opinion and Zendaya acted so well in this, fighting scene, love scenes, and emotional scenes, her face truly tells you everything she doesn’t say, chanis story is heartbreaking and Zendaya captures it so well. honorable mentions:rebbeca feurgson my motherrrrrrr she morphs into lady Jessica incredibly and plays her so well and so frightening, I love her!Florence pugh, although short, she brough depths to the rule with the little she got, I cant wait to see her in dune messiah! Her costumes were so pretty and I loved how they matched her father. Christopher walken was a really good emperor in my opinion! I liked him very much though also, very briefly. Josh Brolin singing the song with the baliset, ah iconic. I love josh brolinLea Seydoux although very briefly, very compelling, you can feel her presence, and that’s how it should be done. I wish dune part 2 was longer even tho 2:45 hours is a lot, I didn’t get bored and I wouldn’t have mind it if we had more of paulchani, of feyd, and on other characters that weve seen very briefly throught the film long live the fighters. 5/5🌟