Dune: Part Two

“Lead them to paradise” For the last 130 years, we have been enamoured by the presentation of moving pictures on screens. It is an experience full of awe and wonder. Sadness and pain. Beauty and hope. It stimulates the senses, opens the mind and connects to our very hearts. As each and every decade progressed, the artistry applied to this medium, and the technology to craft such story’s developed, and in the last 60 years, every now and then, a picture will be made SO monumental… So epic. Defying everything that came before it. Pushing the very boundaries of what can be achieved on a cinema screen, that the distractions and hardships of the world become nonexistent. We are completely transported to another universe, immersed so deeply, it changes us forever. We are lucky if these films come around every 5 years, even every 10 years. The experience of witnessing them leaves such a mark on its audience, that they become etched in history forever, written into pop culture, to be discussed and worshipped until the end of time. I believe DUNE 2 is one of those films. What Denis has achieved here is nothing short of a miracle. A book so complex, heavy with intricate lore and challenging themes. To translate that into a cohesive movie in itself is a success…. But to go beyond that, and adapt this material into one of the greatest science fiction pictures in the history of cinema! Now that is something no metric of praise or acknowledgment can justify the gravity of. The 3rd film of this series has the ability to make THE trilogy of this generation. I think this is Timothée Chalamet’s best work to date. The latter half of this film especially has completely solidified his ability to conjure a screen presence SO powerful, only few men have done before. Austin Butler, an actor only recently catapulted into superstardom with question marks still surrounding his true potential. That is no more, this is not only his best work to date, but possibly the greatest on screen villain since Heath Ledgers Joker. Rebecca Ferguson… like HOLY FUCK… best career work to date. Greig Fraser, an absolute GOD behind the camera. Using light and framing sequences that burst this world into life like no other. Also his best work to date, and a vital component to the greatness of this picture. Hans Zimmer. No great film is complete without a score that embodies and elevates the essence of the film itself. This score had my knees weak, palms sweaty, often levitating out of my chair at times. All these achievements and more, when brought together, create the MASTERPIECE of a spectacle that is DUNE 2. I love cinema so much it often hurts. I live for these moments. I cherish these experiences. I worship these rare cinematic events. LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS!