First Time Watching DUNE: PART TWO (2024) Movie Reaction & Commentary

[@RyanCarrington]

Re-upload! Had a few people asking me to drop my reaction to the sequel. I already had, but it was blocked after a day or so. Hopefully this new edit stays up. Drop a like and subscribe to help me with the algorithm overlords 🤙

[@whiterabbitchaser9045]

Jessica to Chani. “So you say now,” Chani said. She glanced across the room at the tall princess. “Do you know so little of my son?” Jessica whispered. “See that princess standing there, so haughty and confident: They say she has pretensions of a literary nature. Let us hope she finds solace in such things; she’ll have little else.” A bitter laugh escaped Jessica. “Think on it, Chani: that princess will have the name, yet she’ll live as less than a concubine-never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she’s bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine-history will call us wives.”

[@lachlanmarshall39]

The reason Gurney was making such light work of the Harkonnens is that he is regarded to be one of the greatest living warriors in the universe, He is a legend in his own lifetime. One of the major reasons the emperor colluded with the Harkonnens to destroy the Atreides is because he was afraid of the Atreides military strength, under the training of Gurney and Duncan the Atreides military force was becoming more formidable than even the emperors own Sardukar.

[@richlisola1]

Shields cannot be used in the Open Desert because they draw the sandworms. Hence why the Fremen do not use shields, and why they are not adept at dueling shielded foes. Fremen also use firearms more so than the Sardaukar, because in the desert a man on the ground cannot turn on his shield.

[@DeusVult-q3f]

In the Books Sardaukar were using firearms against Fremen in the fights, also even Rabban killed 1 worm with high explosives. Fight should have been far more difficult in the movie. They did Sardaukar dirty in this movie. They should have been difficult challenge for Paul and Fremen.

[@richlisola1]

@@DeusVult-q3f I agree. The Fedaykin were superior fighters in their own environment. But The Sardaukar were almost as good-Their battles would’ve been hard fought. That said, we only witnessed one ambush against the Sardaukar in Part 1, and the last battle of Arrakean in Part 2. At that stage it was a total surprise because The Emperor underestimated Maud’dib, plus no one thought the Fremen had access to nukes to breach the Shield Wall. Most of the battles were Fremen ambushes against Harkonen forces and spice harvesters.

[@LordVolkov]

@@DeusVult-q3f The Sardukar still aren't much of a challenge to the Fedaykin because of the Weirding Way in the book, but they are a decent fight for regular Fremen and slaughter 'non-combatants' who wreck Harkonnen troops with self-sacrificing attacks (Rabban rants about them when explaining why 'all Fremen are mad'). It's part of why I thought not using the death of the first Leto 2 was a bad choice, as they could have shown Sardukar vs Fremen when they sack the seitch and how they wiped out the inhabitants. It also makes Paul's line 'execute the Sardukar' hit harder, as he has them butchered like they butchered his son. So much of the context behind powerful lines was lost in this version.

[@kevincamp2913]

Very nice reaction. I think a lot of people missed the point of Paul taking Princess Irulan as his wife. When he says "she will remain safe" that she is to be a political hostage to keep the emperor under control and legitimize his claim to the throne. That doesn't mean he has forsaken Chani and in the books she understood this, didn't like it, but understood it nonetheless. I do not see him as evil, but pragmatic. He is now trying to become ruler of the known universe, and he can see everything going forward, all possible paths. He knows when anyone will die, when he and Chani and their future children will die and what they will attain in their lives. He has basically become a Godlike figure with that much power. He will be incredibly difficult to plot against or manipulate and that is what the Bene Gesserit feared most of all. Not only is he all powerful, but he controls the single most important commodity in the universe as well and this makes him feared like no other.

[@morianblackmore5422]

holy shit dude im so glad i came across your comment! that just blew my mind because my brain understood he was powerful but i didnt realize HOW powerful

[@verkpunk]

If Bardem doesn't get a supporting actor nomination, a holy war will begin.

[@sigzil1985]

You could pretty much fill all the nominations form this movie for supporting actor/actress. Austin Butler was incredible, Bardem is just so charismatic is isn't fair to anyone else, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya. All the performances are so good.

[@LordVolkov]

"You'd expect him to have a more superior mind..." Glosu 'Beast' Rabban Harkonenn was put in place specifically to brutalize the Fremen, which is part of the Baron's plan in the book - Rabban rules as an idiot tyrant and when the time is right, Feyd is brought in as a benevolent ruler to ease the suffering of the Fremen and gain their favor... Not sure what Denis intended Baron Harkonnen's plan to be since Feyd shows up and continues brutalizing the Fremen 🙃 There is probably a great scene of Bautista decrying the Fremen on the cutting room floor (notice how quickly it cuts after "Fremen are all mad!" - book Rabban goes on a rant about the suicidal Fremen women hurling themselves onto the Harkonnen to open a wedge for the men because he doesn't understand that they would rather die than be subjugated)

[@russellward4624]

If I remember the book correctly(it's been a while), that was the Barron's orriginal plan but Paul's campaign was so effective he was forced to abandon it and just went for full scale genocide to secure the spice production.

[@LordVolkov]

@@russellward4624 That comes at the end of the Baron's adjusted ploy, when he has to look like he's lost control of Arrakis so the Emperor will come to intervene (to then be murdered while he is vulnerable and usurped by Feyd). Paul and the Baron's plans are running in tandem throughout the book and each adapts to the other's machinations as they unveil, only Paul has prescience and can see further than the Baron. Paul also learns about the source of Spice throughout the novel, and his threat to flood the pre-spice masses with water would have killed the next generation of sand worms and brought spice production to a crawl for generations. It's a much more brutal threat than nuking spice fields 😅

[@LordVolkov]

'Where's the 💩 going?" The still suit extracts the water from that too 😅 There's a reason they mention 'Fremen scrub their ass with sand' in part 1 (because the fluid is pressed out, but their pants are still full of 💩...) They really don't go into the interior of Fremen life, but there is a whole cultural thing where they live in their stillsuits while out in the desert but wear normal clothes in their sietches because of the way they are designed to keep moisture from escaping, so there is a disrobing and cleansing ritual when they return home.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The Fremen language is called Chakobsa. It's in the book to some extent, and Frank Herbert developed a bit of it, but the movie went way farther to make it a fully realized spoken language. Btw, the English we hear is supposed to be an imperial lingua franca called Galach. So the local is Chakobsa, and the colonial/imperial is Galach.

[@aegnor2102]

Excellent adaptation and Amazing film. Can't wait for the next one !

[@RyanCarrington]

Looking forward to it

[@di3486]

Amazing film, weak adaptation.

[@frederickthompson1546]

People mention shields drawing worms, but when on or among the safety of rocks, shooters would be afraid of accidently hitting each other in a melee and causing a catastrophic explosion.

[@richlisola1]

That only applies to lasguns. Projectile firearms can be safely used in the presence of a shield. But they wouldn’t be very useful unless the projectile could slow itself before shield contact.

[@clairealderwood1928]

So pleased to see this! Some answers to your questions (I read the books long ago) a. They can’t use their shields on the dunes as their vibration calls the worms. b. Spice is used in by the Guild Navigators to help them calculate the path for interstellar space travel. So at the beginning when they say “he who controls the spice controls the universe” they mean it literally. c. Eyes turn blue after prolonged exposure to spice. d. The bene gesserit Paul yelled at (Silence!) is his grandmother. Duke Harkonnen r@ped her and she caused him to become diseased and bloated.

[@DarthPepis]

A) they dont use shields cuz energy weapons impacting on shields create a nuclear explosión that kill everyone including the attacker. Thats why some Harkonen say "shields" and other respond "no!" cuz at the minimal suspition of energy weaponds on the battlefield everyone deactivate their shield (if i remember correctly fremen dont use a lot of energy weapond but they have some too). And thats also why the mayority of the combat is done with melle weapons

[@SuperHappyFunAJ]

@@DarthPepis Ah, someone else who has read the prequels!

[@DeusVult-q3f]

Baron Harkonnen* small correction

[@LordVolkov]

@@clairealderwood1928 The Rev Mother/Baron H connection is a retcon from later books by Herbert's son, and many don't consider Brian's stuff canon.

[@papalaz4444244]

When the Fremen use those hooks under the scales of the worm, the worm will not go under the sand and let sand under the plates. It irritates them. So that's why they don't dive under.

[@GutturalReef]

I'm glad to know it wasn't just me getting a bollocking from the old man whilst his cheeks were out and about.

[@RyanCarrington]

😂

[@papalaz4444244]

If there is anythng "wrong" with these films so far it might be that the power of the spice melange isn't emphasised as much as it could be. There would be NO interstellar travel without the spice. It makes people live much longer livespans. It gives people physical energy. It gives some people mental powers such as precognition. If you take enough, you will actually MUTATE (not seen in the films yet). It is also HIGHLY ADDICTIVE and stopping taking it is fatal. So people will pay anything for spice. The entire galaxy is hooked on it. The entire ecomony is hooked on it.

[@RyanCarrington]

Yeah, I've done a bit of a wiki deep dive on that since the watch. They definitely don't put enough emphasis on the hold Spice has on everything. Maybe they'll get more into it later on. Idk. But definitely some interesting stuff they could make more aware to the audience.

[@Gunnar001]

The total lack of mentioning the Spacing Guild was also a big negative for me. Controlling the spice, and therefore controlling the Spacing Guild, was one of the main reasons why Paul had so much power and why his interstellar Jihad was successful.

[@papalaz4444244]

@@RyanCarrington The problem is that the one novel "Dune" has way too much detail to make a film with everything in it. Just like Lord of the Rings. A film will always be an "adaption" and choices have to be made. I think these films are a great adaption and do the best job of keeping the main story going, without too many side quests. Some changes make sense in film terms. You get Christopher Walken as the Emperor. Fantastic actor, fantastic performance. In the novel, the Emperor takes spice so he is about 80yo but he only looks 30yo. I will take Walken over super accuracy :) Lynch's "Dune" is almost unrecognisable as the novel and adds some wild stuff you don't need lol

[@LordVolkov]

For more of Dave Bautista - Hotel Artemis and Glass Onion. He's THE best wrestler turned actor working today.

[@justusbraz]

4:42 no shields can be used in the desert. shields are making use of vibration, which drives the worms into a killing frenzy. Every worm for miles and miles would come rumbling. Also, the lasbeam rifles cause a massive explosion when they touch they come into contact with shields. Hence, almost no projectile weapons.

[@ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN690]

Opening scene. No shields in the deep desert. They attract the worms.

[@InvidiousProductions]

The Emporer wants “more cowbell”.

[@JackNapierDe]

Shield + Energy weapons = 💥 on both sides And shields attract worms in the open desert (sand)

[@darkelinreaction]

I was waiting for your reaction to the second part, great as always. Stilgar just stole the show. As it is written, as it is written!))

[@UberMcFailsauce]

The Kwisatz Haderach(the messiah, for lack of a better word) was always meant to be a man, but Paul was supposed to be a woman. The plan was to have Jessica's daughter marry Feyd Rautha and merge the bloodlines, their child was planned to be the Kwisatz Haderach. Paul being a man foiled that and led to the messiah being a generation early when the bene gesserit weren't ready to control him.

[@donny1960]

Great reaction. This movie was the end of book one of 6 books. So next movie will be beginning of book 2. Called "Dune Messiah". Frank Herbert, the author of the books, did not know if Dune would be a success. He originally had 3 books in his mind. But Dune was well received. Became the bestselling Sci-fi book of all time when published. So, he continued with the other books. Again. Herbert wrote 6 total. Then his son contributed to many more. 23 total, I think. But to diehard fans it is the first 6 that make up the Dune Saga. Thanks for your very enjoyable reactions.

[@LordVolkov]

Dune 2: Spice Boogaloo I would have prefered they used more of the book instead of radically changing Chani and Stilgar, eliminating Thufir & Fenring, and keeping Alia a fetus 😅

[@zoesumra9152]

Book Alia is literally impossible to cast. You've got to age her up, age her down, or do a cartoon. There isn't a 3yo alive who can walk like an adult (the voice could be dubbed by a 9yo, but the walk can't). Given Villeneuve had to go one way or the other with Alia, I like what he did.

[@LordVolkov]

@@zoesumra9152 They are going to accelerate her growth anyway to get to Anya Taylor-Joy by Messiah, unless they are doubling the gap between the books... Both versions with a 5-6yo Alia work just fine.

[@HeidiCrimmins-nb5tx]

Great reaction man. Looking handsome as always. Sending all my best wishes to you and your family and everyone in comments. X

[@HSR107]

Dave Bautista as a dramatic actor? M. Night Shyamalan's "A Knock at the Cabin". Blade Runner 2049 too, but with much less screen time. He's definitely got the chops for so much more than his cartoonishly large physique is likely to afford him, sadly. And yeah,. Frank Herbert was one of a great many SciFi writers from the mid-20th who were libertarians with a fetish for Islam. Robert A. Heinlein was another. "Cheap for Fremen, expensive for Harkonen" ... which is how both the Soviets and the Americans got their asses handed to them by the Afghans.

[@LordVolkov]

Dave has slimmed down considerably after filming Killer's Game and I hope it opens up more acting opportunities for him.

[@HSR107]

@@LordVolkov That's good to hear. I hope it does. He's just too good to be wasted on Stallone and Schwarzenegger kind of crap.

[@janellelives5158]

His role in Blade Runner 2049 was great! Short but very impactful

[@RyanCarrington]

I need to sleep with some background noise, and Blade Runner 2049 is a movie that is played constantly in my house at night . My gf will often comment on how that movie was playing again when she woke up. Unfortunately, it came out before I started the channel. Would've been a good one. I was obsessed with the first movie.

[@8301TheJMan]

Great reaction my man! I had really high expectations going into this film, and was still blown away! It's literally my new fav movie of all time

[@RyanCarrington]

It's a great franchise so far!

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Also, if you don't want to wait the years for the next film, you have two options: Read "Dune Messiah," or watch the TV miniseries adaptation of the next two books, "Children of Dune" from 2003, which covers both Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Or I supposed you could read the books and then watch the miniseries. It's a beautiful adaptation.

[@travelerspooks]

One of the only qualms I had with this movie was the duel between Paul and Feyd. In the book, it is extremely one-sided. Paul has complete control of the fight at all times and it's very evident to everyone in the room. The movie, for understandable reasons of wanting tension, makes the fight more fair. They did keep the killing blow consistent, it's the same move Gurney taught him at the beginning of the first movie. I liked that bit.

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

The blue eyes were done in post through AI per Denis. They couldn’t do contacts with so much sand

[@bmatt2626]

Glad you got it back!

[@RyanCarrington]

👊👊👊

[@frederickthompson1546]

You're right about political outcomes. Paul's greatest miscalculation may have been using nukes against another house. A HUGE no-no.

[@richlisola1]

In the book it was explained that Paul technically did not break the Great Convention. Because in the law it was written that atomics cannot be used against human targets. Paul used the atomics to breach the Shield Wall. He didn’t use them to nuke men. He skirted the law, bent it, but he did not break it.

[@russellward4624]

I like how your investigative journalist is from Texas. Lol

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Rabban is a nepo baby.

[@LordVolkov]

"What happens if Paul dies?" The Fremen wait for a new Lisan Al-Ghaib... Paul wasn't the first messiah of the Fremen and won't be the last. In the book Dr Kynes was a Lisan Al-Ghaib (they are the one who started the Fremen collecting water caches to terraform Arrakis), and there were others before him/her (Kynes is a man in the book, and Chani's father - her book character is much more focused on carrying her father's vision to fruition than denying Paul)

[@nazimelmardi]

Yes. But what happens if Paul dies? At this point? It gets worse. He would be a martyr and in his name they would kill billions anyway…. He sees it. He has one choice now, live and rule moderate things. The next choice comes at the end of Messiah. He failed. Never glorify people and leaders. Look at this election in USA. It’s a joke what they do. “They eat dogs and cats”… and people believe this nonsense and for that will elect this person to that position? Frank would laugh…

[@DeusVult-q3f]

I didn't know he/Liet was also being Lisan.

[@LordVolkov]

@@DeusVult-q3f It's mentioned by Chani in the books, when she talks about her father's dream to terraform Arrakis, and before the fall of Arrakeen there is mention of the Fremen leader Liet (Liet Kynes). Kynes wasn't prescient like Paul, but fell into the parameters of the Missionara Protectiva and used it to insinuate himself within the Fremen to learn their ways and ends up becoming a leader to many. He didn't intend to exploit the Fremen, but to share knowledge and learn how they had adapted to the hostile environment (as he was an ecologist/planetologist)

[@barbarjinx3802]

Paul isn’t the one. In book 3 we find out who the one is.

[@Giovanni_Gabrielli]

55:27 Is-nata jahaash: Shi ho Chausij? Shi zihik ishi tammashabit o eddemash hiili. Ruqaazash vadzih--kalagash--uzzulthabit nairgevi barthaa wadzih. Hardhaha uuth. Jurraha gari yimash neril yaqaalaha Jeske obit. Sayyaha airhur zaad hi thaa nishi vannaha obit. O erle chausi, jaraamas-ha abzih zihi sa kyurtu Fremnii...Dune.

[@datwee7576]

Dude I forgot I was waiting for this

[@stephenallen4374]

As a dessert Australian from the sands deep Australian culture I'm 55 my son is 45 retired if you're not born here you work for us Australia is for Australians the rest of you work for us to make money to make you rich you are the lucky ones😂

[@russellward4624]

41:02 there are bo Atraites. Theyre all dead except Geurney and Paul.

[@di3486]

A lot of people got blinded by the beautiful visuals and effects but the script of this movie was very disappointing. They left most of the good stuff out. I wanted to see Dune in all its weird glory but what we got was a dumbed down version. The main motivation for Paul’s decision to take the water of life was left out completely and makes him look like he just wanted to be a dictator or something like that, which is the opposite of what Paul is. Dune without Alia, mentats and Guild, doesn’t make sense either. I won’t spoil anything but I highly recommend the books because they actually show you why Dune is such a masterpiece.

[@Giovanni61]

Imagine what you were like at 15yo when you first receive attention from someone you like...

[@RyanCarrington]

15 is pretty late. I was on that bus from a weirdly early age when i think back 💀

[@lollywright4258]

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[@donatogressbautista4843]

Very good reaction you two. BTW, can you guys react to the 2000's Dune miniseries, please? You can find it very easily and freely on KZbin, it's considered as the most faithful adaptation of the book, and you can compare it with the movies. And, if you want to find out what happened to the characters after that first story, you can react to "Children of Dune (2003)" miniseries since it adapts the second and third books in the series.

[@jennadawson7949]

Finally!! Dude

[@papalaz4444244]

"Dune" is a nihilistic universe, by the way. Just a warning.

[@williambranch4283]

Rabban is a bad boss. Stilgar is my favorite.

[@StevenHouse1980]

Jamis was never a soft j.

[@HeidiCrimmins-nb5tx]

Reviews jeepers creepers ,Ghost, sixth sense,Beaches and Apollo 11, and top gun. X

[@RyanCarrington]

I've done Top Gun. Check it out 🤙

[@peterreist2882]

Excellent 🙌🙌. My favorite book (shogun second) if u haven’t watched shogun series it’s excellent also. And yes I also think they could have done the eyes if the Ibad(blue) better. Everyone in contacts must have been see as a problem with all the sand is my guess. Bene gesserit deal in politics

[@RyanCarrington]

Probably! I'm on holiday at the moment, and both my fiancée and her step mom have been talking a lot about the sand and their contacts 😅

[@captainofdunedain3993]

Athreides is greek based europe. Harkonens are slavic culture. Fremens are bedouins which means arabic culture. Bene geserit is jewish cult which wants to control all of them. Arrakis is Iraq. If you check the arabic peninsula Iraq is at the northern part which is easy for invasion. On the other hand Yemen at the south hard to get. Also Yemen ppl is true arabic blood. Even in 2024 they wield chysknives as sacred custom. Different type of ppl than other arabic countries. So many worlds are similar or exactly same. For example: Bedouin is fremen. Muaddib is Muhammed which is false prophet according to author Frank Herbert. Lisan means language. Gaib means future. So Lisan al Gaib is prophecy or prophet you might call. Anyway I think Paul saw the bene geserit's dirty plans after he drinks the water of life. So thats why he is angry with his mom and other bene geserit members. I guess he will brake bene geserit's power and he will make fremens truly free at the third movie. Looking forward to see next one. It's gonna be epic im sure.

[@di3486]

Jesuits* not Jewish.

[@captainofdunedain3993]

@@di3486 kwisatz haderach means leap of time in hebrew.

[@di3486]

@@captainofdunedain3993 the Bene Gesserit are Jesuits.

[@alexandregagne6577]

This movie is a masterpiece!

[@reservoirdude92]

Denis Villenueve has such a remarkable cinematic eye. Every one of his films is so thematically and visually outstanding. We Canadians have got some talent, let me tell ya haha Much love from Windsor, Ontario ❤ PS, please tell me you used the word "mansplaining" ironically because otherwise I'll have to call you "Cringe-ington" 😂

[@sergt3853]

They look like big, good, strong hands. Don't they? I always thought that's what they were. My little friends.. The nothing pulled them right out of my hands. I failed. Listen, the nothing will be here any minute. I will just sit here and let it take me away too. They look like good, strong hands. Don't they?

[@nazimelmardi]

Walken was the worst cast in the movie tbh.

[@di3486]

Yes, followed by Zendaya.

[@nazimelmardi]

@@di3486 sorry to destroy your day but no. She delivered what she was supposed to. This intention to make her bad actress? Won’t pass with me. She is good.

[@di3486]

@@nazimelmardi Some people are happy with very little. Good for you.

[@nazimelmardi]

@@di3486 and some always try to hate on Zendaya. As she didn’t make mistakes like “woke posts” or whatever else, the last resort is to say: she has no talent.

[@di3486]

@@nazimelmardi it seems I destroyed your day instead of you mine😂 what a crybaby. And yes, she is a bad actress.

[@nick4819]

Whitesplaining and mansplaining isn't a thing. Wtf are you on about....?

[@RyanCarrington]

Wait, whaaaa? Google is free 💀

[@matthewtopping2061]

Solo reaction channels are boring AF. Get a friend or a family member to watch with you.

[@RyanCarrington]

Get a friend to like your comment 💀

[@kurtbrisch5776]

Just another crappy remake.

[@devin6079]

It’s not even a remake. Tf are you talking about?