DUNE: Part 2 just became my favorite movie!! (first time watching)

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[@heatsinker_5517]

Great reaction Mary 🙂👍. Hope see your reaction to David Lynchs: DUNE [1984] soon.

[@jaygreen2251]

So ur not doing House of the Dragon for KZbin?

[@Matisaro]

did you pick up that the benegeseret faked the prophecy and he is not a god. He is in fact the bad guy of the story and Dune is a warning against following charismatic leaders.

[@Matisaro]

The Harkonen planet has a black sun which is all UV light basically. It is why they are bald and pale and why it looked black and white. Those were not flashbacks, it was noon.

[@jonasfermefors]

"Put your right hand in the box" Mary "What, just like that! Oh, that box" 🤣That got me. Best laugh this week.

[@avengeme1987]

Mary got that gutter mind 😜😜

[@mikek9297]

It was perfect

[@daustin8888]

​@@avengeme1987 She's got a septum piercing. Of course she has a trashy mind.

[@vfplayer]

I literally laughed out loud.🤣

[@avengeme1987]

@@vfplayer did you really laugh out loud or use the word literally in a figurative way?? 😜😜

[@alexdundas-taylor3420]

Truthsayers can tell when someone is lying, but not when someone is just wrong. The Harkonnens genuinely believed Muad'Dib had been killed in Feyd-Rautha's purge of the north.

[@soxxel12]

Stilgar is the best hypeman!! Javier playing a character who is so wholesome and earnest at all times yet equally hilarious is a testament to his tremendous talent...

[@caribbeanman3379]

He's very meme-worthy.

[@jsmithers.]

​@caribbeanman3379 🤡

[@axr7149]

His character was not entirely dissimilar to Anthony Quinn's character (Auda Abu Tayi) in LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. I felt Javier was channeling him at times.

[@jsmithers.]

@@axr7149 No.

[@rikk319]

Because religiously gullible genociders are so wholesome. Javier played him excellently though.

[@Etticos.]

The Harkonen planet (Geidi Prime) scenes were not flashbacks. Their planet orbits a black sun which gives off infrared light, making everything look black and white. Fun fact: they built special cameras to actually film those scenes in infrared, which is super cool. Also that snakussy is the forbidden fleshlight.

[@jcs1025]

I read the last line and involuntarily said “ouch”!

[@Bottlekap]

To be fair, in the book they were technically flashbacks. So, it's funny she would think this.

[@axebeard6085]

42:25 One of the tragedies in this story is the fact that Paul lost his friend Stilgar and gained a worshiper. A very poor trade.

[@Leonhart_93]

He got the ultimate hype man. Without him things wouldn't have went nearly as smoothy. Or be actually impossible. A very good trade.

[@axebeard6085]

@@Leonhart_93 In the novels, Paul expresses regret that Stilgar became a worshiper.

[@Bottlekap]

@@axebeard6085 in the books its an evolution that takes place over years. Its unfortunate that the change in the span of time makes it harder to convey these kinds of things in the movie. Aside from paul literally just saying it.

[@Leonhart_93]

@@axebeard6085 He regents the price he had to pay for it. But he is pragmatic enough to figure out how advantageous he was.

[@Nalumah]

@@Leonhart_93 No he also thinks it made Stilgar lesser. He regrets both the price and the outcome. He hates every aspect of it. He hates that knowing the future means you're trapped by it.

[@robertglanville6558]

Put your hands in the box. "Already? Oh, that box." Shame on you. Mary. 😀🤣😁

[@blafonovision4342]

LOL

[@deanthemachine8879]

20:17 “Usul” is his secret name; “MuaDib” is his Fremen name that would be known to others outside of the sietch

[@klass_1221]

Yeah, MuaDib is desert mouse.

[@sharkdentures3247]

It also serves to hide his birth name: Paul Atraties. But yeah, Muadib is his "public" name. So, of course, the Harkonen (& whatever spy/ intelligence network they employ) would learn THAT name! Which only serves to HELP Paul.

[@kossowankenobi]

That sandworm-riding scene was something else in IMAX.

[@klass_1221]

Yeah it was like you're riding on the worm also. Luv the Dune movies! Can't wait for "Dune Messiah"!

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Everything in this movie was dialed to 11. The sound, visuals, acting, story, editing and pacing. Insanely well done. Can’t wait for Dune Messiah to come out

[@DannyCosmos]

And some how it was still boring after…it’s like I’m being pranked no way people like this. I dint have a short attention by any means and slow paced movies can be hood if they build properly but this dragged …so mind boggling boring I feel people are lying when they say they like it. Part 1 was worst

[@jsmithers.]

🤡

[@hee345]

I agree with everything besides the pacing. I thought the pacing was really bad, lots of time skips and jumps, and as someone who hasnt read the books it was sometimes confusing to keep up with. Great movie all around, but terrible pacing

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

This movie dragged on for two hours before finally waking up only to skip and change most of the ending. This and the first movie could’ve easily been edited into one three-hour movie with better editing and pacing.

[@tanimal3964]

Watching in IMAX was amazing.

[@roudkaross]

I'm always surprised with how well Chalamet acted in this one, with such a small physique he managed to make us see him as a fierce and scary warrior. He has a real scary presence by the end. Usually they take the easy route by casting a big buff guy.

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

He was the worst choice for Paul. Nothing intimidating about him at all. He looks like a little 12-year-old little boy and can’t act to save his life.

[@chaost4544]

He was perfect casting for the role. Chalamet's performance is what I imagined Paul from the book as being. In the books, Paul is kind of a meek figure in the beginning but could command a room towards the end. The man has an epic set of lungs in him.

[@tanimal3964]

"I will lead you to paradise" gave me chills.

[@rajch2000]

@@chaost4544 He also did the same in The King

[@socratesovidian7640]

A good actor? I know rare these days :(

[@hobiwan9597]

Remember Paul said that Chani "would come to understand. I have seen it.". In the moment, she was traumatized, but Paul knows it will be okay in the end.

[@CarBENbased]

Yeah, sadly because they shortened the timeline they never had Jessica and Chani come to terms with each other nor Chani come to terms with Paul's position in the imperium and the necessity of an alliance through marriage.

[@happybkwrm]

Or, he'll FORCE her to return.

[@BlunderMunchkin]

Muad'dib is his warrior name, not his secret name. His secret name is Usul.

[@cliveklg7739]

"That's how they make the water?" Don't tell her how the spice is made.

[@markmarren2969]

How's the spice made?

[@CarBENbased]

That's one of the tragedies of this adaptation, spice production is never explained. Still an incredible visual and also film though.

[@a25studioo]

That's a cute emoji you have there. What is it called, and how can I have one?

[@PaulSchober]

@@markmarren2969 As I recall from the books, it's sort of the dried amniotic fluid left from a worm's birth

[@SandeepSinghMango]

@@a25studioo Blud doesn't know how youtube emojis work

[@dennisbay3035]

in this universe .. the Royals have Wives and concubines often at the same time.. Pauls mother was a concubine,, Paul wiil marry the emperors daughter for the position of power but keep Chani as the one he loves. This is not the way with the Freman.. it will take time for her

[@klass_1221]

But that look though at the end. When she see's Paul go to Florence Pugh. Chani is a woman-scorned.

[@MongooseTales]

Chani's reaction is a deviation from the book, in which she understands Paul's motives from the outset and they remain devoted to each other. But I think it was smart of Villeneuve to change that. Chani's distress at Paul's decision to marry Irulan makes his transformation feel even more dramatic, and also sets up an interesting storyline for the next movie where he'll have to figure out how to win her back.

[@rikk319]

@@klass_1221 In the movie. In the book, Irulan lives in a separate section of the palace, and Paul almost never sees her; she's more like a hostage than a wife/family member. He never shares a single kiss with her let alone has a child with her. Chani stays his beloved in the books. I'm curious to see how they continue their relationship in the next movie, because their children are integral to the plot.

[@Knight-Bishop]

​@@klass_1221 Once she learns what this marriage actually means for Irulan, and how Paul sees it and her... She'll come around to the idea. Remember what Gurney said in part one? "A hostage! I love it."

[@TheGavrael]

Yeah they don’t have concubines in the fremen, but they have massive orgies so the idea of sharing a spouse isn’t a completely foreign concept.

[@stephenbaines9750]

There is no Lisan Al Gaib. It's just a story, invented to cover for the Bene Gesserit, that Paul and Jessica manipulate with their Bene Gesserit skills. The Kwizatz Hadderach is a thing, but Paul was not supposed to be the One because Jessica was supposed to birth a female, and it's pretty clear the Bene Gesserit don't really understand the full implications, at least in this telling.

[@Bottlekap]

Can we really say the Kwizatz Hadderach is any more or less of a thing than the Lisan Al Gaib? The KH is essentially an almost religious figure and myth for the BG, a goal that the sisters just came up with and attempted to see to fruition over 10,000 years. Just as they planted superstition and myth on other worlds, they made one for themselves. The way I see it, Paul really is as much the Lisan Al Gaib as he is the Kwizatz Hadderach.

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

Yet they physically created him. By pushing natural real human abilities. Frankly millennia if breeding and training could produce results not so far from this fantasy. Already know human feats are a step on that path

[@stephenbaines9750]

@@Bottlekap You are right, in the minds of the BG the KH is a religious figure. That is my point about them not entirely understanding the implications of their breeding campaign. They think it will give them wisdom and power, because that is their faith, but its not clear from Paul's example that it will provide either, or which end is really their priority. The prophecy of the Lisan Al Gaib is a complete fabrication invented by the BG for cover. Surviving the water of life, reducing biological activity, being wakened by Desert Spring tears, those are things advanced BG can do. They use those skills, symbolism that they planted, and the hopes of the Fremen to sell a magical story they can manipulate to protect BG if they get trapped on Arrakis. It's profoundly cynical and manipulative. Paul is is deeply torn about whether to use the prophecy because he knows it's a lie that can be very destructive given the seductive power of faith, and he actually cares about the Fremen. The BG are wishful about the KH just as the Fremen are wishful about the LaG, but the Fremen haven't been involved in creating the LaG - he happens TO them. They are lucky he turns out to be an ally, of sorts, --I'm not sure in the end he really is, but he at least starts out caring. In the end, Dune is about peoples trying to pry themselves out from under repressive conditions - and often getting sucked up into false promises along the way.

[@TheZoltan-42]

@@Bottlekap Not really. The BG plan was a meticulous, scientific endeavour calculated and executed at minute details. There was literally zero religious side to it. Just because a goal takes a long time, it doesn't mean it has a religious side. "they made one for themselves" The made ALL of them for themselves. One way or another, all of them were invented and engineered for a goal that supported the BG. On Arrakis, they decided that having a messianic version that could aid a stranded BG would be a useful backup to have. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. All BG and Paul knew that it was a fabrication made up to exploit the locals.

[@isoldam]

@@TheZoltan-42 Do you know what does not last thousands of years? A calculated conspiratorial scientific endeavor. That would be gone in a few generations at most. Do you know what lasts thousands of years? An idea based on religious faith. No matter how the group promoting that idea tries to bring it about, there must be faith to last that long.

[@axebeard6085]

17:35 When Jessica says "All of us" in the voice, she's not talking about her and Alia. She's also talking about the centuries of Reverend Mothers who live within her. Saying that she has the memories of those Reverend Mothers is a little misleading. Those memories come with personalities. They have their own motivations, desires, grievances, etc. It's not that those people are actually living in her mind. Its closer to dissociative identity disorder, and a Reverend Mother has to maintain a balance between her own personality and those of the dead Reverend Mothers.

[@ravenward626]

It's been a while since I read Frank's books. I have a recollection that they implied the reverend mothers' concern over the "abomination" of the pre-born being exposed to that was that they hadn't the time to develop their own ego and sense of self before the ritual. They haven't been prepared to keep clear lines between themselves and the influence of their ancestral memories. I imagine something like that might make someone vulnerable to a whole new volume of DSM disorders.

[@Shigawire]

The reason why the Harkonnens knew about "Muad'ib" was that this was the name they knew was responsible for a whole string of attacks against them. There are several months, nearly a year or more, that passes in the middle of the movie. They did not however know that "Muad'ib" = "Paul Atreides" - he was just a shadow until the end.

[@alistaircraig7849]

The music in this movie is simply incredible, chills whenever I hear it

[@rikk319]

Hans Zimmer FTW.

[@axebeard6085]

20:30 The cool thing about the Harkonnen arena scene is that it was shot using infrared cameras. The transition from normal color when they are indoors to infrared as they move into the sunlight is subtle but amazing.

[@michaelmoran2421]

“Oh that box.ok.” 😂😂😂

[@ravenward626]

✊

[@donny1960]

Great reaction. Just to let you know. In the Book. Chani was at Paul's side at the end. She knew the Politics of the Empire and knew she would always be Paul's love. In fact, the last line of the book is Jessica telling Chani that History will call them "wives". Denis just added a little drama and a cliffhanger to the movie. Jessica was never married to Leto. But their love was forever. She got her revenge on those responsible for Leto's death. She changed the Universe forever.

[@SamHunt-o7d]

Denis probably added this to emphasize the fact paul is not a hero. Which is something reactor seemed to miss

[@j.m.w.5064]

​@@SamHunt-o7dYes, interesting that she shouted 'sweeet' when the Fremen massacred the Harkonnen in the streets from Ornithopters and burned them- exactly the same pictures shown when the Harkonnen did that to the Atreides. And Paul, who is butchering the baron without a trace of humanity is a mirror image of Fehyd, even shot by shot. I guess propaganda can work even when it's a film 'about' propaganda.

[@Jordashian93]

Denis Villeneuve has once again demonstrated his mastery in creating an immersive, visually captivating world that left me utterly mesmerized.

[@jsmithers.]

🤡

[@Tampahop]

You might want to thank Frank Herbert for providing the story. 😁

[@jsmithers.]

@@Tampahop No.

[@jeromym5124]

Seeing his interviews, gushing about the source material early on, plus his treatment of BR2049, I knew this was going to be a great adaption. Esp after seeing the butchery of so many IPs of late.

[@jsmithers.]

@@jeromym5124 No you didn't know.

[@richiecabral3602]

"Oh! That box. OK."

[@DumblyDorr]

Denis Villeneuve has said that "Lawrence of Arabia" has been the biggest influence on his Dune adaptation... and it definitely shows.

[@jimbruton9482]

The Seven Pillars of Wisdom was published in 1926, written by T.E. Lawrence, and is his memoir of his time spent in Arabia. The film Lawrence of Arabia is the adaptation of that book. It is Lawrence's book that partially inspired Frank Herbert, the author of the Dune books, in the 1960's.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

And I suspect Javier Bardem was doing an imitation of Anthony Quinn all through the film and nobody noticed.

[@markg.7865]

Without question, L of A is one of my greatest films of all-time.

[@Matisaro]

Mua'dib is his war name, the public one. Usul is his secret name.

[@hungryclone]

Javier Bardem was so good in this movie. I fully cackled in the theater after the duel and he shouts “Lisan Al’Gaib!” suddenly after the long pause.

[@axelfoley133]

re: the last guy in the arena scene. That character did appear in Dune 1, but he only had 1 line and was mainly just in the background. But he's played by Roger Yuan, and has had fights with Jackie Chan (Shanghai Noon), Mel Gibson (Lethal Weapon 4) and Keanu Reeves (John Wick 3 in the weapons museum), among others. I actually rewatched the first film a week before I saw the sequel and recognized Roger, and was surprised that his role was so small. But they were just setting him up so that he could pull of this epic arena fight in the sequel.

[@MongooseTales]

Yuan also choreographed the sword/knife fights in both Dune movies and trained the actors to execute them. He did amazing work.

[@rikk319]

The character's name is Lanville, and he was one of the Duke's commanders.

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

He had multiple lines and was in all Atreides group scenes.

[@1221garc]

His “power” is his shield. That was funny 😂

[@Pfhreak]

Jessica didn't know she was the Baron's daughter for the same reason Feyd-Rautha's daughter won't know: the Bene Gesserit don't tell their members who their biological parents are in order to ensure they are loyal to the Sisterhood alone, with special exceptions like Irulan (Florence Pugh's character). "The Corps is mother, the Corps is father" as another sci-fi franchise puts it.

[@robertalexstorm]

Yes, he is the Lisan Al Gaib. But that role exists due to the stories of the Bene Geserit. It's like saying, I'm a royal prince and you know it because my grandpa said one day a royal prince would show up at your house.

[@Elementarian]

There just aren't enough words that can describe how gorgeous this film is, and I'm so glad you continuously pointed out the beauty of some shots, the cinematography, the design, etc. Fantastic adaptation, with Villeneuve's trademark visual perfection.

[@axebeard6085]

18:00 "They already know his secret name?" Paul's secret Fremen name in Stilgar's tribe is "Usul". No one outside of Stilgar's tribe is to be told this name. Muad'Dib is the name Paul is known amongst all Fremen tribes. The Harkonnens know the name "Muad'Dib" because the Fremen fighters are shouting his name in combat. As I recall, there's a scene in the book where Rabban is talking about the Fremen are crying out Muad'Dib as they fall on Harkonnen blades to give other Fremen an opportunity to attack that Fremen. Calling Fremen "fanatical" is a bit of an understatement.

[@liamjohnston2000]

33:47 Mary slowly realizing that Paul is not the hero of this story

[@chrishouseinc]

I refer to my comment about AoT 😅

[@Matisaro]

Glad, I am still back in "I think he is the good guy" and I was worried lol.

[@jeromym5124]

My confirmation that Villeneuve had nailed the adaption for non book readers was people squirming in their seats at this scene and speech. Beware the charismatic leader

[@patrickgassner7725]

The problem is in dune there are no heroes like we would define them. Leto 2 for example becomes in the book a 4000 year old dictator who does genocide experiments in human breeding a total monster. Also he becomes a person who is in pain for 4000 years. Has no love or real friends, and in the end lets himself assassinated to save and free humanity from itself. Much like dr huey a misunderstood character. Do not get me wrong the new movies are great except the change at the end, much prefer a 3 year old alia killing the baron, such a pathetic scene for him. But yeah the books are much to complex for a movie. Would prefer a series like scifi did once with dune. But i think we wont ever get godemperor of dune. 3 hours movie about a poetic selfloathing dictator and one big monolog. Never gets on the screen.😢😢😢

[@Leonhart_93]

He is the hero they need, the only one that could deliver them what they wanted. No one else had the power to do so, they would have lost.

[@arraymac227]

'Plans within plans' is an iconic line from this world.

[@doodlethebeagle2078]

I really hope they bring Dune 2 back to IMAX someday

[@shadowfire_08]

it was transcendant

[@Andorski]

Will probably go back on IMAX right before Dune Part III just like Dune Part I came out again right before Dune Part II.

[@zoesumra9152]

They probably will just before the next Oscars.

[@submandave1125]

Imagine a triple screening lead up to Dune 3…

[@bigred22685]

55:20 Rabban didn't survive the movie. Gurney Halleck stuck a sword in his throat.

[@jsmithers.]

No.

[@franklyngranville5348]

Paul warned her if he went south he would lose her. He didn’t know how until he drank the worm’s poison. This path was the only one that would work.

[@tomaskennedy]

21:46 No, the doctor was killed by the Baron after he sold out Duke Leto (Paul's father) in part 1. These 3 prisoners are survivors of the attack from the end of part 1.

[@axebeard6085]

28:37 This is probably the second most frustrating part of the film for fans of the novel. (The most frustrating is that we don't get to see a 3-year old Alia running around having adult conversations...) In the novels, the Harkonnen fighting forces are pathetic. The best fighting forces are (1) The Fremen, (2) The Emperor's Sardaukar, and (3) a small force of Atreides fighters trained by Duncan Idaho and Gurney Halleck. Part 1 showed this brilliantly. When the Barron attacked, he was supported by the Emperor's Sardaukar. When a group of Harkonnen soldiers attacked the line of Atreides fighters, the Harkonnens were wiped out. But when a handful of Sardaukar dropped in behind the Atreides, the Atreides were wiped out. In the novel, the Harkonnens NEVER find the Fremen. No one destroys Sietch Tabr. No one destroys the Cave of Birds. Around this point in the story, the Harkonnens have retreated to the cities and don't dare attack the Fremen. The sort of destruction you see here doesn't happen until the Emperor arrives with is Sardaukar. But by the time the Sardaukar meet the Fremen, Paul has trained enough Fremen who then trained all other Fremen in the fighting techniques taught by Duncan and Gurney. There's one scene where a large force of Sardaukar attack a Fremen sietch, who are then decimated and forced to flee by Fremen women, children, and old men. They barely managed to escape by using their ship's flight jets as a weapon. Also, there are no satellites over Arrakis. The Fremen pay the Spacing Guild HUGE bribes in spice to keep the skies clear so that they can continue the ecological transformation on Arrakis.

[@SadTingsForever]

"If he can't make it out alive, He's really dead." I'm glad she connected those dots I woulda spent longer than Dune's runtime trying to figure out what she meant.

[@CascadiaKyle]

The Harkonnens didn't find his 'secret name,' that was Usul.

[@axebeard6085]

8:26 "What does that mean for her kid?!?" [SPOILER ALERT!!!] What happens to the mother happens to the unborn child. Jessica is flooded with the memories of centuries of past Reverend Mothers. The same thing happens to Alia. This becomes a problem for Alia as she grows older...

[@soulofcinder5151]

The best movie in this decade so far. The Lord of the Rings in our generation

[@jsmithers.]

Godzilla Minus One better

[@Shhtick]

facts

[@jsmithers.]

@@Shhtick No.

[@klass_1221]

The "adult Star Wars". Lucas was wise to gain inspiration from Frank Herbert.

[@jsmithers.]

@@klass_1221 Nope.

[@LeeCarlson]

In his hurry to tell his story, Denis Villeneuve diverged seriously from the novel, changing Chani's character to suit his purpose and changing Chani's relationship with Jessica and Paul. The ending was so wrong that I do not know how they can come back to "Dune Messiah."

[@Pearlem]

The ending is great for the story of the first book but it makes messiah kinda imposible to adapt now

[@aquatic_atlas]

The Harkonnen homeworld, Geidi Prime, orbits a black sun, they're in a different star system, and their planet's surface doesn't have warm light filtration (as a result, the outside scenes was filmed in infrared in order to achieve that black and white look)

[@pepperje11y]

The way it takes some a while to realize Paul is not the hero, that he's the villian... so fun to watch!

[@SuperStella1111]

You wait until your twentieth rewatch. You’ll finish it and just think: WOW. I noticed another brilliant detail.

[@axebeard6085]

8:15 The old reverend mother is possibly blind do to old age. And when I say old, I mean OLD. Heavy, long-term consumption of spice can extend one's life to around 300 years. The Fremen diet is definitely rich in spice.

[@silkscrim]

Usul is the secret name, Muad’ dib is his Fremen warrior name

[@mrfrosty3]

Funny how much people love the floating harkonnen scene at the beginning, we've seen countless people fly in movies, often whizzing around all over the place and dodging weapon fire yet this simple scene looks so great.

[@zoesumra9152]

Paul doesn't foresee the attack on Sietch Tabr because people with foresight can't properly "see" other people with foresight. Feyd-Rautha has much of the same bloodline and is another possible Kwisatzch Haderach. His foresight isn't anywhere near Paul's, as he isn't trained, but he has a little, and it blocked Paul's visions.

[@pseudonymousbeing987]

It's actually not just about Chani's own heart. Her heartbreak is for her PEOPLE, not herself.

[@meanfan6963]

The scenes on the Harkonnen home world of Giedi Prime that look black and white actually weren’t filmed in black and white. They were filmed using infrared light. That’s why they look so otherworldly. Look at how the actor’s skins appear almost translucid. That’s because human skins are somewhat transparent to certain infrared wavelengths. It looks so creepy but also visually stunning.

[@tadeuszadach5732]

Couple of things with regard to your hopes and expectations: - the next part happens pretty much after the holy war, not during. the whole thing is off-screen - paul will never get it on with irulan even though she really wants him to, he remains faithful to chani forever

[@MetastaticMaladies]

The thing is, you can’t have everything. Either Chani can keep Paul and not go south, forsaking her people and planet. Or she and Paul can go south, fulfilling the prophecy, and liberating her planet and her people, but the ONLY way to do so is to make him emperor, and he cannot do that without the emperors daughter. It’s one or the other, and Paul had to make a choice, which is why he didn’t want to go South, he knew.

[@rainerbloedsinn182]

15:22 To paraphrase -Tyrion Lennister- Eitri: "Yes… that's what d-dying means?!?"

[@axebeard6085]

52:00 Oh, the 3rd movie will be absolutely tame compared to what God Emperor of Dune will be like if they film it. However, I am absolutely drooling in anticipation of the reactions to the surprise in the next film. [No spoilers please]

[@species6339]

‘Someone needs to tell the Haakonnens that bald is not it…..priceless 😂😂😂😂

[@schumpeter123]

Many very very good actors in this film😊

[@guybenson3528]

Muad'dib is Paul's Fedaykin war name. Usul is his secret tribal name.

[@robertoliver7368]

I'm guessing that I wasn't the only one who thought "Only the Messiah would say he's not the Messiah!" When Stilgar was saying "He's too humble to admit that he's the Messiah."

[@ProMovieBlogger]

Lady Fenring: "Put your hand in the box." Mary's response: "Oh my gosh, that fast?" Lol.

[@guybenson3528]

Sandworms travel by emitting a pulse that "liquefies" sand so they can "swim" through it. That is why rock is a barrier to them.

[@yuhlolx]

lol it's black and white on the harkonnen planet because they have a black sun! in the shadows, there is color lol.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

Symbolic, perhaps? The “black sun” was an important Nazi emblem.

[@axebeard6085]

20:35 I would say that Jabba the Hutt was almost certainly inspired by the Baron.

[@PhilBagels]

Especially since the original Jabba the Hutt was a fat human, rather than a huge blobular alien.

[@gtaipan7422]

"I can't hate the Emperor if he's Christopher Walken." That sounds touching🙂, I can feel it in my heart.

[@fernandomendez2709]

I believe the film amongst all the themes it tacckles, is an important one, that when people is in need of liberation and leadership they are willing to believe in prophecies whether they are truth or not.

[@thaddeusskywalker5293]

Will always be grateful to my best friend's dad for getting me into the franchise back in 2020

[@thaddeusskywalker5293]

Real quick, the Reverend Mother wasn't calling Paul abomination. She was calling someone else that

[@obligatoryprofile]

i'm pretty sure that's a coincidence. the character you're talking about hadn't really shown any signs of that yet, and even if they had, Gaius wouldn't be focused on it. she was much more concerned by the revelation that Paul had become the Kwisatz Haderach, which she felt was an abominable turn of events

[@jcs1025]

@@obligatoryprofile Although it’s an interesting word choice by her, especially given how well-versed Denis is in the source material.

[@bullpup33]

Alia is supposed to the "abomination" but in this version I think she talking about Paul.

[@timothyhedrick5295]

@18:50 They don't know Paul is alive at this point. They simply know "Muad'dib" as someone who is leading the Fremen against them. And I agree that "put your hand in the box" takes on a whole new meaning with this film vs the first. 🤣

[@axebeard6085]

44:25 The Emperor will be imprisoned (similar to Napoleon being exiled to the island of Elba) on Salusa Secundus, the training ground of the Sardaukar. Shadam won't be uncomfortable, but he will be watched. At this time, Salusa Secundus is as hellish a world as Arrakis, but Paul begins terraforming Salusa to make it more hospitable. One of the reasons the Sarkaukar and Fremen are such amazing soldiers is that they went through the harshest survival training. By turning Salusa Secundus into a garden planet, it removes the possibility of the Emperor training more Sardaukar that are a match to the Fremen.

[@axebeard6085]

9:20 Jessica's behavior was amplified for the film to help make the "fanatical Fremen" narrative more clear. In the novel, she is a lot more nuanced. She knows that Paul is likely the Bene Gesserit Kwisatz Haderach. She was THOROUGHLY trained by the Bene Gesserit, so sees this as a good thing. However, she is also scared for Paul's safety. She also wants to preserve the memory of Leto and his noble heritage. She knows that taking control of the Fremen is the only way for Paul to survive and defeat the Emperor. Although the film gives Jessica more screen time than the novel does, she receives a little bit of character assassination.

[@x_warhog_x8701]

Yeah and although I like this movie the one gripe I got is the change to Alia in the book she's born at the same time Jessica takes the water of life a full reverend mother and she not Paul is the one who kills the Baron with the Gom Jabbar not to mention it removes over 4 yrs of time pretty big change if ya asked me......

[@houseofaction]

in the books chani didn't have any issues with paul doing what he did she was just as fanatical as everyone else

[@richardspears6849]

Yeah, I feel bad for Chani too, but her story is not done yet. Can not wait for the next one!!!. In the later books, those babies have a story too!!!

[@claytonbishop4021]

I think Mary needs to edit Part 1 & Part 2 altogether for us to see her full reaction to this beautiful masterpiece from Denis Villeneuve.

[@lapinblanc9971]

Love the fact Fremen have flags on the big big sandworm In case we get confused about who is who xD

[@SorenAlba54]

Mary, I literally have been waiting for this reaction ever since you added this to the list of this month and I was very pleased with it. As you’ve mentioned, this sequel has doubled, NAY quadrupled the stakes as the plot thicken along the way. I saw this back in theaters in 4DX format. BEST MOVIE DECISION EVER. With the motion of the chairs and the effects displayed for the screen, I was truly immersed with the film with all those visuals and soundscape. The one person who has definitely outdone himself was none other than the legendary Hans Zimmer; with his music doing the heavy lifting for this storytelling. After all, he did won his 2nd Academy Award for it in the previous one. Ironic, considering that he has made many memorable scores over the years before it. Nevertheless, he is the GOAT of all composers in the world and as a result, Zimmer has earned and deserves his place in the pantheon of musicians for all eternity. Speaking of which, he’s doing his North American tour and when I found out that his orchestra will perform in my humble hometown of Fort Lauderdale, FL, of all places in the continent, I was starstruck. 🤩 With that being said, I’m definitely letting them take all my money if it means watching this man demonstrating his magic. I’m so excited.

[@arraymac227]

Chani slapping Paul: see Jim Gordon getting the same.

[@guybenson3528]

Feyd's opponents are drugged so they are easy kills. But the Baron leaves Lanville (he has three or four quick cameos in Part One) undrugged as a test for Feyd. As for the black and white effect, it was filmed in infrared to showcase Denis' idea of Giedi Prime having a "black sun." Everything outside looks black and white and translucent.

[@salti9983]

Seeing this movie in an IMAX theater was transcendental, and it was an experience I will never forget for as long as I live. The taller aspect ratio on that giant screen, the booming sound, the bass making the room feel like a roller coaster - the memory of it all makes me sad I might never get to experience it again. And if you ask me, the home release of the movie NOT having the IMAX aspect ratio is a crime against art.

[@reverseprime141]

In my opinion: Dune Part 2 gives me joy and such an entertaining movie. So yeah this sequel is better than the first part. Timothee his performance is absolutely outstanding.11/10

[@sebastiengauthier58]

After watching part 2, I went back to watch part 1 and I appreciated it so much more on the second watch.

[@FortheLoveofMonsters]

You are way too excited about colonization 😂 Paul is not the good guy in this story.

[@chaost4544]

Within the first 10 minutes of this film we saw one of the coolest things ever put in a science fiction film. That's when I knew this film was going to be epic.

[@JudoJonny5]

Oh, THAT box.

[@axebeard6085]

26:10 Oh, Gurney is SO not getting the be quiet. Fremen ALWAYS travel with security and secrecy in mind. There are always Fremen in the rear of the group making sure no sign is left behind of their passage. They only allow themselves to make the natural sounds of the desert. For the Fremen, it is like Gurney is screaming into a telephone while they are trying to sneak past an angry bear.

[@Matisaro]

If you are a reader I recommend the books. The struggle Paul goes through with prescience is soul crushing. Knowing the future traps you in it. Kind of like a less strict Dr Manhattan, he knew the future and did what it said without choice because he could not do otherwise. Paul has agency but prescience causes moves which lock him into a path he did not want.

[@rexmundi2986]

'OH, That box!". 😂

[@flippert0]

23:48 "Oh, THAT box" - lol, that's what we all thought in the theater.

[@Chris-tp2sc]

By the way, Mua'dib isn't his secret name. Usul is his secret name. Mua'dib is his warrior name.

[@frederickthompson1546]

The undrugged prisoner/gladiator was Leto's household guard commander. Jessica had her own personal female bodyguard.

[@juandesalgado]

Anya Taylor-Joy did a superb job in Netflix's "The queen's gambit" (I wish you did a reaction). I'm sure she will do a fenomenal job in the next Dune movie.

[@TheShapingSickness]

51:48 this observation is pretty important because that's the last line of the first book.

[@JumboSeventyNine]

Its no surprise that this movie won an Oscar for best sound. Its not just musically that the audio shines. The sound conveys power in key moments. Shai Hulud is meant to be desert power personified. If you listen to the audio when Paul summons the worm the crackling audio sounds the same as audio of the Space Shuttle launches when the solid rocket boosters light. Its raw power being barely tamed.

[@classyonion3754]

28:04 "Snake-ussy" is absolutely wild. It literally made me choke on my drink 🤣

[@urborg74]

So many people gloss over how hard Paul tried to avoid this fate. He fought so hard to stay off the path, but everyone forced him onto it. I don't feel sorry for Chani because he *warned* her, straight up told her, and she dismissed it. When Paul said "I will do what must be done," that should have thrown up red flags all over the place...nope. Paul is a victim of his own fate.

[@rand26100]

Just in case no one else has pointed it out, this is not the first dance for House Atreides. Agamemnon and Menelaus, who were pivotal characters in the Trojan War, were early progenitors of House Atreides.

[@magicbrownie1357]

I feel like this film may well be a modern masterpiece.

[@scottedwards8895]

He said. when he agreed to go south . That he would guide them to safety an then he would do what had to be done . And when he awoke from the water he could see only one narrow path to follow .

[@travisgray8376]

The emperor spends rest of his life in exile on his guard's planet but lives in leisure n luxury.