"With me!" Atreides Fight Back but suffer extensive losses | DUNE 2021
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Atreides fight back against the Harkonnen and Sardaukar. A secret weapon in the shape of a tooth. Paul is captured.
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Watching the Atreides charge into battle with the bagpipes blaring, I’d never thought I could feel so much patriotism for a fictional interstellar house
When you listen to the Atreides bagpipes you automatically stand straighter...
ATREIDES!!!
ATREIDES!!!
ATREIDES!!!
Because they re the grandson's of king Λεωνίδας
cant wait for the jihad to destroy the harkonnens
I love how the series shows how easy it is for people to slip into dictatorship, because same. I'd kill for the Atreides at this point even knowing what happens.
@@ΜΟΛΩΝΛΑΒΕ-τ7ε Παλικάρι από τον οίκο των Ατρειδών ήταν ο Αγαμέμνονας και ο Μενέλαος, όχι ο Λεωνίδας. The mythological kings Agamemnon and Menelaus were Atreides, not the historical King Leonidas of Sparta. Though Menelaus was King of Sparta while his older brother Agamemnon was the King of Mycenae
Even caught off guard and basically in their underwear the atriedes still caused massive harkonnen casualties. Shows you just why they needed the saudakaur
So the Sardaukar's opinion of the Harkonnen troops IS correct: They really ARE cowardly, incompetent scum.
This comment is awesome
Caught of guard..when they knew an attack was imminent ....wandering towards their enemy in their pj`s, leaving their armour behind. If thy were that inept makes me wonder if they were over rated.
@@laurencemoore8519 I would like to see how you react when bombs are going off months before the attack you knew was happening. I would like to see you kill three more men with nothing but a sword highly outnumbered.
@@laurencemoore8519 they know it was imminent but they didnt know Baron would send this amount of soldiers plus Yueh disabled the shield generator so they were caught off guard
You've really got to hand it to Herbert. He came up with a really clever way to explain and justify - both narratively and technologically - why an advanced, space fairing civilisation would return to hand-to-hand combat. It's one of the things that makes Dune so wonderful and immersive.
Wait how?
@@andresmarte2172 Personal (and vehicle) shields. Anything hitting them fast (including thrown weapons) gets absorbed/deflected, so you have to slow your strikes. Weapons like the bombs and darts that can drill through shields would be the equivalent of a precision stealth cruise missile-devastating, but expensive and limited. So, slow blade attacks become the best way to fight shielded enemies.
@@Nezdragon There is also the lasers + shield reaction, which can turn thermonuclear. Also makes the scene Harkonennen lasering Duncan's thopter scene more tense in this context. The thopter gets hit by missiles and you see the shield is active. Then they laser half of the city desperate to kill him. That's assuming Villeneuve kept this little plot point.
@@Nezdragon I thought shooting the shields can cause a massive nuclear explosion
@@MrGA555 Not all firearms, only with lasers, aka lasguns. In that case it causes a massive explosion both inside the shield and at the source of the lasgun, not technically a nuclear explosion but on that sort of magnitude
Some things to get off my chest,
1. although the duke was expecting an attack it was not to be expected this fast, as it cost so much to actually do and so much time to plan to do it
2. Inside betrayal was obviously not factored in and the shields being disabled caused so much of their downfall
3. They couldn’t have patrols flying around as there was an agreement with the fremen in place
4. The emperor broke the law/rules by becoming involved and sending his own troops along with the harkonens which would also not have been predicted
Not to forget the Guild Navigators which have also been part of the conspiracy. They had to agree to "move" all the troops as well after all. Including the Sardukar.
4. In the book Leto actually expects the Sardaukar to be part of the attack - which is why they planned to recrut the Fremen
Only 1 and 3 are true. A traitor was expected, but Yueh was written off the list of suspects because of his Imperial Conditioning, which is also why he was targetted by the Harkonnens. Leto also explicitly knew Sardaukar would be there because he and Thufir foresaw the Emperor's intentions.
Had they successfully defended against the attack, he would've shown off the corpses of Imperial troops to the council of other great houses and used it as leverage to overthrow the regime.
it was predicted by Leto there would be sardukar, but he thought he had more time.
Knowing Gurney's back story, it was bittersweet seeing him get to take the Harkonnen in open battle. Atreides will fall, he knows it, but he's going to go down swinging...and if he can, he will rally all of Atreides' surviving forces alongside him. Really an epic night for Gurney and the fighters, but still tragic they were all scattered to the desert by such a massive betrayal. Thank the Gods for Paul and the Fremen. I can't wait to see how Villeneuve handles Part 2.
Warning: Spoilers ahead
Don’t Paul and Gurney reunite in the revolt on Arrakis after Paul drink the water and become Mua’dib and rounds the fremen up for battle?
@@jacobclark2409 they do unite later tho
It's so depressing how the survivors were trapped in caves by artillery or used for games.
The soldier who fought the harkonnen heir was still loyal even after everything was lost
I imagine a 3 hour fight scene 🙃
@@PeachDragon_ fellow book reader I see
The song of House Atriedes on the bagpipes kicking in at that moment always gives me goosebumps.
I thought the bagpipes were lame and not canon. Mix in the matador suit the Old Duke was wearing and the lameness increases. One of reasons I gave this movie a 3 out of 5.
@@dane4453 weak
If you have a look at the making of the music of Dune, Hanz Zimmer explains they were not using Bag Pipes at all, which surprised me. The vid is on UA-cam.
@@DanFiftyQuidPlz I just watched the featurette, and I am amazed at the whole process they went through to make the many and manifold sounds they needed. Thanks for the recommendation.
@@dane4453 The matador suit was in the book I’m pretty sure
Loved the difference in Duncan and Gurney's fighting style. Duncan is very refined, he's a Swordmaster of Ginaz after all. Meanwhile Gurney fights more like a brawler with a heavy dose of anger. Hint to those who haven't read the books: The Harkonnens took everything from Gurney so he has a burning hatred of them
Gurney spent many, many years in the Harkonnen slave pits and arenas. He learnt that it is either kill or be killed.
@@richardtaylor1652 Where he got his scar, he was also tortured in those pits
The description of this scene in the script was:
"He looks around. His men vastly outnumbered. Harkonnen raining down all over the spaceport. He roars like a lion.
GURNEY HALLECK:
'With me! With Me!'
He charges, a sword in each hand, a wolfish smile on his face. And his fellow men follows him into the jaws of hell."
I think Denis couldn't have executed this scene any better.
Please give this man more movies
Josh Brolin pulled off that smile perfectly.
IMO a smile seems totally wrong for this scene. He is watching the family he's devoted his life to protecting being destroyed in an illegal and dishonorable surprise attack, this whole thing would be the end of the world for him
@@imcallingjapan2178if you not are in a fight you don't understood the smile is not a funny for the warriors or mostly of them, like the joker character he smile can used like a expression of anger, conffusion, stress, or cry.
Wen i fight (im a martial artist) in a combat i smile, i really terryfied but help my to stand against the rivall
@@imcallingjapan2178 there's no happiness in that smile. That's a man who assumes he is about to die and his whole life became so simple, there are no more hard choices, jut killing until he falls.
It's also for his men. In the book, the sentence after his smile is the men following him into Hell. He's their leader, and he's a great one. They look to him. If he's crying and lost in grief, they will falter. If they look at their leader, a living legend and see the smile of a vicious predator who looks at the Harkonnen army and only sees his next victims, even if everyone is totally aware it's all for show, that is the attitude his men will have, and it will help them stay brave and feel powerful as they die, instead of being helpless.
I imagine right when he says “WITH ME!” The Atredies bag pipe guy starts playing and runs into battle playing the pipes.
that actually happened in war time with the scots.
I love how in this scene, the Atreides are showed as using spears. Which with shields, makes perfect sense. Do you want to stab your enemies when they can't stab you, or do you want to risk everything from the first second? Exactly, spears should be a prominent feature in Dune because of their reach.
On top of that they use a formation, instead of the usual Hollywood BS of running forward to chaotically fight 1:1 with suicidal spinning attacks.
its interesting, cuz the spears only work in a formation, the first line NEEDS to be short blades, because the shields they have would prevent the spear from hurting you so long as you continued to close with the spearmen. It is only because there is a front line with short swords to hold the line, that the spears in the second line are then effective. The first time I watched the movie, I didn't even realize that the scene was meant to demonstrate the superiority of the sardukar...I just thought that the formation was simply compromised once assailed from both sides.
@@bonzwah1
Not sure if you ever did any HEMA, but the whole 'if they get past the point you're screwed' is a bit of a trope. It's not true. I'm no expert either, but I know this.
That counted mostly for pikemen, because a 7 meter long pike is much less flexible than a 2 meter spear.
A spear you can simply jank back and short-wield instead. There's no law that says you have to drop the spear and give up if you ca no longer thrust by holding the furthest part of the shaft.
@@nvelsen1975 no no you misunderstand. you're too tunnel visioned in on the spear part that you forgot the key feature of Dune comabt...the shield. there is a reason why the short sword is the weapon of choice. it is because all fighting has become grappling due to the fact that you cannot move anything quickly within the range of the shield. so the only way to kill someone is to slowly press something sharp next to a weak part of the armor and slowly press it into the person. that is why grappling features so heavily in Dune combat, because you need to hold the opponent in a "checkmate" position and then execute them. the spear cannot do that unassisted, because your reach isn't long enough to hold the opponent still for your spear...so its only useful when working with someone who can do the grappling for you.
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as for shortening your grip, you must recognize the advantage to having an edge for this type of fighting with the shield up. short sword hold major advantage. that's why everyone uses it as the primary, and the spear was shown as a unique situational weapon.
@@bonzwah1 The shields dont block everything, an object has to be almost moving at a ballistic velocity for the shield to block it. Spears would actually be a fantastic weapon against shields, since they create distance and not much velocity is required to penetrate the body once the shield is bypassed. Especially since bladed weapons this far in the future are likely molecular edged.
@@seandlax9 thats...clearly not true. if it had to be moving at ballistic velocity, then the swords would never be stopped...and they absolutely are.
0:48-1:28 - this is basically miniature "300" and battle of Thermopylae on its own. It beautifully telegraphs disposition and quality of both forces, superior force (Atreidies) holding successfully a choke point against numerically overwhelming force and briefly advancing (despite having no physical armour visible in arrival scene), yet taken from behind and effficiently disposed by even more superior Sadukar.
wouldn't have seen that if you hadn't pointed it out. Very astute reference.
@Piotr D. When I saw those Sardaukar descending like that, I knew it was over. How unbelievably terrifying as we see them attack with such precision and efficiency. No one goes up against the Sardaukar and lives. NO ONE.
@@costco_pizza tell that to the fremen
Can’t house Atreides trace their lineage back to the Spartans? I vaguely remember hearing that on a podcastp
"Sardaukar, we'll put their name to the test "
Josh Brolin's bad ass-ness + Hanz Zimmer's soundtrack + Denis' directing + Greg Fraiser's cinematography = Perfection
In Scottish accent..."Alright ye' bastards, we make it to first light we got a chance, come on!"
The scene with Gurney leading the men is so cool in hindsight, because you know they actually defeat the Harkonnen troops and escape. Badass.
One can only imagine the swathe of death the charging Atreides cut through the Harkonnens that night.
@@kuribayashi84do we know how many survivors there were?
So you’re saying that they actually won in that specific section? Is that why we see Gurney alive in the next film?
@@matrixman117edits7 Gurney was able to get some of the survivors back to Caladan with the help of the smugglers he employed previously, the help with spice harvesting.
IIRC the book specifically states around 70 made it out with Gurney, with most working to buy their transport back home.
EDIT -
There's also a line at the end, one of Paul's demands to the Emperor is "Every surviving Atreides trooper is to be granted honours and titles."
It's important because yes the Atreides use people same as every house, but the difference is how they treat their loyal people. Even when becoming Emperor, Paul doesn't forget the troopers that were massacred.
I love how the Sardaukar roll up, wipe the floor with the Atreides and just dip and the Harkonnen just stand there like "oh shit" I wish the fight scenes were a little longer and focus in more on the actual fight but this is really good at showing just how lethal the Sardaukar really are.
Even when caught by surprise, faced with overwhelming numbers, the Arteides did not panic, cower or run away nor did they go quietly into the night, they faced their enemy and met their end head on with determination, courage, a sword in hand and a thunderous war cry on their lips, taking many a Harkonnen and Sardaukar with them
its amazing how he exactly looks like thanos in the thumbnail
im just saying, i've never seen thanos and gurney halleck in the same room
He knows he has the infinity gauntlet up his ass, one ass squeeze and he can destroy the Harkonnan. 😂😂
@@jays2551 LOL
1:03 the way the throat singing overtakes the soundtrack as the Sardaukar make their entry is brilliant.
I see the high ground works as well in this Universe as it does in Star Trek.
My favourite Star Trek movie was when Kirk used the high ground to kill Khan.
You idiots! All of that was in "Cleopatra 2525."
@@hurrhurrmurr - after finding out Khan had killed a youngling.
Why, just why?
When Captain Kirk and Darth Khan faced off and Kirk said, “Looks like it’s trekkin’ time!” I got chills.
Actually in the book, the Atreides troops fall back to the caves in the inside of the Shield Wall, where they can reduce the numbers of enemy that can fight them at the same time, buying time for the Atreides to show captured Sardaukar to the Randstadt and gather the Great Houses to their banner as allies. This would also give them time to convince the Fremen to ally with them. But the Baron, or maybe Petr, predicted such tactics and he brought to Dune, tube artillery using chemical explosive shells. Rather than fighting the Atreides face to face, he bombarded them. He knew the shells could not produce many casualties because the fragments wouldn't penetrate the body shields, but the shells would collapse the cave entrances, sealing the Atreides troops into the caves which became their tombs.
@@iamTatara it did
@the1andonlyBendy in the book, he notices something is wrong with the Duke's behavior, so he stands back and them Peter coughs so he understands that there is poison and leaves the room at the last minute
0:40 The Harkonnen outnumber the Atreides.
0:50 Atreides Legions have the finest in the Imperium, trained by Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho.
1:18-1:27 WE ARE THE SARDAUKAR. THE EMPEROR'S BLADES. THOSE WHO STAND AGAINST US FALL.
Piter was right. The Atreides were indeed the finest soldiers alive. And the Baron was right as well. Atreides did indeed die in the dark.
Dude I never noticed that it was exactly happening like how Piter and the Bashar were talking about it! 😳 Thanks for pointing it out.
@@Joshua0810 I really hope the Bashar makes a return in Part Two. Perhaps a fight between him and several Fremen or Stilgar. It would be great to see some of the hero Sardaukar warriors.
"Come on, you sons-o'-bitches, do you want to live forever?"
I'm constantly searching for media that sends shivers down my spine. Basically the entirety of Dune does that to me
The Sardaukar just... killed them too fast on the steps. Show's their capacity.
they had the high ground lol
To be fair to the Atreides, not a single one of them was in full battle gear, and were completely surprised. By Sardaukar.
"Show's" = "Show is"
You are not very smart.
@@JoshSweetvale You know, there's so much criticism and negativity out there in the world.
Why add to it over something so simple and unimportant as me using an apostrophe or not?
I challenge you to be better. You don't need to be unkind or insulting, ever. Honestly.
@@JoshSweetvale spelling doesn't matter unless your writing a novel
Sort of wished they kept in the deleted sequence of Harkonnen troops HALO jumping into battle, which would explain the two dudes arriving before the landing ships.
God I’d love an extended cut.
Sadly, DV is not into extended cuts which is such a shame. The amount of footage deleted was so crucial to the story that we fans deserve to see it.
@@ammanbansal2265 it is a damn shame really. I’m sure the studio would love to squeeze as much money out of the content they shot, but DV probably signed a contract that limits distribution to a theatrical cut only.
@@juergen_von_strangle I mean, if we fans could start a petition to convince WB and Denis to release an extended edition, I'm sure we could see that happening. I'd be down for that.
@@ammanbansal2265
I disagree actually. Villeneuve is going for a version which can be understood if you haven't read the books, and he is right. I can forgive significant gaps in the lore of the movie compared to the books to see Dune done right.
Had this treachery didn't happen, and the Duke secured an alliance with the Fremen, I have no doubt the great houses would've mostly joined him in a successful rebellion against the emperor.
0:13 "smile, gurney"
I love in the book, after the battle of arakeen, Thufir meets up with some Fremen who had taken out an artillery emplacement guarded by 200 Sardaukar, the Fremen lost 5 men and said of the Sardaukar "some of them were good fighters"
That bloody smile in the tubnail
,,Come on lads you want to live forever!?"
God I love Starship Troopers.
0:14 to 0:31 is all I needed.
No epic clash where the soldiers run into each other and hack away, no bloody streak. Just the desperate run, the smoke billowing away the sight, and the bagpipes sounding proud. ATREIDES!!!
The masculine urge to die for one’s house while bagpipes play your anthem in the back round
0:13 The national anthem for house of Atreides
Thanos would’ve won in Endgame if he went with “With me!…With me!”
Atreides loyalty is a thing of divinity.
I wish the movie showed at least a small unit of the new para bindu trained sardaukar killers that the atreides had on deck. Fully armoured and slaughtering harkonnens and then the sardaukar drop in and it’s actually a close fight. I know DV is not known for his battle scenes necessarily but that would have been dope. Also, the atreides raid on Geidi Prime spice facilities. Just show a small unit absolutely causing carnage on GP. Lynch made the same mistake. The atreides are noble but they are also DEADLY 💀. Show that side of them.
I know this is late, but it still could happen though I do doubt it. We don't really hear about the surprise attack on Geidi Prime until after Arkais is taken.
"WE'rE SardAUkaR, the most unstTOPabble aRmY"
Only gets used against fatigued troops without any armor and vastly outnumbering them.
Yeah, really tough.
They weren't supposed to be there. It was a Harkonnen secret. That's why.
Herbert did base them on Ottoman Turkey [AKA the "sick man of Europe"] and Russian Empire influences. Both countries made a career out of picking on smaller, weaker, distracted nations.
@@dcbradfo657 I stand by the point they attacked the outnumbered, and unarmored atredies soldiers from behind after letting them get worn out fighting hundreds of harkonen grunts
Also it’s implied that the Sardaukar (while still fantastic warriors) are nowhere near their peak. It had been years since they were deployed and combat and that they had grown soft and more than a little complacent in their power. The Fremen were more than a match for them, and the Atreides troops gave them a good fight. They suffered casualties the likes of which they hadn’t seen in generations.
@@trrebi981 They got soft, which is indeed a recurring theme in the Dune novels. The Atreides got soft from living in a paradise world like Caladan, and Baron Harkonnen for constantly indulging himself in feasts and sex. The Padishah got soft in that he thought he could get away with the extermination of an entire House.
Same, it seems, applies to the Sardaukar, as you say.
No armour, still in their undies, probably grabbed the closest thing they could find. Still said fuck it and went into battle like a boss
"WITH ME!"
*army vanishes in smoke*
Means only one thing: They made it and are going to appear later in the story!!!
@@Scoonertuna I think a few of them will be there at the final showdown. Movie won't have time to explain everything, and if it's just Gurney it will look like he saved himself, which I didn't think Brolin or director will want. I hope anyway.
The Sardaukar just feel like a cheat.
damn those two Sardaukar were brave engaging that entire army
Harkonnen
1:23
The blood wiping off the blade is actually factual.
The iron in the blood will rust the blade if there is too much of it.
0:05 how gangster walks into battle, calm and confident though facing certain death
theyre not all dead especially their general gurney in the second movie
Gotta love it when the sardaukar come floating in, the soundtrack changes to throat singing with a soft warble.
I kinda wish they'd kept the plot point of the Harkonens spending *huge* amounts of money to smuggle in positively ancient artillery to support their attack, using a weapon that so many had considered obsolete. Would have really driven home that the Baron is not someone to be under-estimated, and was truly every bit as tactically clever as Duke Leto.
Imagine willingly embracing certain death and being so hardcore to actually survive it
In your PJs, caught in the middle of the night, on a foreign planet facing legions of well prepared Sardaukar attacking from air and on foot, but bro still survives, Gurney is nothing less than a GigaChad.
Local Grumpy Grandpa takes down two power-armored soldiers in his PJs.
News at 11: Paul Atredies: A New Hope?
I fucking love the Harkonnen battle chant!!
Gurney, "WITH ME!!!"
Aragorn, "FOR FRODO!!!"
Both masterpieces!!!
When the bagpipes played. I genuinely had my jaw drop.
They really should have had more guards posted on that shield generator… rip
0:43
“Atreides!”
Everyone: “ATREIDES!”
That one guy: “OOOoooAAAh!”
Nothing like fighting with swords while ur getting bombed to death from intergalactic ships.
“Extensive Loses”… yeah, that’s one way of putting it.
Bro, I watched this movie for the first time recently and this scene specifically literally almost had me in tears. The thought of basically having no chance but still fighting, the bagpipes in the background, the action.. shit was crazy bro. I was also high af.
If the sardaukar hadn’t flanked the atreides trooped from behind, I am confident they could’ve held those stairs for a while.
My boy Gurnee halek is no pushover bro. Hes a goon, especially since pt 2 has come out, he's badass lol
This movie, story and soundtrack is so amazing. Also the book was hard to read but it was so incredible.
0:13 this is one of the best clutch scene i have ever seen in a while
Without knowing about Dune lore, I definitely got House Stark from GoT vibes from House Atreides. Honour and loyalty almost to the point it hamstrung them. The injustice, betrayal and scheming of jealous rivals and the tragic downfall of their House.
There's no way GRRM wasn't influenced in some way by Dune. The man is a huge Sci Fi nerd.
To be honest, they're quite different. Atreides are not that honorable, they're also manipulating people.
Dune is the OG Star Wars and GOT.
Not exactly an equal comparison, but similar. Atreides is clearly more imperialist/expansionist than the Starks, using "air power and sea power" to conquer their world a la Great Britain/U.S.A. They are honorable, but by no means isolationist.
I will always come back to this scene as my absolute favorite in the entire film; the fact Gurney literally WALKS up to 2 Harkonnen soldiers, kills them, then turns to his soldiers and shouts "With Me! WITH ME!" leading the charge as the bagpipes swell is just 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
I'm liking this world where blades are more commonplace instead of firearms.
First time seeing this...why are you advancing DOWN the stairs...stay at the top.
Sardaukar: Thank you.
Sardaukar plot armour
Really wish we could have seen more of the massive clash on the air field
0:14 is the most adrenaline enduring scene in cinema history
stair fight is best, you can see how easily they are pushing harkonnens with the blue/red flashed and very few atreides fallen until sardukaars came to flank
I always liked the use of the moari fighting line in this scene.
In my opinion Villeneuve fills in parts of this story, that Herbert himself missed out on.
This scene is why Josh Brolin NEEDS to be Marneus Calgar in Amazon’s 40K movie.
chills literal chills
Cap : Avengers Assemble !
Thanos : With Me !
They had some of the MOST badass actors in this film and killed them all but used every ounce of badassery at their disposal
This movie is so god damn good
ATREIDES FOREVER!!!!
0:13 that's his bread and butter lol
for all the talk of these shields being able to counter fast movements, I sure do see a ton of fast movements killing people
Gurney and Erwin from attack on titan had same leadership vibes. i would totally die for them in battlefield
while accurate they leave out the fact that many Atreides, ran to caves, where they became trapped when the Baron used artillery to seal off the caves
brother let me tell you, i don’t care who you are or what you say, if you hear the atreides bagpipe theme and say you wouldn’t fight and die for the great house, brother, you’re just lying
God I can’t wait for part 2
Gurney said the Harkonnen are brutal not skilled thats why they need the saudakaur.
Note, that in the book Atreides troops are complete wimps relying solely on their technology, and their best fighters are the fencing master from the Ginez house, and a random hobo from Giedi Prime.
Among the Great Houses, Harkonnen troopers weren't expendable conscripts, they were utter beasts; outclassed only by likes of Sardaukar and Fremen.
is it just me or the background song here gives me hope and strength
LONG
LIVE
DUKE
LETO!
*grabs pug*
To whoever came up with the idea to use bagpipes for the war cry music is a fucking genius
That would be the Scots 🙂
He had to look back to see if they were following him though.....
Officer, "Men, would follow me into battle?"
Highlander, "Aye Sir, out of curiosity."
“Extensive loses” it was a genocide 😭
Yueh is responsible for a holy war.
Gurney was the only Atriedes lieutenant to actually win that day. He and his men survived and escaped. Many of those same men later fought to bring down the emperor and during the crusades after the battle of the shield wall.
I’d almost pity any Harkonnen or Sardaudkar who encountered Gurney, the man who Duncan would lose training fights to 4/10. I think Paul would over beennust about the only person who could fight him without being instantly killed.
i like the vid title reading like something from BBC or CNN reporting on the war
The emperor was right to fear an ascendant house atreides.
This problem with this movie is that so much of it is shot SO DAMN DARK. Just because this is a night time battle doesn't excuse the fact that everything is shrouded and obscured. Villeneuve shot this like it was a Christopher Nolan Batman movie.
It’s meant to be watched in a pitch black theater not in your living room at 4pm
Fuck Villeneuve for denying us an epic Atreides vs Harkonnen battle.
"with me?" SAY LESS ⚔
*when you realize Drax finally won against Thanos*
No pug in house Atreides....
Goat survived !!!!
The loyalty of House Atreides' servants is what caused their guard to be down.
Not a one of them believed anybody within that city would raise a hand against the Duke. Especially not the family's own trusted Physician, who could easily poison and kill the entire family with virtually zero effort. Yueh's closeness with the family would have made it easy for him to get past much of the security before being able to shoot his way to disabling the city's shield, which, if active at the time of the attack, would have MASSIVELY drawn out the battle and given the Atreides troops at least an hour of warning and prep time before the shield was breached. As it was, their defenses were so thoroughly sabotaged (probably both by Harkonnens ahead of time as well as by Yueh) that they were very effectively blitzed, and they STILL put up a damn good fight.
As for conditioning..... ehh. People can do very drastic things when their loved ones are in danger.
I'm not gonna argue that Dune is a cinematic masterpiece, but it's one of the best book-to-film adaptations we've had in a long time, possibly since your mentioned LOTR films.
Plus, most Atreides troops at this point are still nowhere near Sardaukar level. The Sardaukar involvement was likely reduced from 7 battalions down to 2 to play up how much of a game-changer just a few of them can be; this will further serve to emphasize how dangerous the Fremen are, and went a long way to show how dangerous Duncan was, because if so few Sardaukar are needed to tip the scales of a war, how powerful, then, would millions of Fremen be?
Extensive losses or not. Always fucking fight back.
The problem I have with this scene is the extra smiling and running casual into battle. Fucks up the whole scene.