Everything GREAT About Dune! Part One (2021)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Dune! Lynch's? No. Jodorowski's? No. Villeneuve's my friend. And it's only half! Well, I did the whole movie, but it's only half the story. Am I going to have to rename this video when Part 2 comes out? Prolly. (Hey the trailer for Dune: Part Two Trailer is out now, so prolly time.) We all agreed this movie was pretty great, but I'm going to break down in EXPLICIT detail, why? So here's everything right with Dune!
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The thing that gets me is that when Paul is out of the thopter during the sand worm attack on the mining vehicle, he says, “I hear your footsteps, old man.” We’re supposed to think he’s talking to Gurney, but Shai-Hulud, the Fremen word for the sand worm, means ‘Old man of the desert.’
Paul wasn’t talking to Gurney. He was talking to the sand worm.
Denis Villeneuve gets it.
Yes this! It’s my favorite line in the movie for this reason. Really sticks with you if you get its layered meaning.
It felt odd adressing that line at guerney, now i know why.
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It was also a callback to their training session earlier in the movie, so it's a good misdirect.
Yep. A two for one that only book readers would have picked that up :)
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And having watched the whole video, my point was brought up, rendering my comment moot! This is why I love this channel!
Interesting fact: the March that the atreides bagpipes play when arriving at Arrakis is written as a traditional funeral march rather than a military style march, Hans Zimmer literally told us that marching off the ships into the city was the action of House Atreides marching to their deaths
no wonder it sound weird as a military/noble house theme
Never picked up on that, thanks. Now I've got to watch it again to look for that
That really explains why it sounds so eerie in the beginning, but massive props to Zimmer for still making it sound noble and heroic, very appropriate for the Atreides
@@void-creature agreed, especially since Atreides are fiercely committed to answering every call, anyone could be a call to their deaths and eradication
Fun fact: the bagpipe sounds that you hear are actually an electric guitar, played by none other than Guthrie Govan.
I don’t know why, but Leto’s line “you’ll still be the only thing I ever needed you to be, my son” always puts a lump in my throat
So many movie/TV versions minimize the loving father aspect of Duke Leto the Just.... He went to phenomenal lenghts to make sure his son was prepared in every single way, to survive and rule. He also chose a non-political mate... And he cared about his people..
Its such a wonderful touch to drive home the point that while Leto might not be powerful, seen as an 'animal' by Bene Gesserits, and doomed to fail, he is still very sympathetic, not just honourable, but loving, even to his downfall. Also any son probably gets emotional watching this, reminds me of The Last Crusade, fantastic writing, so simple yet effective and sold fantastically by Oscar.
Absolutely great line, I also think about that a lot
A healthy father-son relationship
Surprisingly rare nowadays, especially in cinema
The movie was my first experience with Dune and the way it was going I was very much expecting Leto to be a rigourous upper class father with lofty expectations and little love in his heart, so it was welcome to see him show genuine care for his son
Never read the books, never watched the old movie, went into this completely blind only know it’s a giant desert planet with sand worms. And I plan on going into the next movie just as blind. And I am loving this movie so much!!!!
Same. I knew nothing about this movie or the books, outside of that they exist. Went to see it in theatres just because I heard it was good, and wow, what a great movie!
Same here man.
I fucking jumped out my seat when they first used “the voice”
I've watched the 1984 movie and the 2000s miniseries.
And I've played a lot of the games.
Any amount of Dune content I can consume is good.
Same
That's really cool....However, once the films are done, you should go back and read the books to experience Herbert's vision too. You won't regret it. Some of the best written books ever made.
I think one of the things that struck me is how Rebecca Ferguson managed to sell me on the worries of a mother vs. the serenity and control of a bene gesserit. She's POWERFUL, often scary, but her breakdown when she is ORDERED to leave the room where she might return to find her son dead on the floor with her powerless to stop it... pure horror, played with chilling realism... and yet her vulnerability is never at the cost of Lady Jessica's strength and dignity.
Ikr
Wonderful balance of her conflicting emotions and allegiances
And yet some idiotic people think she was a woos that spent too much time crying
@@A-G-A-G Well, it's partly from the book, where she was almost always in absolutely iron-clad control on the outside, even if internally she was on the verge of a breakdown. That's part of what being Bene Gesserit is. But that's hard to communicate in a visual medium, an actor retaining a stoic exterior while broadcasting inner turmoil to the audience (which isn't to say it can't be done, Soldier with Kurt Russel is an excellent example). Compare Francesca Annis in Lynch's version, who mostly maintained that stoic control (a few scenes aside), but was very good at displaying inner conflict. Not saying that's superior, just that some book fans might find this interpretation of Jessica very different from what the book described. Which, again, I'm not saying is bad. This interpretation has grown on me and I think it works well enough for the character that it's fine, but those who have read the books (or decide to read them after seeing this) can see a different take on conveying the same information to the audience.
yes totally agree. She had the best acting performance in the film. And to think people were upset about her casting...
Also the best Jessica we've seen, Lynch's Jessica was all over the place breaking down, when she should have been strong, and vise versa. What I wish was in the movie, was Duncan and Jessica's fight when he got drunk and accused her of being a spy, awesome character development for both and comes back in the sequel books.
I like that she has the power of the voice, but doesn't abuse it. She could have married Leto by saying PUT A RING ON IT! 😉
"This Herbert guy must've been a Star Wars fan!" Every Dune fan just took 10 psychic damage from this quip.
😂
Fuckin’ A, bubba!
@t b Yes, OP is joking too
@pyropulse ummm, its sarcasm ypu do get that??
Kull wahad
"I recognise your footsteps old man."
Paul is talking about the sounds of the approaching worm, the old man of the desert. But it is Guerney walking up behind him, so it has the double meaning that Dune is famous for.
also maybe him having a vision of meeting him in the future because of where he meets him again
@@coolwinterstorm5803 And since all humans age, Paul's own future -- when he becomes the old man of the desert. AT least triple, quadruple if you include Paul becoming an actual older human.
Meh. Nothings point at that in the movie, so... proudly displaying that you can read book, and then talk about them in comments to make you look smart is... not a win.
Also that jump cut, both illustrating Paul's disorientation and implying his precognition. *chefs kiss*
So, worm is old is it?
A detail I realized after re-watching it several times (and it's a win in my book) is that Duke Leto confesses to Paul that he wanted to be a pilot, and he is actually the first to spot the wormsigns... So yeah it makes sense, the Duke was Pilot Material! Great eyesight.
that, and also he plays Poe in the star wars sequels, the kind of "best pilot" from that trilogy.
@@jacobmeyer3599 actually for some reason they made rey the better pilot in the 3rd movie for no reason, probably because the new trilogy sucks ass.
@@joshuaward6480 ngl haven't even seen the 3rd all the way through, I couldn't make it past like the half hour mark before wanting to die
I love the things that were added (and subtracted) from the book by the director. This is one of the “adds.”
@@jacobmeyer3599 true. Also in the books, the Atreides are often known as one of the only families good at piloting; even better than many pilots.
Duuuuuude how did you not win the scene of Paul saying to the reverend mother "you dismiss my mother in her own house?" followed by the POV of the voice making it feel as involuntary as it is.
“Your mother bade you, Obey me”
The duel with Jamis is interesting because I read that Paul fights expecting to have to bypass shields. As well as having to kill a man. But because the freman dont have shields they just think he's being insulting.
Nicely spotted. Shields attract sandworms, so Fremen don't use them.
nice observation. Along with that, he's been trained his whole life with shields so he's never actually gone for a kill move let alone land one. That's why the fremen think he's toying with Jamis. :)
@@charlesschneider7769 you know thats explained in the book
@@joachimglinecki5470 yes I do. I was reading the original comment as though they read it online and not from the book. If they were commenting on having read the book I misinterpreted it.
@@charlesschneider7769 ok
Something else I really love about this movie is how the stalwart, warrior-culture Atreides in no way stifles Paul for his little moments of physical intimacy with his friends. He bounds over excited to them and gives them hugs and that's just normal. It's such a small detail that goes (at least for me) SO far in really showing you how this house operates.
Watch the Lord of the rings shit is very huggy its awesome
@@taylorward7576 Despite their differing views on religion, I think Dune is the Sci-Fi equivalent of Lord of the Rings.
@@FallenOne669 I think the tolkien of sci-fi is more Isaac Asimov... but Frank Herbert also did alot for sci-fi.
"When a movie makes it big, people start reading, so it's a net win." Truer words, my friend. And what a story to read for the first time.
yes. i'm guilty of reading after watching the film twice LOL it's so much more than what I was expecting
@@21jd_ I did that when the first movie came out. In some ways it was a disappointment, because the film differs from the book in several important aspects and it is just too short for all of the book. But the book tells so much more.
@@reinhard8053 yeah that's kinda what I meant - the movie was already a lot at first because I didn't know Dune at all. but when I read the book it turned out to be a way more complex world than what they could condense into a movie. also this movie covers the first half of the book, the rest will be in part 2 which comes out late this year i think
@@21jd_ With first movie I thought about the David Lynch film.
I originally got a copy of Dune a few months before the movie came out, but at the time I couldn't get into it. This past october, I decided to give it another chance on a whim and I've been hooked on the books since. I've just started Heretics, it's such a good series and I'm glad I actually gave it a shot.
With the "I know your steps, Old Man" quote they do something VERY clever. It's at the same time a callback to earlier when they were sparing, but also communicating Paul's escalation of his powers, since he couldn't have heard or felt Gurney in all the flying and vibrating sand. It had to be his prophetic power.
But this is where it blew my mind: this was the first time Paul Muad'dib met a Sandworm. And another name for the Sandworm is Old Man of the Desert.
Ooh, I didn't remember that from the book. That's awesome
lol. I just said the same thing above. I should've scrolled.
The 1-minute Sardaukar scene with the throat singing deserves 100 points by itself
Yes. Also.... Stronk 40K vibes from that scene, which I'm more than fine with.
I can't wait till they have an EDM event based on it, hahaha
When I saw this in the theatre, I suddenly saw this ritual being the new thing in football locker rooms before big games.
The players kneeling, the assistant coaches applying eye black and the Head Coach throat singing at the front making odd gestures with his hands.
@@Outland9000 Well, Dune is probably 40k:s largest source of inspiration
Watch the youtube video on how Hans Zimmer made the score.
It's not throat singing. That blew my mind!
Another cool detail! When Kynes gets stabbed, water spews from the wound in her stillsuit like blood would spill from the wound in her chest. It’s a really neat visual metaphor, and very appropriate for this world in which water may well be as precious as lifeblood itself.
Water is life, without it, nothing living would exist.
i think its more that water spills out of her stillsuit as its being pierced
@@lookix154 That’s… what I said. Water spills out of her stillsuit and invokes the image of blood pouring from the stab wound.
@@a.morphous66 yea i kinda misread
@@lookix154 nah you didn't misread, he said water from the wound, which is wrong. You had a valid point.
The biggest win for this movie for me is that it ended and I literally could have sat there for another 4 hours if Denis wanted me to. I looked at my wife and I was like "I can stay here if they wanna go ahead and show part 2, no problem".
Same, when the movie ended i almost cried bc its over, i really wanted more.
I liked the scenery and the music.
But I would prefer more storytelling than zoom ins.
I wouldn't mind to have 4 hours of true storytelling, but I was really fed up on the Zendaya zoom. I count some 30 minutes of wasted screen time
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Wasted? Wasted for you maybe. I loved every second of this movie. And just like the OP I could have a 12 hours marathon of this.
those 3 hours felt like 30 minutes
@@BBBrasil I don't know what movie you watched. Dune was damn near perfect. I could have sat there for another 3 hours, no problem.
I think that the "unfilmable" thing gets somewhat misinterpreted.
Dune *WAS* pretty much unfilmable back in the day, before it became accepted/possible to do over-length and multi-part films. Having to pack the whole book into 90 minutes, that's what made it impossible. People were right to call it "unfilmable" back then.
But it is fully possible to film it when freed from those stringent time constraints - as was already proven by the SyFy Miniseries more than 20 years ago. It just wasn't until Lord of the Rings that movies became fully freed of those time constraints.
So why then shouldn't it be filmable as a two-part over-length movie? Sure, it's a complex book full of inner dialogue and unspoken thoughts, and that's pretty difficult to film - but not impossible.
_Gone With The Wind_ (1939) 3 hours, 58 minutes: 8 Academy Awards, Highest Grossing Film of all time adjusted for inflation
_The Ten Commandments_ (1956) 3 hours, 40 minutes: Academy Award, 8th highest grossing film of all time adjusted for inflation
_The Seven Samurai_ (1957) 3 hours, 27 minutes: the film that created the "assembling the team" trope and has been endlessly referenced, remade, and reworked
_Ben-Hur_ (1959) 3 hours, 32 minutes: 11 Academy Awards, highest grossing film of the year
_Spartacus_ (1960) 3 hours, 17 minutes: 4 Academy Awards, highest grossing film of the year
_Lawrence of Arabia_ (1962) 3 hours, 42 minutes: 7 Academy Awards, 2nd highest gross of the year behind _The Longest Day_ (2 hours, 58 minutes)
_Cleopatra_ (1963) 3 hours, 53 minutes: 4 Academy Awards, highest grossing film of the year
_It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World_ (1963) 3 hours, 30 minutes: academy Award, third highest grossing film of the year
_Doctor Zhivago_ (1965) 3 hours, 17 minutes: 5 Academy Awards, 9th highest grossing film of all time adjusted for inflation
_Fiddler on the Roof_ (1971) 3 hours, 1 minute: 3 Academy Awards, highest grossing film of the year
_The Godfather_ (1972) 2 hours, 55 minutes: 3 Academy Awards, highest grossing film of the year
_The Godfather Part 2_ (1974) 3 hours, 22 minutes: 6 Academy Awards
_The Deer Hunter_ (1978) 3 hours, 3 minutes: 5 Academy Awards
_Gandhi_ (1982) 3 hours, 21 minutes: 8 Academy Awards
Fellowship: 2 hours, 58 minutes
Two Towers: 2 hours, 59 minutes
Return of the King: 3 hours 21
So, yeah...
I mention the awards, box office, and other notes just to point out these weren't artsy films that no one paid attention to.
@@keith6706 All of that won't change the fact that David Lynch wanted to make a way longer movie, had more than enough filmed material to do so, and the studio just would not allow it.
They feared that people would shy away from visiting an over-length movie, because it was not common/accepted enough - that's why they cut it down a lot, which did hurt the movie.
@@hooby_9066 didn’t know about the extra footage. As a kid at the time it was released, i seem to remember it being regarded as something of an oddity particularly since in the uk it was marketed as a Star Wars type kids film. And it had sting in which just made it all the more unappealing.
I was probably too young to appreciate it.
Yeah, I think it was more a tech issue than a time one. CG advancement and all that.
Are you saying they didn't make 4-hour epics at biblical scale back in the day? Cause I've Ben Hur'ing a lot about the 10 Commandments being Gone With The Wind. If you watched them all back to back, it would be The Longest Day.
As a total Dune novice (except for knowing the McElroys love it), there were moments during this movie when I actually thought “I can’t believe what I’m watching, I live in a time when films like THIS exist.” It was honestly one of the most incredible cinema experiences I think I’ve ever had. Every single aspect contributed to the vision, the parts completely in harmony to make one gigantic, epic whole in a way I’ve hardly ever seen. Top of the year for me. Just astounding.
Same here! it just...engulfs you. I came out of the theater GENUINELY feeling like our world is so boring and dark...the music still takes my breath away when I hear it. Theres very few theater experiences for me that GENUINELY make me forget about the real world outside the screen, Harry Potter and Narnia mostly. Dune is now on my top 5 movie list, pretty sure only thing thats gonna knock it down is part 2
Yeah, this genuinely felt like we were witnessing the beginning of a new LoTR calibre of film.
I grew up with Lynch's Dune (probably would have watched it at least a couple of times a year), plus reading the (original) books a few times, and I'm actually jealous of you getting to watch this totally fresh. I LOVED this movie, it is a stageringly amazing piece of art, but after I couldn't help wishing that I could have watched it knowing nothing at all and if it would be more or less amazing because of it.
And Dennis is not nominated for an Oscar!!!!!!!!!!
There were multiple times as well when I thought the same thing. Especially at 12:46 when Zendaya is smiling, then looks down at the battle. The contrast was chilling. Literally as I walked out of the theater, I opened my phone to see that Dune 2 was announced. This movie has the best cinematography and a score that couldn’t be more masterful!
That dual formation during the night battle by the atreides to preserve the high ground for as long as they could was so cool. Paul’s breakdown of how his vision sees a future he does not want “A WAR IN MY NAME” was intense. And Duncan Idaho’s goodbye to Paul with the salute and smile letting him know it’s going to be okay was bitter sweet. So many good characters, moments, sound design, visual design. All so good, I hope people watch the movie but also read the book because it won’t disappoint!
I saw this in IMAX and the voice scenes literally shook the theater. I love it.
seeing this in imax was a truly unforgettable experience, i can only hope they do a back to back showing for part 2
This movie was optically one of if not THE best movie i've ever seen. It was like i could feel the images with my whole body!
@@_prototyp as visually stunning as this movie is, and i really can’t do justice just how beautiful it is, it was the sound design that really sold it for me. from the booming voice in the opening, the audio design of the voice, the sound effects during the fights and battle. all of it was absolutely amazing and really made me glad i paid extra for imax
LOL!! There BETTER be a part 2, because there was NO empire or emperor take down, no "marrying" Chani. DOOD! They left a BUNCH of the end of book content out of the film. I know that directors have a particular time for their movies, but they didn't need to draw out the one on one fight scene to the VERYYY end of the film. 😖😵💫
@@LorenaTerryArtist part 2 has been confirmed. and i really appreciate the pacing, i’d rather have a movie take it’s time than be too rushed
@@sunriseparrabellum5505 OH GOOD! Holy CRAP, I was very concerned when I rented Dune and it cut it off like a frustrating cliff hanger. Thank you, for that! ... eeh! I would normally agree, but they could have done away with a couple scenes to make room for the emperor confrontation scene, in my opinion.
I saw it twice in IMAX. It's an experience I'll never forget. The scene with all of the Sardaukar warriors in the rain was beyond epic. Not to mention the incredible score from Hans Zimmer.
Even more than the visuals, the sounds are what make it an IMAX experience. You can feel it vibrate in your bones.
@@gdhuertas07 During the big attack scene. My theatre literally felt like it was shaking.
I'm so sad I didn't go to see it in IMAX...
Even in s regular theater, I was so entranced that I was shocked to realize 2.5 hours had passed, I absolutely loved this movie and had to see it in the theater twice
That scene also gave us "Sardaukar Dance Party" memes. We have much to be thankful for.
That “just like Christopher walkin taught us” line has aged superbly!
That line from Leto about "Youll still be all I ever needed you to be, my son" is delivered so well. I plan to tell each of my children this line as they grow old enough to understand it because I think its INCREDIBLY important as a parent to let your kids know thats all they need to be.
Rest of this movie is a masterpiece. Im going through the audio-book and the number of lines pulled word for word is crazy. Denis did an incredible job. My buddy whos a diehard has filled me in on Dune Messiah which Denis said he wants to do. Lord help us all if he does because that book is MESSED UP.
I almost cried at that line cause There was a time I wanted to read that very much, I love your idea your kids will be awesome
Yes I’m sure your kids will love it. Until they see Dune. “Wow so they had to steal a line from a movie.” Do t steal lines come up with something original. Please.
Dune Messiah needs to be combined with Children of Dune to tell a complete story. Would be great to have a miniseries along Villeneuve lines, however.
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Fun fact: Timothée Chalamet can certainly pass for a teenage boy, but he is actually older than Kyle MacLachlan when he starred as Paul Atreides.
He has very low testosterone probably, small frame, feminine features.... tiny balls 😬
@@PandemoniumPirateRadio wtf you talking about lol?
@@PandemoniumPirateRadio Projecting?
@@PandemoniumPirateRadio ''hes handsome so he has small genitals'' cope and seethe
@@PandemoniumPirateRadio And probably gets laid any time he likes. Whether by males or females, whatever his preference might be.
“Military and religion. What a terrifying combination!”
Paul: write that down write that down
Every time Josh Brolin talked, flashbacks of Thanos kept popping into my head, I'd call that a win for sure.
I agree
Goonies!
Even worse when you watch the dreaded Oldboy remake
It is… INEVITABLE
I was thinking cable with his intimidating demeanor
Something about the Atreides bagpipes that I love is that the song they play is constructed less like a patriotic anthem and more like a funeral dirge. Again, the music serves to remind us that House Atreides are marching to their deaths.
I love how much this movie explains in details - not by telling with narrator buzzing in the ear, but by showing. That's why pacing is simply PERFECT - not only gives us quite decent idea about the world, but also gives us time to appreciate the stunning beauty of every single scene. And the score by Zimmer is such a masterpiece - shows exactly why he literally IS the greatest movie music artist, and it's not about copying and pasting Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean themes...
Yeah that is also why its up there with Lotr for me. Its absolutely fantastic
The shields, if I recall, being known in the books as Holtzmann shields, had set “penetration velocities”. Hence why the weapons slowed when approaching the ships, to bypass the shields. Personal shields had different penetration velocities.
Im very very very certain he knows this he was pointing out that if you can program a bomb to always pierce a shield then the shield is pointless
They also explode with the force of a nuke if hit by a beam weapon... I didn't notice until the second viewing that you could see the shields on Idaho's thopter failing before the Harkonnen ship tried to lase it. That would have been bad for everyone.
@@wingedfish1175 that’s a great point, I may have missed that. Thanks for pointing it out. Funny enough I also thought about this after the movie - but I guess ships that are stationary on the ground are much easier targets for slow bombs than when in a dogfight.
@@bathvader yeah sorry if i came off a tad condescending but the guy (who's name escapes me annoyingly) has made it quite clear he's a massive dune fan
@@wingedfish1175 no worries good sir, no offence taken! I appreciated the alternative viewpoint, actually.
Am I the only one who when hearing the simple delivery of the line "It's done" by the herald, had chills get sent down my spine. That simple change in tone and simple line combined with that malevolent look he gives the duke gives you so much insight as to what is about to happen. Incredible acting.
I believe that was the actor's first gig too. Great casting.
idk if it was malevolence or resigned pity, he has nothing to gain from it but hes know Leto's gonna lose everything.
@@user-hj9xv4gp5e yeah, I read it as pity. Both characters know what's about to happen.
Translation:
Leto: "I'm fucked."
Herald of change: "you're fucked."
Yeah, malevolent is not the right word. It is more like a pity look to a man who is going to a deadly trap
I was so pleased when I saw what Villeneuve did with the story. And not at all upset it's only part 1. This story is so big it will take a few movies. Like the Lord of the Rings.
This is a big part of why I liked the miniseries version so much, it gave the first three books a total of 12 hours, and still skimped on Dune Messiah quite a bit to get there. Which is ok, it's the odd book out being more Downton Abbey in Space instead of Game of Thrones in Space like the books on either side of it, it's shorter than the rest of the series and has a bunch of dangling plot threads that aren't there in Children of Dune like it was never quite finished.
I really hope this series survives the mess at Warner Brothers, just to see how Momoa handles all the different ghola versions of Duncan.
@@Hevach I agree with what you say on the miniseries. Although it was impossible not to see Paul as the preacher from the very first minute. In the book, you have doubts for a little while...
"This Herbert guy must have been a Star Wars fan" - that's some masterful trolling right there and I am here for it.
I like that Oscar Isaac's Leto feels both like the kind of guy who would have a concubine but also the kind that would fall for her.
It would be stunt casting but I would love to see Patrick Stewart as the Emperor. It would be appealing to see essentially a dark version of the roles he usually plays.
In 1984, Patrick Stewart was a relatively low profile stage and character actor. Well-respected in his field but not exactly a household name. Just like Gurney Halleck. Nowadays you'd be hard-pressed to find somebody that wouldn't at least say "hey, I've seen him in stuff!". Just like the Padishaw Emperor. It would be stunt casting, but right now I can't think of a single actor that could nail the part harder. If somebody else had been Gurney Halleck in 1984, Patrick Stewart would be the clear fan favorite for the Emperor today.
Then they need to do the stunt. Even with the connection to the 1984 film, there's a reason the man has had a career since the 1970s. He's that good.
Have you seen Sir Patrick in "Green Room?" Amazing villain turn, but the movie is grim and brutal... It's on my list of "best movies I'll probably never watch again" lol
Man, this never occurred to me , but it's a great idea!! I've seen him in a bunch of stuff and I was lucky enough to see his one man show of A Christmas Carol years ago on my first trip to New York City. He was amazing. He'd be great in this role. Hopefully , someone in charge has thought of it.
It would be an interesting callback, but the Emperor is described as looking about mid-forties despite his age
Arrakis is dangerous, clearly, and they communicate that very well throughout the movie, but I love how that's not all Arrakis is in the movie's context. I don't know what it is, but when it's a scene where the characters aren't in active danger, and it's just the sweeping shots of the horizon set to that wonderful, ethereal score... I feel like I understand what Chani means when she tells us how beautiful Arrakis is when the sun gets low.
This movie was absolutely stunning in all of its visuals
The sound too. Can't insist too much on how great the sound design and the score all work together narratively.
Surprised CinemaWins didn't point out that there was always something to put into perspective just how large things were, like the wormholes they use to travel made HUGE ships look tiny, things like that were constantly throughout the movie which allowed us to imagine the enormous scale of everything.
Watching it on acid was amazing
My absolute favorite movie of 2021. Just a masterclass in directing, cinematography, and acting. I can not wait for Part 2 to come out!
My greatest life question is how people are always looking forward to part 2... 1 minute after this 22 minute video came out!
@@stephanevanoosthuyse6800 I assume, you are trying to wooosh us?
@@Ghargobyl I genuinly have absolutely no idea of what that means
@@stephanevanoosthuyse6800 I basically meant that I assumed, you were joking.
If yes, you almost "woooshed" me, if no, @Dustin was certainly referring to Part 2 of the Movie, not the video. :D
@@stephanevanoosthuyse6800 He’s talking about the movie genius
The delivery of "A WAR IN MY NAME" was so chilling. Fantastic movie, can't wait for part 2.
The shields in the Dune universe are mostly useful because they prevent the enemy from using laser weapons. Because interaction between shield and laser cause a mutual literal nuking, the mere threat that your opponent is capable of fielding shields denies to all but the nutiest general deployment of their own laser arsenal...
Which shows how little the Baron cared about his forces during the trap. Good visual clue for those who know
Also due to the nature of the shields, you need to use guided weapons against them, which is more costly than throwing slugs at high speeds.
@@djcochrane in the book Dr Yuhe also took down the shields. Maybe we are supposed to infer that in the movie or maybe that level of tech detail was unimportant to the structure of the movie.
@@francesconicoletti2547 oh totally. It didn’t matter for the movie, but if you know, it gave the Baron an additional “OMG” dynamic.
So I don't understand why they don't use balls that pew lasers everywhere to drop among the enemy to instakill them all.
i had the chance to see this in a dolby theater and it was probably the best cinema experience ive ever witnessed, the score and sound design was absolutely killer!!!
I unfortunately didn't.
I did watch it on a pretty damn big TV with a subwoofer, though, which was probably the next best thing.
But you can bet your ass I'm watching Part 2 in the cinema.
Even in theatre the sounddesign was incredible. Hearing it again with headphones is no comparison. It was even more stunning in theatre, didnt even know theatres can be that loud and bassy
11:45 Leto being naked. They did this in a tasteful way, showing nothing graphic. Yet, this was completely true to the source material as well. That's one thing the creators of this movie has been doing, from what I have heard. ( I haven't had the opportunity to see it yet - Damn it!) They have worked VERY HARD to keep true to the original books for the movie & future ones as well. So, this is what you get. Awesomeness.
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The stillsuits are basically copies of the Lynch movie's stillsuits. They don't match the description in the novel AT ALL. If you want to see an accurate depiction of a stillsuit, go watch the TV miniseries.
Liet-Kynes is a man, not a woman. What a pointless, ridiculous genderswap.
Irulan narrates, because she is a historian. Chani is not.
And please. There's a Bene Gesserit character who refers to Jessica as Leto's wife. THEY WERE NEVER MARRIED. She's his CONCUBINE.
@@Shan_Dalamani I don't recall them being referred to as wife. Leto even says that he should have married her later on.
@@nichoudha Yes, Leto says he should have married her. That doesn't negate the fact that one of the Bene Gesserit falsely stated that Jessica was Leto's wife. Whoever was in charge of continuity really screwed up that one.
@@Shan_Dalamani It could be a continuity error or merely a difference of perspective. A concubine was essentially a lesser wife, a means of securing an heir when an official marriage couldn't. Furthermore, Jessica is the de facto lady of the house. With no official wife, she has taken the role of Leto's wife, just without the official designation. The Bene Gesserit care far more about roles than about titles, what with their millenia long scheming. So to them, Jessica is Leto's wife.
As for the other changes, it's an adaptation, and no adaptation translates the source material to a different medium with pinpoint accuracy. A lot of times, pragmatic decisions must be made. Irulan is all over the book, but in excerpts from a novel at the beginning of each chapter, which wouldn't make sense in a movie format. She only shows up in the last chapter, and so it makes more sense to put Chani in her place as both a woman closer to Paul and as someone who is actually in the film. The Sci-Fi series had to throw her in a bunch of scenes to set up her place in the plot, which was definitely not in the book. Liet-Kynes' gender never really had an impact on the plot, as most of the Fremen gender-heirarchy is shown after he's dead. So while making Liet-Kynes a woman may seem pointless, I find it does nothing to detract from the story aside from making readers of the book raise eyebrows.
Ultimately, adaptations must pick and choose which parts they want to adhere to. I find that Denis's version strikes a very nice middle ground between the accuracy of the Sci-Fi version while still being a film with the grandeur that the Dune universe has. I also appreciate his attention to detail - while some story beats are changed around or outright changed, he has managed to capture the gist of Dune: a young boy becoming a god, and all the problems that will bring with it.
@@chronoxtreme2427 LOL. Irulan shows up in the chapter titles, explaining and foreshadowing. Through her writing, we get an idea of her inner character, who is both a historian (and this is not a "normal" activity for a royal princess, particularly the older one, as hers is the daughter whose marriage matters most) and her personality - she admires her father, wants his approval, but all he sees in her is her political value, to be used either to make an alliance or thwart an enemy.
The miniseries version of Irulan was a much nicer one than in the novels. In an earlier version of Dune Messiah, FH had planned to kill her off. He changed his mind, though, and thank goodness. Julie Cox was fantastic in the part, and made me realize all these other things that would have been going on. The part that rang a bit weird was Irulan sending her servant to do what Lady Margot Fenring was supposed to do - seduce Feyd, get pregnant by him (conceive a daughter), and get as much information from him as possible.
The genderswap is a mockery of so many things. First, I didn't realize that in the Duniverse, women can be fathers, as in actual biological fathers. (that was sarcasm, btw). So many people have insisted to me that there's no evidence anywhere that Chani and Liet-Kynes have any relationship at all, which is another way of saying, "I didn't read the book or pay attention to the Lynch movie and am just going to make shit up, like Villeveuve did." I would say that Chani introducing herself to Paul, saying, 'I am Chani, daughter of Liet" in both the novel and the Lynch movie, makes the relationship crystal-clear. And later it's also made clear that Liet-Kynes was Chani's FATHER.
Jessica is not anyone's wife. She is Leto's Bound Concubine. That's like saying she is his Official Mistress (a title that used to be used in Tudor times and at the French court - the king had his wife, who was supposed to be his wife in every way - gracious hostess, enjoy the companionship of her ladies-in-waiting (who were often the sisters, cousins, or daughters of many of the king's councilors or other companions). But when the Queen was pregnant, the king would take a mistress... several in the case of Henry VIII. But if he'd taken an official mistress (something he suggested to Anne Boleyn at one point), it would not have been the same as marriage. She was there primarily for a sex partner and hostess when the Queen was occupied with being pregnant or if the Queen was otherwise not available. But it in no way equates to being a wife.
Jessica was in this second category. The Bene Gesserit should have known that, so whoever was in charge of continuity really screwed up.
One of my favorite hidden details is during the Sandworm attack on the spice harvester, when Paul says "I can hear your footsteps old man" calling back to knowing gurney is behind him. At the same time, the translation for Shai Hulud is "Old man of the desert"
Yeah, and you can tell Paul is surprised when Gurney touches his shoulder.
15:10 honestly, i never even realized how weird those looks would be in any other context. for me, everything was so captivating up to and beyond this moment that I just recognized it as the looks of people in shock.
When I first heard the Atreides theme with the bagpipes, some months ago now, I wondered why Hans Zimmer had composed such a down beat piece of music for them. I finally got the chance to see the film last weekend, and when I did, I understood why. The Atreides theme speaks of dignity, integrity... and courage when faced with disaster. It told us, in music, that all that House Atreides was before it went to Dune was doomed to oblivion.
The moment I fully fell in love with this movie was when we first see the Heighliner, I thought "That is a big ship", then you see how big the ship that came from the heighliner was and I was at a loss for words. This captured the book so perfectly, and you kind of missed a win for Jessica's face at the end of the movie. You see a look of almost fear in her eyes as she realizes what Paul intends to do.
Herbert actually based his description of Caladan off the PNW coastline around where he was born near Seattle, and the Endor scenes from Star Wars were also shot in the PNW. So good observation! I was curious where the Caladan scenes were filmed and it appears to be in Norway; so very similar to the PNW, very green with rocky coastlines.
Born in Tacoma, where there is Frank Herbert Park on Dune Peninsula. The site was a horrible industrial wasteland (copper smelter) for 100 years that was restored for open space and urban uses and offers the most sweeping views of Puget Sound.
When you said “you could watch this without dialogue and still understand what you’re supposed to feel.” That’s when I realized that this movie (which I love) shares something important with another movie I love….Fury Road. You could watch that movie with no dialogue and still understand what’s happening because the directing and camera work is deliberate and purposeful. Dune blew me away, seeing it in 4K laser projection and ATMOS really just made me appreciate how some movies deserve the big treatment…this being one of them.
I've always been convinced that he's named Duncan Idaho as a big reminder that this isn't a different universe that it's ours just wayyy off in the future. Also I love that Duke Leto wanted to be a "pilot"
I love when Duncan screams after pulling the sword out of him self. Could have stabbed them in the back, but that would be dishonorable, so he warns then he‘s still alive before fighting.
Him screaming and drawing their attention is also what makes them stop cutting through the door, allowing Paul and Jessica to flee without getting sliced up by the breaching laser.
Hey man. "Who mourns for Adonais" came out years after Dune. Herbert's concept of the Missionaria Protectiva is pure original.
Back to rewatch this because I just rewatched the movie. I just realized that the start of the movie with Chani serves not only to give us a PoV that shows Frank Herbert's point better than the other versions, but it establishes the starting point of "the Hero's Journey" on Arrakis instead of Caladan. This means that when Paul goes on the "return" journey part of the journey, he ends up in Dune rather than at Caladan and it feels "right."
One change Villeneuve made that I actually love is that he has Jessica and Paul talk about leaving the planet and going into exile, only to show how futile the idea was: Getting the Landsraad involved might have gotten everyone mad at the emperor, but it also might have just made them more afraid, leaving Paul and his mother with no way out. We see this when Kynes is killed by the Emperor (via the Sardaukar), implying he's not above ridding himself of inconvenient whistleblowers.
When it comes to Jessica and Paul, I feel like he was more so realizing who his mother is with his glance, and she was sitting in complete fear of his power and figuring out did she actually create god
I agree with you on the looks between them. They recognize each other as adult people not mother and son. But she sees him as not god, but a poweul being that neither she or the Bene Geserit can control. The whole breeding program Paul comes from to produce him is designed to produce a puppet for them to use. Book spoiler, they "imprint" a young male through sex to be able to control him at a later time.
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While the video is as well-made and informative as always, I have a one pet peeve: why oh why did you leave uncommented the scene of Bene Gesserit landing on Caladan? When I watched the movie, it was THE moment for me (naturally, later Denis managed to top it, the madlad, but still) when it really hit all. The. Notes. The Sisterhood's ship landing in the dark and fog, with only lights visible as if it was an old-timey aliens movie, the whispered chanting, Jessica on her knees, the robes billowing in the wind... It was the moment that made me understand why everybody calls Bene Gesserit sisters "witches".
It's the music. Nothing else.
To be honest, I always figured that it was a slur or insult. The Harkonnens could never manipulate them, the Emperor could never control them, and the Atreides could never gain their loyalty. They were bound to get a derogatory slur at some point
Denis Villeneuve is on a fast track to becoming my favourite Director. Arrival, Blade Runner 2049 and Dune are all fantastic movies. Cant wait to see where he takes this in part 2
Don't forget Sicario - Hans Zimmer music and the sound design on that are epic.
@@paulshawley6490 The Sicario score is by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, not Zimmer. Agree about the epic sound design tho.
Yes, you're right - my mistake! It's an amazing score. @@janglausercomposer
"Just like how Christopher Walken told us."
That's funny since he's about to play as Shaddam IV
Yep lol
The reason that the sound design is so good is because the sound team worked alongside everyone else, instead of working in post production.
Dont you just love it when a movie team actually works as a team instead of an assembly line?
I know i do.
Looking forward to Everything Great About Dune Part 2. :-)
Dune was overwhelmingly good, the trailers don't do it justice! Part 2 can't come out sooner!
You could feel the sound design the whole time-it was awsome
I went and bought a soundbar and subwoofer just in anticipation of this movie.
This casting across the board is just perfection. I for one didn’t read books till after I had seen this. Feel sad I’ve missed out on such awesome reads but I digress. Leto, Gurney, Paul, Jessica, and Stillgar. Not to mention the Baron.. chills every time I see Stellen float in the suspender chair, “…MY DUNE.”
I first watched it on HBO Max. Then I begged my spouse to see it in IMAX. Oh my goodness we were blown away, even though both of us read the book multiple times and saw it at home first. It was a cinematic experience.
i immediately fell in love with this movie during the spice harvester scene. i want to think that the quote "i recognize your footsteps, old man" is not only a call back to an earlier scene but a potential vision of the future when Gurney and Paul reunite.
The worm = "Old man of the desert" in Fremen lore.
When I went to the theatre, I initially wanted to watch Venom 2 (I never heard of Dune until then). I changed my mind based on iMDB scores just a couple of hours before the movie started, and what a great decision it was. D U N E is definitely the best movie of 2021.
Venom 2 was entertaining but not exactly art. That's fine, I thought it was worth the price of admission, but DUNE stuck with me on a deep level and was worth it tenfold
I saw this movie in theatre in IMAX and it was unbelievable.
BTW, some of the 'strange made up' words in the book/movie has real meaning in real life. For example, 'Qwitac haderech' is taken from Hebrew and it literally means the big leap or maybe a leap of faith. Other invented words also derived from Hebrew or Arabic.
Gurney halleck's singing scene was filmed actually, in fact, a lot of things were filmed but later cut because of time. Saddest part is the fact that dennis doesn't do director's cut :( we'll have to hope that he changes his mind about this one, extra scenes on blurays, or wait like 10 years and watch the 10 year anniversary version or smth 😭
I truly feel pity for those who only watched it on tv
Dune in a movie theater was a crazy experience. When i came out i felt like i was drugged by it.
I like how, when making the point about goofy names, you chose "Kwisatz Haderach" as an example. It's pretty much directly lifted from Hebrew: קְפִיצַת הַדֶּרֶךְ (K'fitzat ha-Derekh)
Can't wait for you to do Part 2.
This made me aware of how many call backs to his predictions there is in the second movie! “I recognize your footsteps old man” he captures the confusion of being unable to tell the present from the future so well!
Really looking forward to your take on part 2!
Finally! I went to see this movie with my girlfriend and she said it was bland and boring and nobody has ever appreciated this movie as much as I have since then. It's one of my favorite movies of all time and to hear someone actually care about it in detail is great
I always feel that it's a matter of expectations. Most major films are bops when this film is a vibe. You need to wanna vibe. Like it would be jarring rolling up to the club on a Friday night and instead of a club bangers, it's all Toni Braxton, All-4-one, and Whitney Houston. Still great artists, but you're gonna be put off.
Dump her. This movie is fucking awesome and she clearly missed that.
You obviously have VERY different tastes in movies.
Duncan 's salute before engaging in sparring or battle, which Paul also does, is the informal way to bow in for Filipino Martial Arts/Eskrima-Kali-Arnis. E-K-A is the real-life martial arts system that they used for all of the fight choreography
I honestly like how the family has that bond they dont fight for the sake of fighting but instead actually love each other. I like how the mother is also an alley in 90 percent of media she would be dead, kidnapped or a jackass.
the Christopher Walken jokes through the Dune videos have aged like a fine wine
I believe that there needs to be an international law banning Oscar Isaacs from shaving that beard.
As someone who read the first few books, when I first saw this in the theater and the intro went from Chani saying "who will our next oppressors be" to Paul after the title I knew Denis was cooking.
I went into this movie completely blind and came out thinking it is one of the best Sci Fi movies I've ever watched. This franchise feels like the next big thing honestly.
Ok, Dune Pt 2’s been out in theaters for like 18 hours now. Where’s the upload?
I know cinema wins really fell of
He needs a digital version to make a video. They haven’t released one yet.
@@Roysin I know, it was just a joke :)
After seeing Dune 1 & 2 and in anticipation of the third part. I think this is going to be my favorite Sci-Fi franchise ever.
I love this movie. cannot wait for the next part. I also would love to see CinemaWins cover Master and Commander: the far side of the world (2003) starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. I feel like it's one that you would fall in love with instantly
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Dune was written years before that Star Trek episode, though.
01:50 he also said something like "Herbert must have been a star wars fan" as if Dune wasn't written 10 years before the first star wars film came out lol. It was actually star wars that "borrowed" generously from Dune in so many ways. idk maybe that was sarcasm tho!
@@ramsey6394 The Star Wars one was definitely sarcasm, he's read the books so there's no way it isn't.
@@ramsey6394 that one was what we like to call a joke
TSD Tom Yeah it is notorious that Star Wars came in later than Dune but most people don’t know Dune and think Star Wars is some entirely original screenplay.
@@davidw.2791 that’s the joke
The Christopher Walken reference is even funnier now that he's been cast in the sequel
I love a blockbuster that thinks outside the box
Especially during an era where every big studio wants to be like Disney in terms of tone
I love the way they made the use of swords and knives as conventional weapons in Dune to be somewhat believable. Why go through all the effort of making a bullet that slows down right before impacting the shield then speeds up again rather than just stabbing the dude with a knife?
When I saw this film in 2021 with my brother I loved it, it was the first time in my life watching a long film that leaves me asking for even more. This year my brother gifted me the three main books of the saga: Dune, Messiah of Dune, and Children of Dune. I finished reading Dune in January, and I recently finished Messiah one week ago, now I'm currently reading Children of Dune and after having read the first two books I realized the magnificent job this adaptation does only with a few minor disparities. And seeing how I enjoyed this film, I cannot wait to see how good the second movie will be. For all those who haven't read these amazing books do not doubt buy them and read the best decision, I've done for a while.
15:15 nope that was absolutely just you wtf man
new cool moment, when Paul says "I recognize your footsteps, old man", He saw the future when he saw Gurny again. Really cool moment 2 years later
If you are back here after part 2: 3:36 "I feel like we might see that move later." Hahahahahahahaha
this movie was INCREDIBLE when I watched it on I-MAX, the sounds, the music all of it. just fantastic. also the fremen don't need to be specifically middle eastern, I like the fact that they are a jumble of all sorts of people,
According to Herbert, they are a mix of middle eastern cultures and a certain African desert people. So yeah, mostly middle eastern. Most of their terms are Arabic as well.
Fun fact, the Fremen were very nomadic as far as planetary travel is concerned as well. And they spent a few generations on Salusa Secundus which is where the sardaukar are from before moving to Arrakis. Which tells you how bad ass they are.
Between this, Mad Max and Bladerunner it’s great to see reboots/sequels actually living up to being made with todays technology. All of them look so awesome and use this to bring someone into their worlds instead of just being flashy
Filmmakers like Denis Villeneuve are in short supply
So I’ve been looking forward to this movie since I read the book when I was in high school. I was getting incredibly excited leading up to this movie because I believed that this was going to be one of the defining films of a generation. All indications were that Villeneuve and co were about to drop a masterpiece on the world. So I was incredibly excited going into it.
That said, the moment in the film which absolutely sold me on it was Paul’s vision in the tent. It really showed that Villeneuve gets where the story is going, that it’s not about a hero triumphing over evil and living happily ever after, but rather that it’s a tragedy. And it also served to greatly humanize Paul and Jessica when they had a tendency, in my opinion, to be very dull and robotic in the book. A friend of mine said, that Herbert’s characters are vehicles to further his world building, and I have to say, it is a valid point. But this scene literally had me crying in the theater because I know where it goes. You can see that Paul doesn’t want to become what he sees he is going to become, but he doesn’t know how to stop it…
Just watched Part 2. Well worth the wait!
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Middle Eastern here. I was always bothered by "critisism" that I can't imagine coming from anywhere but affluent white countries.
Even from basic from lore perspective, it doesn't work because the story takes place dozens of thousands of years in the future on a distant planet. You'd have to make huge assumption that contemporary racial distinction still exists by then, and then you'd have to assume that the Freeman moved there as a homogenous racial group- and that they're of middle-eastern decent just because it a desert planet.
This is not a valid criticism. It is pointless at best, taking offense at someone else's expense, or subconsciously racist at worst.
another middle eastern here.
the criticism is totally valid actually, because the fremen really are actually the descendants of middle eastern people if you have read the books you'll know it. Iraqis, arrakis. In the books the middle eastern influence on the story is huge on the fremen because they were who the fremen are based off. Frank Herbert spent a lot of time in middle east researching about arabs and islam and then wrote dune. you're saying this because you only watched the movie, if you had read the book you'd know that the actors appearances don't match their description in the books. Also a lot of arab influence was just removed from the movie which us there in the books. for example, calling the war "Holy war" which is repeatedly called as "Paul's Jihad" in the books.. except for the dressing, most of the arab influence was removed.
The sound design in this movie was otherworldly to see in the cinema. I'd recommend anyone to watch the movie in a cinema with a good audio system at once, even if they have already seen the movie. By far my best cinema experience.
I will admit, yes this movie did get me reading. I was 16 when I saw it on HBO, I fell in love immediately. I bought the book but unfortunately set it aside for 2 years because of how dense it was. then Part 2 was about to come out, I picked it up again, I went to see the movie, and here we are 2 weeks after part 2, I'm almost through the book.
12:00 also, even when unconscious, he looks like a Greek god. Really playing into their ancestry.
4:04 Even without knowing the context Gurney (Josh Brolin) delivers that line so well it makes hair stand up.
I was dissappointed Darude - Sandstorm wasn't in this until I came to the point where Darude - Sandstorm was in this. +1 CinemaWins Win