And that says nothing of the folks who come to this year's film hoping to see some wicked sandworm-riding sequences.
2 never get made, Zendaya will forever be the Dune character who appeared almost entirely as a loop of roughly 20 seconds of repeating visions. Its abruptness, among other things, relegates the character of Chani (Zendaya, various Spider-Man films) to brief, hazy flashes in Paul's dreams. 2 in the works? That rhetorical question, sadly, might affect how you feel about Pt. What's the magic number of ticket sales and subscribers that will excite the bean counters enough to sign the right checks and get Dune Pt. empire, currently mid-acquisition, will weigh the film's performance in the US, where it launches in both theaters and HBO Max on the same day. Box-office receipts are promising in regions where Dune has already premiered, but it's unclear how the Warner Bros. 2, and the project has lost an entire year of momentum to a COVID-induced delay. has yet to formally greenlight production of Dune Pt. This is probably the point when Villeneuve, sitting next to you in a theater, might whisper, "Don't forget, this is only part one! There's more to come!" But we don't know that for sure. Instead, it lands with the soft sound of closing a book before going to bed, not the hard slam of a riveting cliffhanger.
Yet the scene doesn’t end with him appearing reborn as a new man.
The glimpses we get of Paul’s lucid dreams suggest he might die in this fight, and he does-figuratively. Paul clearly has a ways to go to bond with and take charge of this world's Fremen population. Worse, the rest of Dune does very little to sell how important or tone-changing this single battle might be. The tricky guesswork of box-office economics and HBO Max Yet maybe 25 minutes earlier, he and his mother incapacitated and killed their captors, which neuters this tell-don't-show attempt to give the film's final, stabbing thrust more weight. In this scene, his mother narrates its import, informing viewers that Paul has never killed anyone before. But as a climactic, film-ending battle, it lands like a wet, spice-filled sock. It's a reasonable morsel of Paul's progression from confused, uncertain protagonist to something much bigger. One of the two men must die, Jamis insists.Īs an authentic representation of the original novel's conflict, this scene is arguably fine in isolation. The sequence that follows is one that Lynch filmed but the original theatrical cut skipped: Paul's deadly duel against a warrior named Jamis, who had appeared in Paul's dreams.
Paul (Chalamet) and his mother, Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson, multiple Mission: Impossible films), have escaped great peril and fled alone into the sands of the planet Arrakis, also known as Dune, when they're happened upon by mysterious and anxious Fremen warriors. This is likely the moment viewers will remember the film's 2 hour 35 minute runtime and wonder how its plot might shake out, as compared to Lynch's take, which somehow blew through Herbert's entire first tome in only 137 minutes.Īrguably the most crucial difference is when Villeneuve's version stops: at a far-from-pivotal moment. The new film, which was slated to launch as far back as November of last year, is advertised on posters as Dune, but as the opening credits roll, its true title emerges: Dune, Pt. From here on out, expect spoilers-and saltiness about the ending
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Something so bold yet mixed feels all too appropriate for a beloved but unwieldy storytelling series like Frank Herbert's. The new Dune has something for everyone to embrace, gasp at, sink their teeth into, and be utterly annoyed or puzzled by. And while Denis Villeneuve's ambitious take is certainly anchored in a familiar story, marked by identical storytelling beats, it works hard to differentiate itself from the 1984 film, as if to make it easier for fans to love both of them. Lead actor Timothée Chalamet also comfortably surmounts whatever massive expectations series fans might have about the Dune universe's latest "chosen one."īut that's not to say it's a perfect or even great film-a fact that shouldn't necessarily ring alarm bells for anyone familiar with David Lynch's cult-favorite effort. And despite a sizable cast of seemingly important characters, Dune does a good job establishing empathy and likability across the board-without losing the story's thread. I left my first screening of Dune (2021) convinced that I would watch it again soon.įor a film that spends much of its time in a barren desert wasteland, Dune's cinematography consistently dazzles.
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