Dune Part 2 Movie Review: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya return as stunning exemplars of cinematic imagination | Movie Review News
There has been much debate over the years about the politics of the Dune books. Are they condemning hero worship, or do they just seem to do so, even though the “superior” races prove to be the bravest of the brave? ?Walking this thin line in a bold movie blockbuster isn’t easy Denis Villeneuve’s scale It was mounted to display the book on a big screen. In Part 2 – his two years have passed since the first, his Dune – he takes on this challenge.
Part 2 is bigger, bolder, and more beautiful. The shimmering sands and cold shadowed landscapes (cinematographer Greig Fraser again) create an impossibly perfect setting for a story that can never settle on one thing. Chalamet’s Paul Atreides is also the perfect putty to mold and look at.
Hats off to Villeneuve, who kept an eye on Paul’s transformation from a boy to a young man to a man who pushed the boy deep into him until he became the Messiah. So is it the writer-director’s fault that everything around him is so grand that these details are overwhelmed?
This is the dilemma that Frank Herbert’s novels also had, and Villeneuve makes it even worse, given the format, expectations, projections, budget, stars, and template he set for himself with the first Dune. . In every way, Part 2 is a masterful work, an example of cinematic imagination and possibility, from the grandeur of the landscapes to the intimacy of the characters.
There’s more of the latter in Part 2, where Paul finally meets and spends a long, quiet time with Chani (Zendaya), the woman of his dreams (although, unlike in the movie, their love is surprisingly passionless). was) living). He also learns that his mother Jessica (Ferguson), a psychic who is part of a group of mysterious Bene Gesserit, is trying to convince someone he doesn’t recognize, smelling the possibility of a new future for him and himself. Witness it changing.
The mild-mannered Stilgard (Bardem), the leader of the Fremen, maintains his belief that Paul is Risan al-Ghaib, the Messiah who was prophesied to “lead us to paradise” and persuades others. I’m trying to. For example, “water falls from the sky” and is not extracted from dead bodies, and not a single drop is wasted.
It’s exhilarating to watch Stilgard train Paul (from an ocean planet) to survive the desert planet and find, control, and ride the dangerous sandworms that lurk beneath the endless, ever-changing sands.
Other characters appear, including Skarsgård as Baron Harkonnen, whose stoutness symbolizes his unfathomable greed. Bautista plays his nephew Laban, still trying to control the Fremen. Butler, who plays Fayed Lauta, another charismatic nephew, has built a reputation for brutal brutality in an extremely short period of time. Walken plays an imperial emperor who puts his own position in jeopardy after pitting one prominent family against another. Pugh plays her daughter, Princess Irulan, and will obviously have a more prominent role next time. Brolin then becomes a father figure to Paul as Gurney Herek.
This does not include Anya Taylor-Joy, who is still just a fetus in Jessica’s womb, but has already asserted herself by speaking to both her mother and her brother Paul. It is clearly no easy task for Villeneuve to weave these characters into a story of interplanetary ambition, wars of supremacy, other worlds, and myriad battles involving everything from atomic warheads and cannons to gladiator duels and hand-to-hand combat. do not have. battle.
He has already shown this talent several times in previous films, including Dune, Blade Runner 2049, and Arrival. And with glasses and bloodlust and, oh, that sandworm, threatening to escape in Dune Part 2, movies have less time to explore women’s inner worlds, but Villeneuve pauses and says, He bravely asks the others not to look at him. There were not only the Messiah but also little men and women looking up at him.
They wear robes reminiscent of Arabia, the warriors are called fedeikin, the mesai are called muad’dib, they talk about the “fundamentalists” among them, they are bombed from the sky, bloody women and People, including children, have been evacuated. At a makeshift shelter. On the other hand, the wars waged by those in power do not stop.
Princess Irulan spoke of the staying power of religious beliefs, that “repression only helps religions flourish,” and of the need to leave prophets alone because “dead prophets are more powerful.” ponder about. The emperor’s strategy was thus: “Let there be war, and then we intervene to bring about peace.”
Best of all, as Chalamet finally grows into the role, even though he doesn’t gain any extra muscle or facial hair, Villeneuve offers a glimpse of how power can corrupt even the purest of souls. While Paul barks orders for “silence” and loyalty, Chani fears that her love has turned into what she expected, and we can see the corruption taking hold.
Cast of the movie “Dune Part 2”: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard
Dune Part 2 Film Director: Denis Villeneuve
Dune Part 2 movie rating: 4 stars
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