Here’s everything you need to know about Part Two

By tackling mind-bending ideas and the complex journeys of the characters, this film provides viewers with not just a story but a thought-provoking experience. promises to deliver
It does.

by Denis Villeneuve The first movie of the “Dune” series, Frank Herbert’in He presented his work as a pessimistic but hopeful story about a young man embracing his destiny and transforming into a libertarian hero. The film framed Paul Atreides’ wisdom as his most valuable tool and his moral clarity as a sign that he was on the right track. As in the book, Paul initially comes across as a complex but sympathetic figure; He was at the beginning of a Shakespearean hero’s journey. However “Dune: Part Two”, It reveals what a person must go through to become a legendary figure, and asks us to understand how deeply bleak this story is.

Picking up where “Dune” ended “Dune: Part Two”, Paul Atreides after the fall of House Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) and his mother Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson) It delves more deeply into the struggle for survival on the desert planet of Arrakis. Even with Jessica’s powerful Bene Gesserit mind-sharpening techniques, being stranded on Arrakis amid brutal storms and giant sandworms is tantamount to death. Witnessing the slaughter of his friends and family at the hands of the Harkonnens, Paul is in an almost unimaginable despair.

But in his increasingly prophetic dreams, only Chani
(Zendaya) A member of the Fremen who knows both his individual strength and the only way to survive in the desert landscape of Arrakis, Paul, who can see his determinations, meets him personally. aspect He feels an overwhelming admiration for the power he represents. “Dune: Part Two”, While it furthers the complex mystery of the first film, that Paul is almost certainly the chosen one to lead the Fremen to heaven, the new film shows the real work of waging a revolution through characters like Chani and her northern friends.

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Fraser, Arrakis’i Again, it presents itself as a breathtakingly vast place, full of beauty and danger. But “Dune: Part Two” more thoughtfully explores the idea that throughout the film the Fremen view the desert as a part of themselves. This idea is woven into the rhythm and choreography of nearly every tension-filled conflict between Baron Vladimir Harkonnen’s (Stellan Skarsgård) soldiers and the Fremen throughout the film.

Characters such as the Fremen, Chani, and Shishakli, see their struggle against their oppressors as a war they must win, and the southerners, the tribal chieftains, Stilgar (Javier Bardem) They find it absurd how much they believe in old myths about a messiah. But when Paul wants to serve the Fremen rather than control them the way his family once controlled the planet, even Chani begins to wonder if there’s something special about him.

Especially Paul’a Through the depiction of the women closest to each other, “Dune: Part Two” further reveals how deeply intertwined this universe’s cultural power systems are beyond their common dependence on the spice of Arrakis. Religious threads that make interesting connections between the Fremen and the Bene Gesserit are present, although they are incredibly introspective. There were some members of the Machiavellian brotherhood who wanted to kill Paul, while others, the Emperor
Shaddam IV (Christopher Walken) Like his daughter, Princess Irulan (Florence Pugh), they secretly admire his inevitable rise within the Fremen.

“Dune: Part Two” further reveals the Bene Gesserit through Lady Margot Fenring (Léa Seydoux) as Irulan and other newcomers, providing further insight into the deep history and goals of the brotherhood. The film follows Fremen as they master the art of survival in the desert, Good Gesserit’in de makes clear that they are almost always in their element, thanks to thousands of years of carefully planned political engineering.

While Irulan secretly chronicles the events of history alongside her father and Margot, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen
Mohiam (Charlotte Rampling) The Bene Gesserit talents for survival and intrigue are most vividly embodied in Lady Jessica, as she is sent on an important mission to the colorless Harkonnen homeworld by. He and his son are quickly accepted by the Fremen, their abilities seen as a sign of Paul’s divinity.

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Jessica by bringing Paul to the fore of the story and through their stories. Muad’ Dib’e
By adding more context to his transformation, it makes it nearly impossible for the film to be misinterpreted as a simplistic white savior narrative. Herbert wrote Dune as a multifaceted critique of this cliché; Paul serves as the ultimate representation of the capacity of neo-imperialism, which can unify but also destroy complete civilizations under the guise of social or economic progress. Throughout the first “Dune” movie, it was at times more difficult to see these concepts in play as we were swept along by the mystery and novelty of Paul’s life on Arrakis. But “Part Two” makes it much clearer how dangerous the idea of ​​a Kwisatz Haderach is, and highlights the many players who intend to use the concept as a weapon.

Herbert and Villeneuve’s authorial intentions, “Dune: Part Two” It cannot be ignored when considering how a white prince presents himself as the messianic figure of a people coded as Muslim in almost every aspect. However, the film is still a piece of entertainment, and one that features actual Muslim and MENA actors largely in the background or on the sidelines of large-scale battles.

These wars and their arts, “Dune: Part Two”
making it an impressive spectacle and a masterful display of Villeneuve’s ability to realize beautiful and frightening worlds. For all its seriousness, the film is absolutely breathtaking and dominated by nuanced performances, further enhanced by Hans Zimmer’s richly textured score. But what’s most impressive about “Dune: Part Two” is that it weaves all of its threads together into a compelling tapestry — one in which the story would become even bigger and more important if Villeneuve had the opportunity to expand it.

“Dune: Part Two” also stars Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Dave Bautista and Anya Taylor-Joy. The movie is in theaters now.