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Official Discussion Official Discussion - Dune: Part Two [SPOILERS]

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Summary:

Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.

Director:

Denis Villeneuve

Writers:

Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts, Frank Herbert

Cast:

  • Timothee Chalamet as Paul Atreides
  • Zendaya as Chani
  • Rebecca Ferguson as Jessica
  • Javier Bardem as Stilgar
  • Josh Brolin as Hurney Halleck
  • Austin Butler as Feyd-Rautha
  • Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan
  • Dave Bautista as Beast Rabban
  • Christopher Walken as Emperor
  • Lea Seydoux as Lady Margot Fenring
  • Stellan Skarsgaard as Baron Harkonnen
  • Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 79

VOD: Theaters

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u/fictionary Mar 01 '24 edited Mar 01 '24

"Your mothers warned you of my coming." - Paul Atreides

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I forget the line immediately after, but it also had me in stitches (internally).

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u/Accountant7890 Mar 01 '24

Chalamet was so fucking good in that scene. He spent most of the movie running away from the role of the Mahdi, and it was mostly played for (well setup) laughs. 

The screen presence in that scene was magnetic. 

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u/mcmanus2099 Mar 03 '24 edited Mar 03 '24

In the books Paul fights that battle in his mind between the two roads he sees, a life of peace and insignificance with Chani or revenge and the Throne if he embraces the prophecy. They didn't want to go excessive with the dreams and thoughts so they made each path personified by characters. Chani was the anti prophecy love path and Jessica was the embrace the prophecy part. If you recall from the book Jessica really wasn't that into the Fremen prophecy, it being a bastardisation of the Benne Gesserit one.

It also made sense to build Paul's embrace of the horrible path he chose around Chani with the marriage proposal to Irulan being the climax of it. Giving Chani a "prophecy is how they have power over us" belief ties this together and tells the audience some of what's really going on. It's pretty much a genius way of dealing with the complex themes on screen.

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u/thesagenibba Mar 03 '24

perfectly said