Dune: Part 2again directed by Denis Villeneuve (arrival) and Starring Timothée Chalamet It retains the unusual virtues of the first film released in 2021. It has the same monumental scale of power – the film is an astonishing vision of giant planets, spaceships, and monsters – and has a cool, noble temperament befitting a dynastic epic.
But 166 minutes part 2 is even better, reaching an emotional climax that could be called a cliffhanger at the end. Dune: Part 3, However, no such project has been announced yet.
part 2 It will definitely make you want the story to continue. (Please try to imagine Star Wars stopped at the end of the empire strikes back, Han Solo is frozen forever, and Luke Skywalker is still reeling from unexpected daddy issues. ) After enough time, you might even want to immerse yourself in the huge world of Frank Herbert dunes The novel and digest text are as follows.
“Above all, Muad’Dib Kwisatz Haderak It is what the Sisterhood breeding program has pursued for thousands of generations. ”
part 2 The film primarily depicts the further struggles of Paul (Chalomet), the scion of the once-great House of Atreides, now king. part 1 The film is swept up in an epic tangle of hostilities involving the Emperor (Christopher Walken, in his first appearance in the series) and the grotesque Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård), a sea elephant caught in an oil spill. .
Hiding on the desert planet Arrakis (accent color: Cinnamon), Paul joins forces with the rebel Freeman and has a good, if still tenuous, relationship with a brave female warrior named Chani (Zendaya). Meanwhile, his mother (Rebecca Ferguson) gulps down the crystalline, aqua-blue liquid of over-the-counter mouthwash and dental rinse. In fact, it is the water of her life, raising her to a state of sublime respect and mystical insight among her rebels. She really ups her game!
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There’s also a fun and mean new villain, Fayed Lausa, the Baron’s nephew. Elvis’s With his bald head and no teeth, Austin Butler looks like a toxic baby. A special segment, shot mostly in black and white, features him engaging in gladiatorial combat in a gigantic stadium likely designed by the galaxy’s preeminent fascist architect.
The film’s wealth of new characters and performers gives the film a greater sense of epic yet delicate drama than ever before. Part 1. Florence Pugh, who plays the emperor’s daughter Princess Irulan, isn’t given much to do here other than don an Art Deco metal headdress — her costume is crying out for bugle balls. — but she conveys tactical intelligence and determination. In the end, he serves the princess well. Léa Seydoux is seductive and secretive as Lady Margot, a member of the aforementioned Sisterhood who has everything to do with Paul’s fate and nothing to do with the traveling pants.
And Walken, as the Emperor, is cunning, narrow-minded, cruel, but wonderful. He emits a thin hiss of nervous energy that unexpectedly enhances the film’s grim seriousness. (This is a reminder that despite Walken’s recent ad for his BMW, you can imitate him, but not equal him.)
Anya Taylor-Joy has a brief cameo, just enough to show her gimlet eyes, as a woman who becomes important when her third child is born. dunes The movie will continue to move forward.
Unfortunately, the only area of concern is Chalamet. part 1 He was both passionate and intelligent. Here it is difficult to say whether he fully grasps Paul’s emerging ruthlessness and will. Paul, like a Shakespearean fantasy epic, must develop into the leader his destiny demands. In the grand finale, Chalamet looks almost dismayed and annoyed, like someone disappointed in his hotel stay.You’d think he might as well have made it. Wonka chocolate. Oh, Timbo!
Of course, the release of the long-awaited third installment might put an end to those troubling questions. There’s no need to rush. But it would be nice to have it.
Dune: Part 2 will be released in theaters on March 1st.
