Dune: Part Two (DVD)

11 reviews for Dune: Part Two (DVD)

1. 

   Old Cinephile – September 9, 2024

   “My road leads into the desert. I can see it.”
   This “Dune: Part Two” film essentially completes the first novel while doing some bits and pieces of forecasting into Dune Messiah. Like the first film, Villeneuve obviously highly respects the origin material but like many modern main-stream directors has to play into limited attention spans and limited time restraints by chopping out or minimizing some characters and shortening or removing other plot devices as well as heed modern political and social notions of our day that are were not present when Herbert’s sci-fi masterpieces were written. For folks like me who grew up on these novels back in the 60’s and 70’s it can be a bit frustrating. Like where’s the Spice Guild? Or why does Chani turn into a modern “girl power” character rebelling against Paul? But it has to be said that the director and his co-writer do the best job they can in balancing all of these requirements and creating two of most entertaining and visually inspired sci-fi films this side of 2001 Space Odyssey or Blade Runner. For many fans of the original novels this gives us a physical realization of the textures, sounds and mind’s eye vistas that we saw in our heads reading the novels now presented as stunning reality on the screen filling our eyes and ears with the world of Dune. The two films just “feel” right. David Lynch’s 1984 film and the later Sci-Fi channel series tried their best, but this current adaptation strikes the closest note. The blend of both practical effects and CGI is amazing. Hans Zimmer’s score is among the best things he’s done. The acting is solid without over dramatizing or self-parody. Let’s see what a Part Three brings to the table. Fingers crossed!The 4K UHD releases of these films are pure state of the art. Fans might be disappointed in the lack of IMAX aspect ratio, but the fixed 2.39:1 ratio Dolby Vision image is still stunning on any modern display. The genius of first scanning at 4K then bringing down to a 35mm film base then going back to a 4k scan is so perfect in giving the “Dune” feel. A type of ancient cast to the visual feel with almost a sense of film grain but with the modern resolution of 4K. Amazing. Colors are clear and not over blown. Deep blacks and brilliant whites are seen. The subtle blue of the Spice infected Freeman eyes. The textures of buildings and grains of sand. This is pure eye candy.The Dolby Atmos sound is also state of the art. I was gripping my couch with both hands at the stunning sound field and LFE effects going full tilt. Subtle winds and voices in the background. The crunch and rumble of the sand worms. The various ambiances to the various interior scenes. And of course, the Zimmer score blazing away. Your sound bar or surround system will be pushed to its maximum. And if you’re trying to listen to this on TV speakers, well good luck! Just wow!There are several short and interesting featurettes included giving some nice behind the scenes looks.If you are sci-fi fan (whether a Herbert reader or not) or just a fan of great entertainment this is an easy must own.

2. 

   Jane – September 9, 2024

   Much better than the first movie in 1984
   I can’t claim to be a fan of Timothée Chalamet but I think he did a good job as Paul Atreides in both movies. This series so far is staying more true to the Frank Herbert book than the David Lynch movie did and while it can’t possibly cover every detail from the books, it does a good job of explaining most of the issues. As a fan of the books, I’m enjoying the movies. The cast was chosen well and the scenery with the added cgi is really amazing.

3. 

   VFM #0265 – September 9, 2024

   Dune Nerd Approved!!
   I never thought I’d get to see anything remotely close to the genius and detail of the original books, but this is the best attempt to tell the author’s vision I’ve yet seen. It’s insanely hard to truncate such a complex tale down to a few hours but they did a surprisingly good job with most of it. Hope to see even better efforts in the future. I’ll save the minutiae critique for my next nerdfest but all-in-all, this film was better than expected, particularly the depiction of Harkonnen home world and Feyd’s character. SOLID and very entertaining!

4. 

   Dustin Barnett – September 9, 2024

   A well-told adaptation that misses the mark in a few important areas.
   Keep in mind that most of what I have to say about the movie as it exists within its own vacuum is positive. With that in mind, let’s get into a few of those:1. Chalamet’s acting as Paul was superb. I was concerned going into this movie about how he was going to become the kind of powerful leader that Paul becomes in the novels, but he did just as good a job convincing me with his performance as Paul did with the Fremen. This was a pleasant surprise, as I did not have high hopes after the end of the first part.2. Feyd-Rautha, I felt, was handled extremely well. He was an intimidating presence on screen, and highlighted even moreso how cruel the Harkonnens are as a house.3. The visual and set design is superb. Everything feels almost exactly as one would envision the world of Arrakis, and by extension, the rest of the Dune universe, would.4. The audio is masterfully used. If you have surround sound I implore you to watch and listen to both this and part 1 with it. You really feel the power behind each sound.5. The story hits all the important parts and gets the point across well. You can tell that Villeneuve is a fan of the books.Most of these positives are enough to make the movie worth watching, but lets get into a few gripes that I have with the story.1. While Chani, for the most part, is handled well, the way they chose to write her, especially towards the last thirty to forty-five minutes of screen time, was not handled as well, in my opinion. She is used as a mouth piece to essentially sell the main point of the Dune franchise, which is to be cautious of trusting Messianic/heroic figures and/or charismatic leaders, because they can often lead us into trouble or straight up be propped up by propaganda/lies. However, the message is already obvious if you pay attention to the story enough, and it was not necessary for Chani to spell it out for the audience, and feels like it was written because the filmmakers think we’re stupid and won’t get the point. It doesn’t hurt the movie on its own, but knowing that we are getting Dune Messiah (the sequel book to the original Dune for those not in the know) at some point, Chani being written this way and being estranged from Paul at the end of the movie boxes Dune Messiah in and doesn’t leave a satisfying or well-written way for their relationship to go from here if you know anything about what happens in the novels moving forward from Dune. I will be cautiously optimistic about how they choose to handle this plot point moving forward, but as it currently stands, this part specifically left a bad taste in my mouth. This is not a dig at Zendaya, who is a solid actress and played the part extremely well, but rather at the choice to write Chani in this way.2. While the Bene Gesserit are handled extremely well, where are the Mentats and the Guild Navigators? They are just as important to the world and story of Dune as the Bene Gesserit are, and they make up an essential part of why Paul is the Kwisatz Haderach, but other than Thufir being on screen for maybe a total of 3-4 minutes in part 1 and an even briefer appearance of the Harkonnen Mentat, they are otherwise entirely absent and I don’t think they are even mentioned one time in either part 1 or 2. Guild Navigators are maybe mentioned once, if at all, but they are important because they are the reason space travel exists and why spice must be harvested for the Imperium. The reason they are important for Paul’s story is that he has training with all 3 organizations: The Bene, the Mentats, AND the navigators. Here, they went more with a purely Bene Gesserit route. Again, I understand the desire to focus more on them because they play perhaps the most important part in the story of the Kwisatz Haderach, and taking attention away from them hurts that story a bit, and if they devoted more attention to the other 2 organizations, then the movie would be way longer, but it is a potential disservice and will make it harder to write them into the next movie because we as an audience will be asking where these guys were the entire time things were going down in part 1 and 2.3. While Christopher Walken played the emperor well, unfortunately I feel there just wasn’t a whole lot for him to do or enough focus given to him to develop him as a character.4. I understand why they wrote Alia the way they did, because it’s hard to find a child actress that can play a role this nuanced, it sort of detracts from her role in the story and shortens the time Jessica and Paul spent with the Fremen significantly, making things feel rushed along a bit. They made it work for what they could do, but it is a small nitpick that takes away from that aspect of the book a bit.Overall, this was a pretty faithful adaptation. I would give it an 8/10. It could have handled things a lot better, but it was still a good movie that I recommend. I have no idea how they’re going to rectify things in Dune Messiah that they did poorly here, but I’m cautiously optimistic given Villeneuve is actually a fan of the story that he can make an adaptation just as faithful. Time will tell.

5. 

   Kenneth D Jordan – September 9, 2024

   Awesome
   I’m a huge fan of Frank Herbert’s Dune series. I’ve watched the original David Lynch Dune. I’ve seen the sci-fi miniseries for both Dune and Children of Dune, and read the books.This treatment of the material, while not 100% faithful to the original work, is a feast for the eyes and still remains faithful enough.There are a couple of changes that I think I wouldn’t have made (Looking at you bad-attitude Chani) but my gripes with them are minor enough as to not diminish my enjoyment of the films.

6. 

   Robert K. Sischka – September 9, 2024

   Excellent Sequel to Part One….Superb 4K
   This was a superb movie and beautiful to watch in 4K. The picture from the disc is so much clearer than when you stream. My only issue is that I wish it was released with the 3D version included, like they did with Part One. If you are a Dune fan, this is a must buy, IMO.

7. 

   SILVIO OJEDA TABASCO – September 9, 2024

   Llega muy bien cuidado y con un muy bonito y elegante slipcover, de buena calidad.La imagen se visualiza nítida y clara, con un buen nivel de brillo y profundidad de los negros, todo esto mejorado por el efecto HDR10.Trae audio en inglés Dolby Atmos y español latino Dolby Digital 5.1, así como subtítulos en ambos idiomas y otros más.El código digital es válido para USA.

8. 

   Amazon Kunde – September 9, 2024

   De Dvd is ok, geen krassen en blijft niet hangen.Ik kende de film, daar ik hem eerst in de filmzaal gezien heb.En nu wil ik hem soms nu en dan eens opnieuw ‘beleven’.Dat de film niet alle elementen van het boek verfilmt, vind ik niet erg.Het is een leuke aktiefilm met een snuifje mystiek.

9. 

   John R – September 9, 2024

   La pelicula llegó a tiempo y en buen estado. Muy buena historia de la película, con esta se cierra la película anteriores, buenas actuaciones, la imagen se ve genial, el sonido es muy bueno, da una ambientación mejor.

10. 

    erme654c – September 9, 2024

    Der Film kam ohne Probleme bei mir an.Ob der Filminhalt einem selbst gefällt ist natürlich jedem für sich überlassen. Aus diesem Grund lasse ich diesen Teil auch nicht direkt mit in die Bewertung einfließen, da hier die UHD BluRay-Disc bewertet werden soll.Zu dieser gibt es nicht viel zu sagen außer, dass die BluRay keine sichtbaren Kratzer aufwies und gut verpackt (äußere Verpackung + innere Verpackung = Folie um Hülle) bei mir angekommen ist. Die BluRay selbst lag nicht lose in der klassischen UHD-Plastik-Hülle.Trotzdem ein Wort zum Film:Meiner Meinung nach ist es einer der besten Filme, die in dem letzten Jahrzehnt produziert wurden. Eine Kombination aus kontinuierlicher, aber dennoch sehr passender Action und Filmmusik, die mir persönlich sehr gefallen hat und dem Film die entsprechende Atmosphäre verleiht. Die IMDB-Bewertung von aktuell 8.5 bei knapp 500.000 Bewertungen kann ich nur nachvollziehen und wer Dune 1 gesehen sollte sich definitiv Dune 2 anschauen. Ich persönlich empfinde ihn als merklich besser als den 1. Teil der neu aufgelegten Dune-Reihe.

11. 

    Serpent – September 9, 2024

    Déjà le premier est un chef d’œuvre…la suite l’est tout autant…10/10…