Orville Hagler

Dune 2 is a pretty good movie Takeaways It took almost 2 hours to inject the politics of the empire, Bene Geserit, Spacing Guild, Laandsrad, as the reason for Fremen rebellion Timothee Chalamet plays Paul Atreides as angry and revenge driven leader not as the Prophet (Mahdi) of the Fremen and never actually comes to believe in the prophecy With that the concept of the Kwizatz Haderach in both films is a throwaway instead of the thing that will change the universe Zendaya plays Chani not as Paul's most devoted fighter, leader, and lover and mother of his first child (never mentioned) but as the reluctant voice of the loyal opposition Javier Bardem's Stilgar is reduced in prominence from voice of the Fremen to religious sycophant Alia is not born and reduced to an embryo cipher The timeline of the rebellion is reduced from years to a few months Irulan is never mentioned but her part is taken over by her sister Margot Fenrig (who is never mentioned in the book Dune but in the book House Corhino) as well as Emperor Shaddam IV has 3 daughters not just Margot The end of Baron Harkonnen is not in the film (I guess because Alia is not yet born in the movie) The end of movie projects the Jihad to come in Dune 3 (Dune Messiah/Children of Dune) but I want to see how Denis Villeneuve pulls it off since all of the background that he removed from the first 2 parts are not used or on the cutting room floor are integral to the next 2 books I will give a big up to the portrayals of the Harkonnens Baron Vladmir, and the Rautha brothers Rabban and Feyd which all played with the requisite madness and maniacal zeal required for those parts All in all the movies Part 1 & 2 are a condensed version of Dune (sort of like an old Reader's Digest rendering) but come across as OK but nothing to right home about