Chandrika I

Dune 2. The visualization beats a reader’s imagination! Picturization of riding a sandworm was something that no reader of the books could have imagined. For that alone, the movie is worth its weight in time. There are several wow moments, including the levitation of the soldiers, the fight sequences, the sandwalk, battle of feyd rautha, the drinking of water of life by Jessica, sweet romance of Chani and Paul, just too many to count. One can forgive and understand the changes made to the story, leaving out some of the characters and scrunching the timeline. The spirit of the story has been kept true, and each of the characters carry weight. The attention to detail is relentless, as though the director is challenging the viewer/reader to find mistakes. While it may not matter to the non-reader how the shields employed by the sardukar and harkonen soldiers affects the worms, it is pictured correctly in the movie. Small things, like Jessica and the others do not sandwalk while travelling to the south because the sandworm has already been called. The series made on children of dune, was impressive and it would be interesting to see if the Dune 3 will have paul and chani’s children. The most impressive actor still remained Rebecca Fergusson, and the change in her character once she undergoes the spice agony is portrayed brilliantly. Timothe Chalament scores with the subtle acting. But it feels as though he is still growing in his role as Paul, who is, incidentally growing into his role as the Messaiah. So, it is a brilliant portrayal, which shifts to the background with the in your face characters of Zendaya as Chani and Jessica. All the actors do full justice to their roles, bringing out the story beautifully. While the books still remain far above any interpretations, if there was a movie to be made of these, this would be the one.