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 #+AUTHOR: Michał Sapka
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 All flying ships have this strange physics, which I have hard time explaining.
 They are not like you X-Wings, but they fit the world.
 
+*** DONE Dune: Part Two (2024) 
+CLOSED: [2024-04-15 Mon 23:49]
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+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My review of an adaptation of the second part of an amazing book
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+It's here, it's finally here.
+/Dune/ joins the  very small club of SciFi books with amazing adaptations.
+When /Part One/ hit the screens, people were amazed that it was so good.
+Now, with /Part Two/, we hear that it's even better than the first one!
+
+But I was very skeptical.
+The trailers seemed to indicate a train wreck.
+They were full of explosions, angry screaming guys and the taglines about war.
+Dune was never /about/ war.
+War was in there, but it was never the point.
+But cinema, SciFi especially, loves special effects, and big-booms are amongst the most used.
+I dislike a lot of SciFi movies from the USA, as the (so called) spectacle is all there is[fn:iron].
+
+But what the hell, I chose an IMAX experience nevertheless.
+The first /Dune/ was breathtaking, so why not?
+
+And then the movie started, and my worries were replaced with anger.
+What the hell is this?
+Soldier banter?
+Puppy-eyes?
+Joking?
+It's a SciFi war movie.
+There are preparing for the /specle/
+/Dirty Fremen Dozen/!
+/Independence Day of Arrakis/!
+
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+Arrakis 90210
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+But, just as the action moved to Giedi Prime, the movie completely transformed.
+What was mediocre, became absolutely marvelous!
+
+Now, after seeing and rethinking the movie, it makes sense.
+It's a not /sequel/ to /Dune/, but /part two/.
+It doesn't start in act 1, as that was in the last movie.
+The first chunk of this movie is a cool-down after the ending in of /Part One/.
+Both /Dune/ movies should be treated as one long movie.
+Much more than Kill Bill, as we have no clear /ending/ between the two.
+/Part One/ ends with finishing of the Harkonen attack plot, which only ignites events of this movie.
+And looking at it as one one big movie, I have to say: wow!
+
+They made some changes to Herbert's text, but I like them.
+Fremen are no longer a singular force that Paul uses.
+The movie version of them is divided, having different cultures.
+Maybe it's too black and white, but it's a nice change.
+
+Similarly, Chani become a multidimensional character.
+And while yes, Jessicas portrayal makes Chanis character shine much less, it's still a great change.
+But the way Rebecca Ferguson plays Jessica is nothing short of wonder.
+She starts scared, but loyal to both, Paul and Bene Gesserit.
+After becoming the reverent mother however she becomes menacing.
+With this comes another change - Alia is not born here.
+She is talking with her mother telepathically, but at the end of the movie she is still to be born[fn:prochoice].
+That's a dangerous change, but it works perfectly because the tone Jessica uses when talking with her - calm, silent, almost a whisper, yet still menacing.
+I can not stress it enough - Rebecca is perfect here.
+
+But the biggest change is the introduction of scenes from /Dune Messiah/.
+You see, /Dune/ was often seen as a savior story.
+Paul was to be the good guy, who comes and saves the day.
+This is as far from what Frank Herbert envisioned as possible, so he wrote a short sequel book.
+This movie vision introduces plot points and scenes taken directly from that book, so the meaning behing the story is much more obvious.
+I think it's a good change, as we already see folks arguing against /Dune/ due to this misconception.
+This way it defends itself.
+
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+Jessica in all of her glory
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+
+Luckily, this movie is much weirder than /Part One/.
+While last time Dennis omitted a lot, here he shows more /things/[fn:chairdog], but still there is no context.
+We see the finger of the Baron, but we never learn what actually is there.
+It comes as an Easter Egg for old time fans, which is nice as it takes nothing from the story.
+But then there is Geidi Prime which is monochromatic, empty and cold - in the scariest way.
+I'd love to see more of this side the world, but we got it spot on.
+And Fayd?
+Where Lynch gave us half-naked Sting, Austin Butler is a psychopath.
+This is the Beast we all deserve!
+This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
+
+I am happy to report that this is not a war movie.
+It's /Dune/ full of plots within plots, mysticism and (lastly) war.
+
+Unfortunately, once again I am not happy with the music.
+While most of the tracks are good (or great), the main theme is even worse than last time.
+It's now layered over a lot more noise, making it this much more annoying.
+It decreased my enjoyment of many of the greatest scenes.
+Luckily, there is also new theme so this screaming woman may not follow us into the third movie. 
+
+So, /Dune Part II/ is an excellent movie, but /Dune/ the complete story is a marvel.
+It's the greatest thing I've seen in American SciFi in a very long time.
+It's what it should be.
+While not flawless, it's as close to what I'd imagine as a /perfect/ /Dune/ as it comes.
+The movie gets a 4.75 from me (same as the first one), but looking at both /Dunes/ as a single movie?
+Then it goes to a 5.
+I don't think we will get anywhere close to this level of quality anytime soon.
+What /Baldurs Gate III/ made for cRPG, /Dune/ makes to /SciFi cinema/.
+
+And, I love that Christofer Walken is once again in the Dune universe.
+He warned us about the Worm years ago.
+
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+Fayd in all of his glory
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+[fn:iron] I still remember how bored I was when I watched /Iron Man 3/.
+The last decade of the movie runtime was filled with a non-stop battle.
+The movie stopped and all was left was CGI.
+[fn:chairdog] No chairdogs though
+[fn:prochoice] Kinda fitting.
+/Arrival/ had a very similar take on what a human is.
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+
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