Movie - Dune (2021) [+]
Apr 13 2022
The new version of Frank Herbert's Dune is 2-1/2 hours and covers like the first half of the novel and it does it really well.
In the far future the Emperor reassigns Dune, the most valuable planet in the galaxy, to House Atreides. But it's a poison pill as it pits Atreides, the good guys aristocracy and a rallying point for the other independent houses, with House Harkonnen, the bad guys who brutally exploited Dune and who govern much like the Emperor.
In the middle of this galactic intrigue is Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), heir to House Atreides and potentially the Messiah wanted by the Bene Gesserit, a secretive sect with mind powers who have been for centuries trying to breed a Messiah. But perhaps not so wanted because Paul's mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), went against her mentors and sired a boy instead of a girl.
Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) moves House Atreides to Dune where they have to find a way to befriend the Fremen, a desert people who are much more numerous than estimated and who may be the greatest warriors in the galaxy (and when I was reading the novel I didn't equate the Fremen with the Arabic people who burst out of the Middle East to spread Islam from 732 to 1453 AD). But they don't have much time before House Harkonnen arrives and with the help of Imperial troops wipes out House Atreides.
Paul and Lady Jessica escape and must make contact with the Fremen to survive with Imperial troops hot on their trail...
Dune is kind of a slow movie because there is so much setup. It follows the novel from what I remember. Seems like it will be a five-hour story so it doesn't have to be rushed like the older Dune (1984). It's a movie that seems faithful to the novel and the large-scale galactic science fiction genre. And even though it's part one I didn't feel like "that's it?" when the credit started.
In the far future the Emperor reassigns Dune, the most valuable planet in the galaxy, to House Atreides. But it's a poison pill as it pits Atreides, the good guys aristocracy and a rallying point for the other independent houses, with House Harkonnen, the bad guys who brutally exploited Dune and who govern much like the Emperor.
In the middle of this galactic intrigue is Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), heir to House Atreides and potentially the Messiah wanted by the Bene Gesserit, a secretive sect with mind powers who have been for centuries trying to breed a Messiah. But perhaps not so wanted because Paul's mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), went against her mentors and sired a boy instead of a girl.
Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) moves House Atreides to Dune where they have to find a way to befriend the Fremen, a desert people who are much more numerous than estimated and who may be the greatest warriors in the galaxy (and when I was reading the novel I didn't equate the Fremen with the Arabic people who burst out of the Middle East to spread Islam from 732 to 1453 AD). But they don't have much time before House Harkonnen arrives and with the help of Imperial troops wipes out House Atreides.
Paul and Lady Jessica escape and must make contact with the Fremen to survive with Imperial troops hot on their trail...
Dune is kind of a slow movie because there is so much setup. It follows the novel from what I remember. Seems like it will be a five-hour story so it doesn't have to be rushed like the older Dune (1984). It's a movie that seems faithful to the novel and the large-scale galactic science fiction genre. And even though it's part one I didn't feel like "that's it?" when the credit started.