Dune (2021) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
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Paul's vision sometimes are not literal, they must be interpreted. "When you take a life you take your own" and "Paul Atreides must die, for Kwisatz Haderach to rise", means he literally needed to kill Jamis in order to figuratively kill Paul Atreides, and by doing so, leaving his old self behind and become the Kwisatz Haderach (the one). Chani (Zendaya) stabbed him in that vision, means she was giving him the knife responsible for the killing of his old self - Paul Atreides. Paul says after that vision "I thought I was seeing my own death, only it wasn't", he knew that meant something else even though he was stabbed. The vision of the holy war doesn't leave much to be interpreted though. It is what it is. I think you should watch the next one with subtitles, it helps a lot with these weird names and sometimes the voices in the visions are not clear enough to trust your hearing. 😊
Tatiana Ferreira
2024-03-26 23:03:46 +0000 UTCI've had this thought for a while but have never commented on it as it is kind of unfair to reactors but I have felt that reactors that make the sacrifice to not see current movies in theatres but to save their reactions for their Patreon / YouTube channels are reactors I respect more.
Andrew Roach
2024-02-16 18:40:28 +0000 UTCWhen I read the book in highschool I was daunted by its size. Once I started it it seemed like it went by so fast and was left wanting to keep on going.
Jason Mangen
2024-02-11 23:15:51 +0000 UTCThe spice cycle once you learn it will open your eyes to what this is all about. The spice changes Paul as he starts to see infinite possibilities as he meditates and he must choose the on good path out of all of his visions. Once you see the second movie take time to read the book. Once you do you will be slapping your forehead saying “so that’s what this means or that’s why they did or said that”.
Jason Mangen
2024-02-11 23:06:13 +0000 UTCThe sci-fi channel 2A part mini series followed the books faithfully however the budget though large did not do it justice.
Jason Mangen
2024-02-11 23:03:04 +0000 UTCIt's been a while since I've seen an epic movie. There's a difference between epic and boring. Both move slowly but epic moves slowly with purpose and has breathtaking cinematics. Was really great watching this. I saw the old one a looong time ago but don't remember anything about it. The only thing I remembered about it were the worms coz of Tremors.
Alex
2024-02-11 20:23:46 +0000 UTCi would say go watch part 2 in the theatre, then react to the 80s dune ,then react to Jodorowsky's Dune, then do a react/rewatch of dune part 2. i think a rewatch would be interesting armed with the comparisons/legacy effects in your mind.
Slayback
2024-02-11 01:38:55 +0000 UTCthis is important. some reactors or viewers can have different region versions and go out of sync.
Slayback
2024-02-11 01:32:07 +0000 UTCAh, Denis Villeneuve. You know, when a celebrated local filmmaker goes to Hollywood, there's always the fear that they will get chewed up by the machine and lose everything that made them unique in their countries. This did not happen with him. Villeneuve makes movies that he would never be able to do here in Canada (big budget sci-fi) but his heart and craft still shine through. So, you love his films (like so many) and want to pronounce his name right. Difficult , since the "neuve" part of his name is especially hard for non-french speakers. Here's a good video from a French Canadian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U14yAM0lLKM Here's from the man Denis himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEGsFvbDmEw And here's a little compilation of the many charming ways he has been renamed over the years XD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-miruO9umI
ED209
2024-02-09 19:12:40 +0000 UTCSo cool that Mr. Sam mentioned Brando in Apocalypse Now when we first meet Baron Harkonnen. The scene of the baron wiping his brow while close up on his bald head is a direct reference to Brando in Apocalypse Now. I don’t remember where I learned that but it was a reputable review video or article I ran across.
Grand Moff Slackin'
2024-02-09 16:17:32 +0000 UTCGreat Reaction
christopher brown
2024-02-09 01:44:58 +0000 UTCWhat a great film, but you really need a cheat sheet for all the people, places, things!!! I'm spoiled I read the book 3 times
Chris Bruneau
2024-02-08 20:50:01 +0000 UTCThe only unrealistic thing in this film is that the house ring that fits on Oscar Isaac's middle finger also fits perfectly on Timothée Chalamet's tiny-ass index finger. Also, Kynes' "one master" was "Shai-Hulud," the worms, not the messiah Paul is supposed to be ("Lisan al-Gaib" is what they call him).
Tenn Seven
2024-02-08 18:11:21 +0000 UTCI watched it on a downloaded copy, too, and it synched just fine. Make sure the version you got was rendered at NTSC framerate (23.976 FPS) and not PAL (non-North American, 25 FPS). For some reason, when this movie came out, a lot of the available downloads were in PAL format. I keep a 25 FPS copy, too, because some reviewers also use downloaded copies and get the PAL version without realizing it.
Thomas Yanez
2024-02-08 17:51:07 +0000 UTCI read Dune in college, and I couldn't have asked for a better film adaptation. Like you said, there is A LOT of necessary backstory and world building elements that need to be conveyed to the audience, and it was done very well without just dumping exposition. Everything about this was just so well done: the sound design, the visuals, the world building. I'm glad the entire novel wasn't adapted into a single film because it allowed a slow burn.
Brandon B.
2024-02-08 07:18:55 +0000 UTCAs good as a reaction to the sequel would be, I think you two should see it in theaters. The sound design of these movies is a masterpiece in and of itself, and you shouldn't deprive yourself of the experience of seeing it on the bigscreen in all its glory just for the channel. We'll make do without it! Enjoy yourselves.
Hunter DeRensis
2024-02-08 05:31:06 +0000 UTCOne of the things that impressed me the most was how well they sold the scale of things. So many things that were supposed to be HUGE really felt huge. One thing along those lines I think they failed on was conveying how the interstellar travel actually works. There are some cues to what is happening but just not enough information for the uninitiated to really understand what is happening or the scale of it.
Thomas Yanez
2024-02-08 02:16:24 +0000 UTCTo take a life, is to take your own. Paul Atreides must die, for Kwisatz Haderach to rise...
Steve Mercier
2024-02-08 00:06:31 +0000 UTCI love the visuals and the audio style in this movie, it gives everything an ancient almost megalithic feel.
Aaron Barlow
2024-02-07 21:35:59 +0000 UTCThanks, that must be it. I watch my downloaded copy on VLC player.
Aaron Barlow
2024-02-07 21:33:10 +0000 UTCGreat, informative video
Daniel N
2024-02-07 19:14:26 +0000 UTCLove Dune. Shields are great. They can be used to keep out anything, but then you'd suffocate. You have to let air flow through the shields which allow slow moving blades to also penetrate. The one problem is the movie is the use Lasguns way too much. LIke when Duncan Idaho flees he's in a shielded thopter. If a lasgun hits a shield, it causes a something that looks like an atomic explosion both in the shield and the weapon that fired it. Since atomics are banned by the Great Convention all the other houses and the Emperor will destory any house who use them on human beings. Since you can't tell a lasgun explosion from an atomic, it's not worth using them even as suicide weapons. So lasguns are all but useless. So this forces all combat to be done at melee range with sowrds and spears. The movie actually invents things to let projectile weapons have more effect on the shields. Another reason for the lack of tech is no computers. Nothing that can replicate the human brain, no thinking machines, since this is 10,000 years after the AI apocalypse. So humans have forced themselves to develop natural talents, so you get the Spacing Guild that focused on mathematics to calculate space folding (that's what the spice is for, to increase mental abilities). The Bene Gesserit went a different route. Bene Tleilaxu do genetic manipulation. Mentats are human calculators. Also, in the book Jessica had Paul to make Leto happy by giving him an heir instead of a daughter. The point is Love ruined the Bene Gesserit's plans. They tried to control everything, but they couldn't control emotions. The Shield Wall are the mountains. If you wander what sandworms eat, they're filter feeders. Like baleen whales. They eat microscopic life in the sand called sand plankton. Sand plankton forms colonies that are drawn to water. They seal it up and a lot of chemical reactions happen causing a spice blow which sends the spice to the surface. The sand plankton that survives become sand trout, baby worms. When a worm dies, it becomes sand plankton. The thing about Arrakis it wasn't a desert. It was a water world until some entity introduced worms to it. Jessica is Leto's concubine. He never married her because he kept open the possibility of political alliance through marriage, but he loved Jessica so he never pursued it. Bene Gesserit acolytes often end up as concubines to powerful men for their breeding program and to guide imperial politics. A bene gesserit concubine comes with advantages of her training, her knowledge, etc. Dr. Kynes is a big change. In the book it's a man and also Chani (Zendaya's) father. he dies in a similar way. His father was an off-worlder that marched like a madman into the fremen and started talking about making Arrakis green. So while the fremen are debating killing him, he's speaking of plants and water and wind catches and won them over. He married a fremen woman and his son is our Dr. Kynes. So one of the things Chani and Paul have in common as they meet is they both have just lost their father. I think in the movie, Dr. Kynes is the "great aunt" who gave Zendaya her knife, though don't quote me. They cut out some subplots that may impact the sequel but not in major ways. Big one is the Harkonnen try to make Jessica look like she's a spy. Leto goes along with it to fool the Harkonnen but it causes some of his men to think she's the traitor in the next part.
Reed James
2024-02-07 19:11:42 +0000 UTCA good (long) video that explains a hell of a lot and can also make a great prep for part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0krUthYxF4
Sergeant Pepper
2024-02-07 16:56:15 +0000 UTCIt depends on the platform you use. Watching this on MAX syncs up, but if you watch on something like Prime, they tend to have different playback speeds. I have no clue why movies are different on different platforms.
aarswft
2024-02-07 15:59:29 +0000 UTCI'm sure they will explain it in the movies to come, but Jamis, the man Paul killed, was the man who was teaching Paul in his visions. TWIST
aarswft
2024-02-07 15:58:34 +0000 UTCThat’s some high praise! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-07 15:31:51 +0000 UTCAww thank you! Me too! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-07 15:31:22 +0000 UTCYes I think this will need a couple watches! Thanks for providing more information! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-07 15:31:08 +0000 UTCOh no!! I don’t think it was the extended version! Daniel says the video length at the start -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-07 15:29:56 +0000 UTC😂
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-07 15:27:30 +0000 UTC😂
TBR Schmitt
2024-02-07 15:27:20 +0000 UTCReally glad you decided to watch this one! I hope you rewatch it a couple of times. It's intricate, and you'll notice more things each time that you hadn't picked up on before. Some you'll notice or understand on repeat viewing because they tie in with things you saw later in the film when you watched it the first time. It helps a lot to read the book, too. It's a masterpiece. Frank Herbert wrote Dune in the 1960s; it's still one of the greatest works of worldbuilding, plotting, and character development ever created, and Herbert was one of the first writers to focus so strongly on environmental issues. He ultimately wrote a long series of Dune books. George Lucas admitted that for the Star Wars universe, he drew heavily on this story. The shields are force fields that stop projectiles moving at bullet speed; there are laser weapons, but they can't use them against shields because if a laser hits a shield it triggers an explosion. So they use blades. Villeneuve followed the first part of the book pretty faithfully. From the trailers I've seen for part 2, he continued that with the second film. The second part of the story is more action after the heavy worldbuilding and exposition in the first half. The first Dune film (made in 1984) was an abomination, one of those movies so bad it becomes a campy cult favorite for some people. The director of the first one didn't even bother to read the book, just went off what other people said about it. That computerized pronunciation of the director's name you listened to is wrong. It's pronounced Denee Vee-yuh-noov, with the 'oo' as in 'hoof' and the emphasis on the last syllable. Looking forward to seeing what you think of Part 2 when it comes out.
Jim Finley
2024-02-07 14:22:12 +0000 UTCI keep having to resynch with you guys, do you have an extended version? Or do I?
Aaron Barlow
2024-02-07 12:15:54 +0000 UTCSuch a beautiful reaction to a wonderful and gorgeously done film. Can't wait for part 2 to come out soon!
Raven Dark
2024-02-07 11:47:21 +0000 UTCBeen waiting on this one...one of my all-time favorite book-to-movie adaptations. I'd put this up there with the likes of 'A Clockwork Orange' and 'Fight Club', and it's only one-half of a book. Good shit.
Steve Mercier
2024-02-07 11:06:34 +0000 UTCThat is a very well done 1/3 of a movie
Vlasios Vougiouklis
2024-02-07 10:29:23 +0000 UTCI'm not sure this film is suitable for kids, it's a bit spicy.
Aaron Barlow
2024-02-07 08:31:47 +0000 UTCNice!
Daniel N
2024-02-07 07:00:35 +0000 UTC
