You understand that they are not trying to cram it all in one movie, and are aiming to tell it more as a film series. Despite this, I can understand why the people behind this made this choice as the book is a large story. In fact, I remember seeing my family scratch their heads when they saw “Part One” appear under the title card. I feel that’s going to be confusing to some people as the film was not marketed that way before release. However, people need to be aware that the movie is adapting the first half of the book, in that it’s part one of the story. Not just on a technical level, but also being able to tell a complex story while still remaining faithful to the book’s roots. Having seen the movie for myself I can safely say that I was impressed with how well the movie turned out. I knew it could not have been an easy task, as you need to find the right people to portray both the scope and pathos of the story. Having read the book I was interested in seeing how they adapt this classic novel. This film has been built up to be one the biggest cinematic experiences on par with the likes of “Star Wars” or “Lord of the Rings”. If this wasn’t enough, Pauls starts having visions of the future as his people must endure suspicion, betrayal, and hardship in this seemingly inhospitable world. Their new home is a dangerous place as not only is there hardly any water, but it’s also infested with colossal sandworms. Leto brings his son Paul (Timothée Chalamet), his concubine Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), and his most trusted advisors knowing full well this is a trap set by his enemies, House Harkonnen, led by the Baron (Stellan Skarsgård). Arrakis holds a special place in this universe as it is the only source of a valuable substance called melange (spice), a drug that extends human life, provides superhuman levels of thought, and makes lightspeed travel possible. We are then introduced to the House Atreides, led by Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) who is given stewardship of the desert planet Arrakis (commonly named Dune). The story takes place in the far future where humanity lives throughout space. Now in 2021, we finally have the latest version with director Denis Villeneuve, backed up by a star studded cast that aims to be the definitive adaptation of the story. There was also a 2000 miniseries that while better, still wasn’t what fans of the book were looking for.
This includes David Lynch’s interpretation from 1984, a film that everyone can agree failed to capture what made the story so great. As you can imagine this has resulted in multiple sequels, and even multiple creators attempting to bring this story to life.
Everything from the characters to the story to the worldbuilding is the definition of epic. Based on one of literature’s biggest science fiction novels, “Dune” to many is a spectacle in every sense of the word.
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