Dune: Part Two
Long live the fighters.
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
Wokeness: 40%
Overall Score: 80%
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Tonic1080
Unnecessary Feminist, Anti-Messiah Retcon
In the actual story of Dune: Chani (played by Zendaya Coleman) is a "ride-or-die" character that stands by and supports Paul Atreides no matter what decision he makes. In the movie they made an explicit choice to change the story and the character to be against him choosing the path of the Messiah. Rather than support, she pushes and influences. This coincides with a blatant anti-messiah/anti-Christ philosophy that is the cornerstone requirement of leftist/progressivist/collectivist/WOKE ideology ("there is no such thing as exceptionalism").
This was not a required change to the story, meaning it was purposeful in order to change a fundamental point of the story that conflicted with their ideology.
Created: 03-09-2024
JohnLogan
Created: 04-10-2024
Jon Loder
Is the novel the standard? If so, it missed some important points.
Part one was reasonably well done with the blatant and unnecessary substitution of Dr. Kynes. After all, the original story has women controlling the political and social structures through the Bene Gesserit order. Also, the Fremen women are just as vicious fighters as their men. in the book. Part Two has a more troubling change. Chani isn't the devoted supporter of Paul that the novel portrayed. The novel has Chani gladly accepting her role as Paul's consort while he's married, in name only, to the Emperor's daughter. This movie has Paul intentionally leaving her behind to fulfill his role as Kwisatz Haderach and Chani growing more bitter. The movie ends with the implication of some major conflict between Paul and Chani. The movie also left out the characters of Paul and Chani's son as well as Jessica's daughter. That changed things. I'm not impressed.
Created: 04-15-2024
Michaels
Woke is the mind-killer
This film has the veneer of great science fiction. Just beneath, however, it rots from woke.
If you have not read the book, you might be blissfully unaware that everything in the film has been distorted by a Leftist lens. I will list a few examples:
*Spoilers follow.*
* The film adds Northern Fremen. They are anti-religious feminists who belittle the religious fundamentalists in the Deep South. Hmm.
* Chani in the book is a trad warrior/wife, whereas film Chani is an insufferable negative force who undermines Paul's destiny to be the Fremen Messiah. "What about me?" I don't blame film Paul for "trading up" for Princess Irulan, LOL. A seething Chani is the close-out to Dune 2, so this conflict will be central to Dune 3, which is already green-lighted.
* Fremen were isolated for millenia, so they should be a relatively uniform color - brown in the books - but here we have sub-Saharan blacks with the browns.
* "Jihad" from the books was replaced with "holy war".
* In the book, Paul drinks the Water of Life on his own to usurp the plans of women (the Bene Gesserit), but in the film he is manipulated into doing it by his mother, a Bene Gesserit.
Woke deviations aside, I found it entertaining. The tension was palpable, despite my knowing how it should end. I still favor David Lynch's Dune (1984), which is a masterpiece.
Created: 05-11-2024
J T
Liked it
Some woke stuff, but nothing that I thought took away from the movie.
Created: 09-18-2024
