Dune: Part Two Review

Review of Dune: Part Two (2024) by screenqueeen: 👍 4/5

Really drops you in there at the start. I haven't seen the first part since November '21, so perhaps I need a refresh. From my memories of reading the book it does simplify a lot of things, but the romantic angle of Paul and Chani isn't nearly as large of a part here. Villeneuve's focus is more concerned with the Fremen's prophecies being too good to be true in the shadow of Lady Jessica's true purpose on Arrakis. It makes for a really cool, self-aware & manufactured Hero's Journey, and with the advent of a Part 3 on the horizon (based on the book's sequel Dune: Messiah) we might get to see Paul go full mobius strip.