There is a new reaction for Dune 2021 and it includes
plot details, including information on the movie's ending.
This comes via a new exclusive interview from a viewer who saw a test screening of Dune,
and I will be referencing the source as we get into this video.
I'm going to be discussing the new details along with giving my own thoughts towards
it.
There will be potential spoilers for DUNE 2021 in these details, so if you don't want
to be spoiled by what the film tackles, then I would recommend watching another one of
my videos on the film.
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But without further ado, lets dive into all the details surrounding the latest
movie reaction and analysis for DUNE.
So according to various leaks and reports, at least two versions of Dune have already
screened for test audiences, and on top of that, at least one version of the script for
Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sci-fi film has been leaked online, appearing to back
up the details from both test screenings.
If you don’t want to know how the new Dune movie potentially ends, and just how
far this film will go towards adapting Frank Herbert’s, now is the time to turn away.
According to Secrets of Dune in his latest video, which I will link down below, two distinct
test screenings of the film have taken place, each showing a different ending.
Recently, the channel's account manager spoke to an anonymous source who described in detail
exactly what they saw in the screening, and although the individual maintained secrecy
to avoid violating contracts, the account believes them to be a legitimate
source.
If this source is true, then a lot of what we’ll see this October has been revealed.
Secrets of Dune goes into a lot of detail surrounding what was said, but the quick points
that follow contain the biggest information from this anonymous source.
To start of with, a huge majority of the film will
happen before Paul Atreides and his family even get to the planet Arrakis.
According to the source, the movie “spends a great
deal of time before we get to the planet, and we see very little of the Fremen.”
And speaking of the Fremen, the possible family connection between Dr Liet-Kynes
and Chani is not made explicit.
“It should be noted that Chani is not in much of the film, and it’s quite clear that
her role will be developed more in the sequel.
You wouldn’t cast someone like Zendaya to do so little in the film, the source explains.
The sandworms are also detailed to look great and make the Lynch versions look like playthings.
However, as Secrets of Dune pointed out, the source claimed that nobody rides a sandworm
in this movie.
This is something I predicted back in a video ages ago
and I think many fans of the source material who get a sense of how much is going to be
in this film also predicted.
The riding of a sandworm is prominent in the third
book of the first novel and if the film ends around the water of life scene in book two,
then the next film would have the riding of a sandworm very close to the first act
of the next one if that of course happens.
This person also went on to claim that they were “blown away” by Timothée Chalamet’s
screen presence and that Jason Momoa’s Duncan Idaho steals the show, adding, that
the Same goes for Stellan Skarsgård as the Baron.
It makes sense for Idaho's character to be central to the new film with the
potential for more exploration later on in more movies.
Princess Irulan and Feyd are also claimed to not be in the movie, and if these characters
eventually appear in Villeneuve’s new franchise, this leak says
that won’t happen until the sequel.
Paul’s baby sister Alia is also not in the movie, and we know that this is because of
where the movie ends and the plot structure of the book and how that applies to this new
adaptation.
The leaker confirms with all of this information that because of how the movie ends in the
way we've predicted previously too, that there MUST be a sequel.
So, what happens in the ending?
Well, according to the person who saw this test screening, the movie ends after Paul
fights Jamis, a Fremen whom Paul is tasked with defeating in order to get himself and
his exiled mother into the group of the Fremen people.
If the movie does end with this fight, it will basically conclude in the middle of a
chapter.
However, as Secrets Of Dune said in his video, his account manager believes that there are
two test screenings and that the actual film won’t end with the Paul and Jamis fight.
Instead, they claim like many of us Dune fans have been predicting, that it will end with
the Water of Life ceremony, in which Paul is basically proven
to be the “Kwisatz Haderach.”
Paul experiences visions of the future toward the end of this chapter, which also makes
it feel like a good place to end the first Dune film,
setting up the insane events to follow.
It's at the end of Book 2, just before the jump in narrative time in the Dune story and
applying this to the two versions of Dune screened by Warner Bros, it's likely
a case of the studio wanting to determine the best ending for the first film.
We have to keep in mind though that the leaker did explicitly say that the test-cut of the
movie they saw ended with the fight, which takes place somewhere in the middle of Book
2.
So, we are left on the question of what could be the real ending surrounding both screenings
that have taken place.
As Secrets Of Dune points out, the first novel is divided into three sections, referred to
as book 1 with Dune, Book 2 with Maud’Dib, and Book 3 with The Prophet.
The last section, in which Paul leads the Fremen during a revolution and rides a sandworm,
is likely to be covered in the sequel, and this plot leak does very much hint at that
being the case.
But whether it does end on the fight or the water of life scene,
there’s good reason to be concerned that the ending of this October’s first film
might leave the audience, both new and also fans, potentially confused and wanting more.
I personally hope it does end at the water of life scene with the eventual joining of
paul and Chani, as it would be logical to set up the events of Book three and feel naturally
right for the plot.
But of course, if it does end at the Jamis fight, maybe Villeneuve and his team have
found a way to structure the film different in a
way that works.
We'll have to see, but like I said, it is worrying that there are different ending being
seen in test screenings.
It could just be a test by Warner Bros, like Secrets of Dune pointed out, but time
will soon tell as to what we will see in this first Dune film.
But they were all the new details surrounding the plot and ending of Denis Villeneuve's
Dune.
I think this reaction is trustworthy based on the information Secrets of Dune
provided in his video and it aligns in numerous ways to what we have heard in previous months.
There are a lot of things that will be intriguing to see reactions to when
the film releases, but the consistency in terms of viewers being blown away by the production
and what Denis and his team have done just in this first film shows what we could expect
from Dune as a whole.
The info on ending does confuse me, but with Denis behind the project and attention to
detail in his film's, this hopefully will be something that is done right come the final
product.
But I am hoping that we will start to get some more information surrounding the film
alongside receiving a broader range of reactions in the coming months.
We'll have to see, but so far, all these details suggest something interesting for the new
adaptation of Frank Herbert's world and I can't wait to see it on the big screen later
this year.
Let me know down below in the comments section what you personally think towards this latest
interview on the film, alongside your thoughts on all the specific details that the viewer
mentioned.
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