The first trailer for Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 2 has been released online, and it gives
us some really exciting footage from the next film in the saga.
The trailer focuses on the iconic moment where Paul Atreides learns
to ride a sandworm and it gives us some more stunning imagery and character reveals from
the film.
In this video, I'm going to be giving you my reaction and breakdown for the Dune Part
2 trailer, discussing why it looks like a stunning new entry in Villeneuve's Dune universe.
The trailer will be linked in the description of
this video, if you haven't seen it already.
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But without further a do, lets dive into the first
trailer for Dune Part 2.
So the trailer for Dune Part 2 gives us a great tease of some of the big moments from
the upcoming film and it puts an extra highlight on some of the new faces coming to Denis Villeneuve's
science fiction saga.
The trailer opens with Chani and Paul sitting at the edge of the desert, with Paul taking
in the breathtaking landscape and talking to Chani about the potential
for unlimited water.
He talks about swimming and she doesn't believe him because they are of course, of two different
worlds.
We know that Zendaya has got a much larger role in the second
part, and if you've read book you'll know that this is fully justified, as Paul begins
to learn the ways of desert and build his romantic interest towards her.
We really get a good sense just from these opening images of their growing
connection and the vast vistas that Villeneuve is going to display on screen, in an aim to
up the scale and filmmaking spectacle, while also
giving us that well deserved payoff.
After this opening, we then start to really dive into some more dialogue and looks at
the new characters as well.
One of those is Florence Pugh’s Princess Irulan, who talks about the coming
war, saying, “In the shadows of Arakis, lies many secrets, but the darkness of them
all may remain.”
Of course, this can be decrypted as an early indication towards the rising Fremen
forces and their eventual leader Paul, who are the remaining threat that the Harkonnens
aren't expecting to return.
I really love the costume work that's on display with the multiple shots
we get of Pugh's character, especially the one where she's wearing a beaded vail, and
it really promises a sense of the royalty from both
the Princess and the Emperor's side.
We don't see the emperor in this footage, but I'm sure we'll get a look at Christopher
Walken's character down the line, and it's still great to get
this initial look at the Princess in the second part.
While the Princess talks about the darkness that remains, on screen, we get an introduction
from Rebecca Ferguson's Lady Jessica, who is now covered in tatoos like in Paul's vision
from Part 1, and is seen riding across the desert with the Fremen people in a new speeder.
From what I can tell, this is after the famous Water Of Life scene from the novel, where
her and Paul undergo a ritual to transcend within the Fremen camp.
We know that she eventually gives birth to the superpowered Alia Atreides soon
after, and while we don't see Paul's sister in any of the early footage or marketing,
we know that her character, like the Emperor, is definitely on the way.
We further see the Atreides empire being burnt, with pictures of Duke
Leto set alight, Lady Jessica saying that her father didn't believe in revenge, and
then Princess Irulan asking, "What if Paul Atreides
is still alive?".
There's more shots of returning members from part one like Josh Brolin’s Gurney Halleck,
who looks armoured up with longer hair, making his comeback after the brutal
loss that he and his Atreides men faced in that first movie.
He's about to step into battle, and I would presume that this is all building up to that
eventual fight with Dave Bautista's Rabban, something a lot of us fans are really
anticipating.
Speaking of Rabban, he's seen in one shot bowing to the the Baron in black and white,
there's a look at Lea Seydoux's secret agent Margot Fenring, and then what I think
is Part 2's vision sequences, which almost look like the orange hued shots from Blade
Runner 2049.
The montage does end with a brief look at the water of life scene, and it does give
us one image of Lady Jessica's blue eyes after the ritual takes place.
And this brings me to probably the two main things on show in this first official trailer.
In particular, we get a highlight of one big moment that defines Paul's journey and what
I think is a collection of flashbacks and present
footage surrounding Austin Butler's Feyd Rautha.
Starting with the Paul, there's a moment with Javier Bardem’s Stilgar talking to him about
riding a sandworm himself.
He says “Don’t try to impress anyone.
Be simple, but direct, and nothing fancy”.
Paul places his thumpter in the sand, then runs along the dunes, the
fremen watch on in anticipation to see if their prophesy comes true and we then cut
to quick shots of Paul grappling the side of the worm and hooking his way up to the
top.
He gets swallowed up by all the sand, and just like
the pages in the book, he eventually rises to the top and uses his maker hooks to control
the worm.
It looks absolutely stunning, even just on Youtube, and you can tell that they filmed
Timothee Chalamet on a practical part of the worm, which is what he also detailed at CinemaCon
a few days sgo.
Both the Water of life and sandworm sequences are massive moments in
this story and they really depict the full transformation of Paul Atreides into the Muadib
that was prophesised from the beginning.
In my opinion, the brief looks of these moments
really do a great job of showcassing the grandeur and also some of the struggle that Paul will
face during his transformation, and having practical filmmaking guide that is just wonderful
to see.
It really helps in believe in what you're watching and brings that added sense of authenticity
that Villeneuve's first film also had.
The trailer does come to an end with a few other pivotal shots of Paul, including one
of him on top of a Canyon to cheering Fremen people below.
There's another of Paul telling his mum that what they gave the fremen people
was not hope, which is teasing the big moral of this story.
And then a great one of him preparing for that very climatic Crysknife battle with
Austin Butler's Feyd Rautha.
Speaking of Feyd, he is seen a few times during the footage, and everything we get look quite
terrifying.
As revealed the other day, we see that striking bald
look that he will be sporting in the movie and we see him in an additional moment, which
shows us the fighting pits scene.
The shot with the Baron and Rabban from before was in black and
white too, and I'm guessing that this is all those moments from earlier on in the book
that part 1 didn't cover, as a somewhat flashback to fill us in on both the evolving narrative
surrounding Feyd and the Harkonens.
So now that I've talked about what was on show, what did I think of the first trailer
for Dune Part 2.
Well guys, I thought all of this footage was pretty damn spectacular, and through
the wide shots, the use of Hans Zimmer's score from the original movie and the sheer scale
on display in the footage we get, it really connects to that quote from Denis about part
2, in that this instalment is going to be an epic war film opposed to what we had before.
The images and action onscreen appear to be guiding the story and if you've read the book,
you'll know that that's probabaly the best angle
to take regarding everything that happens.
Whether it be the water of life sequence, the rise of Paul and the Fedaykin, or the
introduction of complex new characters like Alia and Feyd
Rautha.
Now as said before, we haven't seen all the characters on show, like Alia or the Emperor,
but it seems like Denis and his team have already nailed the looks of the characters
we do get and its really conveying that large scale sensibility through all the different
factions at play.
It reminds me of Return of The King and all the things that that movie had to
deliver on the big screen, giving us the payoff for the journey that started in Part 1.
I particularly loved the look we get at Feyd in the
fighting pits with black and white footage and then of course the tease of his crysknife
battle with Paul Atreides and I also think the grand shots in the desert with Paul and
the Fremen, really seem to be setting up that
larger sense of Fury that the film's tagline states.
To me, it seems like the filmmaker has done a great job of transitioning from the
landscape of part 1 to part 2, with there of course being a time jump set to take place
sometime in the early acts of the film, and having images of the Atreides empire being
burnt and then moving to the rise of Paul and his ascending
of the worm, really gives us a greater sense of what's to come.
But overall, I have nothing really negative to say about this trailer
and I think it really does a great job of building the hype for everything we're looking
forward too.
Visually, it looks like a collection of all of Villenueve's previous work and I feel
like this could be an excellent culmination of everything he has done so well at when
it comes to his science fictions epics.
It's looking incredible so far and I'm excited to see what
the rest of the marketing campaign gives us, in the months that lead up to Dune Part 2's
release.
But that was my video discussing my thoughts and breaking down the new official trailer
for Dune Part 2.
I will be doing much more videos during the build up to Part 2, including any new
footage, images of updates from Denis Villeneuve's latest film.
But if you've already seen the teaser trailer for Dune Part 2, let me know down below in
the comments section what you thought of the first footage, alongside whether
it gets you even more excited for what's in store.
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