Dune: Part Two is widely regarded as a sci-fi masterpiece, but the Honest Trailers team has a different take. In their latest skewering, Denis Villeneuve's epic movie comes under fire for a surprisingly long list of reasons.
The "plot armour" surrounding Timothée Chalamet's Paul Atreides is one of them, as is Dave Bautista's one-note performance (which, in fairness, he made the best of given how limited Beast Rabban is as a character).
That needle-drop piece of the score being used to make relatively mundane scenes more epic is also singled out, but are the criticisms fair? Yes and no. However, before getting too annoyed, it's worth remembering that these Honest Trailers are meant as little more than tongue-in-cheek fun.
We can't disagree with their assessment that Dune: Messiah runs the risk of being a boring movie without some changes, though!
No matter what anyone says about his Dune movies, it was earlier this year that Villeneuve talked about how this job has proven itself a dream come true for him. "I was a nerd," the filmmaker admits. "It’s a book that stayed with me through the years."
"When I came to work here in Los Angeles more than ten years ago, people kept asking me, 'What would be your dream if you could pick one thing in all the world?’'And I kept saying, 'Dune.' I’m still pinching myself that I’ve had the chance to adapt it. It was exciting, it was fun, but it was also brutal, shooting in rough environments that were extremely hard on the crew."
"Every day was a challenge - I said that about Part One, but Part Two was even more so," Villeneuve concluded.
You can watch this Honest Trailer for Dune: Part Two in the player below (via SFFGazette.com).
Dune: Part Two: will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath 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, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
New and returning stars include Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, with Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.
Dune: Part Two is still playing in theaters and arrived on Digital earlier this week. You can learn more about its upcoming Blu-ray release here.