 Dune is back. It's a longer, wormier, spicier. And dare I say better than part one? I'm gonna give you my thoughts in this spoiler-free review coming at you right now. Before I grab my worm hooks and really dig into this, I'm hoping you'll dig into the subscribe button quickly. It just takes a second. It's free of charge. That way, you don't miss an episode when I post one. And I do plan on having a spoiler-filled episode of Dune part two in a few days, so maybe something to look forward to. But for the time being, I'm just gonna give you a little overview of what to expect and we'll see if the spice is right with you. Right out of the gates, I have to mention this cast, which is shot out of a cannon. We have double the actors, double the celebrities from the first film in this thing. This is a big time who's who of actors. You see every name out of the sun in this thing, from Zendaya to Timothy Chalmay to Dave Boutista to Rebecca Ferguson to Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Josh Brolin, Christopher Walken, Javier Bardem. The list goes on and on until the break of dawn. And now looks can be deceiving. Just because you see Anya Taylor-Joy out there spinning around with the beautiful dress on at some sort of a Dune 2 premiere, doesn't mean she's gonna have a lot of screen time. In fact, she doesn't. And that's the same for a few of the others I mentioned. So tread lightly. Don't get your hopes too high to see a whole bunch of some of these new actors showing up for extended periods. Now I will say, I'm gonna leave this storyline very vague. Obviously takes place right after the events of the first. This is part two after all. Maybe don't hold out hope that this has a nice wrapped up conclusion. In fact, this could very well be called part two of a three-part trilogy. Even though they are absolutely not advertising it that way, that's how it felt when it was all said and done. And I will just leave it at that. Keep your expectations in check. It really gave me the same vibes of Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse did was not expecting such a cliffhanger-ish ending. If you saw part one and didn't really like it, I'm not gonna say run out and see this one. You're probably gonna have the same thoughts. It has the same base. It's pretty slow. A lot of dialogue, a lot of intrigue. This one I thought was better than part one and I was a big fan of the first part. So a glowing recommendation for me if you liked the previous entry. If not though, this isn't gonna bring anything to the table I think that's gonna get you on board. Although I do think the storyline here is a lot stronger. I appreciate the Game of Thrones-esque stuff going on behind the scenes. Now I know this is based on a book that I'm pretty sure is a lot older than Game of Thrones by a couple of decades. My point is there's a lot of intrigue. There's a lot of characters making moves behind the scenes. There's a lot of stuff that kind of comes to a head towards the end of the movie that plays out, but they build it. It takes its time. I saw someone in an early review. They often say, oh, it's a cinematic masterpiece. It's a tour de force. It's the next Lord of the Rings. Those are almost all kind of accurate here. But this comes with the fact that you have to be into this kind of stuff to begin with. I imagine if you're watching a Dune Part 2 review from me, you might have interest. You might have saw part one and you're thinking, okay, what do I have in store for myself? Well, it's about 10 minutes longer than part one. The pacing is slow, but I think enjoyable all the way through. It's very engaging. We spent a lot of time with the Furman. That sounds a lot like vermin and they're often considered rats. I'm pretty sure that was intentional. We spent a lot of time with the albino race of people that I forgot the names of. I honestly don't remember the names of pretty much anybody. I'm just in it for the spectacle. I love the story, but I'm not good with names, especially when we're talking about sci-fi names, planets, races, cultures. It's all out the window. Are they the Furman? Are they the Morgan Freeman? I can't remember heads or tails. I just know I liked all of these different cultures coming together and how these witchy ladies, these witchy women have been using mind games to play with these people. I'm going to tell you my standout character in this one. That's Rebecca Ferguson because I'm biased and I love her and I think she's fantastic. And here it's no exception. She's actually way stronger this time around. Gets more to do, which I don't know the book. I don't know the source material. So I'm just, I'm basing this off of what I'm seeing with my own two eyes, not what I've read. I was pleasantly surprised with her role in this movie. Zendaya gets a lot more screen time in this one. In the first film, she's kind of just visions until the end, showing off those baby blues, not really doing much. Here she gets to provide some acting chops. I was impressed with her. Timothy Chalamet, not getting it out of the park. Willy Wonka over here, doing it up. Not that janky Willy Wonka thing that's been going around on the social media. Holy shit. What happened with that? That thing's nightmare fuel. That Willy Wonka thing they set up somewhere. Yikes. I don't know why I'm pointing back here. It's not taking place in my house. I can praise this up and down in the most basic way possible by simply saying, yeah, it looks freaking amazing. This film is fantastic to look at. It treats all the senses. It sounds incredible. I saw this in RPX. I'm so glad I did because the bombastic explosions hit you in the temples. The sound of the vibration on the sand as a worm explodes. Everything has punched to it. And when they use that kind of deeper force voice, Jedi shit that they do, ooh, it sends chills down my spine. I got chills. They multiplying. Sheila, when you edit this, make sure to cut that. February has been an absolute shit show for films. I've seen some atrocious stuff this month. So Dune 2 coming out right at the end here. Just the right amount of spice to make this a perfect meal. And it really does up the ante from Dune Part 1. I think this movie is far better. It's far richer. I just am fearful that we won't get a final resolution to this thing. But if my theater was any indication, there's gonna be a lot of money made here. People are craving this stuff. They want good big movies. And I'm so glad that at least someone is making it. Denis Villeneuve. This is what Google Translate says is how you pronounce the director's name. I'm not gonna say it again. I probably butchered it. But you can look at the spelling, make up your own mind, or find an interview where they say it maybe correctly. And give him all the props he deserves because the man has made a gorgeous looking film. He really took whatever's happening in that book and he brought it into glorious 4K high resolution on the big screen. Whether he did it correctly or not, I don't know. But from what I can tell, this is a story worth maybe even going into further and opening up a book. Cracking open that cover and getting started. This is a sci-fi action fantasy film. If you're hoping for more emphasis on action this time around, I think it's pretty comparable to part one. There is action. There's some great effects or some good stunt work or good choreography going on, some sweet hand-to-hand sword play action. But for the most part, I was just invested in this world and these characters. And this is definitely a movie. This is definitely a two-parter, hopefully more in the future, that I can revisit like Lord of the Rings every year and actually familiarize myself with the characters as I did in that world that Peter Jackson helped build. And I'm looking forward to that. I'm also looking forward to what you have to say. So please let me know in the comments below. Did you see this one? Did you love it like I did? Or are you a little bit more down in the dumps? I want to hear from you. Please like the video and subscribe if you haven't. As I said, I talk movies every single week on this channel. I would love to have you stick around. And with that out of the way, I'm going to go ahead to the TV right now and watch June part one again. My wife hasn't seen it. I get to take her to Arrakis for the first time, introduce her to my boy Paula Treaties and hopefully she likes it as much as I do. All right, I'll see you next time. Take care.