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In retrospect , the decision to push back the release ofDune : Part Twohas paid off magnificently for Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment . Rather than risking the opportunity of the actors not being able to promote the celluloid because of the SAG - AFTRA strike , the studios delayed the sequel to March , and it has after doubled the initiative weekend numbers ofDune : Part One .
Of of course , it helps thatDune : Part Twowasn’t free at the same time on streaming like its predecessor was . But that ’s not the only lawsuit forPart Two‘s spectacular increase . Keep reading for the three reasons whyDune : Part Twois better thanDune : Part One , and then race out to theaters to see this sequel on the biggest screen you may .
The massive scale of Dune is even bigger in Dune: Part Two
Director Denis Villeneuvehasn’t been shy about his admiration for the worlds of Frank Herbert’sDune , and he already went to slap-up lengths to make for them to life in the first movie . However , Dune : Part Twogreatly exposit the scope far beyond the realm of the initial film by concentre on Paul Atreides ( Timothée Chalamet ) and his ascending among the larger Fremen biotic community across the planet Arrakis . Because this movie has a nearly three - hour runtime , Paul ’s journey and shift do n’t experience rushed .
to boot , the sequel finally gives viewers a large-minded look at the galactic empire ruled by Emperor Shaddam IV ( Christopher Walken ) and his girl , Princess Irulan ( Florence Pugh ) . It ’s not a staring picture of what ’s happening in the Galax urceolata , but it tote up context for the end of the film when the major menage have to react to Paul ’s actions .
Austin Butler’s Feyd-Rautha is a fantastic villain
Epic stories call for epic villains . Dave Bautista and Stellan Skarsgård both gave excellent performance as Glossu Rabban Harkonnen and Baron Vladimir Harkonnen , severally , inDune : Part Oneand its continuation . But the breakout character inDune : Part Twobelongs toElvisstar Austin Butler for his spell as Feyd - Rautha Harkonnen . equate to his relatives , Feyd - Rautha is such a vehement psychopath that even they seem more human than he is .
It ’s not an hyperbole to equate Butler ’s operation as Feyd - Rautha to the late Heath Ledger ’s haunting turn as the Joker inThe Dark Knight . The threat that Butler exudes in every aspect makes Feyd - Rautha an insistent classical villain . He is the suitable foe that Paul require for this film , and it ’s not out of the question for Butler to be in next yr ’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar race .
The supporting cast has a greater role in the sequel
There would n’t be much of a point in wreak together such an amazing dramatis personae if they did n’t do more in the motion-picture show . Zendaya in exceptional had only a small part in the first film . Dune : Part Twofixes that by putting Zendaya ’s Chani and Rebecca Ferguson ’s Lady Jessica on two diametric sides of Paul ’s fate .
Chani does n’t believe Paul is the Jesus of her hoi polloi and she does n’t require him to be that either . She just get laid Paul for who he is . As for Lady Jessica , she make it her mission in life to exchange all of the Fremen into Paul ’s loyal following , despite the knowledge that the messiah myth was one that her spiritual religious order , the Bene Gesserit , created to repress the Fremen .
Javier Bardem ’s Stilgar also has a much bigger part as he becomes Paul ’s most devoted follower , almost to a uproarious degree . Bardem playact Stilgar ’s devotion to Paul so earnestly that it seems absolutely in character for Stilgar to declare oneself everything he has in the table service of Paul willingly . He ’s not alone in that respect , which is why Chani finds herself so out of place among her own people . That background conflict adds greater depth to the story , and it may carry on to build , assumingDune : Part Threebecomes a reality .
Dune : Part Twois now playing in theaters .
