My Movie Review Thoughts and Final Score of
DIRECTOR DENIS VILLENEUVE
'DUNE PART II' (2024)
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-Academy Award Winning Cinematographer Greig Fraser's Cinematography is at God Level! This is one of the most visually stunning sci-fi films of All-Time, capturing the darkness of Giedi Prime and the dangerous beauty of Arrakis. This is Greig Fraser's best work to-date and I didn't think that was possible given his already phenomenal filmography.

-Hans Zimmer's musical score sures his already masterful work on the 1st DUNE film. The music is a powerful voice in the film that transcends to such an epic level that it leaves goosebumps on your soul

-Jacqueline West is coming back with a Vengeance for that Best Costume Design Oscar. The detail and work put into every costume had me in absolute awe 😍

-The Visual Effects of the film; from the spacecrafts, the sandworm riding, the galactic scale, the ornithopters combat, the action sequences, they are all breathtaking and Jaw-dropping on a God Tier level. I've never seen anything like it. A truly remarkable technical VFX achievement of a film.

-The Action Choreography is outstanding especially in the hand to hand combat and blade combat sequences as they're are F***ing Brutal and the best I've ever seen.

-Florence Pugh is fantastic as Princess Irulan. Working from the shadows her character is given more of a large role in this Villeneuve adaption; which felt like an upgrade for the character but also keeping faithful elements the Irulan character from the book Blooming to become a strategic political viper from the shadows.

-Rebecca Ferguson continues to be mesmerizing and in some cases down right terrifying as Lady Jessica giving another brilliant haunting performance as the character.

-Zendaya's incredible performance as Chani is one of the phenomenal core pieces of the film. Lethal and badass? Yes, but so many challenges come with the Chani character and she conquers them all. Zendaya has a phenomenal gift as an actress to convey so much raw emotional with just her facial expressions ,with little to no dialogue. She proves every second of screentime why she is one the greatest talents of our time.

-Austin Butler is viciously badass as Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen!! He goes completely all in as Feyd-Rautha from the Knife combat training, chilling hair-raising voice, the effortless demonic nature of the character and the results on screen are absolute evil perfection😈 Austin Butler is having the best most dark twisted time of his life playing this character and you can feel every second he's on screen. I wish I could find enough words of praise to articulate just how F***ing Perfect Butler is in this film as Feyd-Rautha !!

-I said it in the first film as it Continues into 'DUNE PART II' and that is Timothée Chalamet is the perfect incarnation of Paul Atreides from novel to the live-action big screen. The emotional juggle that Paul must face with War and Love but also knowing what he will lose along the way following this path is heart hitting and powerful to watch. He Never Seeks to lead but is always called to by a terrifying destiny he can't escape. Seriously, Chalamet is in Top Elite form and just down right exceptional.

-The entire DUNE 2 cast deserve high recognition as you can feel the Dedicational love and drive from everyone involved to make Director Denis Villeneuve's cinematic vison of the film as perfect as it could possibly be.

-The core of the film being the love story of Paul and Chani is executed so perfectly by Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. They nail everything about their relationship story from the novel that's so pure, heartwarming and heartbreaking.

-The Adapted Screenplay Written by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts is astonishing! FRANK Herbert's novel contains so much world building, political drama, individual character growth, and internal conflict. This screen play artfully crafts together the elements of the novel and the soul of what makes Frank Herbert' s message and book so special. As with any adaptaion, there will always be deviations from the source material but the film stays true to the core ideas and soul of what makes Frank Herbert's Novel so special

-This is not a beat for beat adaption of the book but a flawless cinematic adaption of Frank Herberts Novel.

-'DUNE II' is the Rare Joyful heart hitting reminder of why I love movies so F***ing much. A Theatrical Marvel and A Must-see film on the biggest & loudest IMAX screen possible.

-Not only one of the greatest sequels of All-Time but one of the greatest Sci-fi films to grace the cinematic screen !! An Astonishing Cinematic Achievement by Denis Villeneuve.

-Like I said it with 'DUNE: PART I' - and it needs to be clarified again Director Denis Villeneuve continues to be the most sensational filmmaker of our time. Bringing the pages of Frank Herbert's Novel to life cinematically was deemed impossible but Villeneuve achieves it with masterful filmmaking. Denis Villeneuve not only brings it to life visually but honors the source material, faithfully adaptating the work from page to screen. Every minute feels like a Love letter to Frank Herbert's work and cinema all at the same time. 'DUNE: PART 1' and Now together with 'DUNE: PART 2 ' are a staggering Achievement in Cinema and as a Lifelong fan of the book it is a dream come true.

-The only thing that breaks my heart is that Frank Herbert isn't alive to see this because I think he would have been so proud of this adaption and the brilliant work by Denis Villeneuve in bringing his novel to cinematic life like this.

"What Peter Jackson cinematically achieved for the Fantasy genre with 'LORD OF THE RINGS' Villeneuve has Masterfully achieved for Sci-Fi in 'DUNE: PART II' !!! Denis Villeneuve has crafted to life the Cinematic Epic of Our time !!! LONG LIVE CINEMA!!"

-MOVIE NERD JAMES

DENIS VILLENEUVE
'DUNE: PART II' (2024)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Out of 5️⃣ Stars (100%)