{"id":2191030,"date":"2024-03-02T16:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T21:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-reviews-dune-part-two\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T21:32:29","slug":"ben-shapiro-reviews-dune-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-reviews-dune-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro&#8217;s Take on &#8216;Dune: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-shapiro-reviews-dune-part-two%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2191030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>I just saw \u201cDune: Part Two.\u201d I have many thoughts.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s begin \u2064with the fact that \u200b\u201cDune: Part One\u201d and \u201cDune: Part\u200b Two\u201d \u2014 \u200dwhich encompass the whole of Frank \u2062Herbert\u2019s original \u201cDune\u201d \u2014 these two movies constitute the\u200c single greatest science fiction epic \u200bmovie achievement of all time. It looks absolutely phenomenal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The acting is top notch, the score is \u200cgreat, and it has probably the best visual effects I\u2019ve ever seen on film because you don\u2019t sense the CGI. Normally when you have this much CGI, you\u2062 can really sense it. In this film, however, you really do not \u200bsense it. Throughout \u201cDune: Part Two,\u201d they\u2019re on multiple planets and \u2064they all have\u2062 different color schemes, different color palettes and different looks. It\u2019s really pretty phenomenal.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_704623\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-704623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dune: Part Two. \u2062Courtesy of Warner Media \u2013 copyright Warner Media. 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>So let\u2019s\u200c start from the beginning.<\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spoiler \u2064alert \u2014 there will be lots of spoilers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDune: Part One\u201d ended with Paul Atreides heading off into the desert. The Harkonnen have killed his father. He and his mom, who\u2062 is a member of the \u200bBene Gesserit,\u200c end up going off into the \u200ddesert to accompany the Fremen. And \u2062this is all the predicate to Timothee\u2063 Chalamet\u2019s Paul\u200d Atreides\u200d becoming the prophet foretold \u200bby both Bene Gesserit\u2063 lore and, as it turns out, the lore created for the Fremen by the Bene Gesserit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So in the Fremen lore, there\u2019s supposed to be this \u2062figure called the \u2063Lisan\u2062 al Gaib. The Lisan al\u200c Gaib is supposed to be a figure who is going to make the planet bloom again. Apparently, sometime in\u2062 the distant\u2064 past it actually was a\u2063 blooming paradise but now it\u2019s \u200dall just a desert planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_704613\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-704613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Warner Media \u2013 copyright Warner Media. 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the Bene Gesserit lore, there\u2019s something called the Kwisatz Haderach, who is a foretold\u2063 prophet who\u2019s going to come and rule over all the known universe in the ways\u2063 that the Bene \u200cGesserit would\u2064 like. That\u2019s the basic religious plotline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So when we start \u201cDune: Part Two,\u201d Paul Atreides is with the Fremen. \u200cIt\u2019s unclear whether \u200dhe\u2062 and his mom are going to \u2064be accepted by the Fremen, but the movie actually opens in\u200c a \u200ddifferent place, which is really smart. You see the same sort of thing in \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d trilogy. In \u201cThe Return of the King\u201d the movie opens with a back \u200dstory about Smeagol and the idea is to set you in \u2064the \u2063universe again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, the same thing happens\u200c here. Here you have Florence \u200dPugh\u2019s Princess Irulan reading from\u2062 her\u2063 diary, explaining what just happened in the last movie for those who missed it. So the idea\u2062 was that the Emperor was afraid\u200b of the Atreides family, so he gave the\u2062 Harkonnen family the ability to kill off\u2062 all of the Atreides.\u2062 But they missed Lady Jessica and they missed Paul \u200dAtreides, and now Paul is running around making trouble for the Harkonnen family and by proxy for the Emperor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first third of the movie is dedicated to Paul becoming Fremen, being accepted and learning the ways of the Fremen. It\u2019s \u201cDances with Wolves\u201d \u2014 he\u2019s becoming\u200d fully engaged in the Fremen culture, everything from how to properly sand walk to how to ride\u200c a \u2063Sandworm. He\u2019s \u2064not a Mary\u200b Sue. He\u2019s been trained in actual \u200dcombat \u200dby the top commanders in his civilization and he goes and learns combat from the Fremen as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_704637\" style=\"width: 874px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-704637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Warner \u2063Media \u2013 copyright Warner Media.\u2063 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also makes not-stupid decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the end of \u2062the film \u200che\u2019s in love with Chani, \u2062but he doesn\u2019t stay with Chani.\u2062 He understands that his only shot at becoming Kwisatz Haderach is to marry the daughter of the Emperor. Paul actually understands the strategy, and he understands that his political ambitions are going to have to come before Chani. So they get taken in\u200d and the\u200c Fremen decide that Lady Jessica is going to become the Reverend Mother\u200d of their \u2063tribe, \u2064which really helps a lot since it allows her to spread the propaganda that \u200cher son\u2064 is in fact\u2063 the long awaited one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, Paul Atreides is really \u200csplit internally as to whether he should take \u200dup the mantle of Kwisatz Haderach or whether he should basically just fight\u200d alongside the Fremen. The reason for this\u2064 is he\u2019s been having all these visions and he sees that if he becomes \u200dthe leader, if he \u2062becomes Kwisatz Haderach, or\u2064 if he becomes\u200b Lisan al Gaib, that he is going to cause untold\u2062 suffering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There\u2019s \u2064one performance in the movie that the movie really relies on in a heavy way,\u2064 and that is Feyd-Rautha. Feyd-Rautha is the Harkonnen nephew who is \u2064supposed to be the \u201cbig baddie\u201d in\u200d this movie. So the second part of the film is the introduction of the big baddie. And then the third part of\u2063 the film is the culmination of \u2064the battle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I only have\u200b a couple of problems with the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christopher Walken\u200d as the Emperor is weird. His appearance takes you out of it \u2014 like, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oh, hey, what are you \u2064doing here?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200dYou couldn\u2019t find anyone else old in Hollywood? No one?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aside from that, the only\u200c other problem with the\u2062 film is that when we finally get to the final \u200dbattle, \u2062it\u2019s so unbelievably\u200d easy for Paul Atreides and his forces\u200c to\u2062 just\u200c wipe out the Emperor and all of the Harkonnen forces. You wonder why they didn\u2019t do \u200bit earlier. And this is actually \u200bprojected earlier on in the film. You see Paul, who\u2019s spending an awful lot of time with the Fremen, attacking various spice machines. And I just kept thinking to myself, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the \u200battacking weaponry is so much better than the defending weaponry, I don\u2019t even understand why this war is a competition.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So the ease with which the last battle \u2063is fought makes it somewhat anticlimactic\u200c and so\u200c you\u2019re wondering, how did the Harkonnens \u2064take over this entire planet? Aside from that, the movie looks spectacular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, because they\u2019re trying to play \u200dup the conflict within Paul Atreides about whether to become this prophetic figure or not, that gets turned into a broader conversation about whether\u200d religion is itself \u200ba myth or whether religion is a manipulative tool or whether religion is a reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another political thing they don\u2019t even know they\u2019re doing \u2014 which happens a \u200clot with Denis Villeneuve \u2014 his movies turn out to be\u2063 shockingly\u2063 Pro-Life. In this movie, Lady Jessica is pregnant and she\u200d is talking to the fetus during the entire movie. They\u200b show the baby\u200b in utero, like\u200c it\u2019s\u200c not a cluster of \u2062cells but an actual \u2063character \u2064in the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In any case, everything is being set up for Part Three. Apparently, there is still going to be a two-to-three year delay between \u200cthis movie and the next movie.\u200d So in that way it\u2019s very much like \u201cThe Lord of the Rings.\u201d\u2063 They\u2019re going to wait to see \u2064how this \u200done \u2064does. It\u2019s going\u200d to make all \u2062the money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200cbest thing about \u200bDenis Villeneuve or Christopher Nolan \u2014 the best working directors today \u2014 is that they put all the money on the screen. This \u2064film cost about $190 million to make, and every dollar of \u200dit \u2062is on the screen. This movie demands to be seen in IMAX. You need the rumbling of the ships; you need \u200bthe big\u200d sound; you need the deafening sound of this opera. You need \u200dall of the elements of the film. As a piece of world-building \u2014 it\u2019s the best world-building I\u2019ve seen since \u201cThe Lord\u2062 of the Rings.\u201d The acting is universally good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I had\u200b a lot \u2063of critiques of Timothee Chalamet in \u201cDune: Part One.\u201d \u200dHere they are somewhat\u200c alleviated. Again, I think that the biggest problem with Timothee Chalamet is that he\u2019s \u200bjust very skinny. It\u2019s weird to say that,\u200b but if he\u2019s \u200csupposed to be this prophetic, fiery figure, then\u2062 him being this incredible fighter\u200b and weighing maybe 92 lbs soaking wet is sort of a strange thing. But does he play it well? Yes. I think he upped his game for \u201cDune: Part Two.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, I give it five out of five stars. This is a really good \u2064movie, very interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And\u2062 even if they don\u2019t end up making \u201cDune: \u200cPart Three,\u201d\u2064 it will\u2063 live on its own as a fulsome film experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2064 How does &#8220;Dune:\u200c Part Two&#8221; portray the power of people coming\u2063 together \u200bto \u200cstand\u2062 against tyranny and corruption?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ing \u2063political \u200dcommentaries. In \u201cDune: Part Two,\u201d you see the Fremen\u2062 becoming this \u200bunified force, rejecting the oppressive rule of both the \u200bHarkonnens and the Emperor. It\u2019s a clear representation of the power\u200b of people\u2064 coming together and standing up against tyranny\u2064 and corruption.\u200c And it\u2019s interesting \u200bto\u200d see how\u2063 Paul Atreides, as the\u200b prophetic figure, \u200bnavigates this political landscape and becomes a symbol of hope for the oppressed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d film also touches on themes of \u200denvironmentalism and the exploitation of resources. The planet of Arrakis is rich in a\u200b valuable resource called spice, which is essential for \u2062space travel and human survival. The Harkonnens and the\u2062 Emperor have been profiting from the exploitation of this resource, while \u200cthe\u200d planet suffers. The Fremen, \u200con the \u200dother \u2064hand, have \u2063a deep connection to the planet\u200b and understand the\u200b importance of preserving its ecology. This adds another layer to the story and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-200-sex-trafficking-victims-rescued-in-two-week-operation-cross-country-2\/\" title=\"Over 200 victims saved in 'Operation Cross Country' against sex trafficking.\">raises\u200d important questions<\/a> about our own relationship with the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d is a visually stunning and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-more-offbeat-superhero-movies-like-the-hyperions\/\" title=\"Five More Offbeat Superhero Movies Like \u2018The Hyperions\u2019\">thought-provoking film<\/a>.\u200b It continues the story of \u2063Paul Atreides\u200b and his journey towards fulfilling his prophetic role. It explores complex themes of power, religion, unity, and\u200d environmentalism, all\u2062 while immersing the audience in a breathtaking science fiction universe.\u200c It\u2019s a true cinematic \u2064achievement \u2064that will undoubtedly\u2062 leave audiences craving for more.<\/p>\n<p>As a fan of both\u200d Frank \u200bHerbert\u2019s original novel and the previous \u2064film adaptation, I can confidently say that\u200b \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d lives up to the\u200b expectations. It \u200bcaptures \u200cthe essence \u200cof\u2063 the source material while adding its own unique visual and narrative flair. \u200dIt\u2019s a\u200d must-watch \u200cfor science fiction enthusiasts,\u200c fans of the original novel, and anyone who appreciates\u200c masterful filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you haven\u2019t already, make sure to watch \u201cDune: Part Two\u201d and prepare to\u200b be swept away by its grandeur and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sexier-with-clothes-on-the-bear-wins-emmys-attracts-fans-without-sex-and-nudity\/\" title=\"The Bear' Wins Emmys, Attracts Fans with Classy Appeal\">thought-provoking storytelling<\/a>. It\u2019s a\u200b film that will stay with \u2064you long after the credits roll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8220;Dune: Part Two&#8221; is outstanding, and the visuals are breathtaking. The seamless continuation from &#8220;Dune: Part One&#8221; completes Frank Herbert&#8217;s masterpiece. These films redefine the sci-fi genre, leaving a lasting impact on viewers. The scale and grandeur of this epic saga are unparalleled, making it a must-watch for any science fiction enthusiast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":2191031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Dune-2-wide--scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2191030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Dune-2-wide--scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2191030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2191030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2191031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2191030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2191030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2191030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}