A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
- Won 6 Oscars
- 174 wins & 294 nominations total
- Herald of the Change
- (as Benjamin Clementine)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDenis Villeneuve confirmed in a Vanity Fair article that his adaptation of Dune will be split into two films in order to ensure that the original story would be "preserved and not cut into a million pieces." However, contrary to the common practice of filming several installments back to back, only the first movie (which roughly covers the first half of the source novel) was greenlit and produced, with an optional sequel depending on how well the first film performed. A sequel was greenlit on the Tuesday after the film opened. According to production designer Patrice Vermette, the movie was originally supposed to end later in the story, but during pre-production, these final scenes were shifted to the sequel, meaning that some of the preparation for Dune: Part Two (2024) had already been done.
- GoofsDespite several mentions of the intensity of the sun on Arrakis, no character ever wears any eye protection.
- Quotes
Lady Jessica Atreides: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings obliteration. I will face my fear and I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past... I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
- Crazy creditsAt the start of the film, a Sardaukar priest chants "Dreams are messages from the deep" as a prologue as it is subtitled onscreen.
I've read some of the worse critiques here and feel like it's more a mismatch of the viewers taste and the movie rather than the movies fault.
The sound is amazing, and even though I'm often a proponent of thematic pieces used by the old masters for movies like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones or even Harry Potter (1,2 and maybe 3), the whole audio experience including the sparingly used music couldn't have been done better.
The visuals are the most epic shots seen in a long while and surprisingly even the 3D was descend, something I didn't expect.
What REALLY transported me though was the screenplay. I have seldom seen characters with such little screen time and such minuscule amount of Dialogue (this is like the anti-thesis to Lynch's Dune, though there are nods to it throughout) played to such perfection. It's what ultimately transports the viewer into this world.
Another interesting choice is the sparingly used dialogue throughout the whole movie.
Some characters like Duncan Idaho had almost all their dialogue shown in the trailer, other important figures have about 3-5 lines of Dialogue and not much screentime, and yet they feel real and like they were portrayed through a characters lense that might be Paul or a third unnamed and not visible character altogether.
I'm not a fan of minimalism but this movie somehow marries epic and minimalism so well that both feel heightened by the other.
If you loved LotR and always craved for a Star Wars that felt a bit more grounded (don't expect space battles!) this is the one you should look at.
- matjes501
- Sep 20, 2021
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Hành Tinh Cát
- Filming locations
- Wadi Rum, Jordan(Arrakis desert)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $165,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $108,897,830
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $41,011,174
- Oct 24, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $407,573,628
- Runtime2 hours 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1