Like the book, the script begins with a gomjabbar scene between Paul Atreides and Reverend Mother Mohiam, except that in this version Atreides has already made the journey from Caladan to Arrakis. Immediately after Paul passes the box test, the Four Wise Men – Tufir, Yue, Gurney, and Duncan – present the wounded Fremen and three others assassinated by the Harkonnens to Lord Leto.
Howat
Assassins! They trapped his three poor companions on the other side of the cliff.
Halleck
There were insects. We had to run for it.
The problem is: Herbert uses out-of-the-blue dialogue to discuss action scenes that are much better to see than to hear. He also introduces concepts left and right (Bene Gesserit, Kwisatz Haderak, Sandworms, Fremen, Harkonnen) without giving any context.
Similar to Lynch's films (and the book itself), we get a narration of those lovely inner thoughts. Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) part 1) “We've only been on this damn planet for two days and the Harkonnens are already active!” I think to myself. Often these VOs include a mental conversation between two of his characters, a technique that Villeneuve used several times in his films. part 2as between Fade (Austin Butler) and Lady Fenling (Léa Seydoux).
As Herbert's libretto introduces us to the world of the hedonistic Harkonnen family, the raw, expository dialogue of a stage play continues unabated. The Harkonnens desire the jeweled globe of Arrakis in a guild ship decorated with pornographic paintings. There are characters who don't appear in Villeneuve's film, but they are shown torturing Wana in an “agony box,” and Fayed basically makes a video of it for Wana's husband, Dr. Yue. They have it on tape and he will follow their orders against House Atreides. She called them “monsters” and the Baron said: We will do anything to take back Earth and its precious Spice…We must rule Dune and Spice. We all need some spice. It is what prolongs our lives, and you Bene Gesserit witches need the spice for your dreams. ” Not like Paddy Chayefsky.
Stilgar arrives at Leto's Great Hall with his entire squad (including Mapes, Kynes, and Chani) and uses a still to extract water from the dead Fremen. Paul tells her mother, Jessica, that he recognizes Chani from her dreams, and predicts that she will bind him to the Fremen tribe. Stilgar gives Paul the water of the people, and Paul immediately recognizes the Mahdi (the legendary Messiah, but not explained except that he may be “the one who shortens the path”). did. Duncan joins the Fremen family as an olive branch, and Mapes joins the Atreides family as a house servant. On the way out of the hall, Chani gives Paul the kind of backward glance that Zendaya often does in her new movie.
After Wana dies unexpectedly during torture, the Baron plans to use Yue to kill Paul with the hunters and preserve Yue's wife in a “crystal” (crystal case). Count Fenring (who leads the Emperor's Sardaukar and attacks Atreides in a Harkonnen uniform) arrives on the guild ship. Fed up with Harkonnen and the others and acting only for the Emperor's benefit, he hands over the records of Wana's torture to Yue.
On Arrakis, the Duke's remaining soldiers and cargo (including the Atom) are delivered, and Gurney plays accompaniment on Bariset. Herbert reportedly insisted that the instrument be played in the film, and although it was filmed, it was cut from Lynch's film and Villeneuve's first film. duneswhich finally appears in part 2. Herbert later includes the scene in which Duke Leto rescues the crew of the Carryall from the Worm in an almost Lynchian-like one-shot, but Villeneuve gives the scene an extra punch by almost killing Paul. is giving. There was a great moment of recognition that the Fremen had been wronged when his two Fremen (guides) tried to board Leto's flapping flying device.
Kynes (VO)
We have no room for them.
Paul (VO)
There is a history of Fremen capsules!
There's a cool scene where Duncan fights Stilgar literally back-to-back with Harkonnen's forces in the dunes. Stilgar chastises Duncan for using the shield (which attracts the worm). He then captures Harkonnen and warns them that there is a traitor among them. There's a scene where Mapes cuts himself to show loyalty to Jessica, as well as a practice match between Paul and Gurney (albeit without a shield) and a scene where Hunter Seeker attacks Paul.
We get the banquet scene, which was omitted in both theatrical versions, because Herbert can't let much go. dunes Because the political intrigue it reflects is not essential to the plot (Leto will die soon anyway). The feast ends up taking up nearly 25 pages of his script, and is then interrupted by Count Fenring attacking Atreides' Fortress with the help of Yue, who lowers his shield.