March 1st has finally arrived! The time for the release of  Dune Part Two is here, and the wait has been well worth it. Since 2021, fans of Frank Herbert’s grand space opera have waited for the second part of Denis Villeneuve’s epic adaptation wanting to see the incredible way the cast and crew will cover the second half of his novel, and it is absolutely what cinemas need right now! The entire film is gorgeous, and the phrase, “every frame could be a painting” can honestly be applied to this film with absolutely no consequence or judgment towards that opinion. This is the single greatest film of the decade; it is so good that you will want to see it a second time, and you have an absolute reason to. Nothing but the film itself can do the film enough justice, but these words will hopefully convince you to finally watch it. 

The film has a remarkable transition from the last film, picking up literal days after the first. The audience still follows Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) on his journey from outcast to the Fremen, to their Messiah. The story, which I shall not make any mention to not reveal spoilers, plays on the idea of a not so typical hero’s journey. The story begs the question: how could one who exploits a people for their power and influence be a hero? The answer becomes far more prevalent as the story trudges on to the later books, where one can see the extent of the violence during Emperor Paul “Muad’dib” Atreides reign. 

The film itself also does its best to be true to the book, containing some wonderful scenes that are nearly completely true to the novel. Some examples include Feyd-Rautha (Austin Butler) celebrating his seventeenth birthday fighting in the Coliseum, Paul’s worm ride, and the duel between Paul and Feyd at the end. The scenes seem to be almost lifted from the words of the books.

That said, it did cut and deviate quite a bit from said book. Some things that likely should have been left in, got removed. Now it makes sense, since the film is incorporating material from a five-hundred-page book, but some things were rather important. These things include the death and pivotal role of Thufir Hawat (Stephen McKinley Henderson), which was cut, but later added into David Lynch’s 1984 Dune, and a very emotional scene indeed. Thufir played an active part in sabotaging the Harkonnens from the inside, while also working for them so as not to die. They also cut more Feyd-Rautha, a child born to Paul and Chani, the birth of Alia Atreides, and the complete change of the character Chani (Zendaya), making her much more difficult towards Paul. It is a good and bad change, as it makes sense that she would not blindly trust him, but she comes off as pretty petty, especially in the beginning when Paul wasn’t trying to lead a Jihad against the great houses of the Landsraad and Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.

But regardless of these changes, the film is still excellent and is above and beyond deserving to be seen in the cinema. It completely knocks out everything else that has been released since Oppenheimer in terms of scale, acting, beauty, and devotion to the audience. With garbage like Madame Web, Roadhouse, and any other action-packed disappointment we get nowadays, it is impressive to see something with genuine care put into it. That statement is reflected in the box office numbers for this movie, with a nearly 90 million dollar opening weekend. People like a movie that is different from everything else we get in the copy-paste formulas nowadays. Not to mention, this film is set up to win many awards during next year’s award season. So to support movies like this, go to the cinema and watch it, you will not be disappointed!