Dune Part Two - All the Major Changes from the Book

Dune Part Two is out now! This video is an in-depth comparison between the movie and the Dune book to try and point out all the major differences between the two. Dune Part Two certainly took a few liberties with the source material in this adaptation. The biggest change is that of Lady Jessica and Alia. I'm interested to see where Denis Villeneuve plans on taking our characters in what is supposed to be the end of his trilogy. Which will be an adaptation of Dune Messiah. Although I assume in order to end it, even more changes will be made to the source material.
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THE GOLDEN PATH
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00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Change One | Liet Kynes
01:30 - Change Two | Chani is Different
03:44 - Change Three | Lady Jessica & Alia
09:48 - Change Four | What Happened to the Mentats
12:35 - Change Five | Gurney Halleck
13:12 - Change Six | Stilgar
13:48 - Change Seven | Geidi Prime & The Harkonnens
16:22 - Change Eight | Princess Irulan & The Emperor
19:15 - Change Nine | Paul & His Prescient Vision
21:12 - Change Ten | Finale & Sandworms
23:02 - Conclusion
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[karolnicks-suber]

Great Job! Did it bother anyone else that the role of the guild and guild navigators was completely left out?

[chrisbergonzi]

This is the first and only honest, non-fanboy, analysis of this movie....thanks man...

[triplemeatcombo]

How the hell does a video this good not have more views?? Loved it!

[HanzsKlopek]

I spent two years waiting to see how Villeneuve would be able to deal with Alia on screen. I understand that it is a challenge and a big risk to cast a 4-5 years old child with such a unique role, but this is also a huge part of what makes the Dune book so unique. I was not ready for that big of a change in the story ...

[mahmudmurad]

Your opinions and views from the book and movie are one of the best I found in youtube. Good job man.

[obscuresoundz]

hearing u break down of changes from the book re-affirms how good the miniseries was as far as script and dialogue and story telling and the runtime was of the miniseries was 4 hours 10 mins; while the new Dune had a total combined run time of about 5 hours 20 mins, so he had over an hour more yet still told less story.

[YourAverageNiche]

Many fans were upset about the transformation of Paul from a presumed hero to an anti-hero figure "so soon" in the events of the film, but DENIS himself stated that Herbert made DUNE MESSIAH exactly for the fact that readers did not see the threat of a messianic figure in Paul, so he rectified it in the 3rd book. Knowing this, DENIS took that knowledge and tried to rectify it in the film in the fact that PAUL is turning into some sort of anti-hero at the end (the Fremen speech, him killing the Baron, and him forcing the Emperor to kiss his ring) all of these are major changes to logically set him up directly in the 3rd film as a fierce Emperor.
Also, his sister in the womb along with her appearance in his vision tend to give off the vibe of a good sister, someone who understands the grand situation they are fated to live.

[Emanon...]

In the OG Frank Herbert universe, before Brian added the later books, it was never a "Skynet/Matrix" AI uprising, but a cultural revolution against how machines have turned everyone into unthinking drones.
I like this version better. A revolution against "social media" not a war against "Skynet".

[Blowfish_homicide]

Basically the whole second part gets majority of the book continuity wrong besides the major plot points. The one part that was pretty unforgivable was that they changed Paul's motivation for moving toward his visions of the Jihad, which was due to his son's death at the hand of the harkonnen spies. Chani isn't against Paul's motivation in the end due to her own grief, and knows that Irulan is just a pawn.

[kanhaibhatt]

Removing alia was a mistake. She was great in the first book

[Tom]

I feel that they've made the fremen too 'good' in the movies, from my recollection book they have many admirable qualities but are pretty much religous fanatic's and half the tension in the story is Paul and Jessica making sure they don't do or say something that is not in line with their beliefs as they would likely just kill them. So Chani being so against it is kind of world breaking for me.

[alehiokosify]

Personally my greatest disappointment in the film is the portrayal of Paul’s and Chani’s relationship. Since in Dune messiah we see the downfall of Paul, and how he loses both of his visions up to the moment Chani dies and the children are born, how is this defining moment going to be portrayed in the film? Paul is heartbroken when chani dies, we see him taking to himself about how there was no way of saving her despite all his efforts and asks for her to forgive him, how he loses his will to live afterwards. I believe Not showing the first child and its death is a serious storytelling error.

[isaganipalanca]

Great segment! Glad to have found your channel! I've duly liked and subscribed!

[foreveredites]

Which chapter should I read from now to know what happens after part 2?

[stefbeg]

[SOME SPOILERS] The fact that the Great Houses refuse Paul's claim to the throne is not only a complete nonsense, but negates the coherence of the universe.

In the book, why does Paul become Emperor ? Because his capability to destroy spice forces the Spacing Guild to side with him, and doing so, leaves no choice for the Great Houses to comply too. We can see a scene where the two navigators present in the entourage of Shaddam IV apply Paul's instructions to withdraw the highliners orbiting Arrakis and take the Great Houses armada back home.

Now, in the movie, the Great Houses refuse to recognize Paul as the new emperor. That means that in this version of the universe, the Guild has not a power strong enough to force the decision on the Noble Houses, and that means that possessing the mean of destroying spice is not enough a threat to give Paul supreme authority. So, in just a few minutes at the end of 5 hours of movie, the story manages to establish that spice is not that important - in fact has no importance at all - nullifying the central place Arrakis should have since the beginning.

Secondly, in the movie, the Fremen jihad is not at all a holy war, that is a war to propagate a religion, but a "classical" war of conquest with blatant political goals. You don't motivate holy warriors by setting blatant political goals. If we take the example of the crusades in medieval Europe, the pope did not intice populations by saying "let's go conquer the Holy land and establish the Crusader States of Outremer, they said - sincerely or not - let's free Jerusalem and the Christ's sepulchre. In the movie, Paul turns full "James Bond bad guy" and doesn't even try to hide the political aspect of the war against the Great Houses.

[DefactoOverlord]

I don't like the exclusion of Spacing Guild as they're the real power brokers of the Imperium and not the Emperor but that's my only disappointment. Paul getting their support through blackmail by holding spice trade hostage was crucial to his success.

[DK-ybim]

I watched dune 2 at the theater 3 days ago after waiting for it since years. I became very depressed and i still feel empty for no reason. Im thinking now to read the novels cuz i cant wait another 4 years for the part 3

[joethornton]

Great video and I’m in the same mind with the adaptations. For me it seems like the more detailed sci-fi elements which made the book so interesting and engrossing have been simplified for the big screen. However I get this had to happen and im still very happy with both of Denis films they definitely live up to the spectacle that is frank herberts dune

[leocmen]

Very honest commentary on Dune p2
Totally agree with you

Personally for a 2h40min movie, 4 major plot gears are missing
1.Alia
2. Guild Navigators and Highliners
3. Leto Atreids II, the Elder
4. Thufir Hawat ans Mentats

Additionally, please note that the role of mélange and its connection with worms was totally neglected

[SparkyWrench]

The biggest issue for me was Paul and Chani's relationship. How committed to each other they were. (As you stated) Paul explaining to Chani about marrying the princess, and Paul stating to the princess basically "i will never touch you and you will never have kids. So do what you want with your lovers but..." Chani was aggravated more by Paul being gone all the time more than him marrying the princess. If memory serves, freman relationships were more similar to viking relationships (you're together because you want to be together not because of a religious/state act).