DUNE PART 2 - Denis Villeneuve On The Ending Change

Denis Villeneuve On the Dune Part 2 ending change. In this video essay, I discuss the ending of Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part 2 and why Denis Villeneuve made some changes. The ending scene with Paul Atreides as the new Emperor and Chani leaving, sets up a Dune Messiah movie in an interesting way. There are heavy spoilers in this video.

Paul Atreides leads nomadic tribes in a battle to control the desert planet Arrakis. Dune is an upcoming epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve with a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Villeneuve, and Eric Roth. The film is an international co-production of Canada, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It is the first of a planned two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert, which will cover roughly the first half of the book. The film stars an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.

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0:00 Intro
1:33 Denis Villeneuve On Changing The Dune Part 2 Ending
7:11 How The Dune Part 2 Ending Could Connect To Dune Messiah

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DUNE PART 2 - Denis Villeneuve On The Ending Change

[CortexVideos]

Hope you enjoy my video discussing the comments of Denis Villeneuve on the ending of Dune Part 2 and why he made the change that he did. I also talk about what this could mean for Dune Messiah. Let me know what you think down below.

[stephenl]

I couldn’t believe a movie grabbed me in the way dune 2 did. Been a long time since I was invested like that.

[marksteelman]

I saw Chani’s place I the film as the audience surrogate to inform us how we should be feeling about Paul.

[carolbriscoe]

I was very concerned at Chani's leaving Paul at the end of Part 2. Now I understand why Denis chose such a move. It will give their relationship a deeper commitment when they reunite. That way, the drama of her miscarriages and eventual success of bearing the twins will be even more poignant.

[vergyltantor]

IMO Villeneuve missed one of the best lines in the book Dune.

Jessicia said, "While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine—history will call us wives.

[thixiemattel]

I think using a character like chani as a tool to get at herbert’s intention (that didn’t always come across in the writing) and in turn, developing her as a character (which I like) is smart.. I think the actual issue in part 2 is we lose some of paul’s development and his intense struggle to walk the path with the least harm done:

what we don’t see enough in the movies, in my opinion, is how paul is walking a razors edge in his ability to see outcomes and his rather opaque behavior is often very much guided by choosing the lesser of two (or infinite) evils. he IS flawed and yes power corrupts (these aren’t new themes) but I would have liked to see more of what we don’t see in the dialogue which I know is tricky because that’s harder to portray in film.

I also think the decision to skip the time jump and the death of paul and chani’s son is a big part of the reason paul seems like he loses himself after he drinks the water of life. without the revenge factor (a very human motivation, if not always noble) after his son’s death it seems like paul drinks the kool aid and decides he’s gonna go sicko mode on the empire and I do think it does somewhat of a disservice to paul. he is trying to prevent the obliteration of an entire people and he knows the jihad will also bring the death of millions. he’s not perfect. he fails at being the hero. he’s incredibly manipulative. but in an attempt to show his flaws that herbert didn’t think came across as well as he wanted, this film also mischaracterizes him to some extent.

I don’t think you have to choose between those two things in what you choose to portray in the film. I think you could have explored his fall from heroism and his struggle to do right by a people but I don’t think we got both. at least not yet. anyway those are just my thoughts.

[VanBeany]

At the end of the day, we still have the books. Bless the Maker and His water!

[Dularr]

Dune Part 2 is amazing. Perfectly setting up Dune Messiah. The changes to Chani should easily flow into Dune Messiah.

[Hykje]

"I have to admit that without the Fremen, it would have not been a victory."
"Victory? Victory you say? Not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun the Holy War has."

[PeloquinDavid]

My sense is that what the (mostly book-purist) critics dislike about the Part II ending (and much else in the first Dune book's two-film adaptation) relates to the big difference between the "omniscient narrative" of the book(s) and the inevitability (especially in a Villeneuve film) of the audience having to go through most of the story looking at developments through the eyes of a typically poorly informed character (usually a woman or outsider in his films) who struggles to make sense of what's going on.

No one should be surprised that the films haven’t yet revealed what exactly Paul has seen, nor that Chani might have a more complex and relatable internal reaction to the events at the end of "Dune" (and of Part II).

The ultimate payoff in a "show, don't tell" film adaptation of a "tell-the-reader- everything- in-advance" book will come when the full nature of the modern Greek tragedy of the Dune story becomes clear (presumably by the end of the next film adapting "Dune Messiah") - i.e. the horrible dilemma facing Paul in trying (but failing) to both figure out how to avoid the worst excesses of the jihad and then to "do what must be done" (at great personal sacrifice) to pre-empt an even greater human tragedy.

[alasdairmacdonald]

Haven't read the books so I'm not all capable of saying which I thought was better but I thought this was a very powerful and effective choice to have Chani be the conduit for the audience questioning Paul's choices and anger at the result. I know some of the later story beats of later books but I think this change has them setup for a better 3 part to the story than would otherwise be the case.
Additionally it has the side benefit of making Chani into a more active and strong character than she has been in other adaptations that also syncs with audience expectations around the treatment of women in such works of fiction. Not in a ham fisted Disneyesque way but one that feels true to the story and like something and an actual person might do.

[jgberzerker]

Sorry, book Chani is a much wiser character than this movie version. That’s why she accepts her position as consort. She knows she has Paul’s heart even though she doesn’t wear the crown. Chani is the one who pressures Paul to sleep with Irulan so he has an heir. It’s a far departure from the movie version.

[censortube]

The music at the end, its a variation on the earlier love theme between Paul and Chani, is absolutely unbelievable

[AngiMP]

Thank you for this. I like your predictions and points. It has been so fun to speculate how DV will approach the Messiah film. I like your prediction that involves Chani stopping a plot to kill Paul because it's actually consistent with the first book (p. 482) when she casually kills someone who came to challenge Paul in the sietch. So that would be cool.

I LOVED the bold choices Denis Villeneuve made. The film made a big impact. And also, haters have the loudest voices: I think most viewers loved the love story and the character choices. Love the books (Ive read them several times). Love the films. Love the fact that Villeneuve can surprise all of us. I hope DV continues to be bold, unafraid, and unapologetic about his choices because he is damned good at what he does.

[KurtCollier]

By keeping young Alia out of these movies, Denis compressed the few years worth story from the book into less than a year. Based on the actress that he used for the voice of Alia, and will likely use for the more grown Alia that will appear in Messiah- I would expect the third film to jump forward somewhere closer to 155-18 years forward and tell another time-compressed version of Messiah.

I really enjoyed what he did with Dune and part 2 so far. I forgive the things changed as he told a more "grounded" story that is reasonable for non-book readers to follow and enjoy. And the things he did change or omit aren't going against the story in the book- just streamlining and keeping to the literal stuff that can easily be seen.

I really look forward to see what he does with the third movie, and I have very high expectations he will do a great job. I am confidant that anyone who comes to the books after these movies will get the story they saw and so much more.

But I also really liked the screen and book versions of Annihilation- and those were significantly more different from each other.

[khroify]

The last shot of Chani... the hurt in her eyes and yet, strength. I almost expected a fade to black and in white text appears: Men Suck.

[mattlawson]

I absolutely love the books, I am a diehard fan of Dune, but I don’t have any problems with any changes. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I thought the score and cinematography as well as the performances from a lot of great actors really added some heaviness and depth to this movie. It’s not perfect, no movie is. Other than Lawrence of Arabia, which influenced Frank Herbert to write this book. I love that it comes full circle because Dune (regarding visuals).. Denis is paying homage to that film with this film. I think he actually said it was his favorite movie ever. The storming of Aqaba is the best thing ever captured in film without CGI. It is so epic.

[BakesKamuari]

I will say even tho I didn’t like the changes I do love the movie but I am really worried about dune messiah bc he said this is supposed to close the Paul story but the book sure doesn’t not till the 3rd book

[qmvnekc]

Makes sense on what you said about the ending and the continuation to Dune Messiah ! Can’t wait to see part 3 !! I’ve become a huge fan of the Dune Trilogy !!!

[Poloassassin]

I was so happy to see a new video for 'Dune', but sadly, I did not read the books.😔