Small Details You Missed In Dune

Denis Villenueve's "Dune" — or more specifically, "Dune: Part One" — is a remarkable accomplishment in worldbuilding on film. Frank Herbert's dense sci-fi novel is full of place names, lore, and lingo that would be completely unfamiliar to many filmgoers, and the movie works handily to guide the unfamiliar into its weird, deadly desert world.

Many aspects of "Dune's" worldbuilding go uncommented upon by the movie itself, from the prominence of swordplay in the combat to the complete lack of traditional computers in this futuristic sci-fi world. There's also the bullish history of House Atreides, and the meaning behind Paul's visions and the different cultures of Arrakis. If you're ready to go deeper into the desert, check out these small details you missed in "Dune."

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Does not compute | 0:00
The slow blade penetrates the shield | 2:14
House of the bull | 3:39
Spice and Paul's visions | 4:36
Behind blue eyes | 6:08
Clearing the path | 6:57

[planetoftheatheists]

The sandworms give off a static charge that extends for kilometers around them. This charge looses up the sand and allows them to glide through it like water. It also is the reason why they are able to detect rhythmic vibrations from the smallest objects on the surface of the desert.

[pauladodd]

Duncan is more than gifted. He single-handedly took down 19 of the emperor's Sardaukar while buying Paul and Jessica time to escape into the desert.

[dennisatkinson]

The bulls head was THE bull that killed Leto's father...the horns were sprayed with fixative to preserve the blood on them (per the book)

[ignismaxius]

Small correction: a hunter seeker doesn't use poison it actually burrows into the body and pierces any vital organs it can find.

[bigbean]

I liked how over the course of the film, Paul saw a lot of Muad’Dib, the desert mouse that can survive for long periods out in the desert. Really gives him a reason to eventually take the name Muad’Dib when he joins the fremen (he’s not very physically imposing, but he’s able to survive the desert)

[Yellowjack]

Not all of Paul's dreams come to life, they are only potential futures that may happen or not depending on his decisions, for example he dreamt of befriending Jamis but that never happened as Paul ends up killing him in the duel.

[ABDLAZ]

5:06 "Do you often dream things that happen, just as you dreamed them?" "Yes."
He says, "Not exactly, " in the actual movie.

[KidFresh]

Denis Villeneuve is a genius - his vision of Dune is 10/10… a modern sci-fi masterpiece

[matthewbrown]

"Jessica knows the right words to say to set Shadout Mapes wailing" XD she didn't, I thought that was actually a nice nod to that part in the book... she didn't know exactly what to say, hence signaling her guard to be prepared for violence because she was worried she might get it wrong... she was 100% feeling and guessing her way through the conversation and started to call the crysknife a "maker of death", but when Mapes heard "maker" she thought Jessica was about to say something about *the* Makers (sandworms) and Jessica picked up that "maker" must be a key word and didn't finish her sentence.

[jamieadams]

This movie was by far my favorite movie that's come out this year. Very well written and easy to follow despite the entire film being in the desert like planet it keeps you completely interested in the story. I love it and can't wait for part 2

[intlvoiceofreason]

I've always been of the opinion that Dune needed to be an HBO (or other streaming service) series akin to Game of Thrones. There is WAY too much story to adapt as a movie, even a two part movie. That said, Villeneuve's version was about as good as possible given the time limitations he has to work with

[charliebaker]

It might be my ADHD, but Dune has quickly become my new hyper fixation. I want to go back and read the books again.

[mojomike]

You missed the small copy of the Orange Catholic Bible that Gurney was reading when arriving on the transport ship and all the small quotes from it peppered throughout the film by various characters.

[ethanmartinez]

the matador and bull are symbolisms for letting life "call" to you and being patient enough to know when to strike, like in the last duel scene of the film

[fluffypinkpandas]

Who elses movie has paul utter a DIFFERENT response when prompted "Do your dreams happen as you see them"?
In this he says "yes"
but in my movie he said "Not exactly"

[oddball_hb]

8:13 Jessica didn't know the right words to say. She was about to say "it is a Maker of Death" but the word "Maker" is what the Fremen call the sandworms and that is what sets off the Shadout Mapes.
Jessica was simply Lucky.

[EmperorLetoII]

Small detail you missed in Dune: literally the first thing we learned about the Fremen

[carolynallisee]

For those who only watch the movie and haven't read the book...

There is more to the stuffed bull's head, being just one half of a pair of pieces. THe other is a portrait of Leto's father in full bull fighters attire. The story goes that the bull was apparently defeated and all but dead, and Leto's father turned his back on the animal which sprang back up and gored him to death. The bull was beheaded with the blood of Leto's father still on its horns and preserved, blood and all. The portrait and head were hung on opposite walls of the dining room of Castle Caladan for all to see: when Jessica meets Shadout Mapes, she had been tasked by Leo to see portrait and head hung in similar places in the dining hall of the Arrakeen palace.

[letzsnuggzz]

"The Zendaya looking Chani girl"
Who writes these narration scripts?!

[Jaysin]

Loved the original, watched it dozens of times, now, I've watched the new dune 2021, 4 times, and I am amazingly pleased, I really hope this becomes the epic that it deserves to be