Like the original, the script begins with a gom jabbar scene between Paul Atreides and Priest Mohim, except in this version, the Atreides family has made the trek from Caladan to Arrakis. After Paul passed the test of the box, the four wise men Tufail, Yue, Gurney and Duncan showed Duke Leto a wounded Fremen and three others assassinated by the Harkonnens.
Hawat
assassin! They trapped three poor guys over the cliff.
Halleck
There is a bug. We have to run for it.
You can see the problem: Herbert immediately uses dialogue to discuss action scenes that are much better to watch than to hear. He also introduces the concept of left and right (Bene Gesserit order, Kwizatz Haderach, Sandworms, Fremen, Harkonnens) without giving any background information.
Just like in Lynch’s film (and the book itself), we get those lovely voiceovers of inner thoughts.Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac) first part) thought to himself: “We’ve only been on this damn planet for two days and the Harkonnens are already at work!” These narrations usually contain a spiritual dialogue between two characters, which is something Villeneuve does a lot in the film. techniques used. the second partsuch as between Feder (Austin Butler) and Ms. Fenlin (Léa Seydoux).
The theatrically explicit expository dialogue continues unabated as Herbert’s play introduces the world of the hedonistic Harkonnens, who covet the possession of a guild ship decorated with erotic paintings. Globe of Arrakis made of jewelry. Introducing a character that wasn’t in Villeneuve’s film, they tortured Wanna with a “pain box” and Feder basically videotaped Wanna’s husband, Dr. Yue, so he would carry out their orders against Atreides family. She calls them “monsters” and the Baron makes it clear: “Of course, we are monsters, dear Vanna. We will take back our planet and its precious spices at any cost… We must rule the dunes and the spices. We all Needs spice. It extends our lifespans, and you Bene Gesserit witches need the spice to fulfill your dreams.” Not exactly Paddy Chayefsky.
Stilgar arrives at Leto Hall with an entire team (including Mapes, Cairns, and Chani) to use the Death Still to extract water from the dead Fremen. Paul told his mother, Jessica, that he recognized Chani in his dreams and predicted that she would associate him with the Fremen. Stilga presented Paul with water from his people, whom he immediately recognized as the Mahdi (the legendary Messiah, although it is never explained that he may have been the “shortener of roads”). Duncan joins the Fremen as an olive branch, and Mapes joins the Atreides as a domestic servant. As she walked out of the lobby, Charney glanced back at Paul, just like Zendaya often does in the new movie.
After Wanna died unexpectedly during torture, the Baron planned to use Yue to kill Paul with the hunter while keeping Yue’s wife in a “crystal” (crystal box). Count Fenlin (who will lead the Emperor’s Saduka to attack the Atreides in Harkonnen uniforms) arrives on the guild ship. He was disgusted with the Harkonnens and only acted in the emperor’s interest, so he gave the recording of Wanna’s torture to Yue.
In Arrakis, the Duke’s remaining soldiers and baggage (including the atomic bomb) were transported, with Gurney playing accompaniment on his barisette.Herbert reportedly insisted on playing the instrument in the film, which was filmed but cut from Lynch’s film and Villeneuve’s first film dunebut eventually appears in the second part. Herbert then adds a scene in which Duke Leto rescues the carry-on from the worm, almost Lynch-like, although Villeneuve adds a bit more pizzazz to the scene by having Paul nearly get killed. A great moment acknowledging the injustice done to the Fremen comes when two of them (the guides) attempt to board Leto’s ornithopter:
Cairns (voice-over)
We don’t have room for them.
Paul (voice-over)
Capsule history of the Freemen!
We get a cool scene of Duncan and Stilgar fighting back to back against Harkonnen’s squad in the dunes. Stilgar scolds Duncan for using the shield (which attracts worms), and they capture the Harkonnen, who warns them that there is a traitor in their midst. The scene where Mapes cuts himself to express his devotion to Jessica is also there, as is the scene where Paul and Gurney practice fighting (albeit without a shield) and the scene where the hunter attacks Paul.
Because Herbert can’t give away too much, we get a banquet scene that was omitted from both theatrical adaptations. dune Because the political intrigue it reflects is not important to the plot (Leto is going to die soon anyway). The banquet ended up devouring nearly 25 pages of the script before it was interrupted by Count Fenlin attacking Fortress Atreides with the help of Yue lowering his shield.