Dune 2 is a Wake-Up Call for Hollywood

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I'll admit while watching Dune i started wondering how expensive this movie was compared to recent super hero movies. I was blown away by the fact that it has a smaller budget.

Dude, this video came out the exact second I left the cinema. Are you the Lisan Al Gaib?

When I first saw Dune 1, it is soooo magnetic that I went to read the books immediately. For Dune2, it is the only film so far in my life that I want to watch it a second time directly.

I absolutely cannot wait until this comes out on 4K and I can watch both parts together, as one film. It’s gonna be insane.

Finding a director that loves the source material I think is the key to future. Not just getting big names

Dune has some of the best CGI I've ever seen. None of it feels cartoony or triggers that part of the brain where you go, "Well that's obviously fake." Absolutely loved both parts!

Dune and Dune Part Two completely blew me away. It has the scale, love and care that EVERY blockbuster movie should have, and having a director that knows how to approach the project is key to that. I am so thrilled by these movies and can only hope they mean a change in the way Hollywood makes these big budget movies

I saw this movie, and I have kept having flashbacks from certain scenes. I think that you made me understand why my subconscious is still trying to tell me what a beautiful experience it was and I should cherish it more

There's almost an old Hollywood epic feel to Dune. The way it only has dialogue when it needs but has so much non verbal spectacle to build the world and give it that scale and lived in feeling is amazing.

When the screen began to fade to black, I nearly cried out because, even after 3 hours, I wanted it to continue.

Honestly, his films remind me SO MUCH of cinema from the 60s and 70s. Naturally, they didn't have ornithopters and CG sandworms, but the attention to visual detail feels like a callback to the masters of the past. And you're right, a lot of "blockbuster" filmmakers just don't shoot for that these days.

When I left the theater, I was hit hard by the "This is what cinema should be". It feels authentic and fleshed out in a way that the mass produced marvel films just can't hit nowadays

As someone who regularly invites friends over for "watch all 3 extended editions of LotR in a day, everyone bring snacks". I'm excited in a few months to add a Dune part 1&2 watch straight through w/ friends.

This particular director had been storyboarding this thing since he was 13 years old. He knew exactly how he wanted everything to look and was able to convey all of it to his vfx artists.

Several scenes in this movie left me watching in open-mouthed amazement, it's such a well-crafted movie. And the music and sound design is absolutely brilliant along with it.

What he says at the 2:00 mark is a really interesting point. Lord of the Rings and Pirates looked so impressive for their time, we were all wondering how CGI would change the way movies were made. Fast-forward 20 years, and it barely changed - if anything it got worse, with most big budget movies looking 10x worse than Return of the King. CGI simply stopped being impressive since it flatlined and even degraded since 2003. Dune is the first movie since that actually looks like a big step forward for CGI. It pushes the technology further creatively without looking fake or overdone. It's probably the best I've seen.

I actually felt like a kid again watching this film. Just felt like something spectacular, immersive and exciting, which I haven’t seen in a very long time

Everyone says it’s a cgi v practical debate but more of a pre-production v post production. Too many current blockbusters have been rushed to get shot so little sets, costumes and script edits have been made and it’s all pushed to post prediction for the vfx to carry everything

I just wanted to congratulate you on an amazing video that I am happy someone made. Dune Part 2 was a breath of fresh air in a dying industry. There hasn’t been a film that felt this complete and awe inspiring in years. If people are still watching Star Wars after watching Dune 1 & 2, then they are not fans of the medium and what it should be. Great video. Agreed with absolutely all of it. Let’s hope for Dune 3