Timothée Chalamet stars in director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of 'Dune.' Warner Bros. Working from an adaptation he wrote with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth, Villeneuve has gotten an enormous amount right, from the casting to the epic scale, including the absurdly giant worms that churn beneath the surface and occasionally erupt in spectacular fashion. Yet the fate of Arakis runs through its grizzled inhabitants the Fremen, who have suffered under Harkonnen rule and are understandably wary of outsiders. Paul comes along on the mission with his father the Duke (Oscar Isaac) and mother Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), who has bequeathed him another birthright that will figure heavily in his future.
The budding battle pits House Atreides against the merciless forces of the Harkonnen, overseen by the grotesque Baron (Stellan Skarsgard), for control of Arrakis and its precious spice, the key to space travel. (like CNN, part of WarnerMedia), hasn’t quite taken that step yet.Īs is, Villeneuve (whose credits include “Blade Runner 2049” and “Arrival”) enlists a high-voltage cast to bring to life Frank Herbert’s tale of warring houses, and the emergence of young Paul Atreides ( Timothée Chalamet) as the messianic heir to a “great destiny.” It’s a perfectly logical approach given the scope of the material (which also spawned a 2000 miniseries), but nevertheless an important disclaimer, since anyone seeing what’s labeled as “Part One” should understand that complete satisfaction requires committing to Part Two, even if the studio, Warner Bros. He has also split the book into two films, leaving audiences to consume the less compelling first half before ending somewhat abruptly in the middle. To anyone who remembers seeing David Lynch’s 1984 version of “Dune” and thinking, “OK, so that happened,” director Denis Villeneuve has conjured a far more coherent narrative filled with stunning images and massive machinery.
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