Dune,
Part Two 4K (2024/Warner
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray)
4K
Ultra HD Picture: B+ Sound: A- Extras: C+ Film: B-
Denis
Villeneuve's Dune,
Part Two 4K
(2024) continues the adventures of Paul (Timothee Chalamet,) Chandi
(Zendaya) and company facing the next crisis as a brutal battle for
power at any costs continues and it a new world that is like ours,
but has so many interesting differences, quirks, ins and outs that
watching it twists what we expect form the genres of action, fantasy
and to some extent, science fiction and horror.
For
more on the first film, see out coverage here:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/16064/Addams+Family+2+(2021/animated/MGM/Universa
Villeneuve
and company pump up the action, storylines, twists and turns as we
meet new allies and some very dark, evil people and aliens
threatening all. The other big plus here is the stronger-than-usual
supporting cast that includes great turns by Austin Butler, Josh
Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Lea Sedoux, Javier Bardem,
Charlotte Rampling, an uncredited Anya Taylor-Joy, Christopher Walken
and Stellan Skarsgard. Even before we go to all the solid new talent
backing all of them, that is one of the best all-star casts of the
last few years and the kind we used to see out of Hollywood all thew
time. What happened?
Cheers
also to the smart use of visual effects, digital work that does not
look like a ten-years-old videogame, the great production design,
sets, costume design and the seamless way it all melds together. My
only issue is that this is again, the third time we have seen this
filmed and having just rewatched Lynch's 1984 version of the film,
the deja vu is hard to avoid. I also kept thinking of
singer/songwriter Sting (The Police) in the new versions of his
character and his scenes, now equally effectively played by Butler.
With
that said, definitely start with the first film if you are going to
watch this, but all involved are really giving it there all and it
shows. Dune, Part Two 4K
will turn out to be one of the best films of the year and not just
because a double strike and the effects of an epidemic postponed
hundreds of projects.
As
for playback performance, the 2160p HEVC/H.265, 2.35 X 1 Dolby
Vision/HDR (10; Ultra HD Premium)-enhanced
Ultra High Definition image is as impressive as the first film in 4K,
the only way to see the film since regular 1080p cannot handle the
depth of darkness & unique light and Ultra HD cameras are once
again used to shot the whole film, then the choicest film is
transferred to photochemical film, then scanned back into Ultra HD.
The Dolby
Atmos (Dolby TrueHD 7.1 mixdown for older systems) lossless soundmix
is one of the best of the year and even if you are not a fan of the
film, the complex recording, editing and mixing have an undeniable
impact. The combination is one of the most impressive out there and
that is one of the reasons why people love these films and keep
talking about them.
Extras
include
Digital Movie Code, while the disc adds:
Chakobsa
Training
Creating
the Fremen World
Finding
the Worlds of Dune
Buzz
Around the New ''Thopter''
Worm-Riding
Becoming
Feyd
A
New Set of Threads
and
Deeper into the Desert: The Sounds of the Dune
Outside
of that, you also can access... Dune: Part Two Premium Digital
Ownership, which contains the following special features:
Filmbooks:
House Corrino
Filmbooks:
The Reverand Mother
Filmbooks:
Water
Filmbooks:
Lisan-al-Gaib
An
Ensemble for the Ages
Chakobsa
Training
Creating
the Fremen World
Finding
the Worlds of Dune
Buzz
Around the New ''Thopter''
Worm-Riding
Becoming
Feyd
A
New Set of Threads
Deeper
into the Desert: The Sounds of the Dune
Inside
Dune: The Spice Harvester Attack
Inside
Dune: Gurney Hallaeck's Revenge
Inside
Dune: The Fight for the Imperial Throne.
For
more Dune, try our 4K coverage of the 1984 David Lynch film...
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/15957/Dune+4K+(1984/David+Lynch/Universal/MVD/Arro
and
for the Dune film that was supposed to happen in the 1970s and
did not, try this link...
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/12860/Jodorowsky's+Dune+(2014/Sony+Blu-ray+w/DVD
-
Nicholas Sheffo
