10 Awesome Movie Scenes We Can't Stop Rewatching

3. Feyd-Rautha's Introduction - Dune: Part Two (2024)

Dune Part Two
Warner Bros. Pictures

After a decent but dragging first entry into Denis Villeneneuve's Dune series, high hopes were hung on Part Two's ability to get to the good stuff and give casual and diehard fans alike a silver-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert's epic novel series to cherish. Lucky, then, that the director, and a cast of the best talent in Hollywood, pulled out all the stops.

While there isn't a weak link to speak of amongst the cast, the characters, the visuals, or the action, there is one stand-out, infinitely rewatchable scene that rolls together the best of all these elements.

In an extended introduction, which includes his first appearance on-screen and carries through into an outdoor arena fight for his birthday, Austin Butler's manic young villain Feyd-Rautha is delivered fully-formed and seemingly pre-packaged for entry into the annals of the greatest movie villains. The young Harkonnen grins, screams and stabs his way across the screen, battling his family's prisoners in an arena while hundreds of thousands of spectators look on, offering a rapid insight into his character, his psyche and his modus operandi. The visual design is also breath-taking, with a black and white palette for the outdoor scenes (shot in infrared and caused, in-universe, by Giedi Prime's black sun), and a wondrous blend of set and computer-generated design.

 
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