DUNE 2 - Paul Atreides becomes Lisan al Gaib - speech to Fremen

Jessica: slow down Paul: NO ONE HERE GOT SHIT ON ME!

He said “There is no one in this room who could stand against this me.” While surrounded by the greatest warriors in the known universe and wasn’t even bluffing or wrong. That’s hardcore af.

"At that time this world had a Fremen name, DUNE!" Holly shite , sent shivers down my spine.

Seeing Gurney’s facial expressions when Paul says the line “this is my father’s ducal signet” was one of the most touching parts of this. He looks prideful but also like he’s still mourning Leto. He feels joy seeing Leto’s leadership come out in Paul. Wonderful acting and direction!

Loved the little touches: Gurney’s pride, Jessica watching her plans unfold, Paul calling the planet “Dune.”

"Your mothers warned you about my coming. Fear the moment." Such a strong line.

I love the way his voice changes when he's speaking and when he's speaking chakobsa.

"In your nightmares, you give water to the dead!" is such an underrated line here. He just throws it out as he walks, saying things he ostensibly has no way of knowing with such ease. No wonder they submit to him.

This gotta be one of the biggest "I'm Him" moments in cinema I've ever seen.

My favorite detail of this scene is how insidious and chilling the background music is, it subverted the common cliche of the chosen one taking his rightful place as a leader while some heroic, hopeful theme plays for the hero and his followers... This isn't triumph, this is the beginning of a journey trough hell that hopefully will lead to the narrow path of survival. A masterfully crafted scene.

I love how Gurney just yanks Zendaya down. 😄

This is almost the perfect cut. It would have been better if you included a little bit of the reactions after Paul wakes up after drinking the Water of Life. His eyes opening is crazy powerful, but how the others view him adds to the gravity of his awakening.

For me, this is the real climax of the film - what comes afterwards is just the dénouement, the inevitable conclusion of this scene. It's Jessica's plan winning against Chani's. But more importantly, it's Paul reliving the Gom Jabbar test: he decides to take on the pain of taking advantage of the community that's adopted him (and soaks his conscious in blood) in order to save them from the worse fate of extinction. And he suffers so much from it that, when he's called upon to make the same decision on a larger scale to save humanity via the Golden Path, he cannot do it.

Paul’s seen exactly how to sway the crowd. Even his body language is calculated. Notice that when everyone rises up, Paul squats down to address one Fremen. Masterful directing

Jessica: "Slow down" Paul: doubles down

He should win an oscar for that scene alone

The fact that "Lisan al Ghaib" stands for "voice of the outer world", which could mean a couple of things like "the voice from paradise" and to be there at that gathering and have people pay attention to you, you need a "voice" the right to speak which can only be gained by Fremen by becoming leaders often defeating previous leaders in single combat. And here he comes this man from the outer world (not paradise), using his voice. He hasn't earned the right to speak. He hasn't followed the traditional way, he challenges everyone and points to the way. There isn't a way, Lisan al Ghaib will show them the way, like Muad'dib shows the way in the sky. Everything about this scene was perfect. Just the mere fact of planting the seed of calling the ONE "voice of the outer world" shows the Bene Gesserit were aware of the fact that he would have to be recognized as an external factor with the right to speak and him pointing the "way" means he will challenge your traditions to lead. They found the perfect words to plant the seeds for this particular culture. Paul took full advantage of every single drop of their personal history and also his own to water the seed of the prophecy just like Fremen do with water. He has them at his feet, he can point the way now, and they will follow.

- "NONE OF YOU CAN STAND AGAINST ME" yelled Paul slowing down.

Javier Bardem was fantastic in this movie. He should get award recognition for it

I just read the book again after almost two decades having it in the book shelf. And this scene is much smaller there, Paul is only talking to the fremen of Sietch Tabr, when they want to push him to challange Stilgar for leadership. Making it one of the movies climaxes was a great change by Villeneuve.