The epic sci-fi film tries to deliver an antiwar warning, but its beautification of violence undermines its message.
of the future in which charred corpses burn, and his soldiers wave his banner and slaughter innocents. “I see a holy war spreading across the universe like an unquenchable fire,” he kicks and screams. “A war in my name!”. On the surface, the sequel cheers Native people fighting colonial rule. Peel one layer, and the film becomes a warning against political and religious extremism. The warning comes in the climactic and ominous image of Fremen going to war.
The Northern Fremen are more nationalist, less religious. The Southern Fremen are deeply fundamentalist. Chani is a Northern Fremen, and as she comes to love Paul, she is alarmed by how the Southern Fremen believe he is the messiah. In bed, she expresses worry because Paul’s mother, now a spiritual guide to the Fremen, fans the flames of religious belief. While fleeing a Harkonnen attack, Paul and Jessica argue. Paul says, “It is heartbreaking what your Bene Gesserit did to these people.
The audience only gets a hint at the core message when Paul kills Feyd, takes the emperor’s throne and orders millions of Fremen believers to attack the other planets and force their submission. “Lead them to paradise,” he says in a numbed voice. You don’t bury your head in the sand. You know as well as we do what we’re facing as a country, as a people, and as a global community. Here at Truthout, we’re gearing up to meet these threats head on, but we need your support to do it:
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