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Is Dune part 2 worth watching?
(lemmy.world)
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Part 2 is done in the same spirit as 1. The characters and plot don't get any better, if anything they become outright one-dimensional. Everything (facts, characters) are over-simplified caricatures of themselves — they like to take one thing that's technically true and run it down into the ground.
The two things that bothered me the most is how Paul is completely robbed of any agency, and becomes this listless puppet with a sad smile, and how the plot revolves around religious fanaticism with only token mentions about prescience. Hell, I don't remember if they even mentioned why spice is so important.
To be honest it's killed any interest in me about seeing more movies. I mean I'll watch them, I liked the image and music, but in a detached way like I'd watch an Avengers movie. I can imagine exactly how they're going to be, shallow as fuck. Which is going to be completely stupid and pointless because the amount of political and sociological intrigue increases exponentially as you advance in the series.