Beware the Messiah: Dune and the Power of Faith
What is missing from the Dune films is the complexity of religion and humanity depicted by Frank Herbert in the novels.

What is missing from the Dune films is the complexity of religion and humanity depicted by Frank Herbert in the novels.

If anyone is inclined to take away from this film the message that men shouldn’t listen to women because they’re shameless manipulators, then they’ve missed the point.

Maybe this boss in a galaxy far, far away will actually get it right where others got it wrong.

Like Paul in Dune, we can fall into the trap of moral expediency—the temptation to care more about winning than about holiness and humble service.

Immaturity and innocence must die, Dune says, for children to become adults.

After myriad COVID-related delays, it’s finally here: the long-awaited adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi opus, Dune.
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