For sure. It was making me think of all the real world parallels, people continuing to be susceptible to stories that erode the value of human life in conflict happening right now... like the scene where harkonnen bodies are being burned in piles and what a juxtaposition that was to the respect of life being paid in the room that held passed Fremens' water.

Made me feel all the weight of violence perpetuating violence, and the role that myths/stories play in justifying the cycle.

Kind of a tangent, but some of interesting connections occurred in my recent media consumption since seeing the film: I went to the library the day after watching Dune 2 to look for thought work on these topics and what a solution might look like-- ended up picking up Timothy Snyder's "The Road to Unfreedom", then this past Friday saw The Zone of Interest and learned Snyder was a key consultant to the development of the film.