‘Dune’ has long divided the science fiction world. The new film won’t change that.

As is broadly identified, science fiction novels solely look like concerning the future or different worlds. Actually, they’re practically at all times indirect commentaries on the occasions by which they had been written — or filmed. Villeneuve’s “Dune,” much more than the unique novel, addresses such up to date hot-button points as ecology, local weather and conservation, colonialist exploitation of third-world international locations, drug tradition, the position of ladies in society and spiritual fanaticism. Extra surprisingly, it is usually a paean to household life, tenderly portraying the love of Duke Leto Atreides for his son Paul, whom he now not fairly understands, and the shut, generally tense relationship between that delicate younger man and his outstanding mom, the Woman Jessica, a concubine specifically skilled by the Bene-Gesserit. Actually, Jessica is essentially the most vivid, essentially the most fascinating character on display. In a world of sudden violence, she is at all times cool, self-controlled and unafraid, qualities she has handed on to Paul.