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nah, dune sucks because it's basically a feudalism simp and a story about space power plays. It's basically game of thrones but in a space desert instead of a frozen wasteland.

the film kicks ass because it combines a kickass soundtrack with (mostly) cool visuals.

Though I remember Dune 1 being better on that front than Dune 2, the visuals and music seemed fresher and more varied; the sequel re-used too many things, and the tripping balls sequences did not go hard enough. I wanted to see Paul and his mum actually trip balls as the pierced the veil of time, not a few cutaways here and there.

TL;DR : treat it like nightmare before christmas or something, check it out as an audiovisual experience.

EDIT : the jihad references are before the increase in islamic terrorism, Frank Herbert just based a lot of the stuff off arabian culture because he wanted it to match the desert feel. Jihad just means struggle.