Movie Review — — — Dune 2沙丘二

因為我不知道沙丘原本的小說內容是什麼，因此無法判斷那符不符合原著作者的胃口。但我可以說說我看到的沙丘，以及我怎麼「看」一部電影。

首先，我看的時間，是二二八那天。我的心很空，無所事事，因此想著去看電影好了。我總是喜歡特別有意義的電影 — — — 但那就像看書一樣，你怎麼能事先知道呢？因此看電影是弘大的時間投資。因為看書可以翻過去，但看電影不行。呃，可以，但那讓人感到尷尬。而且看電影的價錢就是一本書的價錢。

根據沈沒成本來看，顯然我們總是會選擇把屁股黏在椅墊上，不會走掉。

這時候，我的衡量標準於此誕生：我心頭上盤算待辦事項跑過腦海幾次，就是這部電影對我而言的負價值。

好了，說夠了。來說沙丘二。沙丘一是我在巴賽隆納看的。兩個時間點的我都差不多：失業，晃蕩著 — — — 一個朋友說的「品味人生」。

沙丘二的規模很宏大，除卻視覺效果之外，聲音更是震得讓人嚇一跳。很多時候，我想那大概是聲音的緣故，所以特別好看。

各方的角力與男主角的身世之謎，都被一一解開。如果要我說關鍵字，我會說：血緣，戰爭，愛情。普世電影之道。

男主角曾經是王子。爸爸被殺了，因此與媽媽逃到這個星球，愛上一個女孩，但因為媽媽是姐妹會成員，主角拿到權力之後，便失去當初說「不會追逐權力」的誓言，宣示戰爭裡殺了本為父親的得意副手，因此奪得皇位，取了自己的姊姊，背叛了愛情。

就是希臘神話與宮廷鬥爭的科幻版本，再加上Margaret Atwood使女的故事 — — — 時間是10110年呢，那時候人類還在嗎？

我想像未來這樣的版本可以再演化更多次，用chat gpt 想出內容更震懾人心的東西。但也就僅此了吧。

姐妹會是一群依據某些神秘法則，由血緣而組成的組織，負責擔任預言大師，培育各個王儲。但是預言是真是假，就像我們在擲筊一樣，沒有答案。更多時候，那像是策劃，以及顧問，幫助輔佐一個王國。

在Akkaris星球，是荒蕪的沙漠，你沒有看見生物 — — — 噢，除了沙丘。但是沙丘之下，匍匐了沙蟲。男主角在這裡與Freman人們學會了如何駕馭「自然」 — — — 沙漠。

這裡的沙漠讓我很嚮往，因為風，因為突如其來像海浪的駕馭，還有在沙漠裡看見的聖殿，以及水池。

我看著這部電影時，有試著想起心中的待辦事項，但是銀幕太大，效果太多，你簡直無法喘息 — — — 一幕接著一幕，你看下去，無法思考預測情節，的確有出乎意料的地方 — — — 男主角的血緣。

但是我抽離出來看，愛因斯坦說他無法預言第三次世界大戰，但是他可以想像第四次世界大戰是用石頭與火器。

而第一次與第二次世界大戰，都是因爲資源稀缺，所以藉著血緣的理由，衝進他人家園，引起戰爭。

所以這大概是第十次星球大戰了，人類才能演化到頭光掉，彼時馬斯克已經把人類全體送上火星，然後天文科學家接著發現更多可居住的星球，矽谷的富豪把自己首先放進永生不死的冷凍人體管，然後送上需要幾光年抵達的星球，再解開生命開關。

所以血緣有種要到哪裡去嗎？在我還在世的人生中？可能沒有。

但是在那樣的世界，你瞧瞧，Freman被他人視為賤民（Rats），躲在沙漠裡。但是他們平等，離開權力，善用稀少的資源，也沒有把香料納為己有。女主角在男主角激昂的演說裡，大聲地說，「信仰是被拿來控制人心的工具！」

她很清醒，很能幹。她不需要男主角。但男主角需要她。

而其他王國需要以血緣的理由，控制人民，而姐妹會以我認為不擇手段的方式，用性與預言來控制與透析男人，並誕下嬰孩，名之王儲。男主角的媽媽即如是。

後人類世的男女角力，權利，人性。

好不好看？我不知道。每部電影都是投資，但我還是比較喜歡看書。

Because I don’t know the original content of “Dune”, I can’t judge whether it fits the original author’s taste. But I can talk about what I saw in “Dune” and how I “viewed” a movie.

First, the time I watched it was on February 28th. My mind was empty, idle, so I thought about going to see a movie. I always like movies with special meanings — but it’s like reading a book, how can you know in advance? So watching a movie is a huge time investment. Because you can flip through a book, but not a movie. Well, you can, but it’s embarrassing. And the cost of watching a movie is the price of a book.

According to the sunk cost, obviously we always choose to stick to the chair and not leave.

At this point, my criterion was born: the number of times the pending items circled in my mind is the negative value of this movie to me.

Alright, enough said. Let’s talk about “Dune II”. “Dune I” was seen in Barcelona. At both time points, I was almost the same: unemployed, wandering — a friend said, “taste life”.

The scale of “Dune II” is huge, besides the visual effects, the sound is even more startling. Many times, I think it’s probably because of the sound, so it’s especially good.

The struggles of all parties and the mysteries of the male protagonist’s origin are all solved one by one. If I were to say keywords, I would say: bloodline, war, love. The universal way of movies.

The male protagonist used to be a prince. His father was killed, so he and his mother fled to this planet, fell in love with a girl, but because his mother was a member of the sisterhood, after the protagonist gained power, he broke his original oath of “not pursuing power” in the war by killing his father’s proud deputy, thus gaining the throne, marrying his own sister, and betraying love.

It’s like a science fiction version of Greek mythology and court struggles, plus Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” — the time is 10110, are humans still there?

I imagine that future versions can evolve more times, and ChatGPT can come up with more shocking content. But that’s it.

The sisterhood is an organization composed of blood ties based on certain mysterious laws, responsible for acting as prophecy masters and nurturing various crown princes. But whether the prophecy is true or false is like throwing divination sticks, there is no answer. Most of the time, it’s like planning and advising, helping to assist a kingdom.

On the planet Akkaris, it’s a barren desert, you can’t see any creatures — oh, except for the sand dunes. But beneath the sand dunes, there are sandworms crawling. The male protagonist learns how to control “nature” here — the desert — with the Freman people.

The desert here makes me yearn for it because of the wind, because of the sudden control like waves, and because of the temples and pools in the desert.

When I watched this movie, I tried to remember the pending items in my mind, but the screen was too big, the effects were too much, and you couldn’t breathe — one scene after another, you watch it, unable to think about predicting the plot, there are indeed unexpected places — the bloodline of the male protagonist.

But when I detached myself to watch, Einstein said he couldn’t predict World War III, but he could imagine World War IV being fought with stones and firearms.

And the first and second world wars were both because of scarce resources, so by the reason of bloodline, they rushed into other people’s homes and caused wars.

So this is probably the tenth interstellar war, humans can evolve to the point of disappearing. By then, Musk has already sent all humans to Mars, then astronomers have discovered more habitable planets, Silicon Valley tycoons have first put themselves into immortal cryogenic tubes, then sent to planets that take light years to reach, and then unlock the switch of life.

So where does bloodline go? In my lifetime? Maybe not.

But in such a world, look, the Freman are seen as rats by others, hiding in the desert. But they are equal, away from power, make good use of scarce resources, and do not claim the spice for themselves. In the male protagonist’s impassioned speech, the female protagonist loudly said, “Faith is a tool used to control people’s hearts!”

She is clear-headed and capable. She doesn’t need the male protagonist. But the male protagonist needs her.

And other kingdoms need to control people by the reason of bloodline, while the sisterhood controls and dissects men with sex and prophecy, and gives birth to babies, naming them crown princes. The male protagonist’s mother is one of them.

The struggle between men and women, power, and human nature in the post-human era.

Is it good? I don’t know. Every movie is an investment, but I still prefer reading books.