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In Dune Part 2, Chani leaves Paul. I hope Denis brings them back together in Part 3. It's so sad to see two people fall in love and break up. They are such a cute couple. The movie should have a happy ending.
Yeah, the second movie changed quite a bit there.
I'm not sure how it all can loop back to the story of the books.
It shouldn't. I never read the book, Messiah, but I read that its dark. That could be the reason it was not as popular as Dune. I hope Dune Part 3 has a happy ending. Why should viewers leave the theater sad especially when the movie debuts close to Christmas?
No, there will be no happy ending. Paul has a narrative arc in the first three books (Dune, Messiah, and Children) that closely matches the Classic Greek Tragic Hero.
The Rise, The Fall, and I guess the Cameo?
The Hero rises, and then their own hubris causes their fall, and then they show up again, old and broken in someone else's story.
Classic Greek Tragedies also feature the heavy use of prophecy.
The exact story beats might be different between the book and movies, but the narrative arc is the same.
But fear not, if you go far enough into the series there's eventually a happy(ish) ending. A lot a tragedy and horror before that...
Because life isn't only happiness? I want to see this movie to have the same tone as Messiah, I think society at large is due some injection of "beware of personality cults" reminders right now.
Also, the "downer" Empire Strikes Back is still considered by many to be the best of the original Star Wars trilogy, despite getting panned for being too much of a downer right around the Christmas season when that came out too. I remember one reviewer saying something to the tune of "like receiving a Christmas card from your bank" or something to describe the disappointment they felt with the entry when it came out.