Everyone’s making fun of a Dune 2 character right now, but there’s actually a really disturbing reason behind it

Dune: Part Two promises to be a huge success. And not just for sci-fi fans. A large number of moviegoers dissect the film online in search of its meme potential. And has it found in the character of Stilgar (Javier Bardem), whom they cover with ridicule.Javier Bardem’s religious Dune 2 character isn’t as funny as many sci-fi fans think

“[Timothée Chalamets Figur] could blow his nose and Javier Bardem’s Stilgar would comment: ‘That’s how it is written’. He is the biggest fan of all time“, writes one community member on X. Another suggests that just the breathing of Chalamet’s protagonist Paul Atreides could provoke the same reaction. A third talks about repairing a computer by turning it off and on. What’s behind it?

Bardem’s Stilgar is a leader of the Fremen desert people in Dune 2. He sees in Paul the fulfillment of an old prophecy. The more time they spend together, the more convinced he is of his role as a savior.

And even though Stilgar’s faith may seem laughably unrealistic to some viewers, This is one of Dune 2’s core themes. Director Denis Villeneuve also examines, among other things, the question of how quickly faith can become a weapon. A weapon whose use may not lead to freedom, but to another form of slavery.

Villeneuve apparently actually placed Stilgar’s irrefutable attitude in some places with the aim of making the audience laugh. That doesn’t mean it’s not a serious issue. After all, Dune 2 ends with the start of a gigantic war.