4. The film does end with one of the two key duels in the book
-- where Paul kills Jamis reluctantly. I kind of predicted
this -- the duel is at the exact middle of the book, and
nicely bookends the later, climatic duel. But it removes the
element that makes this scene great and unforgettable, namely,
Jessica's (and Stilgar's) cold shouldering of Paul afterwards.
Jessica does this to teach him a lesson; he should never be
allowed to enjoy besting someone vastly inferior to him in
training, lest he becomes the same monster that the Harkonens
are. I've watched so many martial arts films/TV shows and
none of them has this insight; their "heroes" are stone-cold
killers at their first kill.
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