Dune
Movie • 2021 • Sci-Fi
ReportPaul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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casperthefriendlyghost
a parent dies
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Abuse
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Anonymous
The Atreides have one of their children put his hand in a box that simulates intense amounts of pain. I believe this counts as abuse as well as torture.
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Corellon
There's a scene where Paul and (his mother) Jessica are sheltering in a tent. Paul has a vision of the future that distresses him. Jessica reaches out to comfort him, but Paul SCREAMS at her to get away from him, leaving her shocked and almost cowering.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Corellon
Only tangentially. Jessica is a member of an order that manipulates people from the shadows. This frustrates both her partner and their son to not be told the whole truth and not always know when they're being manipulated. I did not notice any overt/textbook gaslighting where she responds to a character's concerns by causing them to feel that their mind is unreliable.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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VioletSapphire
A character is attacked by an assassin hiding inside the walls of their home.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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subactuality
Addiction to the spice is implied, but not explicitly depicted.
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ValentinaVi
The main trade revolves around an hallucinating drug used for other functions as well.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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Rowy_Bowie
They mention Paul's grandfather bullfighting, there are some references but nothing is actually shown on screen
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No animals or bugs die.
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Is there a dead animal?
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takver
A bull's head mounted on the wall.
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Are there spiders?
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Dune 2021:
Spider appears in the next scene after Thufir Hawat attempts to resign to Duke Atreidis for the failed assasination attempt on Paul Atreidis
Spider appears in the next scene after Thufir Hawat attempts to resign to Duke Atreidis for the failed assasination attempt on Paul Atreidis
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Are there bugs?
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subactuality
A black beetle also appears and crawls on a character's hand.
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Are there snakes?
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fdalts
the movie contains no snakes, but there are giant sandworms that are snake-like (besides the head)
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Assault
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Is someone drugged?
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(spoilers) Dr. Yueh gives Paul and Jessica pills to help them sleep. They wake up much later having been kidnapped and tied up, so one can assume they were drugged.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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socratesgonemad
Jessica is threatened with sexual assault, but her potential assailants don't survive the attempt.
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Is someone restrained?
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One character is shot with a dart that causes paralysis. Later, two characters are tied up and one is gagged.
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Is rape mentioned?
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HarlanJenkins
(spoilers) The Harkonnen agents who kidnap Jessica and Paul talk about raping Jessica after throwing Paul out of the ornithopter. It doesn't happen, but the talk is very uncomfortable.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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rtovav
By masks
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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Mburt
Some war imagery (mostly sword fights) but not excessive.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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subactuality
A needle is positioned directly in front of a character's eye in one scene, but no contact is made.
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Is someone tortured?
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Y0kale
Someome is forced to feel pain or else he will die
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Is there body horror?
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Pantalones
The members of some of the Houses look like mutated humans. One group is extremely pale and bald.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Jara
Towards the end of the scene with the Gom Jabbar, where Paul's hand is in the box while he's being tested, there is imagery of a severely burnt hand crumbling. If this would be triggering, you can stop looking until they call Paul's mother back into the room.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Corellon
Yes, but no visuals except a character holding up a fake tooth that has yet to be inserted. (SPOILERY DETAILS: Out of nowhere, an incapacitated character is approached by a doctor and told that he will immediately have a tooth extracted and replaced with a fake which contains poison gas. The doctor holds up the fake tooth, and then the scene ends. Several scenes later, the character bites down hard to spring the trap, and the sound effect is, I would say moderate. Not loud or gruesome, but very solid and very...toothy sounding.)
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Is someone burned alive?
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ValentinaVi
During a vision there is a pile of bodies burning.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Corellon
Blade fighting is prominent. There are several throat cutting finishing moves which are focused on but not very close up -- and further blurred by holographic sci fi gadgetry that is the "personal shield."
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Is there cannibalism?
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Rowy_Bowie
There's mention of killing people to take the water/moisture from the bodies and later they save a body for the same reason, which is considered honorable. Nothing is shown on screen.
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Is someone buried alive?
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lalalink
Technically. There are many people who are swallowed in the sand due to the Sandworms.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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Many asphyxiate from being exposed to poison gas.
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Are any hands damaged?
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pedanther
During the scene where Paul is tested by the Reverend Mother, he is made to feel that something very painful is happening to his hand. His hand is not actually harmed, but there is graphic imagery of the damage he imagines.
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Is someone stabbed?
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Pantalones
Knives/blades are one of the dominant means of combat and many people are stabbed or have their throats cut. Mostly bloodless or just off screen.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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AvaForrest
someone gets stabbed and then falls from a helicopter while dead
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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A character dies fighting enemy soldiers so others can safely escape.
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Does a non-human character die?
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Technically, non-human aliens die, but they're pretty close to being human
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Pantalones
A main character's father dies.
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Does a family member die?
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Purplish
Spoiler: death of a father
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Mburt
Two characters are kidnapped together. No torture occurs
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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i wouldnt call anything a jumpscare but tread with caution
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Is someone possessed?
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Emilius
Sort of. “The Voice” compels the affected person to do as they’re told against their will. Not quite possession per se but related.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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pedanther
In the early part of the movie, on the Atreides home planet, there are quite a few scenes in locations overlooking the ocean. Once the action moves to the desert planet, there are no more large bodies of water.
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Are there mannequins?
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HarlanJenkins
During combat training, Paul is seen sparring with a mannequin. They are seen throughout that scene, and it ends zooming in on one of them. They're completely faceless.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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bells
theres no v* but theres so much coughing ga**ing retching and people just looking like theyre gonna v*. The main scene i didnt like was when paul and his mum where kidnapped and paul starts speaking and they punvh him in the stomach and he retches.
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Is someone eaten?
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HarlanJenkins
The sandworms in the desert eat people. None of it is graphic or gory, but you do see people sinking into the sand within its mouth.
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Does someone spit?
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fdalts
characters spit on the ground near each other as a customary sign of respect
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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subactuality
A needle is held to a character's neck in one scene, and another is positioned directly in front of his eye in a later scene. In both cases no contact is made.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There’s a scene where Dr. Yueh inspects Paul, but it’s not in a hospital or anywhere similar.
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Mental Health
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yakamozwretch
[SPOILERS] Duke Atreides uses poison gas to try and kill his enemy and he dies as well.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Jara
Towards the end, the Fremen cut their own hands with their crysknives for reasons not explained in the movie (it's explained in the book and presumably the sequel, the reason is ritual related to the knives, not a desire to harm themselves)
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Joneszzz
The antagonist Baron Vladimir seems to be obese.
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Is there misophonia?
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loxxlay
someone with misophonia would 100% be triggered by the baron eating
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Jara
There's no body dysmorphia, but there is a "friendly" body shaming exchange between Duncan Idaho and Paul about Paul's lack of muscle.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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pedanther
The main character has dreams and visions that sometimes intrude on his waking life without warning.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Anonymous
The main character often panics about the future and what may be to come of his family and life. There is a scene where he’s crying and yells at his mother over a vision he has of the possible future.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Rosienut
Don’t know if this counts but there is forced paralysis on a few characters who are awake and aware but can’t move, so they’re trapped in their bodies.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Purplish
technically no, however that is how it comes across
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Laviwhee
There are a lot of transitions from light scenes to dark scenes. I did not personally consider this to be fast enough to be flashing, but sometimes it does happen repetitively and it is somewhat jarring at times.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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BabiestComb
Conversations are very quiet compared to the sound effects
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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HarlanJenkins
Paul is spied on in an assassination attempt. Later, as Paul and Jessica are changing clothes, they both glance at each other briefly, neither noticing the other.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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pedanther
There is some voiceover narration, but no characters acknowledge the fourth wall in the moment.
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Pregnancy
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Corellon
No, but a woman who is known to be pregnant is put in danger and has her life threatened on multiple occasions. She is alive and safe at the end of the movie.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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A character is said to be pregnant, but it's not born at any point in the movie.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Corellon
The main bad guy is very overweight and is shown eating a large meal in a scene that has a similar tone to Denethor's meal in Return of the King. It's not really a fat joke. More like disturbingly heavy handed coding of "fat = immoral."
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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jdpamv
Typical Dune orientalism and white savior narrative, leans heavily on MENA culture for its world but has no MENA actors. Almost every POC dies. Harkonnen’s predatory nature is toned down but there’s still a scene where he has a male prisoner stripped and it’s implied this was for his pleasure so he’s still the predatory gay trope. You could also argue that they erased his sexuality aside from this scene but it’s debatable since he only ever expresses his sexuality predatorily in the book and Lynch film. Harkonnen is also a fatphobic portrayal, his weight conflated with his eating and grotesque nature and the actor wearing a fat suit to portray him.
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Does the black guy die first?
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Corellon
At least two Black characters have prominent death scenes. The second could arguably be considered "dying first," but the context is very much not aligned with the general spirit of the trope.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Anonymous
Between the main character Paul Atreides and his love interest, Chani, whom he has visions of, has a big age gap. Paul being 14/15 and Chani being 18/19.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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There are a few references to a deity
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Sex
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StarSff
Multiple families have a history of marrying cousins, two cousins would have been married if one of them was born a girl.
A young man kisses his uncle on the mouth. This was an unplanned/unscripted scene based on the incestuous relationship between the two in the books.
A young man kisses his uncle on the mouth. This was an unplanned/unscripted scene based on the incestuous relationship between the two in the books.
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Is there sexual content?
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Corellon
No. Just one scene with a slow, close up kiss. Then two uncomfortable scenes, one with nonconsensual nakedness and another with a threat of r*pe. (See entry for sexual assault for more details.)
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Are there nude scenes?
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A main character is brought to the enemy nude, but it's all side view, you can't see anything.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Two men comment on a woman they are holding captive. The verbally speculate on whether they will sexually assault her before killing her. (Goes no further)
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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Someone is known to be dying for a period of time.
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
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Pantalones
The actor playing the Baron wears one. The character is made to be so large he needs mechanical assistance to bear his own weight.
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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fdalts
a futuristic helicopter plummets and crashes into the sand dunes.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
68 supporters
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PetitePlume
There are recurring shots of a knife covered in blood and dripping, and of a hand covered in blood and dripping. Early in the movie there is a shot of dead bodies with faint traces of stale blood around them. Overall there is no real gore scene, and whenever a sword kills someone the camera moves away.
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Is there gun violence?
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fdalts
the movie contains swords, knives, and similar close-range weapons. there is one scene where the protagonist can be seen reaching for a pistol, but it is not used.
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