/Film Weekly Spoiler Discussion: Dune: Part Two Was Worth the Wait
Mar 1, 2024
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On the March 1, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler-filled conversation about Dune: Part Two.
Opening Banter:
In Our Feature Presentation: Dune: Part Two Review: A Bleak Blockbuster About Religion, Revenge, And Really Big Worms
- General thoughts compared to the previous film
- What the movie did well
- Religion as a means of control
- Humor
- Action
- Scope
- What it did not do so well
- Pacing
- Clarifying who the holy war will be fought against
- Performances
- Chalamet
- Zendaya
- Dune: Part Two’s Biggest Weapon Isn’t a Sandworm – It’s Christopher Walken
- Highlights
- The opening Harkonnen attack where they’re getting picked off and fall off that mountain
- The inkspot fireworks on the Harkonnen home planet
- The reveal that Lady Jessica is Baron Harkonnen’s daughter
- Paul riding the sandworm for the first time
- The whole third act
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