“With Duna 2, the word epic regains the letters of nobility”: we review the Denis Villeneuve film in the podcast.

Shai Hulud, Lisan-al-Gaib, Kwisatz Haderach, Bene Gesserit or Ornithopter. Who would bet that a dictionary by Frank Herbert would reach such a large audience when Dune Was it considered maladaptive? And then came Denis Villeneuve, who brought Dune to 2021 as spectacular as it was subtle, taking more than 3 million French spectators to the dunes of Arakis.

After grossing $400 million and two and a half years later, Dune: Part II is finally in your theaters, our theaters, after being delayed for several months due to the Hollywood strike. This gave the filmmaker time to refine this new chapter, which is hitting the screens with a promising reputation.

Christopher Nolan has compared it to The Empire Strikes Back, others place it among the best sequels ever made to The Godfather 2, Terminator 2, Dark Knight and The Empire Strikes Back. Critics talk about a “colossal” or “never seen before” film. quite easily.

So does the film really deserve all this praise? Would Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Austin Butler blow up even more if it were possible thanks to him? What are the challenges of this sequel? How does it differ from the first opus? What does this mean for the final part of the trilogy? We talk about it with our specialists from the AlloCiné editorial team. To the sand, citizens!

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Credits:

Journalist – presenter: Yoann Sardet

Journalist – Columnist: Megan Schocke, Vincent Formica and Maximilien Pierret

Director and editor: Kelian Sarazin