Thursday, October 26, 2006

Movie Review: Don

The Reviewer

  • Considers Farhan Akhtar as one of the finest directors in Hindi Films
  • Believes that Dil Chahta Hai is a piece of art
  • Did like Lakshya but expected more out of it
  • Does not remember the original Don (Has seen it as a kid though)

Watched it

In a Theatre

Bottomline

The Story was interesting with constant twists and turns (Fairly Complicated)

Very very fast paced for most parts

Styling was outstanding – Though still not 100% James Bond levels (Could have used Ferraris rather than Mercs)

Ending was left open (Perhaps for a sequel)

Music is passable – Background score is good for most segments – Some segments left scope for improvement

Punchlines have been taken straight from the original Don – Could have been better off using original punchlines

Lots of sequences appear to be lifted straight out of Hollywood flicks

Peformances

Shahrukh Khan is ordinary once again (after KANK). Priyanka Chopra is passable. Boman Irani is good. Isha Koppikar hardly has scope to perform – But falls short even in those portions. Arjun Rampal is strictly ok.

Recommendation

Should watch it once – For Farhan, For the Styling and For the Story

Expectation

****

Rating

***

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

abt don well i thought the screenplay was very loose.
there were no thrills.
i mean that Now what" feeling was not there which is mainstay of a thriller.
srk i tht was amazin even in banarasi guy role.
priyanka i dunno she looks better with new film
farhan sould have added some scenes in teh start to show how don is cool.
some small incidents lik ebond movies
alsothecahracter of vijay shoudl have beengiven screen time.
u know he could have added comedy by showing boman irani training vijay to be don

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