I distinctly remember standing on the corner afterwards waiting for the bus thinking “why didn’t anyone warn me! I’m not going to be the same after that!” Of course, now I know why, it was because no one else in the world had the same reaction I did! It’s not like reviews say at the bottom “by the way, everyone else will find this film tedious and fantastical, but you one person in Chicago (you know who you are) will be so emotionally overcome after viewing that you may need to bring a buddy with you to help you find your way home.” And then the next day I went to see Jaan-E-Mann and it Blew. And on the whole, it just felt a little too glitzy and “oo, look at me! Aren’t I cool?” to be fully heartfelt. So I liked that! And SRK was hot and the songs were catchy, but the ending was kind of a let-down. And something about how it is filmed just captures that Aeneid-esque quality of desperately traveling on not just for yourself, but because of those you carry with you. Which was the point of the Aeneid, according to my classics teacher in college, that Romans wanted to be a cool and connected to Troy somehow so they wrote this very elaborate justification for it).Īnyhoo, there’s this one moment in Don when Arjun Rampal, a cripple, has to laboriously walk over a treacherous walkway between two buildings with his son carried on his back in order to save both their lives. So it’s this very literal metaphor, with the past generation being held behind him and the future in his arms, he flees from danger (to eventually found Rome. He is struggling to get through the burning streets, carrying his young son in front of him and his elderly father on his back, with his wife’s hand in his. So, if you haven’t happened to have read the Aeneid, it opens with Aeneas fleeing Troy as it burns. Just something to think about when laying your bets for who will end up winning Eid next year.Īnyway, I did like Don. Thus beginning the tradition of Salman and Shahrukh going head to head, and Shahrukh winning by a thousand percent. They opened the same weekend, and I was much more excited for Don! Farhan Akhtar collaborating with Shahrukh! Super hot Arjun Rampal! A remake of a classic film that actually came with the blessing of the original filmmakers! Turns out, everyone was more excited for Don, Jaan-E-Mann was a massive flop and Don was a massive hit. I actually saw it in theaters opening weekend, it and Don. It was such a huge flop when it came out, it actually ended careers. Maybe my sister, maybe my parents (although that could be familial indulgence), and that’s it. But it is so so pretty! My love is purely superficial and based on appearances, do not follow my example! The dialogue is terrible, and so is Salman’s accent. Warning: Despite what it says below, this is NOT A GOOD MOVIE.
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