Once upon a time I loved the actor Sha Rukh Khan with his charming ability of capturing the 90's romance, and I still remember I have respect for the young talented director, Farhan Akhtar. You see, although I grew up watching Bollywood movies, the older I got I grew to despise it. Bollywood of the 90's has long gone, the era of romance, moral values and family as we know it, now all we got is cheap comedy, overly exposed semi pornography in songs and the obsession of the west.
Ahh yes, the hypocrisy of Indian film industry not wanting to be Hollywood is indeed laughable. The fact is year after year, Indian filmmakers has never come up with original script (except maybe 3 Idiots?) but cheap copies of Western cinema! And also Bollywood, is it hard to speak Hindi in movies rather then your usual Indian-English accent which never makes sense to me.
Coming back to Don 2, I have zero interest in this film - but as I mention earlier 'once upon a time', I did have admiration for both actor and director, I gave it a shot. In my opinion, the first Don was an average flick, but it has some good moments and songs which made it bearable and I have at least' the same expectation for the second one (Boy, was I wrong?)
In the film there was this scene where it copied Mission Impossible II if I'm right? Seeing that it made me cringe and I knew for that split of second this movie is doomed. Through out it, all I could think of is 'How obsessed Farhan Akhtar is with Hollywood?'
I do understand that Don 2 lives up to standard of Bollywood ranks, but do we deserved this?
Do we, as an Indian deserves the cheap copies of Western remakes? I love Hollywood by any means, and I will continue to watch their products till the day I die, but with that in mind, I ask you, does no one gets tired in watching this old same regime?
The minute the movie ends I was a happy kid, but don't worry Don 2, I will always remember YOU as the 'Reason I stop watching Bollywood movies, until and unless it's an Aamir Khan production'
Ahh yes, the hypocrisy of Indian film industry not wanting to be Hollywood is indeed laughable. The fact is year after year, Indian filmmakers has never come up with original script (except maybe 3 Idiots?) but cheap copies of Western cinema! And also Bollywood, is it hard to speak Hindi in movies rather then your usual Indian-English accent which never makes sense to me.
Coming back to Don 2, I have zero interest in this film - but as I mention earlier 'once upon a time', I did have admiration for both actor and director, I gave it a shot. In my opinion, the first Don was an average flick, but it has some good moments and songs which made it bearable and I have at least' the same expectation for the second one (Boy, was I wrong?)
In the film there was this scene where it copied Mission Impossible II if I'm right? Seeing that it made me cringe and I knew for that split of second this movie is doomed. Through out it, all I could think of is 'How obsessed Farhan Akhtar is with Hollywood?'
I do understand that Don 2 lives up to standard of Bollywood ranks, but do we deserved this?
Do we, as an Indian deserves the cheap copies of Western remakes? I love Hollywood by any means, and I will continue to watch their products till the day I die, but with that in mind, I ask you, does no one gets tired in watching this old same regime?
The minute the movie ends I was a happy kid, but don't worry Don 2, I will always remember YOU as the 'Reason I stop watching Bollywood movies, until and unless it's an Aamir Khan production'