A decent movie. could have been better.

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2006)

RDB is an out and out pop corn entertainer. I liked the movie because it made me smile as often as Dil Chahta Hai. Saying anything beyond that, e.g. movie for the youth, movie for our future, best movie of our generation (avg. mortality has increased well beyond 30 yrs. even in poorest of African countries), etc., is plain kidding ourselves.
the big problem is that the movie heightens expectations in the first half and like most of the promising movies in the recent past, lets down in 2nd half. 2nd half is just too hurried, half baked, and flawed. well, bollywood wallas don't like to give us too much of a good thing and always seem to come short.
It will be great to watch a Hindi movie in which complex issues facing our society are addressed in an intelligent/clever manner rather than taking a short cut and shooting the politicians. "Go, kill a guy you think is a root of all evils" is a non-message. it is high time the scripts matured and showed something of substance that meant something to us. till then I will continue to "dingi-danga-dingi-danga-dingi-danga-ding" :)