Friday WatchAlong! Don 2, Right Here, 3pm Chicago Time!

Posted on July 31, 2020 by mredlich21

Yaaaay, Shahrukh! And Don 2! And Friday WatchAlong, this is the best of all possible things!

Right here starting at 3pm Chicago time (so in about half an hour). Press PLAY on Don 2 on whatever sources you prefer, and then start commenting along with us.

361 thoughts on “Friday WatchAlong! Don 2, Right Here, 3pm Chicago Time!”

Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:37 pm said:

Priyanka is not my favorite, but she does have an amazing figure. She makes slacks and a button down shirt hot. Not to mention that dress.

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:37 pm said:

Kirre hasn’t seen this movie before, right? Okay, Kirre, prepare yourself for something unexpected and ridiculous and AWESOME.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:37 pm said:
  
  ridiculously awesome – YES!
  
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- Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:38 pm said:
  
  Oooh! Can’t wait!
  
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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:37 pm said:

Does anyone actually know someone who works for Interpol? I would be so curious to get his/her thoughts on how movies portray the organization and its people.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:39 pm said:
  
  NOPE. But if you want a mountain guide I can help.
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:39 pm said:
    
    And you already told me that Shivaay was not accurate, thereby shattering all my dreams.
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:38 pm said:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! It’s HRITHIK!!!!!!!!

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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:38 pm said:

Hrithik!!!! YUMMMM

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:39 pm said:

Is that Boring Dude with PC? He is so dull I am honestly not sure I recognize him.

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Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:39 pm said:

HRITHIK!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀

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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:39 pm said:

Hrithik looks sooo good in this scene! That man can wear a tux!

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:40 pm said:
  
  I want to dance with him!
  
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  - filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:41 pm said:
    
    Me too . . . and other things.
    
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Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:39 pm said:

“Toast to your health,” the sentence that means you aren’t going to be in the movie very long

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:40 pm said:

With dresses like Priyanka’s I always get distracted with questions about boob wrangling. Either she is born perfect, or there is something really weird and painful going on inside.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:41 pm said:
  
  They have sticker bras now.
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:41 pm said:
    
    Painful!
    
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    - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:42 pm said:
      
      Less painful than the spirit glue men have to wear to stick on fake mustaches and hair.
      
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:40 pm said:

Oh okay, it is boring dude.

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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:42 pm said:

They even used Hrithik’s voice, which plot wise they probably shouldn’t have…

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- filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:42 pm said:
  
  Yes. Agreed.
  
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- Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:44 pm said:
  
  If they used for convenience or just ‘rule of sexy’ I am fine by either way
  
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:42 pm said:

Would it have been weirder or less weird if Shahrukh had dubbed Hrithik’s dialogue?

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- filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:43 pm said:
  
  Less weird.
  
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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:43 pm said:
  
  It would have given away the reveal!
  
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Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:43 pm said:

How was the audience reaction when seeing Hrithik in this, if anyone knows?

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:43 pm said:
  
  I was there opening night, but there were only two people int he theater not part of my group. My group sure gasped and cheered!
  
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  - filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:44 pm said:
    
    Same. Lots of gasps and clapping!
    
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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:43 pm said:
  
  I’m sure they were screaming.
  
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  - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:45 pm said:
    
    Okay no screams, I was wrong, gasping. BUt come one, they must have been screaming in INdia.
    
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    - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:46 pm said:
      
      Biggest surprise cameo reaction I ever experienced was for English/Vinglish. This kind of surprised russle that built to gasps, and then scattered cheers, and finally full on whooping and applause.
      
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    - Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:49 pm said:
      
      Asking since the only ‘scream when star appears’ that has happened to me was in Baahubali 2 in the second half in a small theatre. There have been scream and shouts when I’ve otherwise seen an Indian film.
      
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  - filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:45 pm said:
    
    In India I would bet there was whistling and screaming.
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:44 pm said:

And somewhere, young tour guide Harry, freshfaced and just arrived, is leading his first tour around Berlin when he sees this car chase.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:46 pm said:
  
  Usually, when I see car scenes based in Mumbai I think there is no way there can be that few cars on the road, but twenty years ago in BErlin, there really weren’t that many cars on the road.
  
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:45 pm said:

Priyanka does not have a great “tense driving” face.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:46 pm said:
  
  She’s trying too hard to be pretty.
  
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  - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:47 pm said:
    
    SRK, on the otherhand is totally believable.
    
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    - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:48 pm said:
      
      Yes! Has this relaxed alertness, plus little micro-expressions like he is reacting to things in front of him.
      
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      - Genevieve Woods on August 1, 2020 at 1:24 pm said:
        
        I suppose this illustrates their different acting abilities…
        
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Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 3:46 pm said:

I’m here, where y’all at?

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:47 pm said:
  
  CAR CHASE IN BERLIN!
  
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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:47 pm said:
  
  48 minutes
  
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  - Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 3:48 pm said:
    
    Oh I missed Hrithik!
    
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    - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:49 pm said:
      
      😦
      
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    - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:49 pm said:
      
      You did, we were all very excited about him and discussing how weird it was that he did his own dubbing isntead of SRK
      
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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:48 pm said:

The teirgarten got a lot longer for that driving sequence.

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:48 pm said:

Anyone else have “Phir Milenge, Chalte Chalte” going through their had now?

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:49 pm said:

I think this actor might have gone on to bigger roles in the years since? What’s the character name again? The banker?

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:50 pm said:
  
  Found him! Not after, before. he was the scuzzy producer boyfriend of Konkona in Luck By Chance.
  
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- Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 3:51 pm said:
  
  Familiar face
  
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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:50 pm said:

I was never rich enough to eat at that rooftop restaurant, I’m not even sure where it is, but it looks great! When I win the lottery I’m totally going back to BErlin.

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:51 pm said:
  
  you should have fallen in with a corrupt desi gang, could have made pots of money
  
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  - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:53 pm said:
    
    I have no memory of meeting a single Desi while there. I probably lead AMericans of Indian descent on tours, but I tend to think of them as American.OH NO, a friendly aquantance who lived there was Canadian Indian. She was not involved in gangs.
    
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    - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:53 pm said:
      
      Shoot! You could have become so rich!
      
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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:51 pm said:

ANd the anti-Hindi-Film 11 year old is totally sucked in.

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:52 pm said:
  
  Well yeah! It’s the perfect Boy movie! There isn’t even any boring romance to fastforward.
  
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:51 pm said:

I feel Don is setting way to sexy and inviting for a business meeting. Totally trying to play with Boman’s head by distracting him with his sexuality.

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:52 pm said:

Genevieve? Any ideas what this enormous stadium is?

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:54 pm said:
  
  Outside of the city. I didn’t go to any sports games, sorry. I didn’t even go to any in high school or college. I had some friends who went, once.
  
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:53 pm said:

I don’t think anyone, including Shahrukh/Don, can pull off the tight leather jacket while sitting look.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm said:
  
  I disagree, he was jaw droppingly sexy.
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm said:
    
    With the little tummy puff? Nah
    
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    - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:59 pm said:
      
      I’ll look at it again, but SRK, tummy puff? He’s pretty skinny in this movie. Don doesn’t eat ice cream.
      
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      - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:00 pm said:
        
        I think it’s that a leather jacket is so stiff it will puff on it’s own when you slouch. Dangerous clothing choice.
        
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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:54 pm said:

Oh Kunal Kapoor! What a cutie!

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm said:
  
  That man is so beautiful.
  
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Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:54 pm said:

Do my eyes deceive me or is that the symmetrical handsome Kunal Kapoor??? The hat totally makes him look different!!!

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm said:
  
  Yes! And he’s with a white European! This could be YOU!
  
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  - Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:56 pm said:
    
    If only! At least now we have our second sexy cast member since Arjun Rampal was there for the first
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:54 pm said:

Look! A white woman treated respectfully and lovingly in an Indian movie! Truly a rare film.

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- Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm said:
  
  She is so lucky to be in close proximity to Kunal I am jealous! (unless she ends up dead in this movie)
  
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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 3:56 pm said:
  
  Interracial relationships are the norm in Berlin.
  
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Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 3:54 pm said:

Subtitles not great, takes out the zing. He says ‘Sir sounds too respectable, call me Don’

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- filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 3:57 pm said:
  
  I turned off the subtitles because they were annoying me. I may have to turn them on just to snark at them.
  
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:56 pm said:

I don’t find Kunal as sexy as usual in this movie and I’m not sure why. Either his hair isn’t right, or Shahrukh vacuums up all the sexy available and doesn’t leave any for him.

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- Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 3:58 pm said:
  
  I’ve never thought of him as sexy tbh
  
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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:01 pm said:
  
  OH I thought he was amazingly beautiful. And then I watched other films just for him, and it turned out he wasn’t that good of an actor.
  
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:57 pm said:

Oooo, I always like Shahrukh in a shoulder holster.

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:58 pm said:

Also, I’ve already lost track of the plot, but I don’t think it really matters. Don=sexy and amoral, PC=good and obsessed, Kunal=ambigious but sympathetic, Boman=untrustworthy, Lara=smart eye candy. Everything else is just details.

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:58 pm said:

Does no one take the bus in Berlin?

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- Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 4:00 pm said:
  
  It’s Don, he doesn’t take the bus, but the bus takes him!
  
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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:04 pm said:
  
  The most crowded bus I went on was a night with people going around to the various bars. Otherwise just not so crowded. After the 1930s, the city just emptied out………..
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:04 pm said:
    
    Gee, I wonder why (sarcasm)
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 3:59 pm said:

Oh yeah, Don’s Bi! I called it! Soooooooooooooo sexy.

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:01 pm said:

I don’t think this would actually work

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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 4:02 pm said:

I wish Don’s hair was not so black.

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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:02 pm said:

We had some good exclamations at my house with the building jump .

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- filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 4:03 pm said:
  
  Yay! How are your kids enjoying the movie so far?
  
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  - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:04 pm said:
    
    Oh they love it. They’ve seen it before.
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:02 pm said:

I like Don’s shoes

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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:02 pm said:

White guy overacting

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Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 4:03 pm said:

There’s no way he would’ve seen Don’s gesture down below

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:03 pm said:

I’m gonna assume that line was way cooler in Hindi

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- Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 4:08 pm said:
  
  Which one?
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:08 pm said:
    
    The one about losing track of his friends but keeping in touch with his enemies.
    
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    - Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 4:13 pm said:
      
      I’ll come back to it
      
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      - Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 5:32 pm said:
        
        He may not bother with what’s up with his friends, but always does it with enemies.
        
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:04 pm said:

OMG, Boring Dude is wearing a sweater vest! He’s not even trying!

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:05 pm said:

Having seen them live, I can confirm that Boman is like 3 feet taller than Shahrukh. I love how much he has to squinch down to get eye to eye here.

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:06 pm said:
  
  I had no idea Boman was that tall! Was SRK just tiny?
  
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  - mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:07 pm said:
    
    Yep, both thing are true! Boman is super duper tall, and SRK is super duper tiny. But the character actor isn’t supposed to be taller than the hero, so Boman always has to slouch. He’s like the same height as Abhishek.
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:08 pm said:

And now it’s a sweater over a dress shirt. DUDE!

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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:08 pm said:

Kunal’s in a hoodie because he’s a hacker. It’s a movie law

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- Kirre Ranin on July 31, 2020 at 4:10 pm said:
  
  That hat should be taken off for being a crime against both fashion and for hiding his beautiful face!
  
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Kainaat on July 31, 2020 at 4:09 pm said:

I’ve forgotten, does the Indian dude with PC have a crush on her?

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- Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:11 pm said:
  
  Yes, and he is commonly referred to as boring dude.
  
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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 4:09 pm said:

I am digging Jabbar’s clothes.

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:11 pm said:
  
  Me too! I feel like he and Don are the only ones really trying their best.
  
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Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:13 pm said:

When you take Boman out of India, he doesn’t look Indian.

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:14 pm said:
  
  I suppose racially he is Iranian, from his last name.
  
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  - Genevieve Woods on July 31, 2020 at 4:15 pm said:
    
    It was the scene with him and the white dude, if I walked into an office with both of them I would never assume they weren’t from the same country.
    
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filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 4:13 pm said:

Booman – fix your crooked tie!!!

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- mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:13 pm said:
  
  That’s part of his cover! A lowly interpol worker wouldn’t be a snappy dresser
  
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  - filmikudhi on July 31, 2020 at 4:14 pm said:
    
    But it is a snappy tie. I have no idea why so many movies show men wearing crooked ties and why it bothers me so much.
    
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mredlich21 on July 31, 2020 at 4:15 pm said:

Ooo, good coat on Don!

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