ChikPapa Very disappointed :(

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

ma-cortes Amusing and entertaining swashbuckler has Don Juán (Errol Flynn in his self-mocking best) saving Queen Margarita (Viveca Lindfords) who secretly loves her champion from her evil First Minister , (the British Robert Douglas) . He , then swashbuckles his way across England and Spain in effort to win her heart . At the end Don Juan finds a worthy fencing adversary in the treacherous Duc of Lorca (actually , Duke of Lerma , favorite of King Felipe III) at an exciting final duel .Errol's last spectacular and overwhelming epic features impressive duels , elegant costuming , impressive production design , marvelous gowns , and loads of action . It is so crammed with fights and action , there hardly seems to be a set-piece that doesn't start or end with a duel , fencing or brawl . This was the major ¨Sword and Swagger¨ film mounted by First National Pictures and Warner Brothers for its superstar of swashbucklers , Errol Flynn . Errol is still nearly at his most agile and deft style . Errol Flynn was 38 when he made this movie , but his wild lifestyle had diminished his health and made him less able to perform his own stunts, as he had in earlier films . Previously , Flynn made his best swashbucklers and played successes as ¨Captain Blood¨ , ¨Adventures of Robin Hood¨, ¨The prince and the pauper¨ , ¨Sea Hawk¨, ¨The private lives of Elizabeth and Essex¨ , ¨Gentleman Jim¨ . Flynn performed splendidly the mass battle royal at the ending and the ultimate romantic gesture for the queen , he certainly gave his enthusiasts something to remember him by . It was all downhill for Errol after this , as he followed his successive flops as ¨The warriors¨, ¨Against all flags¨, ¨The Master of Ballantree¨ and ¨Adventures captain Fabian . Support cast is pretty well , such as Alan Hale Jr as his squire , Rommy Brent playing the silly King Felipe III and Robert Douglas is too good for his baddie role . And other notorious secondaries in brief apparitions as Robert Warwick , Douglas Kennedy , Barbara Bates , Monte Blue , Raymond Burr , Helen Westcott , Fortunio Bonanova and forthright as well as sympathetic Una O'Connor , as usual . Richly costumed , including luxurious gowns and in glamorous Technicolor by cameraman Elwood Bredell . Breathtaking and luxury set design and art design by Edward Carrere and Harry Platt , though mostly interiors . Thrilling and evocative musical score by the great maestro and prolific Max Steiner . The picture is not a masterpiece , but being made with huge confidence and fair play by Vincent Sherman . Vincent directed all kinds of genres : drama , suspense , Western , biography , such as ¨Cervantes¨, ¨Lone Star¨, ¨Affair in Trinidad¨, ¨The Young Philadelphians , ¨Ice palace¨, ¨All through the night¨ , ¨Underground¨. Being his best films : ¨Mr Skeffington¨and this ¨Adventures of Don Juan¨.

Edgar Allan Pooh " . . . but sheep remain sheep," the power-hungry Duke De Lorca tells DON JUAN in the key line from the latter's 1948 namesake flick. On The Day That Will Live On With Infamy (Pearl Harbor Sneak Attack, Dec. 7, 1941), the non-Democratic side of Congress had the top executives of DON JUAN's Warner Bros. under subpoena because Warner had dared warn American's about that party's buddy, Der Fuhrer, in countless movies. THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ELIZABETH AND ESSEX, for instance, was REALLY about Churchill and Hitler (the latter sharing Essex' fate, when all was said and done). Similarly, DON JUAN seems to be about the Spanish Royal Court in the last 1500s, but it ACTUALLY concerns Truman (Margaret) versus Tommy Dewey (De Lorca). DON JUAN himself represents the American G.I.s. Fresh from beating Hitler, they rode in to Margaret\Truman's rescue, even though the "fix" was in to elevate Dewey as a new "shepherd" for a nation of sheep. Since Warner Bros. took their eye off the eight ball in the early 1950s, General "I-Like-Ike" Eisenhower was able to pull off a military coup in 1952, and the only True Democrat since then--CAMELOT's John F. Kennedy--was rubbed out by the Mordred-like shrubbery in Texas.

TheLittleSongbird The New Adventures of Don Juan is not quite as great as Captain Blood and especially The Adventures of Robin Hood(the latter being one of my favourite films). The film is lacking somewhat in romantic chemistry, which is surprising seeing that Don Juan is often portrayed as a womaniser, and Romney Brent plays Phillip as too much of a fool for my liking. But these quibbles are far outweighed by what is good about The New Adventures of Don Juan, the best assets almost equal to The Adventures of Robin Hood. The New Adventures of Don Juan looks fabulous with huge spectacular sets, lush photography and Technicolour and some of the best ever costumes(no wonder they won an Academy Award) for any film. Max Steiner's vibrant as well as elegiac music score compliments the film perfectly and, while not among the best film scores of all time like Korngold's for The Adventures of Robin Hood is(at least to me), is one of the composer's finest of a positively consistent body of work. The New Adventures of Don Juan boasts some deliciously witty dialogue, some fine sword play and some of the best fencing in film history, the standout of all the action being the truly exciting final duel between Juan and Lorca. And one mustn't miss that leap from the head of the staircase, done by a stunt double but the stunt itself is famous for a reason. The story is always entertaining and swiftly paced, of course a little standard and a little silly but those are ignorable. The characters are very memorable especially the charismatic Juan and the villainous Lorca. Vincent Sherman does a more than competent job directing, he has a good eye for detail and accommodates Flynn nicely, from personal opinion he does do a respectable job with the action. Errol Flynn may be older and been battling physical and health problems behind the scenes but you can't actually tell, he still looks fine and has lost little of the youthful vigour and heartiness that he had a decade plus earlier. The Swedish beauty Viveca Lindfors is every bit the beautiful regal Queen while Robert Douglas is superbly intimidating as Lorca and Alan Hale is appealingly witty. Raymond Burr makes an impression as a henchman. All in all, a near classic. 8/10 Bethany Cox

malvernp Errol Flynn is best remembered today for the four classic swashbuckler roles that he played in the 1930s and 1940s.The first three were made when he was young, robust and in the fullness of his prime----"Captain Blood" (1935), "Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and "The Sea Hawk" (1940). They constitute the cumulative record of a dashingly handsome man whose charm, grace and sheer zest for life leap from the screen.The last----and least known of the four----is "Adventures of Don Juan" (1948). In many ways, it is the most interesting. While he is no longer young----and clearly shows the effects of a life probably too well lived---it represents everything that he ever learned about portraying this kind of hero. "Don Juan" is also the last time we will ever see Flynn in all his glory (in a beautifully restored Technicolor rendition) as our adventurous rogue (albeit an aging one) pursuing his final great quest. It's a pity that most of us will never see this film on a large screen.The TCM DVD for "Don Juan" contains a wonderful commentary track featuring the late director of the film, Vincent Sherman, and the eminent film historian, Rudy Behlmer. It is indispensable in giving the viewer a true appreciation of the film and the many elements that went into its creation.A prior reviewer pointed out that Don Juan's final scene with the Queen reminded him of the Ronald Colman version of "Prisoner of Zenda" (1937). Colman's last scene with Princess Flavia (played by Madeleine Carroll) seems to be the source of the similar one in "Don Juan." In "Zenda," Princess Flavia laments that duty and honor must come before true love. In "Don Juan," it is our hero who instructs the Queen on the very same subjects. Personally, I prefer "Don Juan" for its more touching and natural sentiment.This film should be viewed by anybody interested in the Golden Age of Hollywood who wants to see just how classic films were made---and one of cinema's true stars in his last hurrah!