zeeshanabid Reviews

The Wire (2002–2008)

Boringfest!

[1/10 · 6 April 2024]

I tried to watch this series a few years back and I couldn't. I got bored to death in only 2-3 episode. Now I tried to watch it again and the result is same. I really don't get why people love this series so much. I don't understand how they compare this piece of trash among the best TV series of all time. Maybe the series would work for US people residing in similar neighborhood. For others I don't think this can work. It's more like watching a documentary being narrated by monotonous characters. So... so... so... boring man.

I tried to watch this series a few years back and I couldn't. I got bored to death in only 2-3 episode. Now I tried to watch it again and the result is same. I really don't get why people love this series so much. I don't understand how they compare this piece of trash among the best TV series of all time. Maybe the series would work for US people residing in similar neighborhood. For others I don't think this can work. It's more like watching a documentary being narrated by monotonous characters. So... so... so... boring man.

Thief of Yama (2007)

One of the worst movies of Rajamouli.

[1/10 · 25 March 2024]

I've recently watched every movie of Rajamouli (except Gajendra). And I found this movie the worst of all. Script is bad. Characterization is bad. Dialogues and jokes are bad. Direction is bad. And even the acting from NTR is pretty bad. It's a bland of everything bad. And I don't get how come Rajamouli, who had already created some great movies like Chatrapathi and. Vikramarkudu before this made such a bad movie. But then I realized what has happened here. In those days Rajamouli had been experimenting with various genres. And by these experiments he has honed up his skills so great that he later produced movies like Baahubali and RRR. So in that regard I have nothing against this movie. After all, no artist can have only masterpieces in his arsenal. You can watch it for your love of Rajamouli. But be prepared to get disappointed a lot.

Shaitaan (2024)

Impressive!

[10/10 · 8 March 2024]

I don't easily get satisfied by intense thrillers. Because I have the mentality of scrutinize every scene and dialouge and all characters' reactions. Even one mistake irritates me. And the thrillers of this kind usually have a lot. I expected the same from Shaitan.

But the movie has none. The script is perfect. All the actors/characters have done justice for their roles. Score is also well used. I'm seriously impressed. And more so that although the movie is a horror-thriller, it still brought some humorous situations mingled inside the thrilling scene. That's not an easy job to do.

I will highly recommend you to watch this movie. It's a masterpiece.

The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022)

8.7 rating here.

[1/10 · 20 February 2024]

The high rating of 8.7 here at IMDB clearly shows how low the Pakistani film viewer's standards are. If this movie was released in India it wouldn't have an average of even 5.0. But as it's a Pakistani movie, the cinema who has not produced anything worth watching since two decades now, it's listed among the top rated movies of all time. The story might have worked in 70's, when people generally had low education, general knowledge and IQ's. But it doesn't make sense how can it work for people in such a modern era. The characters are monotonous and the movie has weak dialogues, parred with the loud delivery. Jokes are not funny, but as every character in the movie starts laughing, you start thinking whether you missed or misunderstood something. Every actor in the movie is overacting. What else can I say? I'm more disappointed by the people rating this movie 10/10 than the movie itself.

Eagle (2024)

Another KGF wannabe, but piece of trash.

[1/10 · 13 February 2024]

Obviously every blockbuster movie influences creation of numerous movies. KGF is one of those. It has surely inspired all the directors, writers and producers. And therefore they are attempting to recreate the magic of KGF. Sadly, Eagle is literally one of the most pathetic attempts. Basic script and idea of the movie wasn't bad actually. It's the execution where it failed completely. Same as every other South Indian movie, this one will also be highly overrated here at IMDB. And it will fill up with lots of 10/10 votes. But it's nothing but a pure trash. If you don't want to waste your time, and you don't want to have a headache, avoid this movie.

Challenge (2004)

Early poor work of the current master of Indian Cinema.

[1/10 · 26 December 2023]

Same as every other South Indian movie, this one is also way overrated here at IMDB. But believe me, this is just an early but extremely poor work of the current master of Indian Cinema - SS Rajamouli. Watch this movie only to learn how much SS Rajamouli has improved - from creating this utter trash of a movie that does not know what it wants to be, to movies like Baahubali 1 & 2, RRR and Eega. There are a few good comedic moments in the movies, but overall the movie irritates more than it it entertains the viewer. You may want to watch it for history lesson of learning about SS Rajamouli. But otherwise avoid it, as it's nothing but a trash.

Romancham (2023)

Overrated

[1/10 · 15 October 2023]

Movies like these are the reason why I've stopped trusting the ratings of South Indian movies here at IMDB. Currently the movie has 7.6 rating here, but it doesn't deserve even 5. The idea was good. No doubt about it. But the execution was literally pathetic. For a horror-comedy, there is neither much horror nor much comedy. It's a garbage of a jumble mess of uninteresting characters doing random things to flow the main story with only pinches of the two genres the movie is attempting to target. For better part of the movie nothing actually happens. There is just disappointment and frustration.

Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)

Not bad, but disappointing

[5/10 · 12 October 2023]

Too many people have rated it 10/10, and too many have rated it 1/10. Honestly, all of them are wrong. This movie neither deserves any of these extremes. It's a mediocre movie. A bad adoptation of Forest Gump. But a watchable experience. Far from being the worst movie ever produced in India, or by Aamir Khan. If you read the reviews of 1/10 raters, you will realize that none of them have even watched the movie. Most of the 10/10 raters have rated so solely for balancing the rating (in their eyes.) I personally believe the movie deserves to be somewhere between 5 and 6, which is where it is. So the average rating is good right now.

Lots of people are saying that we shouldn't be comparing the movie to the original. Why shouldn't we? When this movie is openly an adaptation of the Forest Gump? Otherwise the idea of a low IQ man achieving big is not something new even in Indian Cinema. The movie that nailed the concept is Rockstar.

So, here is the main issue with Laal Singh Chadda. The movie has lost the true essence of the movie and Indianized the concept by making it too much delving into a love story. The original was throwing upon us more and more of the protagonists' achivements from his first person POV (he's misunderstanding things, but we're understanding those better), but so many of those are provided that we even start doubting at him at some stage if he's even telling the truth. We're not told too many of the details, but only the hints. LSC has used 3rd person POV just too many times to make us understand things too clearly, for which it has lost the true essence of the Forest Gumps' core of interest.

And although Aamir is my most favorite Indian actor of all time, sadly, he failed to deliver his true potential in this movie. In fact, he had done a seriously overracting here. I'm disappointed here. His portrayal of a low IQ sikh Laal Singh Chaddah is a big failure in this movie. And at times it felt more like he was trying to copy his own previously presented character in PK.

Rann (2010)

One of the better movies of RGV

[8/10 · 12 October 2023]

It's really sad that this movie flopped at the box office, because this movie is one of the better movies of Ram Gopal Varma. RGV is one of the directors who either delivers a great movie or a trash one - something that has seriously hurt this movie. Because this movie came in between the chain of several pathetic movies of RGV and people probably did not notice this good movie either. Be honest, I am one of the culprit here too, as I never watched this movie until today, in 2023. And when I did, I was shocked about how I missed this one.

The movie is not perfect. At times we feel that we needed to be told or showed lot more of the technical details about some serious tellings of the movie. But overall the movie is really good. All the actors present in the movie have delivered good performance for their characters. I will highly recommend this movie to anyone who have enjoyed the good works of RGV.

Akira (I) (2016)

Good movie with a bad ending

[6/10 · 11 October 2023]

I don't care if the movie is remake of a South Indian masterpiece. I never watched that South Indian movie. So I can't relate this movie with that original. This movie, however, I found very good overall, but it's ending failed to deliver a good impact. Maybe because the protagonist here was a woman instead of a man. And after what she went through the entire movie such a passive ending with mostly negativity for her made it extremely unsatisfactory. The movie till the ending was a extremely good, however. And I'm really impressed by how Sonakshi Senha played her role. Anurag Kashyap also did extremely well, and so did the rest of the cast. Action sequences and choreography was also marvelous. If the ending was handled properly this could have become a masterpiece, and one of the best Indian movie involving a female protagonist. Sadly, the ending ruined the movie for which I cannot rate it too highly.

Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007)

Pure Trashpiece!

[1/10 · 11 October 2023]

Ram Gopal Varma is a director capable of producing either masterpieces or trashpieces. He doesn't have a middle ground. He either makes a great movie or extremely bad one. And it makes no sense why. In this particular case, I personally think he made this movie a trash intentionally. Because it makes no sense how can he be so bad at tellling a story with the base script already in hand. Everything that made Sholay good was removed from the story and all the likable characters were made unlikable, wherease the villain (Babban instead of Gabbar) were given sentimental attachment rather than scary. Watch this movie if you want to learn what a really bad movie is. Because this is probably one of the all time worst mass produced theatrical movies of Indian cinema.

Pukar (1983)

One of the worst movies of Amitabh

[1/10 · 11 October 2023]

This is indeed one of the worst movies of Amitabh Bachchan. Not because he acted bad in this. On the contarary, he gave justice to the role he was provided. However, the movie script and direction of the movie so pathetic you feel cringe while watching the movie. Even in the days when people were crazy by Amitabh's stardom this movie flopped in the box office. If you watch it now your mind will not be able to accept any of the illogical and irrational actions and activities and numerous loopholes present in it. So unless you intend to watch the entire collection of Amitabh, avoid this movie. And watch one of the good ones. As Amitabh surely has numerous masterpieces in his collection.

The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Trash!

[1/10 · 4 October 2023]

Equalizer 1 is one of my most favorite movies of all times. So the bar was already very high for the second part - which was kind of disappointment, but was still not extremely bad. This part, however, is atrocious. I really don't understand all these 10/10 ratings here. Even 7 is overrating for this piece of trash. There is no story and no action, and really, it's an extremely boring movie. If you're really into watching Denzel drinking his tea/coffee, watch the movie, as this is what he's doing in about 50% of the movie. And in rest of most of the movie he's just walking here and there for showing us some scenary. If we skim the movie's real material it will be a total of les than 15 minutes, 5 minutes of which was action. The script was for a short movie I think but they made it into a long movie.

Vinland Saga (2019–2023)

Overrated Trash

[1/10 · 1 October 2023]

I'm more disappointed by the reviewers here than the anime itself. So many 10/10 ratings. So many people comparing this trash with GoT and Attack on Titan. Does not make any sense. As this anime is nothing but a boring story with uninteresting characters and random sub-plot pieces joined together solely for lengthening the anime.

I'm more disappointed by the reviewers here than the anime itself. So many 10/10 ratings. So many people comparing this trash with GoT and Attack on Titan. Does not make any sense. As this anime is nothing but a boring story with uninteresting characters and random sub-plot pieces joined together solely for lengthening the anime.

Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side (2020– )

Watchable, but neither extraordinary nor pathetic

[7/10 · 26 September 2023]

The series as a whole is good and has some very good twists and exciting moments. But it is also obvious that the script writers, directors, and creators of the series were handling something way beyound their capacity. There were just many logical mistakes and plotsholes, and almost at least once in every episode throught both the seasons. Some so bad that leave the viewer left with irritation and frustration, which defines why so many people have downrated this serious with their 1 star ratings. I also felt the same urges numerous times watching the screen. But when I finished the second season I was left with a feeling of overall satisfaction, for which I'm rating the series for the overall experience (good and bad both). And in that regard my initial plan was to rate this 6 star. I've rated 7, instead, as so many of the poorly made Indian series are being overrated at IMDB.

I agree with those who say acting was also below the part. But I will disagree with those who say Arshad Warsi's acting was bad. In fact, he delivered what his character demanded perfectly. I will say the ones not feeling him diong well has misunderstood his character. Arshad is shown as an extremely strong personal (emotionally), for being the head of CBI's forencis team he deals with lots of murders and dead bodies every now and then. He's also extremely smart, though he also does some mistakes now and then, as he's a human. His character is perfect.

What I really feel bad about was the other characters in the series. I won't go into many details, but just say that Nikhil's character seem to be doing 'wrong' for how his character was created. There are also many other characters, especially in the second season, who were told to be different than they were acting.

But as I said, the series gives good experience overall, even with many bad things. It is one of the better Indian series. It is watchable. So ignore the 1-stars, and don't get too excited with the 10 stars, and watch this considering it a mediocre but worthable series for spending some time and have some fun.

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

Incomplete work.

[1/10 · 25 August 2023]

Do not watching this movie. It's incomplete. They wanted to make a trilogy when the made this. But they never made even second part. Such waste of time. I really feel cheated here. So save yourself, and save your time. Avoid this movie.

Do not watching this movie. It's incomplete. They wanted to make a trilogy when the made this. But they never made even second part. Such waste of time. I really feel cheated here. So save yourself, and save your time. Avoid this movie.

Do not watching this movie. It's incomplete. They wanted to make a trilogy when the made this. But they never made even second part. Such waste of time. I really feel cheated here. So save yourself, and save your time. Avoid this movie.

12 Monkeys: Mentally Divergent (2015) Season 1, Episode 2

Great!

[10/10 · 12 August 2023]

I've watched the motion picture multiple times, as well as this series multiple times completely. And the thing about the series that outclassed the movie is. Jennifer's character, played by. Emily Hempshire. She has fully dwelled into the character and has run the entire show, even though she's now exactly the topmost character of the series. Her humerous acts are not perfect always, but most of the time she's really great. And this episode has introduced her character in the best possible way. This episode has given the show a very good start.

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12 Monkeys: Splinter (2015) Season 1, Episode 1

Great Start!

[10/10 · 12 August 2023]

I love this show and I've watched this show completely multiple times. Main reason for watching this show multiple times are the first two episodes. They're created so nicely that when you're rewatching the series you're hooked up completely in the story. Lots of the people compare this show with the Bruce Willis movie it is based on. And it's logical to do so. However, these two episodes prove us that the series is only 'based' upon the concept, rather that it is 'same' as the movie. While the movie is a mystery thriller, this show is more of an action adventure romance. If people watch these episodes without comparing to the movie they would surely emerse into the show.

12 Monkeys: Cassandra Complex (2015) Season 1, Episode 3

Bad episode.

[1/10 · 12 August 2023]

I really love this show. But this episode was really bad. They made all the doctors idiots by the way they were handling the infactants of a supposedly dangerous virus, and they ruined the character of Cassandra completely with her sex action with Henri, which played one of the major factors behind her failure to deliver proper love chemistry with Cole for the rest of the series. I just wish the creators/writers had written the full outline of the series before they made the first season.

I really love this show. But this episode was really bad. They made all the doctors idiots by the way they were handling the infactants of a supposedly dangerous virus, and they ruined the character of Cassandra completely with her sex action with Henri, which played one of the major factors behind her failure to deliver proper love chemistry with Cole for the rest of the series. I just wish the creators/writers had written the full outline of the series before they made the first season.

12 Monkeys: Tomorrow (2015) Season 1, Episode 9

Too many mistakes in this episode.

[1/10 · 12 August 2023]

I love this show, and that's why I've watched it full several times. But whenever I come to this episode and watch it I feel really bad. Because there are too many mistakes and discrepencies in this episode. Cassandra's question to Cole that 'did he find Red Forest' is also entirely illogical, as never the entire series they were trying to find a red forest.

This is also the main episode for which I keep hating Ramse for the rest of the series. It wouldn't have been bad if his character would have been used as a villain or semi-villain in the series. But their decision to transform him later on as a good person really delivers anger whenever I rewatch this episode of the show (and the anger for him keeps increasing until the end of the season.) He calls Cole selfish, while Cole has done nothing but sacrifices for him. Whereas he himself is an extremely selfish person who first pushed Cole into risking his life in using the machine and now is trying to stop him without logical reasoning.

Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)

Way overrated!

[1/10 · 5 August 2023]

I had never watched the old series. Impressed by the number of good reviews for this show I searched out the order list, and started with the two episodes of the miniseries and then went for the first reason. Since the beginning the show could not grasp me really. However, I bore everything for the impression I had with the good reviews that the series would get better. And I really went through so many hours so painfully, until I trashed this up. I really don't get why people rate it so high. The characters are really unattaching. The story is boring. The script has numerous plotholes in the entire mainstory as well as in every episode's subplot. I really don't get why people love it so much. Maybe they haven't really watched good TV shows. This one is really bad, and don't deserve a rating even of 7 stars.

The Lazarus Project (2022–2023)

Meh!

[1/10 · 1 August 2023]

Basic concept of the series was marvelous. The executions literally pathetic. There are so many plotholes in the script that it gives a headache if you start thinking about it. A top most secret agency of the world with the most important job (saving the world from ending) is full of juvenile idiots. Then they're not just idiots. The whole world (or the countries shown in the series) has also become entirely meh. Random people can carry guns through airport security. Random people can even carry atomic bomb detonators through airport security undetected. Secret agents are so dumb that they use credit cards for purchasing their airline and train tickets. They even purchase cakes at specific stops and inside the trains. The topmost secret agent of that topmost secret agency is so dumb that he's smarted out easily by a rookie agent under the training. He even beats that topmost agent multiple times in fight, even though he's not yet READY for being a field agent. And when that top agent is accused to be a mole by that rookie agent and the rogue villain everyone accept that idea.

Now let's come to the Time travel logic the series has presented. Sometimes the repeated loops follow the previous pattern and sometimes not. But when it does so is neither random nor based on causality. These things occur solely for the convenience of the script. Like, the bus will always travel in the same way so that it would hit if you land on the street it would hit you for a serious hit. Same horse will always win the specific race. Same people always be present in a park at specific time. They will even wear same clothes and hat. But a woman can decide to dump you for no reason at all even if in another loop she was happy to be your wife. A baby born previously can be a male but now can be a female, which means, all the babies born in the new loop are NOT same babies. :D

And honestly, even this is not all. There are numerous other logical discrepencies in the script of the series. But as I said, I've already started to have headache thinking about those. Only reason I watched this series was to end it. And what's there? The series doesn't even have a proper ending. It ended at a cliffhanger. Lol.

What a mess!

The 100 (2014–2020)

Trash!

[1/10 · 31 July 2023]

Only the first season is worth watching. Main story of second season was not bad, but the script for handling that was absolutely trash. All the characters started acting out of their characters. And the series became more of a female empowerment trash rather than what it was in the first seacon. And in third it became even more so. No idea why so many people like this at all.

Only the first season is worth watching. Main story of second season was not bad, but the script for handling that was absolutely trash. All the characters started acting out of their characters. And the series became more of a female empowerment trash rather than what it was in the first seacon. And in third it became even more so. No idea why so many people like this at all.

Ozark (2017–2022)

Trash! Too overrated!

[1/10 · 28 July 2023]

I'm a great fan of BB, and I generally love the series that are slow dramas and follow the formula set up by BB. Hence, I loved Better Call Saul as well. I had great expectations from Ozark because it proposed to be following BB formula. Sadly, this show is literally pathetic. Utter trash! No idea why so many people are rating it so highly.

I'm a great fan of BB, and I generally love the series that are slow dramas and follow the formula set up by BB. Hence, I loved Better Call Saul as well. I had great expectations from Ozark because it proposed to be following BB formula. Sadly, this show is literally pathetic. Utter trash! No idea why so many people are rating it so highly.

Petticoat Planet (1996)

Wasted opportunity!

[1/10 · 23 May 2023]

This could be a really great gender roles reversal movie. One of its kind. Because the idea was perfect. Gender roles swapping in Wester scenario. Sadly, the director had no idea how to do that. Instead of Gender Swapping, we have here a place with only women, some of whom are feminized females and some are kind of masculanize females. Absurd and idiotic indeed.

This could be a really great gender roles reversal movie. One of its kind. Because the idea was perfect. Gender roles swapping in Wester scenario. Sadly, the director had no idea how to do that. Instead of Gender Swapping, we have here a place with only women, some of whom are feminized females and some are kind of masculanize females. Absurd and idiotic indeed.