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Fargo (2014)
Simply fascinating, mind boggling stuff, soulful, work of Art, best series ever
Wow, Noah Hawley, Sir, you are the best amongst the best. I salute you. Thank you and hope you keep doing this for ever. Nothing in my mind ever comes close to such gripping and memorable story telling. Breaking Bad would come a distant second im my book. If that & Broadwalk Empire, True Detectives and the other lot i rated are a 10* for me, Fargo would be a 100*.
Wow, wow, wow, simply Wow. Wish there were an Oscar for Oscar winner and you & Fargo would claim ALL in EVERY category.
Goosebumps literally as I re-watched S4 and into the first 2 episodes of S5.
God bless you and we thank God for you and all the very fine and talented group working on this EPIC of a show.
The Freelancer (2023)
Such stupidity cannot be from Neeraj Pandey, maybe Neeraj Gandey
Really, whatz up with these fake 8* ratings !? Wth was in that first episode !? It is supposed to be a spy thriller yet it was totally comical. 15 mins into it and you will want out.
An Indian mercinary "freelancer" locates a Mossad agent in Israel (after 12 years of searching for him) and that Mossad agent immediately offers him a job and full upfront payment of $2 million to take out a Hezbolah guy under heavy protection from top US commandos/navy seals unit (called Ba***rds, so phunny:) on a NATO base in Kabul. This guy then gets to his team of 3-4, tells them who are they taking out and where and w/o any planning, maps, drills, etc. Get on a Chooper, lands at the same airport (when US/NATO forces are leaving Afghanistan under intense security) w/o any Air traffic clearance or communication. They freely wander on the airfield and walk into planes filled with civilians and armed forces and then finds "the" hangar out of thin air, magically, storms in and kills all the US navy seals with not so much as a scratch on them and then the Hezbolah guy. Best part - in the background you could see many other NATO soldiers near the hangar who could have easily heard all the firing.
But no, these 4 stupid aces you call Heroes quicly run back to the Chopper and take off like nothing happened.
Kudos Neeraj Gandey, Anupam kher and the 4 dumb aces. What were you thinking, no really !?
Anupam kher, these last few years, if you see him casted, most likely than not, the series or movie is a complete Dud. Sorry but that is the sad truth.
A Small Light (2023)
Wow, simply wow, beautiful human beings...
So tragic and yet so beautiful. Inspires all of us to be HUMAN - luvin & caring for each & every living being, irrespective of color, caste, race n creed and to remind us to NEVER EVER LET another NAZIs like Putin & Trump thrive & get their way.
This precious short beautiful life on this wonderful planet is so worth protecting in every aspect and yet we have these war fanatics, criminals & facists are hell bent on destroying the same with endless war mongering, social divide and weapons of mass destruction.
Why can't these human race unite behind sustaining it and this wonderful planet earth and ensure peace, prosperity & health for all, end hunger & homelessness, etc. Is beyond me.
Hope we all can do our part to get there.
Wish there will be more of such of inspiring & self-introspection stories going forward.
Kudos to the entire cast and crew involved in this very beautiful story. Hats off & thank you from the bottom of my heart !!!
Treason (2022)
So so dumb, makes u laugh. Not Mi6, Di6 as in DumbI6
First episode itself, a Van registered to run-away Driver & ex-Soviet Agent used to assasinate Mi6 head. Lol, even street thugs know to use a stolen vehicle !!!
Deputy Mi6 meanwhile entertaining school kids that he is Mi6 head's deputy.
New Mi6 head moves freely in London to meet Russian secret agents. No CC cameras anywhere.
New Mi6 head's daughter ditches secret service, walks back from school on her own in "Central London in broad day light and not a soul in sight". And no CC cameras again.
New Mi6 head's wife confides with CIA friend who suddenly appears out of no-where and agrees to secretly record his conversation first chance she gets.
Yeah the audience are all damn fools. Keep making such crap. Netflix may have paid a nice dollar to license this nonsense.
61st Street (2022)
Wow, shame on poor ratings n reviews
Shame on you all who have rated this poorly and/or left poor reviews. Shame on America for not making series like this a must watch.
Mr. Franklin (Courtney Vance) when he was speaking to the jury in his closing remarks, he was also speaking to each and everyone of us, to look deep into our souls and root out our prejudice about black people or people of color. Yes black crime may be a much higher % but then are the causes & effects which we so easily ignore. The limited opportunities black folks get, the poverty, the environment, schools n neighborhoods they are brought up in, the racism they face each & every day, policy brutality, etc. - why in this 21st centuries cant be improved !? Why this nation needs to spend Billions & Trillions in WoMD, Wars, aiding other nations, etc. When some of that money could well be spent here at home. Why White collar criminals stealing millions/billions of dollars go unpunished but a black parent gets jailed and some for years for shop-lifting baby formula (yes happened right in front of my eyes).
Like most, love Obama but he also takes the blame for not doing much for his black community, to uplift them when he had the chance, at least in the second term. Should have given a f... to what others would say about him. Oh well...
Sir Vance, if ever there was an Emmy award, it should go to you. The whole cast & direction, dialogues, screen-play were outstanding. Yes some glaring mistakes (why the video was not played for the jury or why Brannigham not know of the wire from the same video, etc.), but important thing was and is - the Message it sends to society, to all of us.
Hats Off. Respect.
Gangs of London (2020)
Wow wow wow
Amazing Direction & Picturization. The gory scenes too had were immensely watchable and so realistic. Hats off.
Felt the story n cast could have been slightly better esp in Season 2, but acting was still top notch. The action scenes were simply outstanding.
The cast n story line could have been a lil better, esp in Season 2. But still acting was top notch. The fight and action scenes were outstanding.
Hands down one of the best TV Series of all times. Possibly Top 5, Def. Top 10.
Cannot wait for what the next Season brings and look forward to watch other projects from the Director and team.
The Billion Dollar Code (2021)
Google, Shame on You - What happened to "Do NOT be EVIL" !!!
This series too is really depressing folks. Can only happen in US of fkin A. Poor folks, I witnessed first hand, like a black Mother carrying an infant child, getting arrested at a local Ralphs for allegedly stealing Formula milk for her baby or scores getting arrested and jailed for years for petty theft or possessing ounce of Marijuana, but White Collar Banking and Finance criminals who cheated the general middle to lower class hard working folks - world over, of their hard earned life savings during the 2007-08 financial crisis walked away with heist of the century and KEPT THEIR LOOT too. NOT ONE GOT FKIN PROSECUTED!!!
And here too the Giant Empire Google helped by multi-million Dollar legal war-chest, Senators, Congress Men, AG, Judges, etc. Stole IP from a very deserving Software team of two German Engineers and their company, who toiled day and night to come up with their world changing invention more than a decade ago before Google shamelessly stole/copied and brought Google Earth to market.
I thought Google could do NO wrong and really believed in them. But sorry, no more, this was an Eye Opener !!!
Kudos to the series producers and the entire cast, it was brilliant !
Ludo (2020)
Loved it, ...and the Oscar for best Foreign film goes to....
Wow, Anurag Basu, you and your team are the absolute BOMB !!!
Awesome cast, acting, script n screen play, funny as hell. Never laughed as much in a long time. Rajkumar was the abs best though all of them acted exceptionally well.
Will be remembered with the best of the best - Andaaz Apna Apna, 3 Idiots and the likes...
Please Indian film board, this movie needs to represent India at the Oscars.
Blackhat (2015)
Really, a Michael Mann movie !?
Cannot believe it is from the same Director who gave us "The Insider" and so many other epics.
Really horrible casting to boot with and gets worst.
The Hacker chosen by Mann - Hemsworth who is:
1. 6+ ft tall and voted most handsome in the world.
2. 6-pack abs with awesome bod
3. Awesome in bar fights, can take down multiple goons holding weapons using just his bare hands.
4. Expert in weaponary as well.
5. Can survive multiple gunshots and neck stabbing as well.
6. He is a surgeon too who knows how to treat above wounds.
7. So smart, he tricks a NSA engineer/analyst into downloading a PDF (which was a keylogger) for a Password Change. Cho smart.
8. Above all, he is the only hacker in the World who has written a RAT and can track down the bad dudes exploting his tool.
Oh marry me @Chris Hemsworth and I am a Guy and totally straight :)
Last but not the least to our Man @Mann - seriously dude, pls explain what were you thinking with that climax - how high were you to allow such a Non-sensical climax fight. 4-5 guys brandishing auto weapons walking in the middle of parade of 1000s of people for everyone to see, pushing, showing, shooting, getting shot, killed, stabbed and the crowd does not react till the very end, just keeps walking !?
Really, would love to know your thought process as for me it went from bad to Rotten with that scene.
Ps: i rate the movies i watch on a 4 point scale, 1 being Garbage. 5 being Watchable, 8 - Good, 10 - Awesome/Inspiring/near Flawless, cannot miss.
Yaara (2020)
Absolute garbage. Ignore the paid 10 stars...
Absolute garbage. Rotten to the core, poor everything !!
Ignore the paid bogus reviews...
Bandish Bandits (2020)
Simply Wow !!
So so mesmerising.
Kudos to the real stars - the classical singers and the musicians, most often the "masked" heroes behind the curtains of so many epics like this. If they need to be unmasked, it is them.
Wish they are too credited towards the end with their actual pics...
Kudos to everyone on the team. And while Kunal Kapoor could not make it with his singing, made up with his awesome goofiness.
Safe (2018)
Stupid, boring, annoyingly long for a nothing outcome
I know this review does not help much but had to say it. Not sure what the other positive reviewers enjoyed about this..., feel really sorry for the time wasted...
Dexter / Hall was as expressionless as ever, gosh has just one stone faced look throughout. Pete, his buddy even though they served together is a scaredy-cat fights like a gal :)
Prison Break (2005)
Gosh, what a buzz kill midway into season 3, felt so stupid to watch...
First season was awesome (9/10), season 2 good (7/10) and then it goes all downhill, same old stuff, so much of stupidity, they really must think very low of their fans/viewers. Linc was unbearable to watch, really stupid and irritating to watch, whats up with the way he wears those loose hanging suits :) So much so that loved T-Bag 100x more.
Fourth season was the abs worst of all, they go after something so secure, stupidly lose it, then go back to work to find it and try and return to the very people they stole it from and then the whole mother BS. Jeez, what were they thinking ? It was so funny and idiotic to watch, one gets free, other one gets caught and it keeps going on for 20 some episodes.
Michael if you were really as smart, you should have had some say!! Fifth season after 8-9 years, again Linc is as stupid as he was in the prior season. Feel sorry for him. Hardly watched 2-3 episodes and gave up.
Oh well...
The Raikar Case (2020)
Tiring with some ugly casting and mediocre acting...
Cannot believe the choice of casting of many of the female characters and some male characters as well. A better casting would have at least made it bearable to watch. Not to mention some poor screenplay, dialog and really mediocre acting by almost everyone except for a select few. Even Neil Bhoopalam was ordinary, He just did not feel right as if he was forced into this role.
Compare that to the "City of Dreams" and what a stark difference. I rated that a full 10.
Family Karma (2020)
Really guys, this was embarrassing to watch...
Could not even get past the 1st episode.
Why do I feel the 10/10 reviews are from the insiders :)
Russell Peters: Deported World Tour (2020)
"Someone is going to get real hurt" over this review...
Russell, wtf was that !? My wife laughs at almost everything and she barely did.
The last 4 years have been the best for comics, almost everyone is one now and yet...
Depressing and disgusting is what you left me and possibly anyone who watched it. The Indians are always nice people and possibly tried to make you feel better on stage but you know it !!!
Only thing a bit funny came at the expense of the dude dressed in White. Make sure you take the family out for dinner at least !!!
Satellite Shankar (2019)
wow, who said Boys don't cry !!!
Ignore the mediocre ratings and watch this beautiful movie
I cannot believe beautiful movies like this go so unnoticed and lacks media coverage and ratings and trashy, stupid masala movies like Dabaang, Houseful, etc. become blockbusters. Sad to see way India is going where near-porn category trash like Ragini MMS and Gandi Baat have far better ratings, followings, coverage, viewership, reviews, etc.
Ignore the few silliness & misses in the movie especially towards the end, the hatred shown by the men in Kashmir which is somewhat understandable, but the message the movie relays is so heart-warming, uplifting and absorbing, could not keep my eyes from the joyful tears and that too in a man :) Who said Boys don't cry !!
Hats off to the entire team, cast and the director.
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
Movies like this make you want to do something good in life...
...Wow !!!
Simply Wow!!!
Not caring about personal life, how these amazing soul risk their everything to save so many fellow human beings.
At the same time, make you question the ugly human beings we have become on this beautiful mother earth and the evil powers spreading hatred, dividing the human race against each other and empowering the naives and extremist with guns, weapons, money..., truly sad and waste of beautiful thing "LIFE".
Pray for Peace on this earth.
Great work, respect and kudos to the entire team which worked on this life inspiring epic. God bless.
American Ghost Hunter (2010)
screw u HULU for recommending this one, Ghosts too were bored to sleep to not show up...
The best line from Bryan, the paranormal expert - "This is the bravest thing I have ever seen done..." after the fat guy hugs her supposedly possessed mom.
This is the funniest line I have ever heard in a supposedly scary piss-in-ur-pants movie / true story.
You guys bored the Ghosts to death with this one. True Exorcists. LOL
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Union Leader (2017)
Hidden gem, so real portrayal of the grief of so many....
Am glad I watched this. So many movies made and once in a while you come across such a gem with such a strong and uplifting message. Hats off to Rahul bhat who played the father. Nice to see truth, honesty and justice prevail which is so difficult in today's society. Kudos to the team, cast and the Director. Wish the film gets more audience.
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero (2018)
Joker pants for Joker super hero, how in the world is this 8 stars !?
No I am not missing a point that a regular/average guy trains karate-barate and becomes a super hero to fight social injustice and crime. I get that and it is a good message. And hence the 2 stars.
But why on earth, cast this poor soul at 5'7" with no fighting or acting skills as a Super Hero. And seeing those Joker pants and i could not take it any more. Gujjus play Dandias more fearlessly than this super hero wielding a wooden stick aka his "Ninja sword" :)
Motwane, you terribly disappointed with this one. And pls to all other directors, Get this: Heroes don't always have to fight physical battles which we all know cannot be won and tried of seeing it time and again. They can use their brains/smarts and here you had a perfect scenario where this guy was a geek/nerd/hacker and could have caused some serious damage using his skills and mind games w/o even living his house. That would be some thriller.
On the other hand, loved urs and Anurag's work in Sacred games. What a contrast. Sad but true.
Patang (2011)
Poor Poor casting n storyline not
Am a big fan of Kite festival, brings back a lot of childhood memories, this could have been memorable with some good casting and a bit more to the storyline. W/o such it turned out to be nonsense of a movie. Label it a documentary and I would say I liked it.
Casting could not have been more worse, u have 2 UP/North Indian mega actors speaking fluent hindi and the rest typical Gujjus with their f'up hindi and possibly popped their acting cherry with this gig. I guess the director/producers ran out of money signing Nawaz & Seema and then picked up their family for the rest of the cast - J.
Otherwise did enjoy the Sankranti celebration, the dazzling kites filled sky and real life depiction of family get togethers - perhaps too close to real for my liking.
Tamasha (2015)
Awful, 6-10 star reviewers, are we talking the same movie...?
I thought Imtiaz Ali could not do worst than Highway and he is back again with yet another brain-fart. Imtiaz bhai, became a fan after Rockstar but you have only disappointed since then.
This movie was so horrible, stopped watching it in like 15-20 minutes. Right at "Kyon, Interpole ke pass Pole nahi hota..." WTF was that !? :)
Funny, one of the top reviews rated this movie 10 and Awesome Direction and Screen Play and Awards for the lead cast. Scratching my head here. There is no story, flow, suspense, nothing which would make me glued to my seat.
You want a good recent movie Imtiaz bro - take a look at Fitoor. Please stop making such nonsense and loosing your fans and respect.
Highway (2014)
No, cannot be a Imtiaz Ali movie...
Imtiaz bro, big fan but this one was a terrible let down. Was so waiting for this when I heard that you have signed Ranbir Hooda for this. Major major disappointment.
There were some glimpses of your brilliance but the story line was so stupid and acting even crazier. Not sure if your hands were tied or had a gun on your head by the Bhatt family.
It looked more like a Imtiaz AliA movie than an Imtiaz Ali production. Rockstar was carried superbly by Ranbir Kapoor, your direction and the strong story to overshadow the acting skills of the lead actress. But here, Hooda could not do it alone.
I just do not believe the IMDb paid ratings/reviews any more. Ranjhanna scored a massive 8+ and so did this movie when they both deserved 1 or lower.
IMDb, own up and publish this review. None of my past few negative reviews challenging the ratings have been published.
Rat Race (2001)
The funniest movie of all times...
Cannot believe this movie is rated this low. This one deserves to be in the high 8s. We all cannot stop laughing even if we watch the movie over and over again.
Awesome cast - John Clesse, Jon Lovitz, Seth Green, Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean), Wayne Knight (Seinfeld's Newman) were all so hilarious and so made for the role. Bringing such a cast of all time funny men along with Cuba Gooding Jr. would not have been easy but the Director managed to get the best out of them, never missing a beat. 10/10 imho.
My other all time funny movies: 1. Gods must be crazy 2. Its a Mad Mad Mad world 3. Caddyshack 4. Monty Phyton and Holy Grail 5. History of the world / Blazzing Saddles. 6. National Lampoon Vacation 7. Coming to America 8. Ace Ventura / Dumb and Dummer 9. Friday 10. American Pie Series. 11. Hangover Series.
Rat Race is super duper awesome. It is a must must must watch comedy movie. Again something is wrong with this IMDb rating. Borat, a comic for dummies scores 7.3. Go figure !!