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Zaferin Rengi (2024)
Zaferin Rengi
With one word: beautiful! Thanks to all cast, producter and director. I enjoyed a lot. Despite its long duration, I was never bored. Could be better? Yes, but this is valid for every movie! Please keep in mind that there is no certain format of film making, there is nothing such as absolute right acting, otherwise acting could have already been formulized. Some say that acting is bad, I dont agree with them, the acting in the movie is at least avarage according to me.
So, please do not pay attention to comments of people who give low ratings; they are probably jealous Galatasaray supporters who cant restrain their fanaticism even while watching a movie. Some even tell about Galatasaray High School football team in their comments instead of criticizing the movie, what is Galatasaray High School football team got to do with this movie?
Anyway, except lack of information about some characters at the end and a few mistakes in production, I like this movie and recommend it to people who likes movies about history and sports.
7/10.
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Great
Definitely, the best series i have watched recently. If you like success stories, you should watch it. If you also like chess, you must watch it. Acting, cinematography, art directing and soundtracks, all are outstanding. I enjoyed every moment of it. Time flies when you are watching it and it ends just in the way it should be; such a warming end in cold Moscow, I can't think of a better ending. Final words;
It is impossible not to be checkmated against the charming gazes of Anya Taylor Joy, such beautiful eyes.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Overrated
That is enough! Somebody should say "the king is naked". This film is very overrated and even some people who havent watched the film say that it is the best film ever, which i disagree (You see how they effect people? When you dont like the film, they will say you dont understand the art)
Though i have no problem with slow going movies, this film is something different from slow going and too much boring.
All right, i can understand that it was something new for filmmakers in those years, but it doesnt mean that it is the best movie in history when we compare it with real masterpieces like Godfather, Schindler's List, etc.
If you want to watch better works of Kubrick, give a chance to films like The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. 6/10 according to me...
Sarmasik (2015)
Good
Sarmasik has taken my attention since I learned that it won 4 awards (best film, best director, best actor and best screenplay) at Golden Orange Film Festival in Antalya.
Let's say I watch a film and I don't know that it is directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. I can say "This can be a Nuri Bilge Ceylan film" while watching it. I mean, the directors have their own styles. The young directors can be effected by masters, but Tolga Karaçelik differs from other young directors as it seems that he has already his own style. He has a great potential and the expectation from him is very high from now on.
With a few words; the story is about six men who have to stay on a ship anchored far from the coast. The longer they stay on the ship, the more they get nervous.
I don't want to give so much details about the film, but I would like to share two scenes I like so much in the film:
Cenk plays and sings "Deniz Üstü Köpürür" after he tells his story. Deniz Üstü Köpürür (a popular song by Cem Karaca) means "The Surface of The Sea Foams" in Turkish. (It is a good example of using a soundtrack in a film)
The captain of the ship talks to the crew on the open deck. When he is about to leave there, a hammer is thrown towards him. He takes the hammer from the floor, He orders Cenk to take it from him and put it in its box. (This is one of the subjects questioned in the film: authority fight)
Good screenplay (with realistic dialogues), successful story development and great performance of the cast (especially Nadir Saribacak as Cenk) make Sarmasik a good film.
As a summary, the surface of the sea foams...
Bravo!
8/10
Kainan 1890 (2015)
Based on True Events
First of all, I would like to give some information about Ertugrul and what happened in 1890. Ertugrul was an Ottoman naval ship and her mission was to give the regards of Ottoman Sultan to Japan Emperor. After completing her mission, on the way back home, she was caught by a strong typhoon in the Japan shore and she crashed to the rocks and sank close to an island called Kusimoto.
In fact words written on the poster of the film:"Does it matter where they come from? This is the duty of the humanity" summarize the main theme of the film.
The film is divided into two parts. In the first part, it tells the story of Ertugrul and her crew and in the second part, the ways of Japanese and Turkish people intersect in a hard situation 95 years later.
In general, "Ertugrul 1890" is an emotional film and it mentions about the friendship between Japanese and Turkish people. Though I think that some scenes are a little bit exaggerated, it helps us remember things like helpfulness, faithfulness and brotherhood.
I like some characters in the film very much, especially the Japanese doctor in the village and the Turkish officer. The performance of the cast is good. Also, it was so surprising that the man acted as Turgut Özal (8th President of Turkiye) really looks like him, this made me smile.
Like cultures, the musics of two nations are different from each other and this difference makes the soundtrack of the film distinctive.
In the first half of the film, cuts are edited as one scene to Turkish side and following scene to Japanese side. Personally I like such story telling. As a good way to introduce your characters who are in different places in the same time period, I think this kind of editing keeps the attraction more.
We rarely see co-production of Japanese and Turkish Cinema and as a person who likes emotional films, I can say that "Ertugrul 1890" is a successful co-production.
If you like emotional films based on true events in history, you can spare time for this film.
Overall, it deserves at least 7 rating according to me.
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
Welcome Again
I watched the movie a few hours ago, I was not expecting so much before I went to cinema, but to my surprise it made me feel like I was watching original star wars trilogy. I mean it took me to my teenage and I enjoyed it so much.
It greets original star wars trilogy. If somebody intends to make a star wars movie, he should do it in the way this movie is done. Well done, J.J. Abrams. I could vote 9 for this movie but I am giving 8 for the sake of Episode IV-VI.
New characters and the performance of the cast are great.
As a summary it is: A PURE STAR WARS EPISODE!
NOTE: Screenwriters, Rey is a lonely girl, she deserves to love and to be loved, please consider this situation in following episodes, :)
Prisoners (2013)
Good Film
First of all, I would like to state that I don't want to give any detail about the story for the people who haven't watched it yet. So, my review will not be about the story of the film, but the bad comments about the film.
I would like to tell something about the comments related with the runtime of the film. In some reviews it is told that the film is too long and that is one of the reasons that they don't like it. I really do my best to understand why people judge a film with its runtime, but I cant. Cinema is the art of telling a story on the white big screen. If you need long time to tell a story, then you do it in that way. The success of a film does not depend on the runtime, gentlemen. You may say that you didn't like the film, it is that easy, but the runtime itself can not be an excuse not to like a film unless you don't make a short film. (You know short films tell the story in the shortest time as much as possible, that is why they call them as short film, but "Prisoners" is not one of them)
The reasons that I like "Prisoners":
1. It didn't MAKE ME FEEL that IT WAS TOO LONG. It means it took my attention from the beginning to the end.
2. Techincally, I like the art directing, especially color grading and the usage of cameras.
3. The acting is not as bad as some say. I don't know if you expect an exaggerated acting or not, but the acting is AT LEAST AVAGARE, but not worse than it!
4. For the questions like "why did he do this, why did he do that? why did it happen like this?": I would like to remind that in every story telling you can find or make up a problem if you want to. All right, I agree with the people who think that there are some missing or nonsense parts in the story, but keep in mind that it is a film and even the best films can have knowingly or unknowingly have such problems. (Some friends of mine told me that they didn't like the masterpiece "Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee as people in the film were flying while they were fighting and they thought that this was nonsense. What can I do except laughing?)
On the other hand, would you like it more if all questions were answered and not kept as secret? It changes from person to person, but i would not like it personally...
5. Some say that they didn't like the end though it was so clean (sometimes you don't need to see the end to know how it ends). Moreover, some film makers knowingly leave the end to the person himself, so, if you cant be sure how it ends, work your imagination and let the film end in the way you wish.
6. Some say that it is the worst film they have seen in 2013. Shame on you! Please respect to the people who gave effort and spent money to bring it to the white big screen. It is not a masterpiece but not a bad film, either. Do you seriously think that it is the worst film of the year? If so, I have nothing to tell you except that I collect real bad films as they have a great value in film making, but I can say that this is not one of them.
As a result, it took 8/10 from me.
Best Regards.
Eve Dönüs: Sarikamis 1915 (2013)
"I just want to go home!"
The year 1915, East Anatolia, The war between Ottoman Empire and Russia. Thousands of Ottoman soldiers died in Sarikamis due to the freezing cold of the East Anatolia before facing with Russian Army! However, the subject of the movie is not the tragedy happened in Sarikamis, it tells us about eight people who try to survive.
In the opening scene of the movie, Saci Bey pulls a horse in the snow, which carries the coach that Gül Hanim and her little daughter are in. The Duty of Saci Bey is to take Gül Hanim and her daughter to their home in safe. The horse can't stand and they go on their way on foot, but Saci Bey can't be sure where they are. By chance, they find an abandoned Armenian village which is not shown in the map. They find a safe place in the village to stay. Saci Bey thinks Ottoman Army will sooner or later come. In the village they meet Ali (the shepherd) and Zeynep (a woman from the village of Ali). There is also a commander who is very badly wounded in the village. They share the food and stay there. Then Onbasi (corporal) Sami and Er (private) Mahmut come to the village, they tell what happened in Sarikamis. Things change after Sami and Mahmut come to the village, especially when they can hardly find something to eat...
What can you do if you are stuck in an abandoned village and you are about to run out of your food, but you can't make sure to leave there as it is freezing cold out?
It is a slow going movie. Dialogues are short and simple. Acting is fine. Especially, I like the performance of Serdar Orcin (as Onbasi Sami). I think the director of the movie, Alphan Eseli has a good potential.
"Eve Dönüş" takes 7/10 from me.
Evil Dead (2013)
Not as good as expected...
It has been just a few hours since I watched "Evil Dead" at theater and I thought of leaving a review about the film or not as I read many misleading reviews of the users about the films on internet. Thus, I d like to state that my personal thoughts on the film should not change your mind not to see it at theater.
First of all, I can say that I am a fan of horror films and I have a film collection with more than 750 digital video discs, I must confess that my expectation from re-made "Evil Dead" was very high, I was looking forward to seeing it very much.
When I watched the "Evil Dead" of Sam Raimi (1981), I was a teenager and I liked the film so much, I still think that Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" is one of the best horror cults. However, re-made "Evil Dead" of Fede Alvarez, compared with its older version was not that good according to me.
1. When you watch a re-made film, you often remember the original first version and compare with it. When Evil Dead of Sam Raimi was on theaters in early 80's, it looked very different from other horror films with its unusual script and very fantastic make up according to 80's.
2. As you saw the original first version, you almost know the whole story and you can even guess surprises if the re-made one has. This is an other reason that new version doesn't make the same effect that the old one did.
3. Cinematography of "Evil Dead" is fine. Fede Alvarez gives good signs that he has a great potential. However, what I don't understand is why producers and film makers think that people will think it is a good horror film when they see more blood and more cut organs in that film. So, does it mean "the more blood and cut organ, the more horror"? I don't think so. It doesn't fear you, it just makes you disgusted. The blood used in old version is just in the way it should be, but it is exaggerated in new version.
4. There are some points that I don't like about the developing of the story. In new version, there is an opening scene that shows what the book of the dead is and what will happen. I think this opening scene destroys the mystery of the story. Sam Raimi didn't use such opening scene, in old version the guys find a tape and listen to the record of the man who examined the book of the dead and free the evil. This makes us curious about what happened to the man who saved his voice.
5. The idea of developing the story on Mia, the girl addicted to drugs and the reason they don't leave the cabin due to this (they come to the cabin to help Mia give up) is not that creative. The old version didn't need such excuse, the evil, itself doesn't allow them to leave the cabin in old version.
6. In old version, the forest rapes the woman and i think it was an unforgettable scene. This part of the film is not as successful as old version.
7. What made me laugh while watching the film is the brother (David) of Mia still thinks that the reason of the change in her body can be a disease, virus, although he witnessed such paranormal activities. I cant stop saying to myself in that part; "Man, cant you see her eyes and cant you hear her voice?" Even though the whole story is not logical and this is a horror film, you want to see some little logic in such stories.
8. Also, at the end of the film, dead Mia comes back to life and gives a last fight against "the bad" and it makes the film more banal. The film looks like its end will never come, it will last and last.
9. What happens in the film happens step by step (page by page) according to the book of the dead, this is a difference from the old version. The old version deals with the situation more than the book of the dead after everything starts.
10. As a result, I do respect all the efforts given for re-making of "Evil Dead" even I think that the vote over 7 is high. I can say that the performance of the crew, especially Jane Levy (Mia) is good. If you are a horror film fan, you will probably like it. It takes 6/10 from me.
Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam (1982)
One of The Worst Movies
"The Man Who Saves The world" is one of the worst movies ever made! It is the reason this movie is a MUST SEE. I voted 10 for this movie, because movie collectors know that the worse a movie is, the more valuable it can be. Some people are fans of real bad movies, so I wanted to inform them.
Some scenes in "The Man Who Saves The world" are taken from Star Wars, dialogs are silly, costumes are very bad and creatures are very funny. It still makes me laugh when I remember its scenes. The other funny thing is they didn't want to make a funny movie, they took it seriously, but the result was funny.
Do a favor for yourself, find this movie and watch it, you will enjoy it very much or you will hate it, but I am sure that it will show you how not to make a movie.
I hope our boys don't make a movie in future such as "Episode1: Who can stop the Turk?"
Just kidding...