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Kuvvetli Bir Alkis (2024)
A very strong continues round of applause
Berkun Oya strikes back! A special tribute and masterpiece from 2024 to the plastic arts adventure of mankind! Needless to praise how details are attentively studied and executed: From light to objects, their positions, orientation!
Plasticity of script is strongly woven with improvise-like loaded syntax. All lead characters' phases and speech freedom is recognized. 'Flow' is felt by hearth. In my humble amateur (audience only) opinion, storytelling with absurdity is original and catching! End of 5th episode final is the zest of such climax! A frame by frame thoughtful execution mesmerized me as if an ecstatic joy is met! All five dimensions are devised with a chilling virtuosity! I am honored and lucky to track this teams' work!
Therefore a very strong continues round of applause for such an exceptional work! That is/was/will rarely visit digital platforms.
Derman (1983)
Derman (Cure & Power): An epic winter tale
Plot summary covers a lean and mean summary!
A period movie worths to care. Free from any FX & CGI at mid 1980s'but natural simulation-like avalanche scenes with the breath taking winter panorama around Agri ( a.k.a Ararat) mountain high! A reputed masterpiece from a famous Director (Serif Goren) in the early post coup military junta regime with severe censor sanctions! Ethnicity and sociological panorama is elaborated with delicate filters of Directora smart but very artistic style. Four legendary actress/actors lifted the beam high but tne collaboration of natives retained the impact! Not only a good movie but a reference for history and human life in Eastern Turkiye.
Odio Il Natale (2022)
Mamma mia: Un Italiano Vero
Commercialization of new streaming media is a though challenge! Another weak experimentation sample!. Flawless cast, robust production and nice cinematography but almost no creativity! An AI driven superposition of Italian culture and American Christmas story telling... Just to pamper the curiosity why this mass production hysteria while it may be challenged the industry! A tip to toe complete set of cliche parade! I patiently viewed the full series! Let me thank to Italian fashion, furniture and food industry! Whilst my eyes were scanning some hints of 'real Italian cinematheque' aspects... Why I kindda felt that Netflix had perfect executives, marketing gurus and sales metrics but no cinema connoisseur! Confused, disappointed and shaken!
Kaçis (2022)
An intelligently woven plagiarism
A core asset screenplay motive of tragedy of Yazidi Women is anchored for a nicely regional marketing attempt. Perplexed with anachronic mines. A fertile production for the leading best-paid cast! An irony of an Oil & Gas giants Turkish commercial advertisement face! I am disappointed with the Lesseter Schools short sight for talent sourcing and scooting. Nevertheless cinematography (a.k.a. Photo Directing) along with literature thru lights is marvelous (Sound is also achieved Disney qualifications)! Maybe I over expected but a financial robust should be more creative, innovative and genius for this very fertile onlookers youngsters market! I still hold my wish for rewarding spark of surprise debuts and significant genuine productions! As said among Turks: You already have sugar, butter and.semolina? Well go ahead and make that 'Halwa'!
Kus Uçusu (2022)
Shallow grave
How dare a reputed producer challenges a country like Turkey with comprehensive set of cliches!
Where are these millions owed executives thousands owed country teams.
Are you not awarw these crowds shall eat this but not again!
Sad to attest a large budgeted production harvested nothing but a monotone bunch of premature seeds. All we see here is repetitive AI driven results, very shallow, without depth, quality and intellectual horizon!
Unfortunately it is silly to track valuable photographical direction without a substantial vision of intelligent story telling! Synthetic playing performances, pushed limits, bespoken fights...
So shocking to see that they trust it will work!
Please Netflix Turkey reward us what we deserve?
Not set of loaded cliches that may exploede
Don't hire the mediocre DJ of th stranger things there billions of songs to play!!!
Stay awake
Stay gold but dull!!!
Annem (2019)
Nothing Else Matters
Complete frustration. Delicate casting but limp screenplay with agitating cliche cinematography. Bucket flows of emotional exploited motherly DNA. Conflicting plans, weak storytelling. It is wonder when a new generation lead a nice way of storytelling.
Kasaba (1997)
A Naive Pastoral But Original Turkish Movie
A self motivated cinema volunteer Nuri Bilge Ceylan Shot Kasaba after his short film Cocoon (Koza)sounded successfully among Turkish Filmmakers. With a slow rhythm but not a routine, film takes you to a small town (kasaba). Photographic quality of the film is excellent. Script may have shortcomings but never mind with his full amateur crew Ceylan figured out a remarkable and promising vision for Turkish Cinema. Town deserved to be viewed...
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
a full-stop for 20th century cinematography
it's not only a movie or an unexpectedly generated moneymaking wonder but a FULL-STOP for the 20th century cinematography as well. Shaping of the cinema as the 7 art is cruised a long road until now. Horror films evaluated from Mr.Karloff to Mr.Craven. Poltergeist is a milestone at early 1980s by opening a new era it was a pioneer. With Blair Witch Project we've noticed the naivete and innocence of personally generated fears with instincts alone. That's why we can name this a full-stop with an expectancy of unlimited human genius and creativity without hi-tech tricks but mind (which we can use the 20% power of that engine). A simple way following the destiny with those guys who were (maybe far from realism and reasonability but leave as it is) lost in forest. A trivia of victim and victimization. There is no need to critic the scenario: as we've meet the improvisations of the players are perfect. Film accelerate itself good enough to accompany the audience smoothly together. But I've heard some of them: Wow it's good, but i felt that the film wasn't over it's just started. Finally, by the help of Blair Witch Project, we've noticed there exists a genre or cult: INDEPENDENT MOVIE. It really seemed as a graduation project of postgraduate students. By this well woven harmony and loop they have remained a forgotten taste from the distant shelves of pure genius and simplicity. Entertainment industry has to review, regenerate and refresh themselves for the millennium. It's essential to review our place as an audience also. Because new human wouldn't be the home-digitus, must keep his/her own humanitarian values and mind.