Kurt Seyit ve Sura

there's more to cinema than Hollywood! what's missing normally, but not in this series: emotion. aesthetics. history. sheer reality. humanity. life.

most films, esp. western, miss a soul and/or meaning. most Hollywood films are cold, violent or shallow fantasies. even if Hollywood does romance, there's somehow aggression involved. rarely real stories. modern western films tend to not be alive!

thank goodness for Netflix, or America would be void of foreign films, which are so damn necessary as alternative to shallow Hollywood, not to mention there's a whole big beautiful interesting exceptional worthy world out there that Americans don't see otherwise. IMDb also needs to get its act together and be more detailed/professional on foreign productions, not focus so much on Hollywood.

this series has 46 episodes in 1 season! ; ) one truly gets involved in the characters, mood. it's one of those series that is hard to get out of. it's almost hard to keep watching, not because it's un-watchable, to the contrary! ; ), but because one dreads what comes next: no series will match its depth/emotion/beauty...

IMDb has several errors in the cast, incl. not naming a main character, Pedro, and putting him way down the list (Birkan Sokullu). there's other omissions/mistakes too. it's incomplete information.

plus IMDb mentions S2 but without any details. will there be a 2nd season?! hope so. but unlikely. so why tease us? ; )

where can one upload images and comment (not just review) on IMDb?

overall, the acting the story was ruthlessly realistic and strong, just like the main actor (Seyit). The series played with emotions from happy to sad to extremely shocked it just is truly amazing! It's very rare when a woman loves and appreciates another woman character when she loves the male main character a lot but she is so strong and shows how strong a woman's love it, and how medal through all the hard times with hope and trust.the ending was more realistic than i would have liked it to be. there are also side loves stories that you will love too. Moreover, it portrays what jealousy wit money and connections can do and how it can control someone's life and ruin it. The evil guy (-----) is truly dirty to the core. With this series expect the unexpected!!

Anyways, you will enjoy it, love, and cry a lot (happy and sad tears) !

No spoilers. Only a promise. Others can praise all other aspects of this show. But to me, what makes this show transcend...is the ending. It is the bravest thing I have ever seen in a TV series.

There are not too many epic romance series in the world. From what few exist, the trajectory is obvious to all. This is not necessarily a bad thing. We are meant to savour the journey, like an old wine.

You can do all of that on the journey of this series. But in one last episode, you can also consider something poignant, unexpected, and perhaps beautiful. Again, I said no spoilers. Like Kurt Seyit, I will keep my word...as best as this world & fate allow.

The sets and costumes of this film leave me breathless. I can't get over the lavish locations...places that actually exist that I have never heard of. One of the reasons I love foreign films is for the knowledge, history and culture, that would be unknown in the western world were it not for these films. The acting was wonderful, the actors, WOW, so beautiful. How can the western world be unaware of Kivanç Tatlitug? The historical storyline was interesting and, again, unknown to me. I spent some time researching the time period and locations of the film. I can't speak to much of the series because I am only on episode #4 but I am compelled to write. At this moment, the scene is of Kurt Seyit and Sura sitting on a couch before a fireplace as they prepare for him to leave for the front. I can't wait to see more.

So unlike American movies! Very beautiful cinematography. Flawless makeup. Not much dialog, but then, not much is needed, as the acting deleted the necessity for a lot of words. The love scenes were so very touching and did not need graphic sex to portray them.

The love story was not only about Seyit and Sura, but also Guzide and Celil, whose own love story was even more compelling than that of the title characters. (neither Ushan Cakir, as Celil, nor the actor who was Guzide were mentioned in any of the reviews), were the 10 stars of the series for me. The camera angles capturing the emotion and tenderness between these two people were beyond moving. Take note, Hollywood!

And Petro, the villain could not have been more despicable! Treachery at every turn. We have Petro to thank for what violence there is in this story.

I read that there was a season II, but I cannot imagine that there is: the ending was so, er, final. Great story about the history, culture even the food. I have been to Istanbul, now I am ready to pack my bags and visit Alushta.