Keloglan Karaprens'e Karsi

What's the worst movie you've ever seen in your life? Just lie back and think about it. Do you think it's really bad? No! Forget about it. If you really wanna see a bad movie, you have to watch this. Trust me, you'll wonder how a human being can make such a stupid thing. If you have a few extra bucks in your wallet to spend and the only thing to do with this money is watching this movie, just throw the money into the garbage can and walk away. Now, you can ask why do I talk so negative about this movie. I'll tell you why. We have a 50 year man, with wrinkles on his forehead, acting as a teenager. A belly dancer, who do not have any idea about acting, playing as a princess. I'll describe her performance with just one word: "miserable". And the script?!?!? It seems like written by a 10 year old boy. What can I say? Keep away!!!

I haven't. It's just a waste of time. From time to time this Mehmet Ali Erbil man comes from nowhere with such stupid movies and takes away all the enthusiasm of the hard working cinema lovers. I definitely hate this man, his movies, and everything about him. Don't try to rationalize his behavior. What he does has no meaningful explanation. He is a very clever man who thinks that we are all stupid. He makes very easy money out of us. He is correct in some way. His narcissistic behavior is encouraged by the Turkish people. I don't believe that anybody at the age of 18 would laugh at him. For the rest he should be avoided.

Contemporary Turkish cinema produces 20-30 movies every year (not counting straight-to-video or TV stuff) and about half of them are good, decent movies worth watching. Mehmet Ali Erbil generally is the lead in the other half.

As a golden rule, never watch a movie with Mehmet Ali Erbil. He is not a good actor, has no comedic talent beyond fart jokes, and no sense of appropriateness or decency. He apparently has a following who enjoys to see his torturous TV shows, and ready to pay for more of that crap in movie theaters.

Also, never watch a Turkish comedy that tries to emulate the American ZAZ movies of the 80s. They invariably suck because of poor writing coupled with bad casting.

Finally, to be specific for the ones who are late to take the hint, never see this movie. Actually, forget that this movie existed...

The previous commenter seems to have either not understood what the movie was about or has an awful humor. However, this movie won't win any prizes, but if you take it as a comedy which parodies the style of fairy tales, it is quite entertaining. From the first moment on you KNOW it's a parody. The hero is "tragic" has a sidekick, aims for the princess, there is a black prince who "always looses" and, romance, beasts, giants, and many things to laugh above.

Who thinks this movie was serious is a pity and won't have much fun with it, but if you take it as the popcorn-cinema it is, you will have fun.

It's silly, it's quirky, it's Turkish and I like it.

You cannot take this movie seriously, if you do, you will find it lacking in several areas: Shrek did a much better fairy tale parody, there are other adventure movies out there that are more exciting, the acting is sub par, and the special effects are pretty bad.

Much of this is probably due the film being Turkish, as such it has very little of that Hollywood grandeur, but it also has very little of that Hollywood smugness, which is actually a merit compared to American counterparts such as the horrendous Epic Movie. In Keloglan, the jokes do not interrupt the plot but instead flow with it, not to mention, they are actual jokes, not just references to better movies. Further more, the actors play it straight, like it was a serious film which makes the jokes more subtle, and ultimately funnier. Congrats Turkey, you have mastered the art of parody.

Despite the jokes being nicely woven into the plot, the movie is, like I said, rather badly made. However if you see it for what it is, a Bollywood style, fairy tale parody adventure flick, full of silly moments, it is actually pretty good. It does meander about a bit too much near the end but other than that I find it really rather enjoyable.