darthbaney

Sinan Cetin is a commercial director. He directs commercials about all sorts of things: Candy, Banks, Cellular Phones. And he is mostly good at what he does. Yet when he lengthens his work over 3-5 minutes, it all starts going terribly wrong. Imagine watching a commercial for over an hour. Of course, it's not that horrible, but horrible still. In one way, he is similiar to Jerry Bruckheimer, without the imagination and co-ordination.

Komser Sekspir is one of his better works. It's certainly not as bad as Bay E or Propaganda. Yet even that is thanks to the magnificent preformances of Kadir Inanýr and Okan Bayülgen, two actors that I usually extremely dislike. Yet, just like all Cetin's other movies, it has little, in fact no cinematic worth, neither does it manage to bring anything new. True, the movie definetly has some hilariously funny parts, but it does not go above that. I guess the normal audience will absolutely love the movie, as it is the equilevent of say, Armageddon, in a twisted way. For the more intellectual watcher though, it will give nothing than a few light moments and some good acting. Go watch Yilmaz Erdogan's Vizontele instead.

I entered this movie, expecting an over-rated, far-from funny, horribly acted, unrealistic load of hyped-up trash. Imagine my suprise, when it turned out to be a magnifecent piece of art, worth praising for hours without end. This is cinema art in it's best moments. Alright, I'm exaggerating, but Yilmaz Erdogan has done a terrific job with the story, the characters, and most of all the editing and cinematography. Erdogan has created magic with the camera, and has created a believable, realistic movie. Like a Coen Brothers movie, Vizontele is done so neatly, that one mutters curses during the final 15 minutes, cursing at the irony of the entire plot and ending. I've been living in Ankara for the past 4 years, and my knowledge of Turkish is now almost as good as my English. I sent out mail to all my friends back in the States, recommending this movie. Catch it- and catch it subtitled. For some odd reason, the greatest movie-producing country of all time, conjures up some of the worst dubbings in history. Watch it, and keep in mind that this not the usual turkish stuff. Watch it as soon as possible, and I mean it.