Son Mektup

Another propaganda film made by a bunch of guys who's main job is making TV ads. Making a film about war of Gallipoli without mentioning Mustafa Kemal. Are you serious? Let the Aussies do the job boys. Watch Water diviner instead. Try harder and let the historical facts be your guide not your sponsors. People without spirit and belief can not make this movie. Living in poverty everybody is shaved, make ups are perfect and it is the most clean and tidy war film ever. Our grandfathers fought this fight in poverty, without shoes, without ammunition, without any spare parts for the airplanes. They cover the fabric of the airframe with egg yolk to attach the fabric to the airframe. They salvaged parts from downed airplanes and improvised. But what we see is a beautifully painted red plane. How can we believe that? Funny. Another waste of time and money.

A man can build a building in 3200 days but 3200 man cant build a building in one hour.This is basic logic.The production of this film is one of the best since many years.However the script is a total disaster.I don't want to mention about the awful directing. The script is full with basic propaganda lines.The writer (writers) wanted to simplify the language however put lines that only existed after decades. Putting a nonsense love story to a epic battle turned the film to the same position like "Pearl Harbour". I didn't like the film "Pearl Harbour" and i definitely didn't like "Son Mektup". Turkish producers and writers have a sick disease to teach people history.To be honest this lessons are mostly useless.Its a film, not a documentary. To the foreword of this review again : "A man can build a building in 3200 days but 3200 man cant build a building in one hour".If you really believe that the production could save this film you will be deeply disappointed.

Son Mektup is a new and different movie that makes everything seem more exciting, just like the water diviner, it concentrates on the individual struggles and sacrifices made by the people of Turkey. But be warned this move doesn't have the great leader Atatürk in it, therefore it could offend some narrow minded individuals. It's just another view, to the war with no hidden agenda... that's all. I enjoyed it and loved it good work to the produced and cast. Son Mektup also tries its best not to take a vindictive stance about the enemy powers of the period. A war is a war, and even the character of a Turkish general comments on the deceased English soldiers on a warship that has just been bombed, This is a huge step for Turkish filmmakers endeavoring to produce films leaning on militarism.

Another sympathizer film of the government in Turkiye. The film was produced in order to earn money on national and historical emotionality of Turks and to be sympathetic to the present government. But there was an injustice in the film because the founder and the leader of Turkiye Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and the hero of the battle Seyit Onbaşı had never been mentioned. Because some evil-minded people in Turkiye try to cause the new generation to forget Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.(Nobody managed to do this and never will be able to do.) Also pupils were taken to this film by force. If they weren't taken by force the producers couldn't have earned any money.

I was expecting to go back in the history and. Dive into the past with this movie. Unfortunately, it is neither history based real or it gives any entertainment to the audience. The characters are slow, story is unclear but I can only say that they tried best to show the past environment colorful and clean. Neither the soldiers nor the nurses (it is also unclear why nurses are so for front in the war) have their clothes as new as possible. Conversations are dull, acting is way below avarage. Finishing this movie is a real pain, and it is almost impossible not to be distracted in any way as it gets boring more and more. I would recommend to save your time and watch anything else, instead of this.