Kurt Seyit ve Sura

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.

I found this movie on Netflix by chance Thank you Netflix. It is excellent. I love this move,so captured by the story and especially the main actor Kivanç Tatlitug. He is so handsome and his eyes mesmerize you. Even though I have to watch with closed caption because it is not in English, I cannot stop watching it. I just wish it was in English, although in fact it may lose something. I love these kind of love stories. I wish Kivanc would make some English speaking movies in the U.S. However, I do not like most American movies these days. They are trashy and violent. Not enough true to life wholesome movies that appeal to the romantic. American movies are much too violent, and actors have become so political expressing their political views, I choose not to follow them. They should not bring their personal political rhetoric into the entertainment industry. I will look for more movies like this one.

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) !

This has to be one of my all time favorite movies. Yes, I continue to watch it as a movie, absolutely love the music, the actors are perfect for their parts. Tears, smiles, laughter, smirks, all the emotions you want in a drama. The camera angles are so different than we normally see with American films and the way they show the love scenes are just beautiful. I have watched all the episodes a dozen times in the past 3 weeks, know the dialogue by heart. It's a beautiful love story. Can't say enough about it...Just love it. I'm a history buff and this introduced a culture that I am not familiar with and spurred my interest in learning more. I have never been a fan of subtitles, but this is the exception.

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.