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After 'Muhafiz', which I decided not to watch right after I saw the trailer, sorry but true, for various reasons with the first one it's being an American remake of all sorts of 'he is the chosen one to save the world and a girl to teach her his lessons wohoo flick!', Atiye has just arrived! Good acting, original 'Turkishized' talks and localized unsettling suspense, one that belongs here, right in the heart of Anatolia! Good job guys, and keep it up for more!

Oner's first feature length film, Road to Moon is a great example of natural storytelling. Set in a small village in southern Turkey, it is the story of Bekir, a little boy whose grandpa passes away. We go through his struggles to buy a bicycle and innocent love story with betrayal and heartbreaking. There is no exaggeration in Oner's portrayal of the story and no agitation, which makes it easy to follow and sympathize with the characters. It is a must see in modern Turkish Cinema. Proving his directing skills in his short Buhar (Vanished into blue), Abdurrahman Öner seems to promise more feature length films in international festivals in the future.

This is another cliché example of those movies where the first movie is a great success and the 2nd is such a failure... Düğün Dernek 2 did make me laugh at some parts, however, it was only that and I felt sorry for all the Lira I paid going to this movie. Frankly, all that was nice was that the girl I loved was there with me.The jokes were mostly so simple and the script felt really scratchy. It was like the director had a week to shoot the movie and this is what came out. Acting was exaggerated and by that I do not mean to say I expected a whole lot of dramatic acting in a comedy movie. However, the acting of especially Rasim Oztekin was such a disaster. I know this guy from many movies where he was like a king, yet, it felt like he was kidding me in this movie. I do not think all these extra high volumed voices and shouting are needed to make an audience laugh. It turns into a mess and the sound becomes more disturbing than funny. The director Selcuk Aydemir did disappoint me knowing that he made the series İsler Gucler, a great piece of work. See? Sometimes you need to stick to making good work instead of making cash taking the advantage of people's love for your sort of work. I hope this trend of "oh I made a couple of good work and let's start shooting Düğün Dernek 3-4-5 and on" would end one day in my country. I gave it a 4, but I honestly think it deserves less since I felt like I was fooled by the whole crew.