Surprised

Not in a good way.

I feel this film lacked a great deal. The characterisations were dreadful. I didn't see how any of them developed to give us an insight to them. The men seemed overly macho and well... the liked women but there was nothing else. No dialogue to establish anything further. There was no chance to even engage with the characters either.

I would say this is down to bad naive script writing by a Director who appears to do well at the festivals and we all know what happens at the festivals.

Was it enjoyable to watch? Yes... I didn't feel the need to get up and disappear too much because I could feel there was some end to this somewhere. I do feel the basis of the film was to convey changes in Turkey to engage with the west. I feel this is what the film wanted to tell us.

Now... does that make a good film? The director, I applaud for not making it too sensationalised or glamourised but that did make it lose some of its charm too. It is a film after all and not a documentary but I don't think he could have conveyed these characters in a film. Oddly I wouldn't explode if I had to watch it again but it's not something I would do in a hurry.

I am not saying it was flawed. Technically it is a good film but I felt the story could have been told a lot better but how I don't know because I think the Director told whatever he wanted to. I just feel although it is an important thing to account it doesn't make for overly exciting subject matter.