Yahsi Bati (beatiful west -- a word play with wild west // vahsi bati) Cem Yilmaz, a great Turkish comedian who was first person to perform stand-up comedy in front of masses. We all loved him, his bright jokes not only makes us laugh but also it's a kind of privilege to get the grasp of it and it feels smarter.
After a great success of his parodies, he came to cinema and it was good if not great with his first movie GORA. The only problem was if you'd watched his stage shows (many of us did that for many times already) GORA did not have much to offer differently. It was funny, it was well thought and the production was OK. But it was still a bit dull somehow.
He continued with very similar comedy movie "AROG" and now it is "Yahsi Bati". In "Yahsi Bati" he is making fun of old western clichés. But he also (somewhat) build his western story around two Ottoman gentlemen who are visiting America in 1900s.
Again we see very good production, nice costumes etc. So what's wrong with the movie? First of first, the movie is pushing a story that is very very hard to buy for the audience. OK, we need to consider every movie in it's context. If your watching LOTR you don't question a troll because they do happen in this kind of world. You believe and get carried away because the director makes you imagine and believe this realm at very first stage of the movie. Yahsi Bati does not have this. Probably Cem Yilmaz had seen this problem and the story is told to us by a todays character. It may have been better if this story telling were more obvious and we get much of the shoe seller and his friends along the movie.
The movie is coming and going at the edges of being absurd to verbal comedy. There are so many scenes that you ask yourself "do I need to believe this sh*t sake of the movie?" Some say it's full of swearing. I don't agree, there is not much swearing and unfortunately these scenes were the only ones that we all laughed.
Again and again, there is no solid story line. You can make a comedy even an absurd comedy but you need to have a good story, period. Things happen so quick or so late and the crack is usually born prematurely. Let's take "indian father losing everything in poker" scene, hey come on I can shoot that scene better and funnier! Cem Yilmaz had better get a real director next time!
Last but not least, an average Turkish cinema goer's profile is very low in terms of cinema. I mean, many see that going to a movie is like a trade, I pay the ticket and you make me laugh, thats it. This is not cinema. This is using the silver screen to sell your stupid show again and again. If you say the silver screen abused so many times before than I say it's a must to object this every time.
You don't lose much if you don't see this movie..
I'm sorry.
After a great success of his parodies, he came to cinema and it was good if not great with his first movie GORA. The only problem was if you'd watched his stage shows (many of us did that for many times already) GORA did not have much to offer differently. It was funny, it was well thought and the production was OK. But it was still a bit dull somehow.
He continued with very similar comedy movie "AROG" and now it is "Yahsi Bati". In "Yahsi Bati" he is making fun of old western clichés. But he also (somewhat) build his western story around two Ottoman gentlemen who are visiting America in 1900s.
Again we see very good production, nice costumes etc. So what's wrong with the movie? First of first, the movie is pushing a story that is very very hard to buy for the audience. OK, we need to consider every movie in it's context. If your watching LOTR you don't question a troll because they do happen in this kind of world. You believe and get carried away because the director makes you imagine and believe this realm at very first stage of the movie. Yahsi Bati does not have this. Probably Cem Yilmaz had seen this problem and the story is told to us by a todays character. It may have been better if this story telling were more obvious and we get much of the shoe seller and his friends along the movie.
The movie is coming and going at the edges of being absurd to verbal comedy. There are so many scenes that you ask yourself "do I need to believe this sh*t sake of the movie?" Some say it's full of swearing. I don't agree, there is not much swearing and unfortunately these scenes were the only ones that we all laughed.
Again and again, there is no solid story line. You can make a comedy even an absurd comedy but you need to have a good story, period. Things happen so quick or so late and the crack is usually born prematurely. Let's take "indian father losing everything in poker" scene, hey come on I can shoot that scene better and funnier! Cem Yilmaz had better get a real director next time!
Last but not least, an average Turkish cinema goer's profile is very low in terms of cinema. I mean, many see that going to a movie is like a trade, I pay the ticket and you make me laugh, thats it. This is not cinema. This is using the silver screen to sell your stupid show again and again. If you say the silver screen abused so many times before than I say it's a must to object this every time.
You don't lose much if you don't see this movie..
I'm sorry.