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Ask Taktikleri (2022)
Disappointed
Just another dizi, I was hoping that since it was a Netflix product, the quality would be better and I really wanted to like it, but no:-(
The storyline is not original which would be fine if the film was well done but most scenes were just cliché scenes you will have already seen a lot in Turkish productions. Cool back and forth from one character to the other at the beginning but then every scene was just stuck one after the other too quickly to portray a quality story. It could really have been better with more investments and a bit of realism with the clothes as well. I get it that it's fun to have different designs but some looks were so over the top, it was unrealistic. Actors are gorgeous, no need for so much.
Umimachi Diary (2015)
Slow but poignant
Yes it is slow, yes not much happens, but to me, this is the point. This Japanese shyness, the endless game of having to guess what the other thinks and feels... The three sisters' interactions are beautiful and moving, the backstory dramatic and again filled with things that have never been said and creating a different pain to each character.
Also some beautiful views and sights of Japan.
I enjoyed it very much.
50M² (2021)
Quirky and entertaining
It popped up on my Netflix and I recognised actor from another serie so I gave it a try and didn't regret it. It isn't slow like most Turkish series and include some finer humour touches that are as sarcastic as they are funny. The two old guys'jokes are childish and I could have done without but it's not a major problem.
Main actor, Engin Ozturk has some great facial expressions that makes him very realistic, he never looks overly scary or funny, just notmal which is refreshing!
The story is nothing original but saved by solid performance of entire cast.
I'll def be keeping an eye for season 2.
Dogdugun Ev Kaderindir (2019)
Mixed bag of poor directing, good acting and nonsense plots
I was first excited about DEK because it was a true story and not a love story. Sadly, season one was the exact opposite of the true story and a love story was forced fed to viewers. I say force fed as poor directing and inexistent chemistry between the leads made it really cringeworthy. Demet Ozdemir spent the whole season crying while Ibrahim Celikkol just walked around saying... not much...
Season two became a bit more eventful with Medhi finally becoming abusive and Zeynep stronger and opinionated (as per real story). It was all mashed up with numerous side characters, all with a different opinions and odd events clearly created to fill in the 2h+ episodes. Although, more eventful, it felt like many plots were created not for the story but to fix past mistakes made in the script; it's not flowing which is odd given that they have a book the story is supposedly based on?!? Book is gone out the window though!!
It is obvious the writers are trying to convey a message about domestic abuse, but are also stuck between the demands of the public, producers, director and basic dizi rules, AND Covid limitations!!! This all makes for stretched plots but the acting is overall more solid in season 2 despite average director and twisty script.
More entertaining than the show is the online argument between those who loved the couple is season one, mostly Celikkol fans, many of them outside Turkey, who can't accept that the "hero" is bad and those, without bias, who just watch the show for what it is and can identify an abuser and a victim. It creates, at times, many uncomfortable arguments between those who defend an abuser at all cost and even bash/blame the victim because they love the character and actor (Ibrahim) and others, maybe less romantic or at least more mature to recognise an abuser, good looking or not!
So, even if not so great, this show might have further the dialogue about domestic abuse, which is always a good thing.