(P:8.6/10)(D:9/10) The main three boys are so handsome. Whenever Owen Wilson wasn’t bundled up his jaw looked like it could cut glass.
Great subtle character work as usual, but I feel like the final chapter is a tad unnecessary. It does advance their characterisations, but not significantly enough that I feel it warrants the bloat. The chapter with the river was so brilliant and powerful, I loved it.
(P:5/10)(D:6/10) My least favourite Ceylan movie. I understand the metatextual thing of the film mirroring the novel, but it’s an idea with little pay off. It’s clear that Sinan is probably not a good writer so we’re just following a movie with the same aimlessness of his novel. It didn’t earn its length with a grand arc, it was just unfocused. The cinematography was, as is typical of Ceylan, stunning.
(P:4/10)(D:2/10) Clouseu is a great side character but you can’t build a plot around him. He works in the first film because he’s not driving the plot, he’s just an instrument for comedy, but here he has to also move the plot forward, which he can’t do by nature of his gimmick. Nothing else works as well, but I may have to go visit my girlfriend in the hospital so no time to write it all out.
(P:1/10)(D:2/10) FUCK THIS MOVIE. Promotes a shitty ass moral of “Not reciprocating someone’s love is a terrible crime.” No, that’s not how consent works, fuck off dickhead.
