Reviews

It's really sad to see so few votes about something that was done by the people who actually feel responsible about our "home" planet Earth. Especially considering the effort it took for the ones who made this wake up call. I would love to be hopeful about the future of us humans. But the ratings on IMDb imply so much about how aware we are about what we've been doing to our home. This documentary was significantly meant to be on all around the world, in 90 different countries, the same day, the 5th of June, which happens(!) to be "World Environment Day".

The purpose was basically to reach as many people as possible all around the world. Many things were done for the same call. But to be honest it's hard to say a lot has changed. For the ones who want to see it is in front of our eyes that our planet is responding to the things we've been doing, and the way we're dominating every living thing with the planet itself. But hey! We are nothing old compared to the planet's age. Our planet is 4.5 billion years old. It's seen lots of species before us. Some of them were wiped out. Not because they ruined the planet's own cycle. But because it is an ever-changing journey in a massive time scale. But we humans actually started a new geological era with the things we've been doing, effecting the very environment that created us. This documentary tells us "the story of us" leaving the ending for us to conclude. And to be aware -as Dr. Iain Stewart once said- that "planet Earth doesn't need to be saved. Earth is a great survivor. It's not the planet we should be worrying about. It is us". But the end is near. I think no one will deny it when it happens. I just hope people actually wake up, and start saving "us". Watch this documentary, people! And tell people to watch it. Because it is for all of us. Including the things we love. Thanks to everyone who took part in making it.

This movie is one of the most spectacular jobs the Turkish movie sector has ever come up with. The movie is semi-musical. However, what you can call funny in this movie is mostly achieved by using different accents of Turkish and maybe the most common cultural patterns, including beautiful classical Turkish music with lyrics changed according to the script. So obviously this masterpiece doesn't have a literal "universal" value as you would call it. But at the same time, we all know that anything that has a universal value also has a cultural background. Probably in an imaginary time where everybody wants to know other cultures to find the common values between people, this movie would be a good way to do that.

I know that I said almost nothing about the movie itself, 'cause I only talked about how this movie makes me feel. Alright, the script is written really well (especially the musical part, with adapted lyrics). The acting is flawless. Şener Şen is one of the greatest actors in Turkish cinema. And this is one of his best performances. As Ziver, he makes you feel exactly the way the director would want you to feel. Şener Şen has always been successful at using the funniest Turkish accents (As we have seen him do in many Turkish comedies in the 70's: Kibar Feyzo, Davaro, Züğürt Ağa etc.) Şevket Altuğ is amazing as Hurşit. İlyas Salman as Cumali, the honorable street guard, played "the master of fools" (the cucumber) unbelievably well. The names for the characters were chosen from the appropriate era of Turkish culture that the movie depicts. An absolutely brilliant scenario, as it offers you an enjoyable trip to the last years of the Ottoman Empire. Relationships between men and women are shown so realistically, and strong religious figures are melted beautifully in the scenario to show what society was like at that time. All told in the funniest way possible. But as I said before, it only means something if you are familiar enough with Turkish culture and Turkish history. I believe that this movie will still be enjoyable for the future generations.