tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81408916596066961232024-03-05T06:01:47.523-08:00Notes on Movies and BooksBurcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-36209020132849136922015-02-23T06:29:00.001-08:002015-02-23T06:31:37.433-08:00Takva [2006 - imdb: 7.5]<br />
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Erkan Can, beğendiğim oyuncular arasındadır ve içinde yer aldığı işlerin kalitesini hep beğenmişimdir. Hani bazı absürd reklam filmlerinde çok saygın olduğunu düşündüğümüz ses sanatçılarını veya oyuncularını gördüğümüzde "Belli ki bu sıralar pek para kazanamıyor." diye yorum yaparız ya; sanki Erkan Can için bu yorumu hiç yapmayacakmışız gibi geliyor. Kendisi bu film ile 2006'da 43. Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivalinde En İyi Erkek Oyuncu ödülünü almıştır ve de fazlasıyla da haketmiştir. Ben filmi izlemekte her ne kadar geç kalmış olsam da...<br />
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Erkan Can, dünyevi olandan kendini sakınan ve kendini ibadete adayan Muharrem karakterini canlandırıyor. Kendi minicik dünyalarında uhrevi olanı yaşayan insanlar oldukça renksiz, neşesiz, sessiz ve tebessümsüz ifade edilmiş. Tasavvufu bu çizgide yaşayan insanlar çok iyi resmedilmiş. Dergahın kira gelirlerini toplamakla görevlendirilen Muharrem, kendini sakındığı dünyevi olan tükakalarla karşılaştıkça verdiği tepkiler izleyene kendini sorgulatıyor. Biz dünyevi olanlarla içiçe yaşarken "Acaba kötü olanı mı yapıyoruz?" dedirtiyor. Yani Muharrem senaryonun istediğini çok iyi hissettiriyor.<br />
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Kadının ve çocuğun az yer aldığı filmlerden rahatsız olmuşumdur hep. Bu senaryonun gereği budur, kabul ediyorum ve haklıdır da. Gördüğümüz tek kadın karakterin - şeyhin kızı - türbanının da gayet dikkat çekici bir pembe olması da pek manidar ve pek de zekice değil midir?Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-87257006818323952082014-08-17T08:56:00.001-07:002014-08-17T09:16:07.379-07:00Before Sunrise (1995) - Before Sunset(2004) - Before Midnight(2013) - Definitely smart screenplays...<h3>
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In first two movies, Jesse and Celine are young, passionate, romantic and it is fun to listen to their smart conversations during the whole movie and it makes you feel smart too in a way. They aren't responsible for anything, they don't live together or aren't married or don't have any kids. Therefore, they are absolutely free from the realities of the real life or grown-ups's lives. However, in Before Midnight, they are kind of married since they live together - they don't have to posses a legal document showing they are bound to one another - and they have twins, which means they come face to face with middle age responsibilities: raising kids, taking them to school and picking them up from the school, cooking and a great deal of other things they need to do. Jesse seems satisfied with his life, maybe because he is a writer and he doesn't have to follow a routine of 8 am and 6 pm. On the other hand, Celine has to follow that cycle and she is upset about dealing with everything about the house and the girls and feels trapped like a typical housewife. Then you get that the idea of that your sense of freedom and being passionate about anything will disappear because of being married and having kids. It doesn't matter whether your are the wife and the husband. It may not be the case for you, though.Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-81342112648631006472014-01-05T07:37:00.001-08:002014-01-05T07:42:47.331-08:00The Hobbit - The Desolution of Smaug <br />
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The dragon talked too much...</h3>
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The second instalment of Peter Jackson's fantasy trilogy based on JRR Tolkien's book absolutely is an entertaining adventure tale and will be a blockbuster.<br />
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Peter Jackson and everyone working for the movie have done a great job and presented it to us. It's artistically and intellectually beautiful to watch a two hour 40 minutes running movie.<br />
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However, I wish it was possible to watch a normal version of it other than the 3D version at the cinema. I also wish the dragon wouldn't speak that much. Perhaps it isn't fair to talk like that because I haven't read the book. But this is how it made me feel.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Kimden duydum hiç hatırlamıyorum ama daha lisedeyken bu kitabın çok sıkıcı
olduğunu duymuştum ve uzun yıllar bırakın okumayı kitapevlerinde gezinirken
elime alıp karıştırmayı bile reddetmiştim. Önyargılı olmakla ne büyük hata
etmişim. Belki de 1935'te Londra'da yayımlandığı ismiyle yani <i>Soytarı ve Kızı </i>adıyla basılsaydı, bende oluşan ya da başka insanlarda sadece adından dolayı oluşan önyargının önüne geçilebilirdi. </span><br />
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Halide Edip Adıvar gayet duru bir dille yazdığı için anlaması hiç de zor değil.
Yine de gerek görülürse, anlaşılmama ihtimali olan kelimeler hemen aşağıda
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">II. Abdülhamit döneminde siyasi ve toplumsal doku, küçük hafız Rabia'nın
yaşamıyla doğru orantılı olarak sanat çerçevesinde işlenmiş. Doğu ve batı
kültürleri Rabia'nın hafızlığı, Peregrini'nin piyanosu, Mevlevilik, Kız Tevfik
ve diğer karakterlerle çok iyi harmanlanmış. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Küçük hafız bir kızın, genç bir
kadın olmasını ve bu süreçte yaşadıkları ancak bu kadar sürükleyici ve
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Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-48288650148320111492013-09-16T11:56:00.002-07:002013-09-16T11:57:24.937-07:00The Raven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you like Poe's stories, mystery and thriller, save time for this movie. John Cusack shows again what a great actor he is. The scenario is well-written. However, when you find out who the killer is, you feel like naive because you can't guess before although you can actually.</div>
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Neden sanatçının değeri ölümünden sonra bilinir? </h3>
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Sahnelerin renkleri, mevsimlerin büyüleyici görüntüleri, çiçeklerle dolu
bahçelerde yapılan yürüyüşler o kadar güzel aktarılmış ki, "Acaba 19
yüzyılda İngiltere'de mi yaşasaydım." diyor insan. Melankolik bir havası
var, evet ama yine de çok güzel. Filmin büyük estetik
kaygılarla çekildiği ve bunun için büyük çaba harcandığı çok açık ve izlerken
sanki 19 yüzyıl tablolarının sergilendiği bir müzedeymişsiniz gibi
hissediyorsunuz.<br />
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Ölümünün ardından en iyi İngiliz romantik şairlerinden kabul
edilen John Keats’in son üç yılını ve Fanny Brawne ile yaşadığı aşkı anlatan
film yine fakir ve hasta iki Zonguldaklı şairi anlatan <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2608224/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">Kelebeğin Rüyası</a>’nı
hatırlatıyor. Sanki sanatçılar hep ölümlerinden sonra değer görüyor. Ya güzel
olan şey kaybedilince anlaşılıyor ya da ölüm, sanatçının var olan esere daha kıymet
bilen gözlerle bakılmasına neden oluyor.<br />
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Bir Amerikan rüyası...</h3>
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Birbirinden genç Japon kadınların büyük bir yanılgıyla başlayan Amerika rüyası çok güçlü bir gözlem ve empati ile yazılmış. Belli ki yoğun bir de araştırma yapılmış. Sanırım bu araştırmanın sonucu olarak da belgesel tadında bir yazım ortaya çıkmış. Karakterlerle düzenlemiş bir hikaye örgüsü olsaydı eminim ki daha çok keyif alırdım. Bir de arka kapağında kitap hakkındaki herşey yazılmış, kitabın içinde okuyacak bir sürprizi kalmamış. Bu durumda, sürpriz bekleyen edebiyat okuru için eğlenceli bir seçim değil ama Japon kadınlar hakkında araştırma yapıyor olan bir akademisyen için biçilmiş kaftan.Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-27106866893339217822012-12-25T12:30:00.001-08:002012-12-25T12:32:02.894-08:00The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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use of power. Bilbo starts a journey with the dwarves to retrieve their
treasure from Smaug the dragon. Goblins, Wargs, Elves and Gollum join his
journey. He is reluctant at first but then he develops psychologically and
spiritually during the journey. He becomes willing to get Thorin's treasure
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literatures wrote a beautiful novel. I can't tell how ingenious he is after the
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Ana karakter Bilbo, Smaug adlı ejderhadan hazineyi geri almak için cücelerle
yolcuğa çıkar. Bu yolculuğa Goblinler, Warglar, Elfler ve Gollum da katılır.
Bilbo ilk zamanlarda isteksizdir ama yolculuk süresince psikolojik olarak
gelişir ve cücelerin kralı Thorin'in hazinesini Samug'dan almak için istekli
hareket etmeye başlar. Mülkiyetin ve vatan sahibi olmanın değeri Bilbo'nun
macerasında ve karakterinin gelişmesinde önemli bir rol oynar.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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yönetmeninden kıyafet seçen asistanlarına kadar filmin tüm kadrosu güzel iş
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adamı olan J. R. R. Tolkien güzel bir roman yazmış. Ne kadar yaratıcı olduğunu
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Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-50175743790649651792012-12-25T11:26:00.003-08:002012-12-25T11:28:56.403-08:00Mirror Mirror <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I might have misinterpreted the trailer because I had thought that the scenario was modern and interesting enough for adults to watch and enjoy the movie. It was nice to watch a different version of the fairy tale "Snow White and Seven Dwarves" but boring from time to time. Anyway it must be joyous to watch it for children and teenagers, but not for adults. </div>
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I must confess that it is a brilliant idea to make the dwarfs taller with the help of the accordion legs.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Ben fragmanı yanlış yorumlamış olabilirim ama sanki film ilk gösterime girerken de sinema programlarında çocuk filmi olduğundan çok fazla bahsedilmemişti. Senaryonun yetişkinlerin de izleyebileceği kadar modern ve ilginç olduğunu düşünmüşüm. Zaman zaman sıkıcı olsa da, "Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler" masalının farklı bir şeklini izlemek hoştu. Her neyse, ergenler ve çocuklar için izlemesi çok keyifli olmalı.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">İtiraf etmeliyim ki; cüceleri akordeon bacaklarla uzatmak zekice bir fikir.</span></div>
Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-5321436835319582382012-11-23T12:03:00.000-08:002012-12-25T10:50:37.518-08:00The Hunger Games - 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to compete. (taken from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/">www.imdb.com</a>) <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Panem'in oniki bölgesinden 12-18 yaşlarında bir erkek ve kız rastgele seçilir, televizyon programı şeklinde sunularak ölümüne yarışırlar ve bu yarışın adı açlık oyunlarıdır. Katniss Everdeen açlık oyunlarında kız kardeşinin yerini gönüllü olarak alır. (</span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">www.imdb.com</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ergenlerin bu saçma oyunda çektikleri acıları zenginlerin muhteşem bir zevkle izlemelerini görmek iç acıtıcı. Filmin uyarlandığı kitabı okumadım ama zaten kitabın ve filmin ayrı ayrı değerlendirilmesinden yanayım. Çünkü ikisinin ifade şekilleri apayrı. Filmde bazı parçalar tam birbirine bağlanmamış ve açlık oyunlarının neden başladığı ve neden bölgelerin bu saçma oyuna başkaldırmadıkları net değil. Sanki filmin yönetmeni ve yapımcıları filmin psikolojik ve sosyolojik altyapısını çok önemsemeyip sadece aksiyon kısmını göstermek istemişler. Tabi böyle olunca, film biraz ergen filmi gibi kalmış. Yine de filmin konusunun üzücü olduğunu itiraf etmek zorundayım.</span></div>
Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-30166210983834143862012-10-30T14:05:00.000-07:002012-10-30T14:07:57.117-07:00Çanakkale Çocukları<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999;">Çanakkale savaşının en acımasız sahnelerinin çok az figüranla ve az bir görselle çekildiğini düşünerek sinema salonuna girmiştim ama benim düşündüğümden çok daha sürreal bir bakışı vardı filmin. Çanakkale savaşının bir kahramanlık öyküsü olmasından çok, savaşta çocuklarını kaybetmek istemeyen bir annenin rüyalarından etkilenmesini ve savaş alanından onları kurtarmasını anlatıyor. Tabi bir bulutun mucizesi ile oluyor bu. En çok sevdiğim replik, komutanın cephede Kasım beye söylediği "Siz savaş çıkarırsınız, biz savaşırız ve biz ölürüz!" idi. Ne kadar da haklı! Bir de duyduğum İngilizce ninni anne olmanın ve çocuk olmanın ne kadar evrensel olduğunu hatırlattı bana. Uzun bir süre içimden bu ninniyi tekrarladım.</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #999999;"> And if that billy goat don't pull,<br /> Papa's gonna buy you a cart and bull.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999;"> And if that cart and bull turn over,<br /> Papa's gonna buy you a dog named Rover.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #999999;"> And if that dog named Rover won't bark.<br /> Papa's gonna to buy you and horse and cart.</span></em></div>
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Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-20838854880912018672012-08-29T06:42:00.001-07:002012-08-29T08:22:36.641-07:00Fetih 1453<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kostümler ve mekanlar üzerine iyi çalışılmış, belli ki bir hayli de para harcanmış ama efektler sahnelere seyirciyi tamamen içine alacak ve tam odaklanmış şekilde filmi seyretmesini sağlayacak kadar etkili bir şekilde oturmamış. Bu kadar oyuncuya ve figürana ihtiyaç duyulan filmler çok az yapıldı Türkiye'de. Dolayısıyle, Lord of the Rings veya Harry Potter filmleri gibi güçlü efektler ve film müzikleri yok Fetih 1453'te. Diğer yandan filmin seslendirmesi de filme tam odaklanmanızı engelliyor. Sanki film başka bir dilde çekilmiş de Türkçe seslendirme yapılmış gibi hissediyorsunuz. Oyunculuklardaki öfke gösterilerinde de bir yapmacıklık var, belki bu oyunları yüzünden ile ya da öfke hareketleri efektlerle ya da film müzikleriyle yeterince desteklenmediği içindir. Dikkatimi çeken başka bir nokta ise oyuncular arasında İffet dizisindeki başrol oyuncularından <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2965591/" target="_blank">İbrahim Çelikkol</a>' dan başka simaları bilinen başka bir oyuncu olmaması. Belki bu durum yönetmen <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1147588/" target="_blank">Faruk Aksoy'un</a> özellikle çok populer oyuncularla iş yapmak istememesinden, ya da çok bilinen oyuncularla çalışıp onlara büyük para vermektense onlar için ayıracağı parayı film için harcamayı istemesinden kaynaklanabilir. Son olarak, senaryoda neden 15. yüzyıldaki Osmanlı Devleti insanları için Romalılar ve diğerleri "Türkler" diye bahsediyor? Belki de bir kere bile "Osmanlı" kelimesini duymadım. 20. yüzyılın başlarındaki Vahidettin dönemi ile ilgili oyunlarda veya filmlerde "Türkler" yanılgısına düşülebilir ama 15. yy'a ait Osmanlı Devleti'ni anlatan bir filmdeki bu yanılgıyı anlamadım. Yine de başarılı bir film olduğunu söylemeliyim.</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It is obvious that they worked very hard for the movie but you can't stop yourself from saying "There's something missing!" while watching it.</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Costumes and locations were chosen very carefully and it is clear that too much money were spent. However, the special effects aren't good enough to keep the audience completely focused on the movie. There are very few movies having a lot of actors and people having a walking on part. Maybe we could say that we're inexperienced. Therefore, there aren't strong special effects and impressive soundtrack in Fetih 1453 as there are in movies like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Also you feel like watching a foreign movie dubbed into Turkish, which is weird for an original Turkish movie. There is an artificial manner in acting "anger", too. Maybe it is because anger acting isn't <span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e69138; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">strengthened </span>enough by soundtrack and special effects. Another thing taking my attention is the cast. When I first heard that a movie about the conquest was going to be shoot I had thought it would be a star-studded movie. But there is no celebrity other than <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2965591/" target="_blank">Ibrahim Celikkol</a> who plays in a TV series called Iffet. Maybe it is because the director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1147588/" target="_blank">Faruk Aksoy</a> didn't want to work with celebrities on purpose not to let the movie be a star-studded one. Or he wanted to keep the money he would pay the celebrities and instead spend it for other expenses of the movie. Finally, why do the Romans and the others talk about the Ottomans in 15th century as "Turks" I might not have heard the word "Ottoman" even once throughout the movie. I could understand the a possible misconception of "Turks" in plays of movies for Vahidettin's era in 20th century but not a movie about Ottoman Empire in 15th century. Still I must confess that the movie is a blockbuster.</span></div>
Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-9905655931947172072012-08-13T04:44:00.000-07:002012-08-13T04:47:37.168-07:00Katre-i Matem - by Iskender Pala<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is a beautifully-written novel in both language wise and character wise. The language isn't simple but fluent, which is my favorite, and all the characters are given shape in a magnificent way with the whole reasons why they are that particular characters. therefore while reading it, you understand how Topac Yeye, Kara Sahin, Hafız Celebi, Bican Efendi, Ibrahim Pasa and III. Ahmet feel inside and why they do so. It is also very piquant the fact that the novel is written from a manuscript purchased from an auction by Iskender Pala although it could be a part of his fiction. It explains the paradox between the people luxuriating in opulence in the palace and the poor ordinary public in the Era of Tulip very well. So that, I wouldn't be surprised if a movie was shot based on the novel a few years later. I also think that it is a gift for us to read novels from someone like <a href="http://www.iskenderpala.net/" target="_blank">Iskender Pala</a> who has a great command of Divan Literature.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Hem dili hem de karakterleri açısından güzel yazılmış bir roman bu. Dili kolay değil ama akıcı, ki bu benim sen sevdiğim yazım şeklidir, ve bütün karakter neden öyle olduklarını gösteren tüm sebepleriyle şekillenmişler. Bu yüzden, kitabı okurken, Topaç Yeye'nin, Kara Şahin'in, Hafız Çelebi'nin, Bican Efendi'nin, Sadrazam İbrahim Paşa'nın ve III. Ahmet'in nasıl hissettiklerini ve neden öyle hissettiklerini çok iyi anlıyorsunuz. Ayrıca İskender Pala'nın bir müzayededen aldığı eski bir el yazmasını <span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: TR; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR;">hikâyeleştirdiğini</span> bilmek de çok ilginç, her ne kadar bunun yazarın kurgusunun bir parçası olma ihtimali olsa da. Kitap, lale devrinde zevk-ü sefa içinde yaşayan saraylılar ile fakir halk arasındaki paradoks çok iyi ifade edilmiş. Bu yüzden eğer bir kaç yıl sonra Katre-i Matem'in filmi çekilirse şaşırmam. Ayrıca Divan Edebiyatı'na bu kadar hakim bir kişiden, </span><a href="http://www.iskenderpala.net/yeni/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">İskender Pala'dan</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> kitaplar okumak bence bizim için bir lütuftur.</span> </div>
Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-69407288692571974192012-08-02T15:01:00.001-07:002012-08-13T04:01:38.588-07:00Little Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Kate Winslet, Sarah rolü ile entelektüel (İngiliz Edebiyatı üzerine doktora çalışmaları yapıyor) olmak ve orta yaş -ev hanımı- anne olmak arasında bocalayan kadını çok iyi canlandırmış. Jackie Earle Haley ise Ronnie adındaki sapık karakterini hem fiziksel hem de psikolojik anlamda çok iyi yansıtmış. Belki karakterini fiziksel anlamda da yansıttığını söylemem insanlara dış görünüşlerine göre ön yargı ile yaklaşma hatasını körüklüyor ama ben filmde öyle hissettim. Filmin adından (Küçük Çocuklar) dolayı ve Ronnie karakterinden dolayı hep Sarah ve Brad'in çocuklarının başına hep kötü bir şey gelecekmiş gibi diken üstünde izliyorsunuz filmi ama öyle olmuyor. Ronnie'nin annesi, her ne kadar Ronnie bir sapık da olsa o da hala bir annenin çocuğu ve biriciği olduğunu ve insanları etiketlemenin insanoğlunun en büyük hatalarından biri olduğunu hatırlatıyor. Ronnie bir sapık olabilir, ama her insan gibi iyi bir insan olma şansının verilmesini hak ediyor. Tıpkı annesinin hastanede ölmeden az evvel bıraktığı not gibi: Lütfen iyi bir çocuk ol! Ronnie'ye yapılanlar bana Gizemli Nehir (</span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327056/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e69138;">Mystic River</span></a><span style="color: #e69138;">) filminde çocukken tecavüze uğrayan Dave Boyle'nin infazını hatırlattı. Filmin sonunda sadakatsiz eşlerin yaşadığı bir klişe gerçekleşiyor: Brad ve Sarah birlikte kaçmaya karar vermişken, kaçmalarına ramak kala başlarına gelen tuhaf ve korkutucu olaylar yüzünden en güvenli yerleri olan evlerine geri dönüyorlar. Şaşırtıcı olan ise Ronnie'nin annesinin vasiyetini gerçekleştirmek için bulduğu çare: kendini bir bıçakla hadım etmek. Bence filmin yönetmeni Todd Field, Tom Perrotta'nın yazdığı romandan uyarladığı film için yazar ile beraber güzel bir senaryo yazmışlar. Normalde, filmlerde anlatıcının dış sesini sevmiyorum ama bu filmin bir romandan uyarlandığını düşününce belki de anlatıcı kullanmak, romanın içindeki karakterler ve olaylar arasındaki bağı anlatan betimleyici paragrafları en iyi şekilde ifade etmenin en mümkün yoludur. Şu anda romanın kendisini merak ediyorum ben.</span> </div>
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It is the first book which I read by Fakir Baykurt. It was such a great book that I want to read more by him. There are quite short sentences, but the author reflects his ability in observing people in the writing so beautifully that you are satisfied with reading good quality of literary language. It was first published in 1958 and it tells a story about a village called Karatas and its people: Bayram, his wife, Hacca, his mother Irazca, Haceli and his wife Fatma and the village headman, Cımbıldak Husnu. The village headman sells Haceli a piece of land which is located in front of Bayram's house and Bayram and his family aren't happy about it and do whatever they can to stop Haceli from building a house there. The novel focuses on the differences between the rich and the poor. You desperately see how weak the poor is and how powerful the rich is. As for the revenge of the snakes, it comes from the fact that Kara Sali who is Bayram's father kills the head of the snakes years ago and the snakes seek revenge for their loss in the whole family. I thought that the snakes would take revenge from the people who hurt Bayram and his family, but it isn't the case. </div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Fakir Baykurt'tan okuduğum ilk kitap bu. Filmini izlediğimi hayal meyal hatırlıyorum ama mutlaka izlemeliyim yeniden. Kitabı okurken o kadar mutlu oldum ki yazarın daha çok kitabını okumak istiyorum. Kitap yoğun olarak kısa cümlelerle yazılmış, fakat yazar gözlem yeteneğini o kadar güzel yansıtmış ki cümlelerine, cümlelerin kısalığına aldırmaksızın edebi bir parça okuduğunuzu hissediyorsunuz ve tatmin oluyorsunuz. İlk olarak 1958'de basılmış ve 1950lerde Karataş köyünde geçen bir <span style="color: orange; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: TR; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">hikâyeyi </span>anlatıyor. Ana karakterler Bayram, eşi Haçça ve annesi Irazca, Haceli, eşi Fatma ve köyün muhtarı Cımbıldak Hüsnü. Muhtar, köyün dışında oturan Haceli'ye köy içinden Bayram'ın evinin önünden toprak satar ev yapması için. Fakat Bayram ve ailesi bu durumdan memnun değildir; çünkü Haceli'nin evinin ardına düşecektir evleri ve bu durumda Haceli'nin tuvaleti ve gübre atma alanı Bayram'ın evinin önü olacaktır. Bayram ve ailesi de evin yapılmasını engellemek için ellerinden geleni yaparlar. Hik<span style="font-family: Calibri;">â</span>yenin akışı süresince kitap özellikle varsılla yoksulun farkları üzerinde durmaktadır ve siz de okurken ümitsiz bir şekilde yoksulun ne kadar zayıf ve varsılın ne kadar güçlü olduğunu görüyorsunuz. Yılanlara gelince, Bayram'ın babası Kara Şali yıllar önce yılanların başı şahmeranı öldürmüştür ve yılanlar da tüm aileden öç alma peşindedir. Bense gayet saf bir şekilde bu yılanların Bayram'a ve ailesine zarar verenlerden öç alacaklarını beklemiştim ama öyle olmadı. </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Okurken en çok etkilendiğim kısma yer vermeden edemeyeceğim. Bayram, askerdeyken gördüğü duşu karısı Haçça'ya anlatmaya çalışırken:</span></div>
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<em><span style="color: orange;">"Allah Allah!... Damda kazan mı var da kendi dökülüyor?"</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: orange;">"Damda değil! Acıpayamlı derdi ki , ' Aşağıda, ta bodrumda kazan var. Kocaman bir kazan. Tanker kazanı gibi. Gazyağı, benzin, mazot taşıyan tankerler vardır. Sular bodrum katta bu kazanın içinde kaynıyor!' Acıpayamlı böyle derdi..."</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: orange;">"Çıkar! Askeriyenin suyu dedin mi çıkar! Kuvvetli su! Basınçlı! Fışkırıyor! Bahçe suluyorlar. Şimdi burası bahçe değil mi? Gök gövertiyi, hem de çiçekleri sulamak için kürek lazım değil. Eline lastik bir boru alıyorsun, ucunu suyun ağzına taktın mı hava ya tuttun mu, selvi boylu fışkırıyor. Yukarıdan yağmur gibi yeşil yeşil dökülüyor!..."</span></em></div>
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I bought the book from D&R without having a look inside it in a great excitement and when I went home I was disappointed because I don't like reading essays. However, I had bought it and had to read it. I didn't like all of the essays but I was delighted to read the ones about authors and intellectual people. She writes about some authors and poets who I haven't heard of or I haven't read a book by yet like Manuel Puig, Furruğ Ferruhzad, Thomas Mann, Emile Zola, Borges, Stephen Greenbalt, Samuel Beckett, Sylvia Plath and so on. Right now, <em>To be Shakespeare</em> by Stephen Greenbalt, <em>Germinal</em> by Emile Zola and the article <em>J'Accuse</em> by Emile Zola are in my LIST TO READ. </div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Şemspare'yi D&R raflarına konur konmaz, hiç içine bakmadan büyük heyecanla almıştım ama eve gidince hayal kırıklığına uğradım, çünkü ben deneme okumayı sevmiyorum. Kitabı almıştım ve okumalıydım.</span> <span style="color: magenta;">Yazdığı tüm denemeleri beğenmedim ama yazarlar ve entellektüeller hakkında olanları zevkle okudum. Denemelerde benim henüz adını duymadığım ya da duyduğum fakat hiç kitabını okumadığım yazarlar ve şairler vardı. Mauel Puig, Furruğ Ferruhzad, Thomas Mann, Emile Zola, Borges, Stephen Greenbalt, Samul Beckett, Sylvia Plath ve daha pek çoğu gibi. Stephen Greenbalt'ın <em>Shakespeare Olmak</em> ve Emile Zola'nın <em>Germinal </em>adlı kitaplarını ve yine Emile Zola'nın <em>Suçluyorum</em> adlı makalesini okuma listeme koydum bile.</span> </div>
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What a marvelous name for the movie!</h3>
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To be honest, I haven't had that much fun before when people kill people in a movie. And I think the name of the movie could be nothing but "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Robert Downey Jr. and Vil Kilmer's acting were superb. Normally I don't enjoy narrating in a movie, but Robert Downey Jr. was cute as a narrator. Finally, It could be one of the best action movies that I've ever seen. </div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Film için ne muhteşem bir isim! </span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue;">Dürüst olmak gerekirse, bir filmde insanlar birbirini öldürdüğünde daha önce bu kadar eğlenmemiştim. Ve sanırım filmin adı da "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" den başka bir şey de olamazdı. Robert Downey Jr. ve Vil Kilmer'ın oyunculukları çok iyiydi. Ben normalde filmde anlatıcı figüründen pek hoşlanmam ama Robert Downey Jr. anlatıcı olarak çok şirindi. Sonuç olarak, bu film izlediğim en iyi aksiyon filmlerinden biri olabilir.</span> </div>
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[The Snow by Orhan Pamuk]<br />
[finished on Medusa Hotel beach in Kaş]<br />
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It is a book about Kars - a city in East Anatolian Region - , its people, their way of living, the political and religious opinions in the city and the "sad" poet Ka. </h3>
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Firstly, I have to confess that I admire Orhan Pamuk's word power and his talent to describe how people feel inside. I don't get bored while I am reading the long descriptions, which is a success for an author. I feel like the characters are talking. I think Pamuk has got excellent observation skills. <br />
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Chapter 31 summarizes what the whole book tries to tell to the reader. All the crucial characters except Ka is in there and talk about the content of a column which will be written in a newspaper in Germany. In the meeting, what Fazil says gets my attention: "We're not stupid, we're only poor." And he adds he doesn't want to be like a European.<br />
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Regarding Fazil's utterances, I consider that to be civilized isn't supposed to mean that you should be like a European. You can have all the pieces of your own culture and be civilized at the same time since to be civilized is universal. It doesn't have a single description. <br />
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After I finished the book, I felt sure that the artists are sad people who feel everything deeply. Their emotions are utterly intensive, otherwise they cannot write books, create marvelous paintings, write songs, sing songs, compose and write poems like the sad poet Ka. Then I remembered what <a href="http://www.gokselonline.com/" target="_blank">Göksel </a>(female singer) said when she got her <a href="http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt%C4%B1n_Kelebek_%C3%96d%C3%BClleri" target="_blank">Golden Butterfly Award</a> organized by Hürriyet Kelebek: " You get upset, suffer, write songs and you get an award for this. It's weird."<br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d;">Kar, Kars şehri, Kars’ın insanları, yaşam şekilleri,
şehrin politik ve dinle ilgili düşünce yapısı ve mutsuz şair Ka ile ilgili.</span> <o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="color: #9bbb59; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: TR; mso-themecolor: accent3;"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Öncelikle Orhan Pamuk’un kelime haznesine ve
insanların duygularını anlatma becerisine hayran olduğumu söylemek zorundayım. Uzun
betimlemelerini okurken bunalmıyorum, ki bu da yazar için gerçek bir başarı.
Sanırım Orhan Pamuk’un muhteşem bir gözlem yapma yeteneği var.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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istediğini özetliyor. Ka dışındaki tüm önemli karakterler</span> burada ve Almanya’da
çıkacak olan bir gazeteye gidecek olan yazının içeriği hakkında konuşuyorlar.
Toplantıda en çok dikkatimi çeken Fazıl’ın sözleri oldu.”Biz aptal değiliz,
sadece fakiriz.” diyordu ve bir Avrupalı gibi olmak istemediğini ekliyordu.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Avrupalı olmak manasına gelmediğini düşünüyorum. Kişi kendi kültürünün özelliklerine
sahip olabilir ve aynı zamanda medeni de olabilir çünkü medeni olma hali evreseldir,
Avrupalılara özel bir durum değil.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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bitirdikten sonra, sanatçıların her şeyi çok derinden hisseden üzgün insanlar
olduğundan emin oldum. Onların duyguları ciddi derece yoğun, aksi takdirde
kitap yazamaz, muhteşem tablolar yaratamaz, şarkı yazamaz ve söyleyemez, beste
yapamaz ve mutsuz şair Ka gibi şiir yazamazlardı. Ve sonra Göksel’in Hürriyet
Kelebek’in düzenlediği Altın Kelebek Ödülünü aldığında söylediklerini
hatırladım: “Üzülüyoruz, acı çekiyoruz, şarkı yazıyoruz ve bunun için ödül
alıyoruz. Ne garip!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-5433012290681458162012-06-27T14:39:00.002-07:002012-07-01T12:32:22.431-07:00Happy Endings [2005]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Don't be fooled by the poster! It's not an erotic movie, for sure. Erotic movies don't have any value in this blog.</h3>
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The movie shows three different lives, there are multiple stories around the characters and these characters meet the other characters from another set of life in some scenes and then they connect somehow. <br />
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There are homosexual relationships; Gill and Charley, two lesbian couple. They do not irritate you, which is a nice presentation for the director. There being homosexual people around us, people who can't stand the idea of being homosexual had better watch soft movies like "Happy Endings". The movie makes you respect their relationship before you notice as you do for the heterosexual ones.<br />
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And there are parents having problems with their children: Frank is generally upset and worried about his son Otis for being a gay or not and Mamie is feeling remorse for letting her child be adopted when she is teeange mother. However, you don't feel pity for them and start to cry. You just watch it and understand the situation as it is. Very objective. <br />
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Can someone tell Becky to take off her dull suits, please? They're killing me!</h3>
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It is really amusing to see how a mother can describe her daughter's dreams or creativity in different ages. Becky's mother says "Your dreams were adorable when you were eight, inspiring when you were eighteen but they are embarrassing when you are twenty eight." I thought it was unfair to hear them from one's mother's mouth. However, the character Becky irritates me. It is fine that she has dreams and utterly excited about them, but she doesn't have self-confidence when she wears, talks and walks. She shows us how miserable a person can be.</div>
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There being other women who don't wear suits, I think there isn't a dress code in IBS, down there. Then why does she wear those dull suits all the time? The only time she wears something pretty is when she goes to NBS for an interview. She is wearing a beige dress, pink heels, a blue scarf and nice-soft make-up. It is the last scene where she finds herself. I am sure if the movie went on after that scene, we would see her in more colorful and elegant clothes.</div>
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However, I have to confess that I admire her determination to save "Daybreak". Well, she succeeds in the end.Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-41714768811082809312012-06-25T03:42:00.000-07:002012-06-25T03:42:30.827-07:00Evita<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina." [taken from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/">www.imdb.com</a>]</h3>
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It is a well-made decision to shoot the movie as a musical since it is the most aesthetic way to present someone's life which is filled with noise, violence, anger, masculinity and love. Otherwise, I wouldn't bear the see the scenes of the riots between the public and military forces. The musical way takes out all the possible ugliness of the political issues of the movie.<br />
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Eva Peron has relationships with men. In each time, the next one is better than the former one in the sense of power and monetary value. She eventually marries Argentinean president Juan Peron and gets her ultimate power thanks to him. During the movie, the masculinity voice repeats the following "
She should not get out of the bed, she mustn't forget she is paid because she is good in the bed.", which is bothering and irritating. They find the right to repeat that again and again just because she doesn't have a wealthy family and a father - meaning power - and a very decent job. Isn't it possible that a woman can be smart? Can't a woman be accepted and admired by the public just because she is smart? Has the success of a female to be connected to sexuality every time? The quote above smells very masculine and isn't fair. <br />
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<br />Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-23547253825806878052012-06-23T14:39:00.000-07:002012-06-25T03:04:14.734-07:00Sex and the City II [2010]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is all about black&white.</h3>
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It starts with a gay wedding. It is the first time I have ever seen an aesthetic, beautiful, romantic and black&white - I mean the decoration and the black&white movie at Carrie and John's bedroom - gay wedding. There are swans at the wedding as if ballet dancers would come from somewhere to perform The Swan Lake Ballet. I wouldn't be surprised if it happened. </div>
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<br />At the wedding, the couple who don't understand why Carrie and John don't want to have children and get the biased face right away are utterly irritating. There are a lot of these irritating people around us. If you are a young woman and over 25, they push you to get married as soon as possible. When you get married, they push you to have children before you are 30. And the pressure continues on different matters according to your age and the phase of your life. In these moments, I want to scream " It is non of your business!" Would they hear me? I don't think so. </div>
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<br />Carrie and John celebrate their second wedding anniversary with a delicious dinner and sipping red wine. Carrie's present for him is a watch by Rolex and John's present for her is TV in bedroom, which is a horrible idea. Carrie doesn't like it too because she doesn't want to be one of the couples who lie down and watch television and don't talk. If you are married, are you one of them? I hope you aren't and won't be. </div>
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One day, Carrie goes to her own apartment to work in peace. Although they are quite independent spouses with no children, she still needs that kind of privacy. Then John puts forward the idea of taking two days off to do what they want to in peace, which is a bit weird. I don't mean John's idea but do you have privacy in your marriage? Are you bored of each other? The need of privacy is inevitable for every individual. Well, if you say "It's isn't for me!", it must be. It could solve any probable problem which could arise in your marriage and life.<br />
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Abu Dhabi part of the movie smells nothing but luxury. These women don't stop wearing high heels even if they are in the middle of the desert.</div>Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-5492549817143749192012-06-23T06:01:00.002-07:002012-07-10T12:34:29.779-07:00Sex and the City [2008]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcelNv9LIsoK_f_37Ap0wo_5lTy_50j3q-_A2Gs3dNmNDY_LNFoQxhHePnO5ZkOqO1wgHRYQ41r3RNyRLrSXo_jwzS7R8dDkF47k_WbSnre6VC-2MoLk1G5B47czHbDNkARqEoHhHpMWZh/s1600/Sex+and+City.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Sex and the City is another movie shot after the serials broadcast on TV between 1998-2004. It is like a longer version of a normal episode, so it could have been broadcast on TV as four or five episodes. </h3>
When I think about it as the movie, the soundtrack in the beginning is a disappointment for me. It could be something better than that. <br />
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It is about four wonderful friends Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York Goldenblatt and Miranda Hobbes and their differing ideas on friendships and relationships. <br />
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In the movie, Mr. Big buys an apartment with very high ceiling - which is my favorite - and builds a huge closet - which is another favorite of mine - After Carrie and his friends attend an auction in which the jewels of a lady jilted after ten years' relationship are sold, Carrie puts forward the<br />
subject of marriage. Then Mr. Big and she decide to marry in the kitchen while he is cooking as if it was a matter of business. Totally no romance! After that, Mr. Big and Carrie get prepared for <br />
the wedding. Well, Carrie gets prepared mostly for the wedding in an old library - what a great <br />
place to get married - In the end Mr. Big can't stand the pressure of marrying in a fabulous and <br />
hyperbolic way of marrying and get out of the car to hold the bride's hand.<br />
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Before the probable wedding, Carrie reads a letter by Ludwig Van Beethoven to Mr. Big in bed, <br />
which I can't go on without including that marvelous letter below:<br />
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<br />Good morning, on 7th July.<br />While still in bed my thoughts turn towards you my Immortal Beloved, now and then happy, then sad again, waiting whether fate might answer us - I can only live either wholly with you or not at all, yes I have resolved to stray about in the distance, until I can fly into your arms, and send my soul embraced by you into the realm of the Spirits - yes unfortunately it must be - you will compose yourself all the more since you know my faithfulness to you, never can another own my heart, never – never – O God why do I have to separate from someone whom I love so much, and yet my life in V[ienna] as it is now is a miserable life - Your love makes me at once most happy and most unhappy - at my age I would now need some conformity[,] regularity of my life – can this exist in our relationship? – Angel, I have just heard that the mail coach goes every day – and thus I must finish so that you may receive the letter immediately. – be patient – only through quiet contemplation of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together – Be calm; for only by calmly considering our lives can we achieve our purpose of living together.- be calm - love me - today - yesterday - What yearning with tears for you - you - you my life – my everything - farewell - oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your Beloved</h4>
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Forever thine<br />forever mine<br />forever us. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal_Beloved#cite_note-10"></a></h4>
Isn't it beautiful?<br />
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After the no-wedding, Carrie falls in a huge depression, looks at the mirror in the Mexican resort which she arranges for the honeymoon and realizes how devastated she is. However, she isn't alone; she's got three perfect friends who will console her. In there, she asks the dramatic question of a person who is jilted: "Will I ever laugh again?" And she laughs when Charlotte "poughkeepsied" in her pants.<br />
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Yes, the movie and the serials are about sexuality, promiscuity and femininity. However, the movie is beyond them: pure friendship of four women. While they are celebrating Samantha's fifth birthday in the end of the movie, don't you think of your own friendships? Well, I do. <br />
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Could a black&white movie be colourful? Absolutely yes! </h3>
I had been kind of biased against black&white movies until I watched Coffee and Cigarettes and The Artist. I used to think that it would be a waste of time if I couldn't see any colour in the movie. However, the shapes and images were extremely vivid in this movie. Especially the chess board like tables in the cafes. <br />
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"Coffee and cigarettes" is like "Tea and cigarettes" in our culture. We have "tea" instead of "coffee"; we also have the conversation which goes with it, though. Cousins, brothers and sisters, friends and old friend chat around a chess board like table sipping their coffee (In some vignettes, it is tea) and smoking. This conversation scene seems like universal.<br />
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Each vignette includes a different piece of human feelings and situations: arrogance, weakness, friendship, pity, anger, silliness, nonsenses, scepticism, brotherhood, and so on.Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140891659606696123.post-3139886230636703812012-06-17T13:36:00.001-07:002012-06-23T11:30:00.053-07:00Notes on a Scandal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Adultery is
definitely something delicate to talk about and think about. One may have sufficient reasons to be faithless and the other may have other reasons to be faithful. The thing is that the spouses had better be mature enough to listen to each other.</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To me, women aren’t
supposed to get married to men who are much older than them. And those men are supposed to acknowledge their wife could seek something more in life. It could seem OK
in the beginning, but ten years later it may not be the case. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While watching the movie, you feel like something terrible is going to happen. I
think this feeling comes from the fact that you are a heterosexual. It is sort
of irritating to follow what Barbara writes about Sheba in her diary day by day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Burcu Apaydin Düşelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04821622595818211947noreply@blogger.com0