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The Platform (2020)
Exciting Series With Many Twists and Turns
The Platform is a slick production with believable characters, an exciting plot and no soapy subplots. I think most people will feel a whole lot better about their own fathers if they have issues with them, after watching this series.
Considering the unexpected ending, I'm very keen to see if there will be a Series 2 and how it will progress from here on.
Kis Günesi (2016)
Great Story
Overall this was a very nice story and well worth watching. The only problem I had was with the two lead actors. The love story between the two lead actors was not particularly convincing to me. Maybe it was because he only ever kissed Nisan on the forehead. They never kissed on the lips once. Also I found the way Nisan kept playing with her hair and flipping it back extremely annoying. I guess she does this in real life and if so then someone ought to tell her how irritating it is. Anyway I thoroughly enjoyed Seda's evilness and that made it all worth watching.
46 Yok Olan (2016)
You can't go wrong with Erdal Besikçioglu
I don't think anyone can play crazy as well as Erdal Besikçioglu . He apparently can speak English as he does speak some English in 46 Yok Olan, so he could go out and conquer the world with his version of crazy. He could easily rival Jack Nicholson. To see what I mean, watch him acting crazy in Behzat C.
The series had exactly the right number of episodes which was quite a pleasure considering Behzat C took out half my life.
I didn't think I was going to enjoy 46 Yok Olan as much as I did (btw what on earth does the title mean?) but once I started I couldn't wait to watch the next episode.
The plot is most unusual and although the synopsis leaves you wondering if you should waste your time watching it, I certainly didn't regret taking the plunge.
If you watched Behzat C you'll also get to see Vulture again but in quite a different role. And if you watched Black Money Love, you'll see Fatih Dündar as a policeman this time.
Anyway I enjoyed this series very much and now I'm looking for more Erdal Besikçioglu movies or series (that have English subtitles).
Hatirla Gönül (2015)
Some Great Looking Males Here!
I loved this series and appreciated the fact that it wasn't as long as some of the other Turkish series I've seen recently on Netflix.
The story line did seem rather improbable but I guess that a truly abusive husband with a psychopathic personality could be capable of the insane acts he committed in his determination to keep Gonul for himself. But wouldn't it be scary to get involved with such a man?
Anyway there are other important reasons to watch this series and one of them is to ogle the fabulous good looks of a couple of the lead males. Yusuf is a dish but even more dishy I think is the lawyer, Hilmi.
Furthermore it's always amusing to see the lifestyles of the ultra rich and this series gives a good insight into the lives of 'richer and richer'.
Well worth seeing.
Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi (2010)
Best Series Ever
Although this series takes a whole chunk of your life since each of the 97 or so episodes is between 1.5 to 2 hours long, you will enjoy watching it much more than doing anything else in the same amount of time.
The characters are very well rounded and the acting is brilliant. The actor who plays Behzat really lives the role. He is totally believable and although I could have lived without every second word being an F word (and very creatively used F words to boot!), the bad language did suit the characters' characters.
The story line was very well crafted with unexpected twists. Two of the writers' triumphs were the characters of Bashgat Memdez (spelling undoubtedly wrong) and the psychopathic Ercüment Çözer. I just loved the humorous lines they were given as they killed right, left and centre. Another favourite of mine was Behzat's brother, Sevket. He was annoying in a very entertaining way. Harum was more difficult to handle but well you can't choose your co-workers I suppose.
There was only one ridiculous episode and that was a dream sequence which really was a waste of time, but the rest of the series was absolutely first class and if they brought out another series I'd be happy to spend another 200 hours watching it!
Kara Para Ask (2014)
Got to love Uncle Tayyar!
If you start watching Kara Para Ask, you commit yourself to something like 165 episodes which is a hell of a chunk out of your TV viewing life. However, this is indeed a fabulously addictive series with a couple of really nasty characters to boot. The writer or writers are brilliant and certainly created very well rounded characters all along the way. Their most fabulous creation is Uncle Tayyar however. His lines are absolute gems. There is one along the lines of, "I don't waste anyone...alive or dead." I am now absolutely positive that every super rich person in Turkey is an organ trafficker since that is the theme in other Turkish series too. At least I'll know where to go if I should ever need a new liver! Just joking. The story was however very frustrating in as much as Uncle Tayyar was really too smart for the police who were trying to catch him and I thought the story would never end, but all was successfully resolved in the end. I promise you that if you can handle watching a zillion episodes, that you will find Kara Para Ask to be very exciting. And there is the added joy of seeing some of the nicest clothes and jewellery that you'll never get to wear!
Oyunbozan (2016)
Great Series
This was a very exciting series with some extremely nasty characters BUT when I got to the last episode I was completely floored when, with just around 17 minutes to spare, the series didn't look like it was anywhere near ending. Then, in the last 7 minutes, with basically a few pen strokes, the whole story was wound up and put to bed. It sure looked like the actors had come to work that day and been told that they could go home early as the series was over. I was convinced I had the solution to the heart transplant issue that was dangling in the air and I'm sure that the writers had been intending to do something more daring with that too but it looks like suddenly funding was cut. Or maybe one of the principal actors broke a bone.
There were several other loose ends too so don't expect to have all your questions answered. Nevertheless the story until the last 17 minutes is exceptional and well worth seeing. You can write your own ending!