Carnage: modern times family

I have recently watched the last movie of Polanski, Carnage. It is not like the movies I got used to. It was difficult to follow for me because of continually dialoges. It is more like a play with four talented actors. They are all performing their best acting performances along 80 minutes. We are watching the change of all character's attitudes from start to finish. They alter each minute of the movie. They start to disclose their secret expectations from life and expose real ideas about each other.

Two couple of parents get together at one of them's house because of a fight their children got involved. At the first scene, they seem like they figured out the issue with ease because they are very civilized! families. However, guests can not leave the house because of the new questions come up last minute. Whenever they try to leave, a new issue arises and they stay for a coffee. The coffee turns into liquor and the problem between childrens turns into other problems of couples and characters.

Penelope Longstreet,Jodie Foster, is a self assertive, questioning, dominant wife. Micheal Longstreet, John C. Reilly, who tries to control the discussion. Nancy Cowan, Kate Winslet, is emotional woman who tries to act reasonable. Alan Cowan, Christoph Waltz, who cares his work more than anything.

I think the top point of the movie is the throwing up scene of Kate Winslet (Nancy Cowan). It is also the turning point, since such an extraordinary thing happens, there is no need  to behave in good manners any longer. They start to expose their real ideas about eachothers and also themselves and it turns into chaos. First the sides are the families, then each of them stands in front of the jury one by one. A while later women and men become the counter-sides. In the end, sides are the families again.

My final remark about the movie, it must definetely be seen because of the actor's excellent performance.

A Masterpiece from Aranofsky: The Fountain

I do not know what I should write about this movie because there is no word to describe it. Whatever I say regarding it would be inadequate, nevertheless I will try in my own style.

The first Aranofsky movie I have watched was Black Swan. The style of two movie is very different from eachother. I also liked Black Swan a lot but this movie has definetely deeply impressed me in comparison with Black Swan. The common thing about both movie is incredible music that is integrated excellently with the scenes. I decided to watch the other Aranofsky movies as soon as possible.

If we return to "The Fountain" again, it starts with a quote: "Therefore, the Lord God banished Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden and placed a flaming sword to protect the tree of life." and Hugh Jackman appears on screen as Tomas the conquistador from Spain. Then we see him again but now he has different look, he looks like a monk who is meditating and he is dreaming conquistador. He is living in a big bubble with an old tree. For the third time, we see Tom in a different look, now he is a scientist who is looking for a cure for his dying wife.

We see three different era during the movie; the past, current time and the future. They are all integrated with eachother and have the same key elements. Tree of life, a woman and a man who is trying to protect his woman by figthing for something. 

This is definitely at least for two time must watch movie. At your first watching you are fascinating but you had questions on your mind. When you watched it for the second time you can see the whole picture and again fascinating by understanding how well all the pieces completed eachother. And you will want to watch it again again just for honoring it. 

The Extremely Sad Story of Celal Tan and His Family

This will be my very first writing experiment. I am starting this experiment with a movie review. Today I have seen a movie which is a kind of extremely absurd cinema. By the way I have no idea if there is an expression like absurd cinema, is there? Whatever... The name of the movie is "The Extremely Sad Story of Tan Family". It starts with the scene of preparition of a table for a surprise birthday party to the father of the family. I forgot to say that it is a Turkish film. The family looks like a typical Turkish family from this very first scene except the father is married with a woman who is approximately 30 years younger than him. The members of the Tan family is a grandmother who is on a wheelchair, a thirty years old son who has not got any proficiency, a thirty five years old daughter who works as a speaker in tv education program and has got a son who is 7 years old and the father who is an important constitutional law proffesor. Except these members of family, there is another one, young and beatiful new wife of the father, who will be deceased so soon.

All the members of the Tan Family are ready for the surprise they prepared for Celal Tan. They are waiting in the dining room with lights off.  Then Mr. Tan goes into home with his keys but waits outside of the dining room. His young wife goes to look for him. Mr. Tan starts to shout her, hits her head to the wall and suffocates her to dead. The other members of Tan family watch everything in the dark without any noise or movement like they paralyzed. Mr. Tan does not see them and leaves the house immediately. Then the things happen one after another.

I think that this film is a good example of a tragicomic movie. It reminds me a bit "The Royal Tenenbaums". Although It has a long way to reach Tenenbaums, It makes me and the whole cinema saloon laugh many times. It is definetely worth to see!

We know Onur Ünlü, the director of the movie, from his recently popular absurd comedy tv show "Leyla ile Mecnun" and also the existing movies like "Güneşin Oğlu", "Polis". These are the projects that have similar style. Personally, I like very much the works of Onur Ünlü and follow him closely. Unfortunately he is figthing with cancer desease nowadays. I wish the best for him and hope to see him better than ever as soon as possible!