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Ask Mantik Intikam (2021)
Waste of time, money and good actors
Well, could this have been worse? Surely, but it was bad enough to be dropped.
Quick review: boy and girl 1 love each other. Boy marries other girl - girl 2 - for the most stupid reason, tries to divorce her afterwards but is such a weakling, that he just can not manage that. Insert pregnancy here. At the same time he keeps keeps girl 1 as his mistress - insert pregnancy here. Girl 1 leaves him and returns 5 years later. Boy is still married to girl 2. Big chaos happens, nothing gets resolved but at least the weakling manages to get a divorce from girl 2 and marries girl 1.
Insert girl 3.....girl 3 is as obsessed and as much a psycho as girl 2....
Do I have to go on????
To be clear: the first 29 episodes are bad! The rest of the episodes are a remake of the first 29 but with a much weaker plot - and, you already have seen it, nothing new, even the conversations are the same as is the first 29 episodes.
This series is a waste of time, money and of good actors!
Praomook (2021)
Worst female lead ever
How can anyone write a female lead like this?
To call her pathetic would be a compliment! She seems to have an obsession for the male lead, she simply does not leave him alone, no matter what he does. She married that guy twice.... He pushes her away, he insults her, he divorces her, he has another woman, he removes her forcibly from his house, he says no in so many ways and so often, I could not even keep count....but still, she does not let go. She throws herself at him - he pushes her away. She fights him to sit on his lap, he throws her on the ground. He moves out - she follows him. He moves to a friend - she follows him again and moves into that house too. She grabs him, stalks him, forces herself on him - really, she forces herself on him!
I tell you, if the roles were reversed and the male lead would do those things, you would call him a psychotic stalker but as it is the female lead, you do not even know, what to say!
Happy end? Well no, not for the male lead who ends up with this kind of female lead....for her, yes, she finally gets the guy, that never wanted or loved her....but hey, that never mattered to her anyway....
Istanbullu Gelin (2017)
Review season 3
Season one and two are great! I really liked them.
But then came season 3....
If you think, that you will see the same Faruk, that was there in one and two...no.
The downfall actually starts in episode 51 when Süreyya finds out about his cheating. Ok, they were apart at that time, but of course still married. Süreyya left, because after she had lost her baby she had to find out, that Faruk had lied to her for weeks - and not only Faruk...so instead of telling her at some point, he lied to her again, when that woman came back and wanted to get back with Faruk. So while Süreyya tried to get over loosing her baby and coping with his lies, he cheated because he was angry when she left - his words, not mine.
This causes great distrust on Süreyyas part.
Instead of trying everything to make it better - as he did in the past - he grows tired of her (again, his words, not mine).
Now Özgür enters the series and Faruk akts very, very friendly with her. I mean, it is not normal for a boss, to give his assistant a massage, is it?
So Süreyya, that already has to come to terms with his cheating and with his lies to cover that up, now has to deal with his overly friendly behavior towards a woman that Faruk calls "sister" but does not treat like one. Of course, that woman "misunderstands" that friendly behavior as much more until all this leads to a kiss which Süreyya witnesses and to a showdown, where he lies AGAIN. He then blames her for his lying, because she was already jealous and he grew tired of her. He then acts like the victim, because everybody misundertood him and pushes Süreyya even further away. At this point, for me, this would have been over but she stays on.
Still somewhere in this crisis, Faruk starts to work all the time, first in his company then at his restaurant....neglecting everyone, especially his son Emir. He had tried to talk to his father about school and wanting to go abroad for two months(!) but Faruk never had time. So he forges his signature and guess what, Faruk of course is angry at Emir.... He not only neglects his wife and his newborn daughter, no, he neglects the little boy, whose mother had just died, because he is so tired of everything and in the middle of some kind of crisis...
This goes on, with him not even noticing that Süreyya grows more and more depressed every day. He does not notice, how they grow apart. After he quits his job and opens up a restaurant, he notices, that his wife does not even leave the bed anymore....now we are already at episode 81 of 87. So from 51 to 81 there are very, very few happy moments between them...
If you are hoping for compassionate, loving, caring and attentive Faruk to make a reappearance in season 3 you will have to wait till the end - and even then, it left a bitter taste in my mouth....
The whole season 3 is kind of depressing...every episode has an underlying depressing taste to it. The light and shine of season 1 and 2 are no longer there.... It seemed to me, that they are over, that they just stay together, because of the kids. They went their separate ways for far too many episodes, for far far far too many.... I did not see this deep connection and love between them anymore.
If I could unwatch it, it would be great.
Yasak Elma (2018)
scheeming women and that's it
This drama is all about scheeming women.
Women that are plotting against each other and everyone around them. This would be nice, if it wasn´t the prominent storyline of this series. But as soon as season 2, this goes way overboard and it starts to go on your nerves. There is practically no other plot than one intriegue after the other, one scheem after the other always aimed at getting an old man, that starts to loose hair, that is wrinkled all over, that lusts after young women - not even half his age. He is a really nice guy, that tells his women how to behave, what to wear and what to eat - because the may not gain weight and they may not look old so they have to go to a plastic surgeon regularly. So you see, he does not look good, he does not act nice, he has a bad personality and he cheats on all of his women. The only thing about him is his wealth - and come on, there are sooo many wealthy good looking man out there, that this part of the storyline is really unbelievable!
Season one and two are bearable because of Alihan and Zeynep - but they too, start to annoy you as soon as season two.
After Halils death the plot and storyline are practically dead too.
The series merges into a completely new series, that has nothing to do with the first seasons.
If you are watching for the romance between Halil and Yildiz, don´t, because there is none. She wants his money, he wants her body. The end.
If you are watching for the romance between Alihan and Zeynep, go ahead, but stop after season two, because they will not be in season 3.
Overall this would have been so much better, if they would have toned down the scheeming. But to see 4-5 women constantly fighting, shouting and plotting is not my idea of a good storyline.
Yali Çapkini (2022)
Cheating, cheating and more cheating
Maybe it is me, but I can not get into a romance drama, if there is cheating involved.
Let´s say, that it is acceptable, that the man slept with every available woman while having a girlfriend...let´s pretend, that this is somehow acceptable....
But then he marries - another woman than his girlfriend, while keeping his girlfriend and continuing to have other women too.
And that is somehow unacceptable, is it not?
The writers want to make me believe, that this is a romantic drama, that they love each other.
I don´t see that. I can not accept cheating in a romantic relationship. There is no character growth, he does not grow out of his habbits, he does not change his ways. What am I watching this for? To see the female heartbroken all the time?
No thank you! Will watch the last episode to hopefully see her leave him and start a new and happy life!
Esaret (2022)
Dragging, boring and the violence is too much
There already are a few reviews for this title and I agree with all of them.
Therefore I can NOT understand the rating of above 6 here! Did all the women, rating this 10 stars even watch this? Do they think it is normal or even romantic to be treated this way? It is strange, I really wonder how are there so many 10 star ratings??? Hmmm...
Do not underestimate the amount and intensity of the abuse in this drama.
There has been enough said about Hira and Orhun so I would like to focus on Meryem and her family.
Meryems mother, as well as Meryem suffer from violent abuse from her father. Her father sold Meryem to some man and she was forced to marry him. He was abusive as well.
Meryem has a little daughter, that witnessed this abuse her whole life. This little girl was always told, that it wasn´t that bad, that everything was alright....so Meryem is grooming her daughter to be the next victim and be quiet about it, just as her mother did with Meryem.
Meryem has a chance to change her life and that of her daughter, when her husband dies. But she chooses to go back to her father and let her daughter see even more abuse. Meryem has a chance to tell Kenan about it and let him help her, but she prefers to stay in this martyr victim role.
This is really disturbing for me to watch. If she wants to sacrifice herself - so be it! But dragging the little girl into the abyss with her - No! I like Meryems character even less than Orhuns!
On top of all of that, this drama is dragging to the point where you roll your eyes. You have already watched Orhun mistreating Hira for uncountable times and their storyline does not progress. Not one bit. There are more and more people coming in, that want to harm Hira and that is it.
I will not continue to watch.
To put this into one word: depressing.
Emanet (2020)
Not good anymore
Emanet Season 1 was great!
I stopped watching in season 2, when it started to be one drama on top of the other, on top of the other, on top of the other...
It got boring and it was depressing to watch.
I had high hopes and expectations for season 3.
Maaaan was I wrong!
Season 3 is copy and paste from season 1 and season 2 but with a new character, that is behaving like a 16 year old teenager. All giggly, impertinent and childish. On top of that, this new character is played by an actress that really does not know how to act. Every time she has to play a scene with even a tiny bit of depth - like a conversation - you have the impression, that she is standing in front of a mirror practising her lines.
What a waste of potential for season 3! Really sad, that out of three seasons, there was only season 1, that I can recommend.
Kizilcik Serbeti (2022)
Very good actors
This series is one of my favorites at the moment - I usually wait, till all episodes are released to watch, but I simply can not with this one!
The main couple is struggling with different family opinions and views, but so far manages to navigate deep waters. There is enough drama and misunderstandings to keep you interested.
I avoid too much drama, since I want to be entertained, no get depressed, and this series has just the right amount of it.
What is equally surprising for me is, that there are no "love rivals" or psycho females (so far), that would do everything to get the man (typical plot in turkish dramas). And that is so refreshing!
The actors are really great, I seldom saw such natural acting - not just from the main couple, everyone is playing their roles very well!
Recommended!