Cubussoli
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
SpuffyWeb
Sadly Over-hyped
Greenes
Please don't spend money on this.
Claudio Carvalho
In Turkey, the middle-age University Professor Isa (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) and his younger wife Bahar (Ebru Ceylan), who works in television, are spending summer vacation in Kas. After a couple of days, Isa decides to separate from Bahar since they do not communicate with each other. Bahar returns to Istanbul alone and then she travels to the countryside to work in a new project. Meanwhile Isa meets his former lover Serap (Nazan Kirilmis) with his friend Guven (Can Ozbatur) and later he rapes her in her house. Then he travels to meet Bahar and propose her to move in together again. What will be her decision?"Iklimler", a.k.a. "Climates", is a boring and overrated Franco Turkish romance. The pace is too slow and the lead couple shows no chemistry and charisma. However the cinematography and landscapes are stunning. Despite the hype, this film is annoying and pointless. My vote is four.Title (Brazil): "Climas" ("Climates")
Andy
After reading the score in IMDb I decided to see the movie. The story between Ceylan his wife and the "usual" third girl is dragged for almost two hours without a real path. I have to say the movie is definitely BORING, the screenplay is weak. Too much product placement for a "non" commercial movie. Actors (although non pro) are not acting at all...not worth the time. Ceylan you are not Antonioni, at least not yet. There is a long way to go, and you should ask yourself if you want to be a director, a producer, an actor, or just make money or just have fun. After you've found your true talent we are going to enjoy the product of your work, for the time been I won't watch another movie with the same cast.
andrew-race
Saw this film today,thought it well made and in spite of longueurs worth staying with it. It might be worth mentioning that the main character has no real saving graces in my opinion and one of his skills as a director is to bring out the overwhelmingly controlling nature of the character, be it the dream of the girlfriend of being buried in sand or the casual way he deals with all in his path. Secondly, I did find the scene with his former girlfriend something of a challenge as it takes a t least 5 minutes to realise that this violent sexual scene is consensual, so for those who are expressing reservations about a film like Red Road and its scene of violent sex, this one is to my mind far more brutal.
vandenbu
This film, beautiful to see, was a wonderful character study. Slow, but that was part of the charm. Perhaps Bergman inspired some of it. But this was better than Bergman as far as I was concerned. I think it dealt with changing gender relations in current modernizing Turkey as well-- in ways that were not at all simplistic. The metaphor of the seasons behind the narrative is compelling, but does not dominate. The women's characters were well drawn. In some ways, the woman we expect to be the most independent is not completely so. The woman who does achieve independence is remarkably feminine at the same time. So good, I had to see it again. It didn't lose anything at all on second viewing.
