Alone (2008)

Firstly movie brings Ferzan Ozpetek style to mind with its story, which is good but not so much. A weak point of movie is; what a big love, lived in 4 weeks and couldn't be forgotten for 8 years, is this realistic? That causes to lost movie's deep perspective. Role-playing is also another weak point. Actors are unexperienced, that why may be. In some scenes actors and actresses performance are not persuasive. However, ambiance is decorated with amazing historical places of Istanbul and magnificent oldies Turkish songs. Galata Tower can be seen behind with all its grace and grandeur. Old-school places were selected for movie those are also supported ambiance.

Fmovies: i see some people complaining about how cagan irmak, the director is playing with the feelings of people... alright, he is really good at finding the desires, passions and touchy moments, i agree with that but i think that's what makes this movie great... the movie has a story that gives most of the people the feeling of "having lived that moment", i believe it is based on mr. irmak's personal experiences... characters in the movie are well developed and acted good, especially the leading actor is just amazing... the director used the inner speeches (monologues/dialogues) very well... a very well known usage of the same thing is in the so called Turkish classical "selvi boylum al yazmalim" which exaggerated all this inner speech thing and made the movie unrealistic at some points, mr. irmak used it only when it is most needed so it is just giving the message, not disturbing at all... i believe those who didn't like the movie has some gaps in their lives, either never felt in love or never needed to be alone and ran away from all the ties... or they are the ones who are just finding reasons to criticize everything in order to show that they are more sophisticated... or they are so materialistic that they don't even see a reason for appreciating this movie... anyway, i think the movie deserves to be seen, mr. irmak did a really good job... oh, i have a word for those who like the movie just because of the soundtrack: those songs were always there, you are the one listening to the low-quality Turkish pop that's why you never realized how good we were in music, just open your eyes and ears, it may change your life ;)

I know director Cagan Irmak's previous TV works of different genres (soap opera, horror etc.) which were quite successful and above average. On the other hand, this is the first movie by him that I have seen, and definitely will be the last one.

One of the most popular and well-accepted cinema topic of "love-pain-regret" could not have been handled worse!

One of the problems of Turkish cinema is script; especially lack of meaningful and more importantly "natural" dialogues. This movie suffers from the same problem. The writer-director tries to overcome this issue by using "amateur" actors as leads and letting them to improvise (at least it seemed to me that they are trying to improvise; otherwise it is just bad acting), but it just gives a cheesy feeling. The only "living" character in the movie is "the Mother", who is unfortunately not so pivotal enough to save the whole flick.

But, it seems that the director is so confident about the dialogues (and the monologues of the ridiculously acted, long inner voices scene) that, he does not need to use the sets, music, or even the city itself more deeply to create the atmosphere, which two lead actors definitely fail to do.

What he needed to do is simply go back to the roots of Turkish cinema and at least "copy" the old "Yesilcam" romantic movies, if he just wanted to make a tear-jerker.

If you want to see real movie about love-pain-regret and self destruction, go and see "Masumiyet" for example. 5 minute long monologue of Bekir (incredibly played by Haluk Bilginer) will take you somewhere, which even 5 hour-long Issiz Adam will never succeed.

Alone fmovies. OK, here comes first comment about the movie & hope not last..:)) Before I've seen the movie, I was expected that the picture will be great. But I had no idea that it would be that much wonderful...

In this kinda movies, realistic of whole dialogs is most important detail for me. It's so real. I felt it inside of me... And all soundtracks are amazing. Most harmonic choice to this picture. Turkish songs of 70's & 80's.. Acting and directing is nearly absolute.

The whole movie is real romantic, but the end of the movie is something much more than romantic. Maybe it is not a big deal. Not very big surprises... But, really dramatic and i couldn't stop my tears falling like everyone else in the theater..:) I've watched several romance movies, but many few of them means a lot for me. But believe me this one is different. It's so pure, so amazing...

I think Cagan Irmak's the best director of Turkey. He's really good at letting us know about all feelings inside the characters. I think everybody welcomes him in Turkey, but the whole world should do the same...

What I heard from most watchers is that everybody found somethings from their own life in Issiz Adam. They say that the movie is amazing just because catches you from your heart and mind like it tells your own life but not Alper and Ada's.To be honest, I definitely do not have the same feeling. What I think is that the movie is purely simple and that is why everybody finds somethings in it. Most of us try to find the real meaning of the scenes, speeches etc in movies but with Issiz Adam; many people do overlook while trying to find somethings deep.

I could not understand what Alper wants also why his actions are always fulsome. What he wants and why? You find no answer in the movie. On the other hand, Ada looks like well experienced on relations with men but how she could fall in love with that bombastic guy? Can we just say that "because the love is somethings like this"? Sorry I do not agree.

Well, besides the story and acting, the scenes and songs are really beautiful. So I recommend this movie to the lovers of oldies and to the people who feel lonely in their life.

Director Cagan Irmak had moved his audience to tears with his beautiful, semi-political, semi-melodramatic "Babam ve Oglum" only a few years ago. Now, here he is with a much more mature and deeper depiction of a tortured soul of our times. At a certain point, it is reminiscent of Allen's "Annie Hall" and there is a gentle, sly nod to Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", and this film deserves comparison to both of these films; no need to be modest. The main character is a handsome, young restaurant owner, a chef in Istanbul and his casual relationships with a large variety of women say something about his actual loneliness. On the other hand, she is a lively, lovely young woman with a pretty little costume shop and when they meet, it's not love at first sight, but a love that grows and is woven with their efforts, especially hers. But this is not an ordinary, straightforward womanizer-turned-romantic-by-true-love-kind-of story. It is the sad story of a man who has alienated himself from all emotional human contact because of a life in "the big city". It is all the more sad because he is aware of it, he wants to open up and get rid of it, but he just can't. And she was just about to make it easier for him... Anyway, this is definitely a movie worthy of seeing. It is not just a local story, I'm sure people all around the world will identify with the characters in this film. I hope little films like these are seen by large and different audiences and get the praise they deserve.