Do Not Disturb

Well let's be honest. Turkish cinema is not one of the brightest these days. We have Nuri Bilge Ceylan doing some arthouse movies once in a couple years taking away Cannes prizes and thats it. Thank God there is another man who tries to do something new with each of his projects. Cem Yilmaz. He seems like Fellini and Benigni's love child with some hardcore Turkish ancestry. In this movie he somehow did manage to show us the whole country with only a handful of actors and one stage. We all are already disturbed. Every one of us just wanna have o normal life. A bit of happiness. Love for sure. Why is it so hard to some to achieve such basic needs? Is it their fault? Is it because of everyone else? The pandemic? God? I dont know! Neither does Isac! He tries and hopes for the best. Just like you and me. Not gonna lie, a little bit more like me.

Cem Yilmaz who's been having Jim Carey sendrome for a while relased his latest film recently,in this piece he is showing that apart from comedy he can achieve great things in others aspects as well,including drama and playing various characters. This movie is a sequel in which Cem preserves the "ayzek's" personal traits combines them with current events happening in the world. For example like most of us ayzek bought into the American dream meaning you can achieve things by simply wanting them. Ayzek believes in the phrase "believe in yourself" " just do you"

In ayzeks perspective only problem he has is he has no upper teeth.typical most modern approach one can have. Like almost every single one of us stuck on something which has little impact on our lives but we thing it's the only thing standing between us and our so called perfect dream. Most of the cases that's a lie just like ayzek we need to realize it before it's too late.

Long story short movie is a critique of our modern era.

I am 50 years old and love this pitch black comedy drama. Colors, music, dialogs get me into an abyss. As the movie goes deeper on sequence, main character Isaac puts me into an unrest feeling, thrill. Almost having the same feelings, stress like Isaac. Very well staged, played. Isaac character could be the combination of well observed characters Cem encountered in his early life in Beyoglu, Taksim. This becomes my favorite movie among all his productions. Good is not always beautiful, i think this could be the motto of this movie. A mind opener, table top, extravagant painting this movie is. 1.

If you think that this will be your average Turkish feel-good movie - think again... The start, even up until half of the movie, takes you one way to then take on a veeery dark twist, because anguish has just entered the building as a guest - a crazy night at a Turkish motel indeed.

I would definitely recommend this movie to everyone who wants to be a bit surprised. Nice camera work and the actors have also been well-chosen. Deals with many currently relevant topics like social media and mental health. Liked the fact that I had no idea how exactly this movie is going to end - definitely not predictable!

There is a lot of similarities between The Joker and Do Not Disturb. Colors, lightnings, angles ect. Ect. Both films have the subject of a "stage of insanity." Also, this film got a reference to the character "Joker" in a scene where Ayzek and the girl when they smoke in front of the hotel. So it is no secret. But if we say this is a bad Joker copycat it could be unfair.

The details about the "hotel business" is insanely correct. Ayzek getting the wrong name tag at the first scene, being a bad hotel's night manager makes him smoke so often, no one is coming for check-in ect. Everything you see about the hotel business is very correct.

Characters felt very real and I like the scenario.

Only problem about the film is, it really doesn't feed the expectations with that final and I was expecting something big at the end. My suggestion, if the final is going to be the worst part of the film, don't try to make one.

Also what was the part about Ayzek felt down to that car? If it was Davut's room, what did we see? I think it's not connected to somewhere that is a problem, because you gave so much clue but there is no puzzle.

In total it could be one of the best films ever made in Turkish cinema but it could be better and if someone going to do that, who could be better than Cem Yilmaz?

If there is more given, than more expected.