This movie had some good hype too, so I watched it - was okay, some convos impressed me, but 8.7 movie experience? Not even close.
Every time I watch a turkish/indian movie with false ratings like this one, it lessens the chance I will watch another. I really wish people would understand that by rating movies with a bias, they're only really doing themselves a disservice.
not just turkey and india! its common in new-zealand, Russia, Iran, korea and ...
that's a common thing about movies from any country which the director is a famous artist among their own people.
this is a good movie and Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a genius, but i agree that 8.7 is too much, though, now that i'm posting this its 8.4 which looks better in my opinion!
and dont forget metascore of winter sleep is 87/100 !
Almost every film message board has some idiot complaining about the the ratings, ratings which are meaningless. If someone likes a film they give it a high rating and vice versa. It's not rocket science. I also think that the majority of people who voted are not Turkish, as the film has received international acclaim. I despair at times I really do.
So the comic book adaptations from the US or pseudo intellectual shi* from Europe have more sensible ratings????
Fast n furious, avengers, batman, guardians .. are these 8+ films? They're surely entertaining but anyone who has seen a few good films wouldn't rate them over 6. But that's that. And this film is good enough and the rating is not too far or skewed compared to the above.
While I hail from Asia, I love both Hollywood and European cinema but I can only tell one thing about ratings on IMDB ---
Shi**y movies from all over the world get good ratings and vice versa. It has nothing to do with the place.
If you're keen on actually placing the rating of a film, here's what i do --
-- good to know the over all rating
-- read a few reviews. You'll know from the description whether you can trust that person's review
-- may be see other movies he / she has reviewed to get know where they come from when they say this film is good / bad
-- ebert's site used to be a good pointer. Still is a good choice.
It's ok, man. For all of the people who supposedly inflate the ratings, plenty of people with closed minds and their own bias (you seem to be this sort, btw) come along to deflate the the ratings.
shareWhether this movie was biased or not, it is one of the greatest movies made in the history of cinema - the dialogue is impeccable and extremely engaging.
shareI have noticed Indian movies often have a highly inflated IMDB rating. At first, when I saw an outstanding rating for an Indian movie, I fell for it and watched, only to find a mediocre film at best. I am not sure what explanation there is for this. I assume perhaps it's people outside of India in the diaspora whom are homesick/nostalgic about India and thus are more generous with the ratings. I am not familiar with the Turkish rating situation (there don't seem to be very many Turkish films) but it's probably similar.
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