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Khaytarma (2013)
Excellent, and as painful as it should be.
I found this film both very well made both in the technical/ cinematographical sense as in terms of narrative. Yes, it is fairly short, just under 1 1/2 hours, but every minute of that is perfectly utilized to portray the tragedy it's about. The mass deportation of Crimean tatars in 1944 in all it's horror comes through in the details that accumulate as the time goes by; the scheming and plans behind the backs of the main cast,the old man rising a toast to Stalin while the Soviet authorities prepare to destroy his people, the family trying to carry their elderly grandmother being mocked by the soldiers for not taking food instead,the baby left behind as his mother is being dragged away...and this is just one village. The film managed to maintain tension until the end even if you know the historical events behind it; the deportation seems to manifest almost out of nowhere, like the betrayal it was.(all the more highlighted by the main character, a Crimean Tatar and a decorated WWII hero.)There's also some information provided for those who do not know the historical context at the beginning and the end of the film. The movie is partially in Crimean tatar.
The Tomorrow War (2021)
"I hope aliens eat whoever made this"
Dear Hollywood. I'm deeply sorry to inform you that explosions and special effects do not, in fact, count as a plot. Not even in an action movie. Nothing that happens in this film makes the slightest bit of sense. Humanity, as portrayed here, could never have invented time travel. In fact, everyone acts so stupid I doubt they would be able to invent tools. I wound up rooting for the nonsensical devil-ex-machina aliens purely because those, while they also appear decidedly non-sentient, at least might evolve into something interesting one day. This. Is. Not. Scifi. At least no more than "Sharknado" is. This is a 200 million dollar B-movie, at best, and no, casting Chris Pratt as the main character cannot save this( no offence to said actor, this is not his fault). The special effects are somewhat impressive ( if stupid), but the story is appallingly bad even for low-end action flick and the characters are so bland it's impossible to care for them. The only novel thing about the writing ( if you could even call it that) is it's incredible stupidity. My message to whoever's responsible for this idiotic mess of a movie : I suggest that next time you have a spare 200-million dollars on your hands, you use some of that money to a) buy and read some actual proper sci fi novels.b) hire someone who can actually write a plot
-1/ 10.