Memorable, crazy movie

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I watched Gomeda on movie theater at my city. My friend took away me and I was really curious what would be it looked like. Well, I must say This movie was not a horror,may be we can say that is 'Fantsastic experimentation'...OK here I go anyway... But there was a lot of shooting,acting,dramatic,theatrical and storytelling problems.I can understand because of director is very young and Gomeda is his first feature film.OK Directing of this film was not pretty bad,I see.Unfortunately, due to the restraints placed on the film by its extremely low budget, the visuals are often as murky as the storyline.And there is no powerful Gothic scenes.As a horror movie it really fails, no scares at all and it is quite muddled and boring. Some people say 'Gomeda' is an art movie, but I could not see a laughable,terrible and breoken off art movie like that.So, how can we say it is an art movie!Just funny!

FIrst of all, Gomeda is NOT a horror film. It is a film made by a writer/director who has followed horror and surrealist cinema very closely. He is the author of a book titled "The Psychoanalysis of Horror Cinema". He has created a work of art that expresses his surrealist ideas and pays tribute to some of the greatest of the genre of surrealist and horror film, particularly 80's horror. This tribute is done at times seriously, and at times with tongue-in- cheek. Almost all negative comments about this film are because of people who were expecting "the next big horror film" and instead were exposed to writer/director Tan Tolga Demirci's subconscious. Of course, having seen the film, his subconscious is indeed a very unique place to be in so the experience of seeing GOMEDA is NOT pure entertainment. Instead, it is a roller-coaster ride through symbols, images and vignettes that are part of the style of Tan Tolga Demirci. Turkey has had its share of "horror" films coming out in the recent years. These films have relied heavily on ads and press releases that have pushed the "horror" concept so far that some filmmakers have obnoxiously claimed their film will make history, as we saw with the film "Araf", which, by the way, is now on IMDb's worst 10 list of all time. Naturally, public in Turkey has been through repeated insults of expecting "the next great Turkish horror film" but experiencing only Rip-offs of J-horror. In a culture that wants to befriend its local film industry and cinematic heritage, people get excited to discover "the next great Turkish horror film". Naturally, those expecting GOMEDA to be the saviour of their expectations, instead saw the vision of a filmmaker inspired by Bunuel, Svankmajer, Jean Vigo, and, of course, 80's horror films. Gomeda was Number 1 at the box office on its opening weekend. Online forums are flooded with praises for this film, and already discussions have ensued where people have started to breakdown the film, scene-by-scene, and analyze its contents and subtle nuances. Gomeda flows with the love for cinema and the love for the greatest artisans of this craft. Tan Tolga Demirci is sharing this love with us, as well as his psyche, and is breaking the 4th wall of Turkish cinema, where the audience is no longer a bystander, but an active participant in a young genius' mind. So is Tan Tolga Demirci.

This film blew me away! I can guarantee that this film will reach cult status all over the world. There already is a huge following of Turkish fantasy films across the world, and this will be the latest addition to fans of the genre. This film holds our hand and takes us on a journey that is as if being in someones dreams and nightmares. But the nightmares aren't supposed to be scary. You know the feeling how you see weird dreams but you just observe and see what happens next? That's how this film feels. And there is a scene where literally a woman holds a man's hand and takes him on a journey. Tan Tolga Demirci has made many short films and has won many awards which are not listed on IMDb but you can see them at sinematurk.com or other Turkish film sites. This is his first feature length film and a very successful one! He has put together an ambitious film with an ambitious cast and crew and with very little time or money to shoot this film. But the result is very true to his vision and is very sincere in its statements on surrealism. I hope that this film will receive many rewards at many film festivals across the globe and that soon enough we will be treated to Tan Tolga Demirci's second feature length film. I am so glad that Turkish cinema now has a gem like Gomeda. After so many cheap productions that only tried to appeal to masses and TV audiences, we finally have Gomeda which is very different from anything that the Turkish audience is used to seeing. I felt like I was watching a Jodorowsky movie.

This film is amazing! Never have I seen such pretty film from Turkish cinema. It is like watching an Opera. It finished too soon, I wish it was longer. Some people didn't understand this film, too bad for them. But many people do understand and love this film. It is one of the best! The cast and crew did an amazing job. I read that this is Turkey's first surrealist film. It is true. Every scene has many symbols and meanings. It is like nightmares and dreams. Some of the scenes were so effective that I got goosebumps. I especially liked the 2 male actors, Serkan Altunorak and Halim Ercan, who were in a TV series not too long ago. They did an excellent job in this film as well. I congratulate Tan Tolga Demirci, as this was his first feature film. I hope that he will continue to make films and I wish him the best. I will take my friends to see it again next weekend.