You won't be disappointed!

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Just another Turkish propaganda film,this time,even,ridicoulosy done,in all the ways.From the totally invented historics,to the plastic cheap costume....incredible is the wor.incredible is that Re people that givin this a dood feview....again.impossible even go considdr it "cinema"... Thx.

At all times, the victor country rewrites history and nothing can be done about it. 7,000-10,000 Byzantines vs 100,000-200,000 ottomans - can this be a heroic victory for ottomans? The film also does not show that in those days Constantinople was already in decline. In 1453, Constantinople was not already a great city, but was only a symbol of the former might of the empire. Basically, this film is designed for the Turks. An educated and literate person will not watch a false historical film. It would be better for the Turks to make a film about how their ancestors - Seljuks, came from Central Asia and occupied the lands of Byzantium, Armenia, Greece and Persia)

Where should we begin? The movie itself is not bad: decent acting, lots of action, exciting battle scenes. However, one should just watch it just as an action/war flick, because from a historical point of view, this is nothing but a pathetic, biased, and intellectually dishonest attempt to distort the FACTS. The Turkish director and producers tripped over themselves to portray Sultan Mehemet II as an archetypal hero, ferocious in battle and magnanimous in victory. I will just limit myself to point out the following gross omissions and distortions: 1) In the movie we see the sinking of some Venetian ships that tried to force their way past the Turkish blockade. However, nothing is said about the fate of the captain of one of these ships, Antonio Rizzo (look it up, folks!), who along his captured crew was impaled for daring such a feat. 2) The Turkish admiral Balthogu (look it up, folks!) in the movie, was slapped by Mehemet for failing to sink the Venetian fleet, which sailed safely into Constantinople's harbor. In reality Balthogu was almost put to death, had not some of his soldiers defended him to the Sultan: he was beaten to a pulp, stripped of his titles and property and sent into exile. Magnanimous Mehemet, eh? 3) At some point we see the "evil" defenders of Constantinople hanging some brave Turkish prisoners on the walls of the city, in full view of the besieging Turkish army. No mention is made of the FACT that this was IN RESPONSE to the Turks first beheading 125 Christian prisoners before the city walls. One more: my favorite distortion: 4) Mehemet walks into the main church of Consatntinople Haghia Sophia, promising peace and protection to the terrified civilians who found refuge there. Ehem, small detail: Constantinople was sacked for THREE full days: rape, pillage, murder, robbery galore!!! Look it up folks! Conclusion: shame on the director and producers of this movie for their corrupted, stupid, insulting portrayal of history. This is ONE MORE reason for distancing ourselves from anything that has a "made in Islam" tag attached to it......

This movie was one of the most magnificent historical movies ever.. the actors were great.. scenario was excellent all of them from history real was.. I loved it so much.. the budget was so little but movie was superb.. if this movie was made by Hollywood and much more budget with it had become more splendid.. thanks so much to director producer actors and scenarists... the costumes and swords and other shields and cannonballs were fantastic.. like the kingdom of heaven this movie is a marvelous masterpiece I think.. and also the actors were fantastical seems like great strong warriors... also Faith sultan Mehmet wad a fabulous man emperor leader and warrior sure...