Just don't waste your time. This is an insult both to history and movie industy.

Saw this on a rented DVD in 2012. The poster raised my curiosity n the trailer blew me away. Revisted it recently on a Blu ray which i own. This film is the best cinematographic spectacle by Turkish film industry. Haven't seen much of Turkish cinema but this film n Valley of the wolves made me a fan of their movies. Both r solid action entertainment. Hands down, this film is one of best epic action film of sword, saddle, bow & arrow. Fans of the genre will be pleased. The film looks pretty, its well directed, the acting is fine and the fights n action sequences are really spectacular. The battle scenes are pleasing to look at and astonishing in their scope. It is an entertainment at grand level. Two actors who really stood out r the hunky Ibrahim Celikkol n Dilek Serbest. Director Faruk Aksoy divides his nearly three-hour movie among battle sequences, the love story and the various strategy n drama. The cinematography is awesome. Every item of clothing and weaponry has been meticulously researched and hand-crafted. The camera shots are rich and engrossing. There is a certain scale that's inevitable in films of this sort (Troy, Kingdom of heaven, Gladiator, Red cliff, etc.) and Fetih 1453 doesn't disappoint.

What an excellent movie and tribute to great Worrier and King. May be something are exaggerated and most of non-Muslims here are hating this movies but with £11m budget what an epic. It also should how brave the Byzantine were and so was there king and commanders... ...Its much better and historical then many Hollywood movies.. Weldone director and actors...One word...EpicWhat an excellent movie and tribute to great Worrier and King. May be something are exaggerated and most of non-Muslims here are hating this movies but with £11m budget what an epic. It also should how brave the Byzantine were and so was there king and commanders... ...Its much better and historical then many Hollywood movies.. Weldone director and actors...One word...Epic What an excellent movie and tribute to great Worrier and King. May be something are exaggerated and most of non-Muslims here are hating this movies but with £11m budget what an epic. It also should how brave the Byzantine were and so was there king and commanders... ...Its much better and historical then many Hollywood movies.. Weldone director and actors...One word...Epic

I watched this movie without reading any reference (except the trailer), so I think I can write my honest opinion. If you want to watch it, please bear it in your mind that this movie is the historical basis event that is fictionalize as for entertainment, then you won't get any disappointment. However, if you want to see this movie and expecting the historical summary to be well-presented in there, please consider not to expect too much and be ready for some contradictions to what we learned in the historical lessons in school.I didn't watch any Turkish movie before this. But I think they spend good effort and a relevant budget for its making, and for the result it is a presentable entertainment, meaning: you can enjoy this movie with relax with the pop-corn in your hands and enjoy some heroic actions.For the historical point of view itself, it is a bit too one-sided story although some dialogue of Constantinople and Rome was presented, it missed or maybe made up some important details, and I will not say much of those. It seems the director wanted to build the modern historical image of the Ottoman empire from their point of view, and they made it. As entertainment I score it as 8, and as historical background is 4, the producers, directors & actors did their best in overall which deserve a 7. So the average score I can give is 6.3, rounded up to 6.