drawn out and historically inaccurate. Nice CGI

Rating: 1/10 (25 March 2017)

The pacing on this movie is terrible. There is maybe 1.5 hours of actual content plus 1 hour of fluff.
In addition there is a lack of interest in history when making this movie. You'd think for 2.5 hours there is plenty of opportunity to cover the many interesting historical points of the battle for example. In reality they picked maybe 5 main points and these get a minute of screen time each. It's quite bad.
Watching this movie gives you more of an insight into the Turkish culture and religion than the actual conquest of Constantinople. For example they can't show Mohamed on screen so they cleverly use the camera itself, so you the audience become Mohamed. Except it then becomes confusing as you don't realise when this transition occurs back. Also there are many prayers involved. There is even a 'suicide bomb' scene where they all yell Allah Akbar before blowing themselves up.
This movie is almost least twice as long as it should be, given it's content. The script really lets it down, there is little dialogue in parts, and much attention is given to drawn out camera movements or people being idle. The first half of the movie, the lead up to the battle is not too bad. However the second half, the actual battle, is ruined by the drawn out scenes. If the director's effort was to make us feel frustrated with the time required to conquer the city, he succeeded, for the wrong reasons. To add insult to injury, the English subs clearly skip a fair amount of dialogue.
If you want to watch history reviewed with rose tinted glasses by the victor, plus an hour of fluff this is it.