poor acting and awful editing vs. nice effects and scenes

Rating: 3/10 (22 February 2012)

A very long movie to watch, made me sleepy in many scenes. Acting was so awful, every character was speaking Turkish and modern Turkish "in those days"!
Costumes and special effects were pretty great, though. The most expensive movie ever made in Turkey.
Worths watching if you have lots of time and if your are curious about that time period,Ottomans and Byzantine Empire.
The movie gives the audience an idea about 15th century politics, throne games in the first days of Ottoman Empire and other dynasties or principalities such as Karamanids.
There is also a love story (and a baby!) in the movie which was fake, very stupid and unnecessary.