Awful directing, peaceful approach, some pluses.

Rating: 5/10 (23 March 2015)

Some of talented actors in film business are good at directing movies too but not Mr.Crowe. The Water Diviner is a film like made by a promising film school student who is lucky enough to find some budget to make his first feature film. An editing with unacceptable mistakes, amateur and pointless camera angles, meaningless camera moves, the war scenes lighted like cheap TV show, poor sound design et.. Turkish characters in film can't speak Turkish. (At least they strive to do it.) I've had high expectations after heard Turkish stars Yılmaz Erdoğan and Cem Yılmaz's involvement and also meaningful release date of movie but I am really disappointed with The Water Diviner. Such a strong story based on true events has been wasted with a very problematic script and untalented director. Having said all; I liked director's peaceful and objective approach to issue. It was fun to see Cem Yılmaz and Yılmaz Erdoğan in a same movie together again. Russel Crowe should stick with acting. I give 5 out of 10.