Reviews of professor Ali Akarcesme

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Decent enough guy, not a great prof. Classes are repetitive and boring. It's a film class, so we watch a movie every class, but no one is interested in any of the films because they're mostly very depressing, so the discussions lack depth. Some of the films he shows differ from films the other profs show. If you can take it with another prof do it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It was a very nice class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Horrible class. Zero personality. You watch horrible movies, nobody participates in the discussion. He asks questions, gets no response, immediately answers his own question. The midterm had topics we had never discussed. He graded your attendance, and since there are only 3 grades in total, it matters. Papers were easy. Most boring class ever.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Akarcesme is a great teacher. Although this class is full of old and heavy black and white films, he still finds ways to make lectures and screenings fun. He is always ready to help. I really like the fact that he comes from the industry and shares his filmmaking anectodes in class. On the last day, a lead actor came into our class as

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class gave me good chance to understand the film theories, types and how to analyze them. I gained a new perspective. The professor has an easygoing personality , he is ready to answer all the questions and help. The films were quite heavy at times but I guess we had to see those masterpieces in order to understand the theory.