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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
As soon as you get the plot, the movie has very little else to offer
While I enjoyed this movie very much at first, in the end it was a bit disappointing. Like in a detective novel, the plot is hugely important in this film. And while the acting and camera-work are really outstanding IMHO, the plot just isn't up to par; when 2/3's of the movie was over the plot was completely clear to me and the final 1/3 of the movie played out exactly as I figured it would. In my opinion the producers of this film underestimated the intelligence of their audience, thereby making this film less interesting than it could have been. Nevertheless, this film really IS worth your while, because of the originality and irony of the story.
Uzak (2002)
OK film, but doesn't deserve this high a rating (7.7 when this comment was written)
Usually a rating higher than 7.5 on this site means a "must see". Uzak, while really not bad, doesn't come close to "must see" status. The first hour of the film I was going along with it and I was comfortable with the whole atmosphere, which is very slow paced. But the 2nd half of the movie the lack of story/dialog/scenery started getting to me. There is no progression at all in this movie, and when I reached the end I did not have the feeling of having spent my 2 hours well. Not a film I would dare recommend to anyone. Excellent film though if it is your habit to fall asleep during films (surprisingly many of my friends use films as a sleeping aid).