Magnificent Century
Magnificent Century
| 06 January 2011 (USA)
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    NekoHomey

    Purely Joyful Movie!

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    UnowPriceless

    hyped garbage

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    Voxitype

    Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

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    Dana

    An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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    dertsizis

    This is too fictional or incorrect. In 1520, Harem wasn't founded. Hurrem who found harem is forcibly in harem. Actually Hurrem lived old palace. In 1541 Old palace burned and move topkapı palace. Series don't tell for making poor Hurrem. So we never see Hurrem's power which founded harem or first women sultanate. If you want series about harem. You made an incorrect choice for Suleyman. He maybe only and one sultan with one partner in other sultans. Also he was always in war. He didn't live too in Istanbul. They wrote too fictional character. Actually Mahidevran, Gulfem aren't in palace. His first wife Mahidevran, then Hurrem. After Hurrem death, Gulfem. Series changes chronology. If you want series about harem. You should choose 3.murad. He has got 130 children. Safiye & her son 3.mehmet killed all boy.

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    tankace

    Here in Greece in the past years we had a influx of turkeys series in our television program.My issue is not that these series are from a country with which we as a nations do not have the best backstory , personally if the series were good then ,whatever. But they are not, like with here, where the Greek producers just copy the elements that are popular and not make something good and this show is no exception.As a History Buff,I feel excited when I here that a movie or series will be based on a historical period or event and if this event is not well known ,bonus respect to the creators to have the balls to invest in to it. Although if the product does not try to be faithful to its source material ,then I get major phished off and I what to crucified them Bolton style.And here is the case ,one of the most interesting person in history and with some of the most heart felt story lines, they threw from the widow and gave as the water down version of Game of Thrones!! The funny thing is the GoT although is in a fantasy world, is more realistic than a show, which is based of actual events and characters. Come on people!!Any way apart from the fact is boring as hell , this show was intentionally changed in order to be more in line with our own modern view. I mean mean are you mental me? For the producers, guys go have as a based a ruler which is called in the west the Magnificent and to the East the Lawgiver, if you staid faithful then:1) You honor your own history2) Make the general public willing to invest to the study of a man who was one of the most important in the Old World and his period the...wait for it.. Protestand Reformation!!!In short do not see these series. If you want to see a historical period come to life go watch HBO Rome.

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    Scholarly Reviews

    Aside from my addiction to and admiration for the series, I would like to give some extra information about the correlation between the series and the historical accounts, in deed. First of all, it is not reasonable to state that the series does not reflect the history in an accurate way. Really? I would like to ask these claimers that "which historical account(s) gives a true representation of any historical event?". Well, every historical account gives a sight of subjective perspective; the only objective one is "the chronicles" (only dates and clauses explaining the cases in a brief way). From this series, we cannot expect the bloody war scenes as its one episode is about 2 hours and what is really curious is the life of Sultans in the harem, their education and life styles because the "harem" of the Sultan is forbidden to any outsider for the time. The only confirmed account of harem is written in the autobiographical letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who could only visit a Pasha's harem, though. The fictional parts are also needed to seam the unknown lines of the history if we would like to watch a coherent account. The acting is really great! The maturation processes of all the characters are well given throughout the series. The music is really well composed and paid attention. The gestures and postures of the actors and actresses are just BEAUTIFUL, especially at critical points. Costumes! They are just true representations of the time's costumes and richness of the Ottoman State. Jewelry! Wow, yes I had already heard and searched for these precious things before I watched the series; but seeing them online is just invaluable! The setting is really a true representation of the time. The Topkapi Palace is still there in Istanbul for the ones who wonder. It has to be visited when one goes there. There are still odours that you can smell in the Harem part of the palace. It is explained that all the walls of the Harem was washed with "rose water" throughout centuries, and it left its smells there, really! All the rooms of the consorts, concubines, shahzades (princes), sultans and servants are there in their real forms as you can see in this series (btw, there are hundreds of rooms in deed!).The series provides a wonderful insight of the 16th century.

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    Nada al-s

    Oooooooooh my God, simply,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, If you didn't see it, you didn't see a love story before,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I've seen a lot of movies, TV shows, etc................................. but this one is the best, truly "Magnificent,"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a true romantic love story from the 16th century between a slave and the king of the world,and the best part of it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that it is a true story from the history, and you get to see paintings for the actual characters and where this story happened, all the details about the buildings, clothes, accessories, hair style, everything is perfectly done,you should not miss this one <3

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