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Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Afam4eva(m): 3:31pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
But seriously, i think Nollywood should look at the storyline of the movies that come out these days. Most times the story lines are barely Nigerian. They remind me of African American movies. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by MOBBDEEP: 3:53pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
DarryOsh: Why does afolayan think he has to appear in his movies,he didnt play his character well,he is betfection which is hollywood. Jenifa is beta than figurine;it was realistic and believable(dont forget it is comedy), figurine was not! I quite share your view especially as regard Afolayan not appearing in the movie , the beach house etc But then , Figurine is a nice movie on its own. & of course ,Jenifa may beat it in terms of reality & humor but there are other parameters where Figurine will excel . Overall , I will say each to its kind . |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by MOBBDEEP: 3:59pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
afam4eva: Of course , it was your opinion . My intent was not to annoy you . |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Afam4eva(m): 4:00pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
MOBBDEEP:I'm not annoyed. Why should i be. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by SisiKill1: 5:08pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
apocalypse:Err....I don't know what sequestered environment you grew up in but here in the real world some people do eat from the garbage because they have NO CHOICE...that lack of choice is what my analogy was hinged on hence the tongue in cheekingly questioning of the OP's intelligence for asking the question in the first place. Am I surprised you missed it? Of course not. . .I would be pulling an OP if I did, wouldn'I? |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by SisiKill1: 5:16pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
DarryOsh: Oh hush abeg! When others are having a discussion about anything, people like you with your if you demand for more than the usual mediocre crap being offered then you are a wannabe oyinbo mentality really need to start doing the world a favor by just staying out of it. Not only will you be helping the rest of us who like to pretend everyone in the world is smart, keep our optimistic outlook. ...you also save yourself from embarrassment. Add that to your New Year's Resolution. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Nobody: 5:27pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Sisi_Kill: just use grammer say naija lowbrow and naija highbrow 1 Like |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by SisiKill1: 5:32pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
oyb: Bwahahahahahaha!! Dead!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But that would be too easy to understand naa! Considering how Nollywood has battered their sense for subtlety, it's always more fun using it. ![]() |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Nobody: 6:00pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Lowbrow is too kind sef Naija pulp / naija potboiler is more accurate. 1 Like |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by lekkie073(m): 6:44pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....anywhere i see a certain sisi_kill commenting on a thread i automatically know dat such threads are for d mentally-deficient. no offence pls... |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by babyboy3(m): 7:00pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
(3)CINEMATOGRAPHY:A good movie can impress with stunning cinema shots. We can use examples of how MATRIX and LORD OF THE RINGS revolutionalised the cinematography industry. A good camera direction tells us better stories than the thousand words uttered by the actors/actresses. A standard movie with good cinematography can tell us the movie story successfully even if the voices are muted. This particular area is very lacking in Nigerian movies. But for very few directors like Tunde Kelani (a trained cinematographer himself), Naija is nowhere in the league of its foreign counterpart. Poor camera direction and lighting effects, handled by amateur cameramen are very popular in our movies. This particular reason, coupled with, lack of originality make me dislike Nollywood movie. This is the most important part of a movie, actually the films that wins this category at the Oscars normally (99% of the time) goes on to win the big one (Picture or Movie of the year) |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Nobody: 7:13pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
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Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by DarryOsh(m): 7:39pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Sisi_Kill:pretent all is perfect when in fact it is not, that is not optimism, it is called 'living in la la land'. And what the hell do u mean by people like me should stay out of the world. Ur new year resolution should be keepin me out of the world then. Its obvious u av a swift tongue and do not think properly(i mean that in the nicest way) b4 talking. What makes u think the world should revolve around u and ur preferences should b the standard.I imagime people have difficult relationships with u cos u r obvioisly a condescending snob. U really should change, add that to your new year resolution and become a better person. 1 Like |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Nobody: 8:08pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
My take is dat d good nollywood actors r d non -hot- looking ones- Osuofia, chinwetalu Agu, sam loco, Bruce, john okafor, n many odas i cant name. Dese males really interprete dier roles well |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by lekkie073(m): 8:11pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
DarryOsh:d lady is demented.... |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Enoquin(f): 8:16pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
VillageBoi: Where is my 'shicken' na? I do not compare Nollywood to Hollywood. Only very few Hollywood movies are worthy of mention but I love English movies, they always have a story, the plot and they are very creative. I have watched more than five (and I am currently watching one now) one location movies. You'll agree with me that it takes a very story to weave a plot in one location and keep the audience still interested. If you have not watched SITANDA, do and tell me what you think...that was the first AMBO movie. Now, SITANDA came out same time with Amazing Grace. When I watched Amazing Grace and called it trash, I nearly got crucified. The Amata Brothers murdered 'our' dialect and I wondered why they were in the movie in the first place. There were also so many things and while I loved the pictures, I could find nothing else that gripped me. I watched Sitanda and was like 'now, this is a movie' even though it didn't have the publicity Amazing Grace had, it swept the awards that year with AG getting an award for cinematography only. Now, Figurine had been hyped. My sister said, Eno please watch the movie and so on. I did and I must admit it was a mixed bag. The NYSC camp was a sham...I mean I saw only one Platoon. And I thought Kunle's arrogance was going somewhere but it didn't. The one thing Kunle likes making original though is the kiss. Now, the house? No...no...no. Please tell me if you would have chosen that. So, all I want from Nollywood is simple...get a good story, look for good locations, get good actors and shoot and try to stay within the boundary of edutainment. P.S They should avoid extremes in costumes. I wonder how many housewives wear heels in their own houses or dress heavily. It's either rags to depict a poor person, housemaid, mechanic or beggar and scanty or heavy attires to depict wealthy people. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by SisiKill1: 8:49pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
lekkie073: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....anywhere i see a certain sisi_kill commenting on a thread i automatically know dat such threads are for d mentally-deficient. no offence pls... Rotflmao! You forgot the NOT in that sentence. . .NOT for the mentally deficient. You are welcome! Now off with ya!! ![]() ![]() DarryOsh: Oga sir, read my post again. . . slooooooooooooowly, please try to kick start the brain this time (I know it has been awhile, if at all but please do try, mmmmkay. . .feel free to take your time too). When you are comfortable that you have processed it properly, please show me where I stated you should stay out of the world? Next time, I'd suggest you ask that something be restated in a manner you will understand instead of jumping to wrong conclusions and lending credence to the post you were responding to. Because it is new year and one my resolutions is to be nice, I will try to put it in a way you understand. I am not as good as Nollywood with the spelling things out like the audience is made up of omo labindins but here goes. . . When others, that is people who aren't you, are having a discussion also known as talking, chatting, commenting on anything. . .people like you, that is YOU with your if you don't think crap is the best you deserve then you must be copying Oyinbo mentality. . .that means people who believe they deserve better are trying to be Oyinbo way of thinking, should do the world a favor by staying out of it..that is to say, STAY OUT OF THE TALK not out of the world...Stay out of the Oro, the magana, the igbo word for talk, because you can't contribute anything noteworthy to it. . .THE TALK. . .your shoddy outlook prevents you. Makes sense now? Choi! If I talk about how Nollywood turns people's brains to mush so much so simple comprehension becomes an arduous task, people will say I am being mean. ![]() lekkie073: Still here. . little puppy? Off with ya, I say! ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Nobody: 9:21pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
EasyNaija.com:LMAO! you r so right.! |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by DarryOsh(m): 10:44pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Sisi_Kill:u kno what? Just forget it. u r so not worth it, u just aren't. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by SisiKill1: 10:51pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
DarryOsh: Shei you know it's just joshing around ko? Nothing serious or personal sef. ![]() Happy New Year luv ![]() ![]() 1 Like |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by MrsChima(f): 11:08pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Y use indians as white peop? |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 11:30pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
lekkie073: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah....anywhere i see a certain sisi_kill commenting on a thread i automatically know dat such threads are for d mentally-deficient. no offence pls... I'm sure threads can have healthy debate without all of us, as you have mentioned, being complete fu*kwits. Please do join the convo, you just might learn a thing or two. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 11:40pm On Jan 02, 2013 |
Enoquin: No worri, send me ya teletex and I go fire you one whole roasted eChiken. Sorry I didn't actually mean YOU compare Nolly to Holly... I already know you don't but wrote my response in such a way that it could speak to anyone. I will look out for Sitanda - I've never even heard of it. There is still a lot that Nollywood has to learn and you mention key points. People like you and I and others that are interested in filmmaking just have to try to do the right thing and do it well. Things will get better. Teehee as long as we make all actors wear very dark moon-shade glasses indoors ![]() ![]() |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by Nobody: 2:11am On Jan 03, 2013 |
^^^^^@Villageboi, you can't reply me, right? ![]() @someone talking about the house in th figurine.......I also had problems with it but when I watched the making of the movie, I overlooked it. Kunle said that according to the script, it said the lagoon house: using another location wouldn't tell his story properly (according to him). He said the location manager and himself used weeks begging the residents of vgc, lekki etc to rent out their houses for the movie shoot but they all refused (I'm not surprised, those are nigerians for him), so the set designer just had to work something out (erect a structure within the budget range). When I heard that very last statement, I heaved a sigh. I loved him for not compromising but instead he improvised! That's one virtue absent in most nigerian film makers that leads to low quality flicks. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 6:16am On Jan 03, 2013 |
speedyboi: My bro, so sorry, I cannot apologise enough that I missed this. You're absolutely spot on saying the game has now changed. See how many posts there are of people claiming 'they don't watch Nollywood films'... so howcome they claim to know what is going on? I was so excited about the film... let's remember to place it in the contex of the period it was made... there was nothing like it. The cinematography was sweeeeet and so on. I liked the whole power of the 'figurine'... the 7yrs of plenty followed by the 7yrs of doom thing... he should have stayed on that line of thought. Disaster struck for me when they tried to explain it all away as being 'untrue' and that it was just something they were carving on their own in their own backyard or something & even though it was a magical relic from like AD1375 it had no power at all... the whole film then lost the plot so badly and became extremely nonsensical to point that even the filmmakers got confused and said "Dayum, we're shafted, let's just write some daft text at the end and let the audience go f*ck itself. Afterall they have nefa seen this kind of camera so we'll just claim na high-brow art." Yeekpa - they pissed me off bigtime hahahahaha. BUT I have fallen in love with him again as per 'PhoneSwap' that film made me laugh like mad to the extent I was force-farting with glee, it was sooooo funny and the cinematography is even better... talk about really on-point casting too. Chei... Chief Zebrudaya niiiiiice!!. We're just letting off past 2012 steam here... lol... everyfilmmaker in the world has at some point made a sh*t film... it's no big deal lol |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 6:32am On Jan 03, 2013 |
usermane: Seriously? Go and watch the first film all big HOLLYWOOD names made, 90% are pure unadultrated rubbish. Even the most recent guy in the cinemas now - Peter Jackson - see his first feature called Bad Taste... it's a common less-than-Nollywood-Yeye-Home-Video. Yet the same guy is busting out mega films like Lord of The Rings & The Hobbit in a shyte country where the national pastime is leaving their wife to have an affair with Dolly-the-sheep in the field and you come dey yab Nollywood. Hissssss. I beg Nollywood forever, it's gonna grow well, well. It's all about 'positive' growth. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 6:44am On Jan 03, 2013 |
speedyboi: Is this the one I missed? I dey o, I've been around. I missed the December 'voting' thread but added a reply there. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 6:51am On Jan 03, 2013 |
DarryOsh: Why does afolayan think he has to appear in his movies? MOBBDEEP: He likes to be in his films sometimes, no biggie, afterall Quentin Tarantino likes to do waka-pass role for him own films too ![]() ![]() |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by VillageBoi(m): 7:07am On Jan 03, 2013 |
Mrs.Chima: Because Indians are hungry and cheap lol. |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by TonySpike: 7:11am On Jan 03, 2013 |
On a serious note, is the Nigerian society actually ready for films with great intellectual depth? I've always had the opinion that Nollywood has propelled the Nigerian society into moral degeneration. The emphasis on religion and superstitions in our movies is a source of concern. There is barely an attempt to elevate practical solutions and technological input. Methinks these are very serious issues that require attention. May I dare say that our movies have influenced the way we think... |
Re: Do Nigerians Really Know 'good' Movies? by babyboy3(m): 7:15am On Jan 03, 2013 |
VillageBoi: Last Flight to Abuja, in terms of quality which one would you its close to? 1. Executive decision 2. Air Force One 3. Snake on the plane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AE1PTAfRms |
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