Ishilove:

Maybe because I know a little bit about the history of Dahomey and the Amazons, that's why I have never felt inclined to watch the movie. I don't quite appreciate Hollywood's retelling of a story that involved slavery

armadeo:


Idris Elba as okonkwo.

Oyibo wants to take this away too. Let's see how it goes.



My favourite scene was when one man told okonkwo that akamefuna called him father.

It was touching.

descartes400:


The Anime is better!

Illusioneffect:

Exactly, they retelling the story of Africans written by non-Africans, acted by Americans

DieRich5:
go and buy na.......1k for 70gb is ok.

Now till next month I won't download any new films till I finish half of it which is hard

armadeo:


Idris Elba as okonkwo.

Oyibo wants to take this away too. Let's see how it goes.



My favourite scene was when one man told okonkwo that akamefuna called him father.

It was touching.

Ibehchizzy:
abeg to buy and register glo sim na 1k abi e pass am?

abduleez1:
As we no fit tell our own stories oyinbo go help us tell am....

With A24 at least one might be assured they'd give it their best shot.

oyaskii:
Imo, This is some level of cultural appropriation. You can't tell me that one of the biggest stories from the African literature scene written by one of the greatest author the continent has ever produced is going to have no involvement in terms of headline casting from the people the story is actually about. It makes zero sense. The production can be foreign given, but give Nigerian actors the chance to star in it. I don't even want to hear the BS, that Idris Elba is black and whatnot, that brother is 100% British and he has no business playing this role except they are gonna interpret the book wrong. It's like saying Tony Umez should go and play Thor!...These things matter.

So, realistically, How will he even interpret Okonkwo? with a British accent? or he will improvise a Nigerian accent? which imo opinion will only make it worse...they are already losing me...

Well, i wish we took ourselves more seriously, the NTA adaptation happened eons ago, and since then no Nigerian film exec has deemed it fit to retell one of the greatest literary work from these parts..😔

iamoyindamola:

please link to ebun pataki movie

oyaskii:
Pasted the link in a txt. file. Grab it within the next 24 hours as the link itself self destructs after then.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GehAN6aso_fdiLAKVvdGAge0SoPqkDbt/view?usp=drivesdk

phr0nesis:

Things Fall Apart had a TV series in the early 90s on NTA.

abduleez1:


Yep, I heard about that. But it's largely unknown. Up until this project was announced I didn't know Things Fall Apart has ever been adapted.

pu7pl3:
Hollywood just did this 🔥🔥🔥🦇🦇

oyaskii:
Imo, [b]This is some level of cultural appropriation. You can't tell me that one of the biggest stories from the African literature scene written by one of the greatest author the continent has ever produced is going to have no involvement in terms of headline casting from the people the story is actually about. It makes zero sense. [/b]The production can be foreign given, but give Nigerian actors the chance to star in it. I don't even want to hear the BS, that Idris Elba is black and whatnot, that brother is 100% British and he has no business playing this role except they are gonna interpret the book wrong. It's like saying Tony Umez should go and play Thor!...These things matter.

So, realistically, How will he even interpret Okonkwo? with a British accent? or he will improvise a Nigerian accent? which imo opinion will only make it worse...they are already losing me...

Well, i wish we took ourselves more seriously, the NTA adaptation happened eons ago, and since then no Nigerian film exec has deemed it fit to retell one of the greatest literary work from these parts..😔

michigang:
False. it was a famous series in the 80s, on NTA and it brought Pete Edochie to fame. Young and old always talk about it when the man is mentioned. Stop making unfounded claims like it's authority. You are not omniscient

joseph1832:
Its well deserved. 👌

abduleez1:


No go warm eba chop... 🙄 And when have I claimed to be omniscient?

Was I born then?? Up till now I haven't heard of it despite very much knowing the book and I haven't heard any friend or relative or even people or social media mention anything concerning Things Fall Apart series.

I seriously doubt the number of millennials that are aware of that series sef.

How many people in this thread even know about it until now.

oyaskii:


Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen still does movies but is very very low key. He's mainly doing those straight to YouTube releases now. Actually sad he hasn't benefitted from said Netflix largesse.



Bruh, You know i am in a love-hate relationship with Nollywood. I am their biggest fan when they rarely get it right and their biggest critic when they often miss the mark.

I do know the allure of seeing them is nothing compared to movies from say Hollywood, the gulf in class and quality is so staggering, even worse off, when you actually realise that Nollywood is one of the oldest film industries in the world and should actually be doing better. But please don't turn your back completely on them, there are still some indie filmmakers doing great things here on a meagre budget, far from the noise of the shiny unpolished ones that make it to Netflix and Prime video each week...In fact I made a list, sometime ago...These ones i can vouch for, not Hollywood standard but they are good and worthwhile...do check them out when you have the time...

Adírè (2023).
A Father's Love (2024).
With Difficulty Comes Ease (2024)
Sistà (2022).
For Maria Èbun Patakí (2020).
Breath of Life (2023).
The Trade (2023).
Áfàméfùnà: An Nwa Boi Story (2023).
Gangs of Lagos (2023).
Kings of Thieves (2022).
Funmilayo Rasome Kuti (2024).
Breaded Life (2021).
Coming from Insanity (2019).
Collision Course (2021).

michigang:
It's your word against mine but your opinion is not law. Others may choose to differ cos we all don't live under the same rock

oyaskii:
Imo, This is some level of cultural appropriation. You can't tell me that one of the biggest stories from the African literature scene written by one of the greatest author the continent has ever produced is going to have no involvement in terms of headline casting from the people the story is actually about. It makes zero sense. The production can be foreign given, but give Nigerian actors the chance to star in it. I don't even want to hear the BS, that Idris Elba is black and whatnot, that brother is 100% British and he has no business playing this role except they are gonna interpret the book wrong. It's like saying Tony Umez should go and play Thor!...These things matter.

So, realistically, How will he even interpret Okonkwo? with a British accent? or he will improvise a Nigerian accent? which imo opinion will only make it worse...they are already losing me...

Well, i wish we took ourselves more seriously, the NTA adaptation happened eons ago, and since then no Nigerian film exec has deemed it fit to retell one of the greatest literary work from these parts..😔

abduleez1:



Funny enough I worked on a Nollywood-esque movie recently so it's kinda hypocritical of me bashing the industry but it pains so much seeing the potential but we barely scratching the surface.
It was a BBC sponsored movie with Nigerian heritage filmmakers. It was a highly organised set and production (something unheard of in Nollywood ) and I might say it's one of the biggest production spend on filmmaking in Nigeria if not the biggest. It told a familiar time in naija's history and I'm looking forward to when it's released and the reception.

I remember we both discussed about Nollywood quality few years ago and how the coming of Netflix largesse will propel the industry to greater heights.
And yet, here we are still talking about quality...only improvements in production quality and being qualified to stream on VOD can be noted.

See how Koreans and Japanese over perform with shoe string budgets compared to Hollywood and yet they deliver and specialized in their capacity.
Nollywood no fit even specialize on good comedy no more, the genre we so much love to produce.

These historical movies with "Oyo Empire" period piece is a cheat code for Nigeria to market herself to the world. And yet these people ain't seeing the big picture despite conquering funding palava.
E just dey pain person dey are all now looking formulaic after someone cracks the code to success.

A good number of your aforementioned movies has crossed my radar sometime. Downloaded King of Thieves, Breath of Life, Gangs of Lagos for a while now but ain't watched.
Afamefuna and The Trade really piqued my interest with the brilliant trailer I watched. Planned on watching them but somehow missed when they released.
I heard of Coming From Insanity a while back.

At least with Netflix and a recently resurgent theatrical culture in Nollywood, the industry seems to be on the way evolution. Probably with more profitability more riskier tales might be told.
At least now Nollywood films now compete with Hollywood films for box office gross over here and popularity.

Make we dey see sha maybe I might start looking at the industry in a new light.

Who has heard of Mami Wata? It was heavily discussed here when it was a contender at Sundance. With the serious marketing the filmmaker did for it. But film release and nobody talk about am for here since then? Wetin sup?

Illusioneffect:

It's not necessarily the problem of the writers and directors. The normal consumer of Nollywood content don't want to be challenged with complex storylines - it's not like they're force feeding Nigerians bad content - it's just the content most Nigerians want🤷🏽‍♂️ that's why most movies like Mami wata doesn't do well😪.

abduleez1:
Who have watched this LISABI??
Wanted to download it now but went back to check the teaser trailer and I just dey vex.

Just watched this main trailer and it got me hooked with the nice Cinematography, color grading, set design, visuals and costume, location.

The only problem is this story is just almost the same thing I watched in HOUSE OF GAA last weekend. Same everything, the difference only being this time they've fighting against tax collectors but the themes still lies on greed and excessive power.

Loosely even similar to FUNMILAYO RANSOME KUTI I watched same weekend. Something that's not even in similar subgenre. Same greedy tax collectors and a wicked and stubborn monarch. With a figure of the people to lead an uprising. Slap in some romance story while at it. And you've got a perfect blend. 🙄

Omo, I no understand again. 😩 E be like say these people just dey copy and paste from same writers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyjesbX13vM?si=L1S8TzfIBsIRHJ0t

oyaskii:
Imo, This is some level of cultural appropriation. You can't tell me that one of the biggest stories from the African literature scene written by one of the greatest author the continent has ever produced is going to have no involvement in terms of headline casting from the people the story is actually about. It makes zero sense. The production can be foreign given, but give Nigerian actors the chance to star in it. I don't even want to hear the BS, that Idris Elba is black and whatnot, that brother is 100% British and he has no business playing this role except they are gonna interpret the book wrong. It's like saying Tony Umez should go and play Thor!...These things matter.

So, realistically, How will he even interpret Okonkwo? with a British accent? or he will improvise a Nigerian accent? which imo opinion will only make it worse...they are already losing me...

Well, i wish we took ourselves more seriously, the NTA adaptation happened eons ago, and since then no Nigerian film exec has deemed it fit to retell one of the greatest literary work from these parts..😔

abduleez1:


I think same to at the bolded.
I'm still hoping they can infuse two to three homegrown stars in it. If the writing team doesn't have a Nigerian at the helm or involved I don't think I'll take it seriously too.

Wait, shey na Idris Elba wan portray Okonkwo?? Omo..😳

Na Oyo Empire we dey focus on now. No real seriousness from this industry. The problem with this industry is that we have very few people like Kunle Afolayan or none at all sef. If we can somehow reproduce up to 5 of his likes and risk taking and breaking new grounds mentality with good audience reception and success, then the Industry might truly kick off.

When someone adapted Half of a Yellow Sun, that was when I was filled with hope that the industry was finally ready for serious stories. We had a string of serious movies with gritty story and history with the likes of "76", October 1..... Chai I never still watch these movies sha despite downloading them back then. 😢
But I was wrong. Naija people and execs seemed fixated on comedy then. Even up till now. After the fanfare with release of these movies everyone went back to default settings like it was a testing to confirm whether we had the capability to tell well produced gritty stories.

I no even know wetin EbonyLife Production company even dey do sef. With their earliest movies and Fifty one would think we were finally getting serious with their dedication to theatrical experience. Now I hardly hear about no more.
I remember vividly Mo Abudu / EbonyLife Production sealed a deal with I think Netflix for production of African stories and these popular literature adaptations was discussed.

Few days ago I also saw Chimamanda Adichie's "Americanah" is getting adapted in one of the streamers.