oyaskii:
Living in Bondage:Breaking Free (2019): 4/10. I tried to indulge my self with this flick after years of nollywood neglect and I was disappointed to say the least. This was uncalled for and no where near the quality of the first part and to think this was a century ahead of the later. The story was so bland and incoherent, and the acting was medicore especially from the lead female, how are you choosing Muna as a lead actress in what was suppose to be the biggest movie from nollywood in recent times (guessing this is her first movie, If not she can't act to save her life) and how is this ritual narrative still a plot in nollywood this era when they are so much more to make movies about.

Nollywood is still at "we don try small small" stage for far too long.. When are we actually going to try big and make proper movies? Pathetic!

mekaprime2:
The Visit....5.5/10
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Industry:Nollywood

Nse Ikpe Etim is one Nollywood actress i hold in high esteem. She's the proverbial one eyed king in the country of the blind as regards this flick.

Plot was kinda ok, so was the concept, acting asides Etims' was kinda bad, & the dialogues were cheesy.

All in all, it wasn't bad, neither was good, though it's watchable.

kendrick9:
My Wife & I(2017)-8/10
Quite enjoyed this..
Helped by the two leads Ramsey and Omoni Oboli... The chemistry between them two was just perfect
This is definitely one of the best nollywood movies I've seen in recent times..

But I've noticed nollywood child actors are mostly terrible... Jeez
Compared to Hollywood where you will see a kid of 4 years who is very smart...
Nollywood really needs to do something about to this....
Surely there are smart kids in Nigeria too
From their facial expressions to their speaking.... Terrible

mekaprime2:



The life wire of every movie is the concept, & secondly the execution. To some extent, the industry is getting those 2 figured out, that's the hope.
You talk about acting schools, how many of em' popular Hollywood actors went to acting schools? Christian Bale, Jaoquin Phoenix, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp etc never went to acting school, yet they turned out perfectly.

Yeah, video technology needs to be improved upon.

And as for those clamoring for opening of cinemas, opening cinemas all over the country & feeding these movies to em' is not really advisable, yes it'd curb piracy, but the big question is do we really have the content to showcase in this cinemas? How many folks do you think would go to the cinema to see a ritual orientated movie? A movie were by mere seeing the advert, i already know what happens to kanayo o kanayo, a movie i can predict perfectly. Fellas, we are looking at lots of box office bombs.

The above are not the things we should be bothered with right now. Let's first of all, improve on our concept, concept & execution/delivery, and every other thing would come eventually fall in place.

So, there's hope for the industry if we can work on the above.

Liposure:
when i said occultics should be an expired genre in 2day's nollwood. someone thought i was blabbing

Born2Freak:



In fact, I believe it is time they flip the script. Let the witchdoctor or the babalawo be the good guy.

hopefulLandlord:

and a believer in a dead Jewish carpenter or a dead Arab paedophile the bad guy

Liposure:
i luv the concept

Born2Freak:


How does one get concepts for films? Are you aware that Nollywood has not produced one single high concept film? Something like inception, transcendence, in time etc


Even if one doesnt go to acting schools, there are still coaches from acting schools that assist these big time actors in certain aspects of acting. For instance, a romance actor needs to do a fight scene- a movie choreographer would coach him.


Great concepts can only come from philosophy. Just think about how someone came up with the idea of inception as a movie. If one is not exposed to art, logic and film history, it is unlikely that the persons mind will be able to develop a high concept movie script.

mekaprime2:


Don't you think mentioning movies like inception, transcendence & in time is kinda way too much. Poking into the SciFi Genre is a no no for me, cause taking lots of factors into consideration, we may never get there.

Every industry has what they are good at. Hollywood is an all rounder, Bollywood excells best with Romance, Comedy, Rom-Com & Drama, and the industry has been churning out movies with exquisite contents from these genres. Nollywood, is mostly good/ ok/ trying when it comes to Comedy, Romance & Rom-Com & Sometimes Drama. Have you see a movie with John Okafor, Charles inoje, or Charles Awurum, these guys would give some American comedy actors a run for their money.

So, these genres that we are good at, we can start from there. Creative writers can come up with concepts as good as ;Before Sunshine, when Harry met Sally, Mr Bean Holiday, Booksmart, Stepbrothers, Dumb & Dumber etc. Let's start from there first & perfect these genres we are a lil bit good at, then as time goes on, we can branch into other genres.

Trust me we Nigerians are very creative, but the situation or condition of the country is enough to eliminate any form of creativity one has. Are you trying to tell me that in all your years of seeing movies, you can't come up with & pen down a concept worthy of the big screens. Many of us work from 9-5 or even more, now tell me how easy it is for someone like that to pen down something creative, then,how about those in schools with atleast 15 courses to study a semester & destiny killing lectures to put up with daily.

Born2Freak:



In fact, I believe it is time they flip the script. Let the witchdoctor or the babalawo be the good guy.

MJBOLT:

nigerian producers lack the balls

whitelotus:



The invisible man is horror. Thanks

DandeNummeruno:

Nigga, The Invisible Man is horror. Science fiction horror is still horror.

Curdlebug:
nawa o! How z it horror.

Justice League Dark Apokolips 0/10 or -10/10

Once again DC has carried a perfect comicbook story and destroy in their animated universe. The people that made this movie don't know anything about all characters especially Trigon and darkseid. And finally again, flash running back in time to fix everything. DC is just lazy and out of ideas. Just complete trash of a movie.

Andersonjr:
Hey please can anyone recommend me a legit movie to watch in these categories:
Sci-fi
Horror
Crime
Action/Drama
Mystery
Errm.. Maybe Fantasy

DrDax:
It's easy to dismiss Nollywood for their lack of creativity or imagination.

As someone who has been there and done that, please clap for those guys.

Nollywood is not a place, neither is it a gentlemen's club.

It's an aggregate of Nigerians trying to make a living from the movies using their meager personal resources.

Kindly cut them some slack if they are yet to produce an INCEPTION-like kinda flick.

"the spirit is willing, it is the flesh that is weak"

I have seen badass scripts in my time, but the fear of failure would not let many a director/producer to take the leap.

Many have come to ruins because of one bad picture that could not sell "10,000 copies".

Respect those entrepreneurs, please.

How many of you would invest in a good movie? Put your money where your mouth is

The banks would not fund it. The government looks the other way.

Venture Capital is a no go area because "no

Andersonjr:
Hey please can anyone recommend me a legit movie to watch in these categories:
Sci-fi
Horror
Crime
Action/Drama
Mystery
Errm.. Maybe Fantasy

DrDax:
It's easy to dismiss Nollywood for their lack of creativity or imagination.

As someone who has been there and done that, please clap for those guys.

DrDax:
It's easy to dismiss Nollywood for their lack of creativity or imagination.

As someone who has been there and done that, please clap for those guys.

Nollywood is not a place, neither is it a gentlemen's club.

It's an aggregate of Nigerians trying to make a living from the movies using their meager personal resources.

Kindly cut them some slack if they are yet to produce an INCEPTION-like kinda flick.

"the spirit is willing, it is the flesh that is weak"

I have seen badass scripts in my time, but the fear of failure would not let many a director/producer to take the leap.

Many have come to ruins because of one bad picture that could not sell "10,000 copies".

Respect those entrepreneurs, please.

How many of you would invest in a good movie? Put your money where your mouth is

The banks would not fund it. The government looks the other way.

Venture Capital is a no go area because "no businessman wants to risk their money on a movie whose return is based solely on audience acceptance"

So where do you want these producers to go to for funding?

Is it DSTV that buys movies off producers at an average of N1.5m.

What quality production costs less than that? How would the producer make a profit?

Or Iroko TV? Dem even dey try small.

This environment is just a joke! It's enough to suck all the creativity out of Quentin Tarantino!!!

Let's leave armchair philosophy abeg.

Oro po ni nu iwe kobo (youruba proverb)

Nollywood, I hail!!!

mjbolt hahn mekaprime2 born2freak

mekaprime2:
The Royal Hibiscus Hotel...5.8/10
Genre: Romance, Comedy.
Industry:Nollywood

Loved the concept, it was quite an original one. Acting wasn't that really impressive, the whites in the movie were more terrible actors than us. Cinematography was ok, nothing fancy, soundtracks were dope, every single one of em', the choice of Johnny Drilles' songs were a good one.

One thing I noticed about Nollywood movies is that conflict resolution of entire movies are done abruptly. Like resolving the climax of a whole movie in a space of just 30sec or less.

Secondly is the predictability. 98% of our movies are predictable & devoid of any form of twist or suspense.

These are the few of the many flaws our dear script writers & directors have to look into & work on. Generally our content has improved, our movies doesn't center on rituals, & a host of barbaric practice anymore, hopefully some day we'd get there.

DrDax:
It's easy to dismiss Nollywood for their lack of creativity or imagination.

As someone who has been there and done that, please clap for those guys.

Nollywood is not a place, neither is it a gentlemen's club.

It's an aggregate of Nigerians trying to make a living from the movies using their meager personal resources.

Kindly cut them some slack if they are yet to produce an INCEPTION-like kinda flick.

"the spirit is willing, it is the flesh that is weak"

I have seen badass scripts in my time, but the fear of failure would not let many a director/producer to take the leap.

Many have come to ruins because of one bad picture that could not sell "10,000 copies".

Respect those entrepreneurs, please.

How many of you would invest in a good movie? Put your money where your mouth is

The banks would not fund it. The government looks the other way.

Venture Capital is a no go area because "no businessman wants to risk their money on a movie whose return is based solely on audience acceptance"

So where do you want these producers to go to for funding?

Is it DSTV that buys movies off producers at an average of N1.5m.

What quality production costs less than that? How would the producer make a profit?

Or Iroko TV? Dem even dey try small.

This environment is just a joke! It's enough to suck all the creativity out of Quentin Tarantino!!!

Let's leave armchair philosophy abeg.

Oro po ni nu iwe kobo (youruba proverb)

Nollywood, I hail!!!

mjbolt hahn mekaprime2 born2freak

Born2Freak:



We are on the same page.

My original comment was saying that the government should invest in Nollywood by investing in the arts. How many film schools do we have?

Even the loans you mention- there are government grants and loans for manufacturing companies but none for movie companies.

If we invest in video technology, arts and film schools, tax breaks for movie productions etc, Nollywood would be great

mekaprime2:

You have spoken well, that was exactly were i was headed in my write-up before network logged me out.

we all need to appreciate those guy's cause it ain't easy, though constructive criticism is always a good thing. With the way the industry is headed presently, there is hope & Gods grace we'd get there eventually, the journey of a thousand miles starts with a step.

oyaskii:
Bro the last 9ja movie I saw at the cinema had me in tears because of my wasted funds....Netflix is here so there is a wider global reach now, so the producers should take a leap and do something good... I am not even calling for CGI and VFX....indie movies without VFX but with proper story line and top notch acting dey always bang.