Good you used 'concerned Nigerian' because i'm not concerned about their movies....who cares where team korean films rock?

The simple solution is to av an equivalent of IMDB(internet movies database) like dey av in Hollywood. They rate movies on a scale of 10 based on some critics analysis of d movie. if we av dah in Nigeria n a particular producer decides to always make stupidly whack movies n he gets zero returns frm his movies...he'll change for d beta or start pushing planks at d sawmill.

peopl still dey watch nollywood?

sureteeboy: The ones u're talking about are already labelled as fantasy movies with fantasy plots. But, why should you watch a movie with no fantasy setting and end up seeing a herbalist in the movie to unravel a mystery that has been keeping the movie moving? It's totally out of it.

Fantany my arsè. Are you the one that labelled them as fantasy movies?
You are just one of the self-hating people who never see anything good about their own, once it is American or European you always have your excuses ready.
There is a reason why nollywood is watched all over Africa and beyond despite the rubbish you self-hating twäts keep spewing.

vickitor: 1. We are tired of seeing spirits wear wrist watches and chains. For goodness sake, this is the spirit world you are trying portray, why are you guys still backward in movie directing? We should know that little things counts. Spirits should also stop rubbing powder on their faces and stop wearing cele overalls.

Spirit wear watch and so what? All the spirits you have actually met were wearing what exactly? You seem to have very valuable knowledge about the 'reality' of spirits.

vickitor: 2. Please, if you guys intend to subtitle your movies, please subtitle it with good english and try to edit them if possible. We are tired of seeing sentences like "where did you carry all these pregnant?" For pete's sake, if you can't edit your movies, call people to edit them for you.

And since we know you have that skill, why have you not offered YOUR services to producers instead of biatching like every other person?

vickitor: 4. Please and Please, our witches do not behave like imbeciles. How will a witch grow long fingers and very bad dentition in the midnight and the morning the same witch has the sweetest smile on earth. Don't make it look all girls with bad dentition are witches.

Since you know what witches look like all the time and what they get upto please enlighten us all. I take it you don't watch 'Grimm' just to mention one out of thousands of films and shows where such happens.

vickitor: 5. Last week, my sister bought 6 Nollywood movies.

No she didn't... YOU bought them for yourself.

vickitor: 6. We need creative directors in our movies. How will a thief drop his ID card in a robbery site in real life?

Because in 'real life' thieves do drop their IDs at crime scenes anyhow. https://www.google.co.uk/#q=thief+leaves+ID+at+crime+scene
These 'dumb' producers, as you call them, at least knew how to get info from Gorgul

vickitor: 7. Sometimes, I don't know what some casts are doing in a movie. They are neither a part of the cause, part of the solution nor a waka-pass. They are just there doing "uhummm", "mtcheewwww", "nonsense", "**clapping their hands**".

Obviously they were there to 'clap hands', sadly you didn't understand the 6 movies you just bought hahahaha.

vickitor: PS: We know you don't have enough money to produce and direct the kind of movies in Hollywood but you can as well use the little you have and with talented actors to produce a decent movie.

Dear 'Concerned Nigerian' - This 'Post Script' is the only sensible thing you have said.

Anyway shaa Mr OP, I'm just mucking about with ya. But seriously, these repeated a million times threads don tire people. Especially the threads where almost every point can be proven to be... not well thought out at all - just saying.
Instead of complaining about Nollywood why don't you complain about your sister because na so 95% of the men on Nairaland are suffering big time. Everyday their sisters are beating them up, tying them for chair, tearing open their eyes with fishing hooks and forcing them to watch Nollywood films. So please Nairaland men sorry mice be sending all these ya muscle apku, akpu sisters to me. I like.

All I have to say is " You guys obviously haven't been watching new Nollywood movies. There's been a silent revolution from like the last 3 years & things are getting pretty impressive."

@op, this is a stale joke bro. You are a man, start acting like one.

pretty_boi: All I have to say is " You guys obviously haven't been watching new Nollywood movies. There's been a silent revolution from like the last 3 years & things are getting pretty impressive."

Guy don't mind them.

Truth hurts but it has to be told. Nollywood is wack. It's an industry full of hustlers who don't understand the art of movie making. Mainly out of ignorance. Few are trying but the mediocres are many to see the good ones.
The op is only a concerned fan who wants the industry he loves to upgrade.
To those of You who antagonizing the op, I believe are part of those churning out these wack films. With people like You the industry will never grow.

True talk

c0llynz02: Fantany my arsè. Are you the one that labelled them as fantasy movies?
You are just one of the self-hating people who never see anything good about their own, once it is American or European you always have your excuses ready.
There is a reason why nollywood is watched all over Africa and beyond despite the rubbish you self-hating twäts keep spewing.

I would testify against nollywood anytime, I can't appreciate something that's careless about their audience.

Ignatio: Truth hurts but it has to be told. Nollywood is wack. It's an industry full of hustlers who don't understand the art of movie making. Mainly out of ignorance. Few are trying but the mediocres are many to see the good ones.
The op is only a concerned fan who wants the industry he loves to upgrade.
To those of You who antagonizing the op, I believe are part of those churning out these wack films. With people like You the industry will never grow.

But the industry has grown to be the biggest, best and most popular in Africa.
What industry are you in? What do you do?
How have you been able to make whatever industry you find yourself in the best in Africa?

losprince:

I would testify against nollywood anytime, I can't appreciate something that's careless about their audience.

Then stop being one of their audience.
It is surprising that the have one of the largest audience in the world despite not caring about them.

Ignatio: Truth hurts but it has to be told. Nollywood is wack. It's an industry full of hustlers who don't understand the art of movie making. Mainly out of ignorance. Few are trying but the mediocres are many to see the good ones.
The op is only a concerned fan who wants the industry he loves to upgrade.
To those of You who antagonizing the op, I believe are part of those churning out these wack films. With people like You the industry will never grow.

Very well said @ bolded.
However, the OP didn't write this because he 'loves' Nollywood, he wrote it to take cheap shots like most other people. Afterall him claim ontop say na him sista dey watch am... obviously not him.

What about irokotv, it sucks too,always crashing they can do better.

I prefer Ghanaian movies to Nollywood.

c0llynz02: But the industry has grown to be the biggest, best and most popular in Africa.
What industry are you in? What do you do?
How have you been able to make whatever industry you find yourself in the best in Africa?

yeah right, coz they make hundred of craps monthly.

c0llynz02: Then stop being one of their audience.
It is surprising that the have one of the largest audience in the world despite not caring about them.

hey nollywood cant have the largest audience in the world with their attitude.

How will Nigeria move foward when we are always criticising our own.Give them some credit, they are not so bad.You don't know what you have until you lose it.

And they should stop all those indecent scenes.

Krasid: How will Nigeria move foward when we are always criticising our own.Give them some credit, they are not so bad.You don't know what you have until you lose it.

Criticism makes you better. Thats what is wrong with Naija, we cant take criticism.

I belive nollywood is messed up but i think quite a couple of people are working to fix this and hence producing very good films.

just like the director of this movie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwF-_JNHS8g&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxwF-_JNHS8g
http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/11/12/nse-ikpe-etim-kalu-ikeagwu-bimbo-manuel-star-in-bright-wonder-obasis-broken-watch-the-trailer-on-bn/

THE'VE RELEASED IT ON DVD ... i detest nigerian films but this was differents i must say.
https://www.facebook.com/brokenmovieng

Naijamericana:

Criticism makes you better. Thats what is wrong with Naija, we cant take criticism.

Baseless and useless criticisms doesn't make anyone better.

Oh dear. ..here we go again. ..

VillageBoi:
Very well said @ bolded.
However, the OP didn't write this because he 'loves' Nollywood, he wrote it to take cheap shots like most other people. Afterall him claim ontop say na him sista dey watch am... obviously not him.

Bro, you've said it all. Always on point.

Naijamericana:

Criticism makes you better. Thats what is wrong with Naija, we cant take criticism.

Yes, criticism makes you better.But too much criticism brings you down.Why didn't the O.P also point out the advantages of Nollywood to Nigeria?

Nigerians generally do not have the spirit of excellence and perseverance to follow through on a project as painstaking and complex as a MOVIE. Our economy hasn't developed to the point where we can afford the luxury of having 10,000 screens . If we did, investors would be incentivized since there's a proven distribution channel to recoup the ton of investment it takes to make a quality production. The average Nigerian has a low bar on what she considers entertainment on the TV screen. The inflexibility of our culture/society to push new frontiers and try new things like the French and Koreans consistently do.

sureteeboy: The ones u're talking about are already labelled as fantasy movies with fantasy plots. But, why should you watch a movie with no fantasy setting and end up seeing a herbalist in the movie to unravel a mystery that has been keeping the movie moving? It's totally out of it.

Europeans act movies according wot happens around dem, Imagine a Nigerian film writer trying to write on a film such as 24, it doesn't make sense. Try 2 understand dat diz pple aя̩̥̊ε̲̣̣̣̥ nt copying any culture. I'm nt saying dey're excellent o, bt at least u can't compare a film produced 5years ago with d 1 dey produce now. Development takes a gradual process

very true dear, it also got me thinking.

c0llynz02: But the industry has grown to be the biggest, best and most popular in Africa.
What industry are you in? What do you do?
How have you been able to make whatever industry you find yourself in the best in Africa?

Yes the industry has grown but the quality of their (Alaba) works need need improvement.

I'm part of the movie industry and I see a lot of bs every week.

Some nollywood films are of high quality, the ish is that they are seldom sold on cds they are shown in cinema's e g last flight to abuja, ije, etc. Quality and realism is not considered in producin naija films because of the haste in producing them, can u imagine dat deception has been introduced by movie producers, the oder day i was deceived into buying a movie with anuobi ekwu on the poster whereas she does noy apear in the film at all!