I initially hyped The Figurine before I even had the time to watch it. Now that I have, my take on the movie is simple - Kunle Afolayan(Sola), should not have stared in that role, his dialogue towards the end with Femi(Ramsey Noah) when Femi hit Sola at the shrine with a wooden plank and killed him, was flawed and painstakingly unbelievable. So far, that has been my only critique on the movie.

I commend Jovi Babs on the script writing but I do not take a liking to his cheesy dialogue lines and the overt energy it took to make the story sound mysterious with lines such as -

Sola - But Why you go talk sey you no go fit help us?(With a little bit of an American Accent at the end of that line)

Soldier - Look I no fit help, we no dey tread pass that place again. Una people sey den see winch inside there. We no dey tread past that place again.

That caption was the opening sentence of the scene before they traveled to Araromire's shrine, and why the repetition like its poetry?

Do you get my point? Sola might as well have opened the scene with his caption as "Oga you gasto help us o. We really need your help to enter that place". Now it sounds more believable for an opening scene, in my opinion.

I really loved the screen shots, the angles, the track in's and out of Araromire the statue, kudos to Kunle Afolayan on that.

I found out that on close up shots, the sound was better, but on distant shots, the sound wasn't so contained, it sounded like doves been released from a cage, with echo's and tiny sound distortions.

Mona(Omoni Oboli) was superb in acting but there was a flawed dialogue between her and Femi(Ramsey Noah)at the garden where they both sat down and she told him about the ill luck the Araromire statue was going to bring after 7years. This was the dialogue -

Mona - There's something I've been meaning to ask you, did your luck suddenly change after our NYSC?

Mona(Omoni) - Did things start to go in your favor even when you don't deserve it?

Trust me, just the way the question was put, sounds really cheesy(in a mysterious kind of way). Jovi Babs(The writer) must have run out of ideas here. Now here's the worst reply ever -

Femi(Ramsey) - (face down)Mona, if everything I ever wanted was at my feet (looks up), then you would be my wife, not Sola's. Junior would be my son, and the unborn child would be mine.

Femi then ends the sentence with "If every thing I wanted was at my feet" like its poetry. This is not an Elizabeth(an) movie for christ's sake.

All in all, I enjoyed the entirety of the movie, was worth the wait. I take back my earlier comment that this was ground breaking, but it sure did raise the bar. I look forward to Nollywood shooting a blockbuster with buildings collapsing and stuff. Ooo, oooo, and I forgot to add that the question at the end of the movie - "What do you believe?" Was stale and totally unnecessary. I thought we stopped doing that since Glamor Girls.

The Figurine
Mike.

lol...Figurine of Since when?

btw, Jovi Babs didn't write the script.


This your criticism get as e be....E be like sey make me sef dey criticize your writeup . Don't tell me you are an aspiring critic o...You gat a lot of homework to do .

speedyboi: lol...Figurine of Since when?

btw, Jovi Babs didn't write the script.


This your criticism get as e be....E be like sey make me sef dey criticize your writeup . Don't tell me you are an aspiring critic o...You gat a lot of homework to do .

Me? No o... No be me be the original writer ooo

Foxy_Flow:

Me? No o... No be me be the original writer ooo

why you wan dey deny now? Aswear, I wasn't going to bash you .


Oya add your source sharperly! Na that one fit cause gbege cos I hate plagiarists .

speedyboi:


why you wan dey deny now? Aswear, I wasn't going to bash you .


Oya add your source sharperly! Na that one fit cause gbege cos I hate plagiarists .

You should know Ankara Boi from "X-Factors". You need another soup again?

Foxy_Flow:

You should know Ankara Boi from "X-Factors".

we don't know him ooo. give us the link to where you copied this article

heard about this film I think I need to watch it...
btw y must dy use my name in almost every films