Djicemob: If its not the mind-numbling 'blackberry girls',it would be a 'fazebook babes' fiasco or the '2go babes','girls on fire','baby oku','campus girls','oga on top','bold5 babes' et al Where you see mature peeps trying out childish and fake attempt in acting.

Djicemob:
1.Poor story lines-You watch a whole movie without making any sense of it just to be hit in the face with a "Watch out for part two" allusion at the end.

Gbam,, a nollywood movie in which the starting storyline is about "Love" 20mins later its about "Land Matter" 21mins later its about "Witches and wizards"

Djicemob:
3.Lack of creative directors-Lets admit it our direction ain't creative enough to pull a full length movie and keep you at the edge of your sit,sometimes the first 20mins of a movie,you see nothing except names,adverts and so on before the actual movie starts and last 30mins.

The worse part I hate in Nollywood is this," A mum just heard her son is hospitalized,they would show her getting dressed,entering her car,driving from Iyana-Apaja to Abute-Matter(every bit,they won't cut the scene ) till she gets to the hospital,killing 30mins of the Movie

Djicemob:
4.Lack of talents-When i see some of the actresses and actors in a nollywood movie,am like "Is this person supposed to be there at all?" Why not give the role to someone who can actually interpret the role? It musn't be Mercy johnson or Tonto dike you know.Each has their strong point.A non-famous guy or girl on the street can be taken and tutored for a role and he or she would interpret the role better,that's how stars are made(Ask the Americans).

And to add to this, Nollywood don't work on child actors,they don't build them up, in Nollywood
A child would be talking to his mum and at the same time looking at the camera shining his eyes

Djicemob: .
8.Over Acting-They tend to over cry,laugh,cough and do most things in excess and more annoying,u'll see a supposedly village girl biting her tongue on that british accent thereby making the role un-natural and/fake.

This Pisses me off,I feel like tearing my eyes out whenever I spot these..
Patience Ozokwo after killing her husband(with one witchy witchy tin) would start making a fake cry,everyone in the community would join,crying for 26mins and the child actors would remain there looking at the camera,shining their eyes and 24 teeth

Ok
Let me add mine to the list.
Lacking Patience and Endurance(more like your number 7)- Only in Nollywood they get to make a movie in 2 weeks Part 1 to 4 ,you think am lying? check the "Ebola Movie" and "Missing Girls"
I mean wtf Tell me what time they did the Casting,getting a Director/Producer,writer Its like magic,,,,
They won't learn,check out hollywood in which they already work out a storyline,cast actors, 2 years before the movie release date,and filiming takes place a year before the release date... But Nollywood ,noooooo,under 2 weeks everything is done



And btw 'I swear' I don't hate Nollywood *crosses fingers*

tonyayo1: O.P, one word for you; you are still into 'old NW movies,' or maybe you've not heard about new NW? If your answer is no, bros you still dey very far... We all know that NW churns out 99% of crappy movies, but we produce 1% of good ones and they are under the new NW production. I haven't seen upto 10 new NW movies, why? 'Cause there are no cinemas in Aba, and that hurts. So let me kinda prove you wrong base on the movies (new NW) I've seen, it's nothing personal o, and I must add: please please biko stop watching those old NW movies, it's unhealthy to watch them. So...

1. Poor story: Every country flaws in this category sha but have you seen white waters or figurine, they don't have part two though, those are good storyline.

2. Same actors/actress: Not in my new NW.

3. No creative directors: mmmh... Tchidi chikere (Dumobi)Biyi bandele (Half of a yellow sun), kunle afolayan (Figurine) etc these guys are good.

4. Lack of talents: I don't think so, old NW stuff (handpicking cast)

5. Lack of proper funding: Not in new NW, in new NW, talented filmmakers make movies base on the budget, it is not a must that you'll use 3m to shoot an action pack movies.

6. Qualified personnel: this doesn't make one a perfect filmmaker, experience/enthusiasm/passion does, even world class movie makers like james cameroun, quentin taratino etc attend no film schools, it is OK to attend film schools but not a must.

7. Money minded: being money minded after releasing a quality film? Is Ok by me o, 'cause it's a business also.

8. Over acting: some does sha, but 99% of them are seen in old NW.

P.S - I know there are a lot of mediocres in the industry that doesn't want to improve their craft, what we hear everyday is that we suck we suck, why? because we watch rubbish they produce, I rather use my N150 to buy 20 in 1 HW 90's movies than to buy or rent all those craps they call movie, the only way to change all this is for us to stop patronising their crappy movies, many of us that bashes those movies will still hire and watch them, still we come here to complain that NW is crap, you rather stop watching those craps than coming here to bash them. O.P it's nothing personnal o, abegi ejoo...

Djicemob: In as much as u tried to make sense i believe u didn't really succeed.An industry where u have to go the cinema to watch a good movie does it make sense.An industry where 100 films are made and we can celebrate only 5 out of them and u think is worthy of respect? An industry where u see a village girl with tatoos on her back or an industry where u see Mercy johnson or Omotola playing the role of a secondary school girl? U talk of patronage.Do u know Hollywood movies are more cheaper and better here than our indigenous movies? Who goes to a shop and sees the new guardian of the galaxy(@N200) then end up buying figurine(@N500)? Do u know how much is half of a yellow sun now? Yea every country has their downside but we are generally known as a downside.Don't u think we need to check ourselves instead of promoting mediocrity?

Ignatio:

You're mediocrity itself. Start checking yourself first.

So you buy Guardians of the Galaxy N200 and for your mind you think say na original copy you buy? Either you don't understand the term piracy or you're just too ignorant to know.

You need to learn dude.

So going to cinema to watch a good movie doesn't make sense?

You're not just poor in the pocket But poor in the mind.

Ignatio:

You're mediocrity itself. Start checking yourself first.

So you buy Guardians of the Galaxy N200 and for your mind you think say na original copy you buy? Either you don't understand the term piracy or you're just too ignorant to know.

You need to learn dude.

So going to cinema to watch a good movie doesn't make sense?

You're not just poor in the pocket But poor in the mind.

Djicemob: Tonyayo1 and Ignatio...It seems you guys are trying by all means to disassociate yourselves from reality. So u mean a poor man doesn't have the right to a good movie too? why must a movie be made in my country and i have to go the cinema before i can see it or buy it at an exorbitant price just before i can see it and at the end of the day be hit in tha face wit disappointment? You as the all knowing,how many original movie do u have in ur house now? We are guilty of this buying cheap movies and that's reality.I'll repeat,Why go the cinema to watch a supposedly good NW movie when u can get a better movie for #200?.

tonyayo1:
Bros, you are getting the opposite here, what did you mean by 'reality?', watching old NW movies that are cheap? A poor man than owns a TV and a DVD that can also rent or buy part 1 - 4 bad movies is capable of using that same amount to buy one good one, simple. Watching movies in cinema is not a must for everyone sha, and cinemas accept movies that they believed is perfectly made not crap, I believe you are working to gain in life, so does movie makers. Haven't you asked yourself why two guys will start same business and one will blow than the other, it's not that he sells his product cheap, he sells quality/original.

Do you know that fuel and kerosene is not 100% important to man? But men can steal buy them @ N200/ltr, why? 'Cause they needed it, so if you, poor men etc really appreciate good and quality movies, you guys have to wait patiently to get your hands on one than watching loads of crappy ones.

There are hundreds of NW movies I'm dying to see, I'm waiting patiently to get my hands on one someday, that does not warrant me to start watching a lot of crappy ones.

Djicemob: The reality is...in Nigeria,u cannot escape from crappy movies.Every turn u make u see one crappy NW poster or go to a video store and see crappy NW movies littered everywhere.I only get to see trailers of the so called good NW movies only on the internet.Is dat the NW of ur dream? Lets face it,most of the so called good movies we have here always have one or two connections with our foreign counterparts,either u have foreign producers or directors or actors/actresses or sponsors etc.Take Blood and oil,Mr bello,Half of a yellow sun etc for instance.Can't we make a good movie on our own? Or Is it too much to ask?

tonyayo1:
OK... The only way to stop all those crappy movies littered everywhere is for us to stop watching/patronising them, and me and you know that it's impossible, even in HW there are a lot of perfectly made direct to DVD movies, but in NW, it'll be a bad idea, why? 'Cause it'll be pirated. Having connections with foreigners is thinking outside the box, it's not a bad thing, every country does that. We have hundreds of expensive core NW made movies.

FYI... Blood and Oil is no NW movie, it's a British movie shot in Nigeria/Nigeria setting.

Djicemob: Prof.Yea other movie industries was once crap but how old is NW? Are we going to remain crap forever? As a matter of fact,i think NW is on the decline.Cmon we used to make good movies before.