I so much love dis guy work

ElekeNtioba:

u must be very retarded. U see 'half of a yellow sun' mentioned in d write-up and suddenly its an igbo vs yoruba tin

i don't know if that's what is saying ooo and i'm not trying to be tribalistic or derail the thread,but what i've noticed in my environment and most especially on nairaland is that igbos are just too more tribalistic than yorubas

teeo:
If you haven't seen the movie then shut up

u are as crass as d movie den. Calling a movie critic a tribalist because he 'dared' to give poor rating to a movie by ur fellow yoruba.
FYI...d reviewer is yoruba.

Evrytin is a competition wit u pple....smh

veevean1:
nd we r supposed to be good citizens shake mi head for u

Lol. So not watching Naija's movie means am not a good citizen. Quite the contrary, ma'am, and How are you?

destante: take me along

Would love to, but as you are not in Lagos, Nigeria..then another time.

mesoade: i don't know if that's what is saying ooo and i'm not trying to be tribalistic or derail the thread,but what i've noticed in my environment and most especially on nairaland is that igbos are just too more tribalistic than yorubas

we are talking abt dis thread not d history of Nairaland.

teeo:

There's no point, it reeked of greiviance. Whatever beef he has with Afolayan is not my business but I an sure the op is just another tribalist. Lots of people who saw the movie put it to be better than half of a yellow sun.

Read the review properly, he only targeted personality of the actors, no basis for comparism and content analysis. He should go and sleep jare. No be by big grammar

Hian. Maybe my understanding of English language is poor, so please explain how this comment screams triabalism:

Inside critics who had seen the movie earlier had placed it over the glamorously superficial ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ released a few months ago, consequently spiking interest in this two million dollar “David” that had supposedly struck down Biyi Bandele’s 10 million dollar (and if you are Nigerian, 1.59 BILLION NAIRA) Goliath. But then, both films seem to have a lot in common and with such budgets- bearing in mind that Nigeria has a high level of poverty- their efforts to raise Nigeria’s film reputation must be applauded, for Kunle Afolayan especially, who seemed to have had a very difficult time amassing resources “all alone” and had every aspect of the film (save the colour grading) done strictly by Nigerians in Nigeria- yeah, patriotic poo. So, our reaction to the movie would be tinted with compassion… If we were a bunch of Bottom holes, but that’s the cool part, we arent.

Btw, isn't it strange that a non-Igbo is being tribalistic against his own people? I say naija is moving forward

A person having a personal vendetta against another doesn't sum up to ethnic bigotry. You should watch your choice of words.

I read through your post and i felt like punching you right in the halls. I had to go check the Topic

It's only a Critic's Review

Thank you, you can run along

adioolayi: Constructive criticism is good...as good as it is, I will only ask the writer to tell us one film he/she has directed, produced or acted before....if non, then he/she should keep his/her mouth shut!

You do not have to be a director to be a movie critic. You also do not have to be a chef to be a food critic. Go watch ratatouille

20pounds: I have not seen this movie, but I must confess that this is one Nigerian movie that I look forward to seeing. Why? Cos I have seen the making and it is sooo good! I hope it doesn't disappoint me like Half of a yellow sun did.

Yes, Half of a yellow sun was an epic fail to me. The retinue of international cast that could not pronounce their character names properly - including my brother from Enugu state, Chiwetelu Ejiofor - was the starting point of my disconnect with the movie. Their facial expresions and portrayal of characters were unAfrican to say the least. Thandie Newton and Noni whatever were more American than African. To think Thandie is British and act like American churns at the stomach!

Why rush to parade international stars when we could have sourced for stars locally? Imagine a Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson playing Okonkwo in Achebe's Things fall apart. I had to draw this inference cos Adichie writes like Achebe by using Igbo language to think and translating it in english, on paper. You cannot divorce the rich Igbo culture from their writing.

The movie was not in conformity with the novel. I understand this happen sometimes when good books are made into movies, but I tend to ask if Adichie saw the movie before it's release? I ask this cos the character Okeoma, in my opinion, was created as a tribute to the fallen poet Chris Okigbo, who died in the war. Adichie gave him his dues by making him die at the war front like he did, but the movie had to make him die at Odenigbo and Olanna's wedding, thereby demeaning his sacrifice and making a coward out of him. The director need not show the scene of him dying at the war front. Someone could just have brought the news to Odenigbo and Olanna, like Dr Nwala did in the novel.


To me; Onyeka Onwenu(Odenigbo's mum) and the actor who played Harrison(Richard's houseboy) were the best. I reserve my comment till I have seen October 1. I do not want to predict the temper of the chick still in the hatch.

Lol. U are so right about the half of a yellow sun. I had to download the book and after reading u could imagine my disappointment. The film didn't portray the book at all! Here I was wondering why odenigbo's mum called olanna a witch ( I found out from the book). The hype for that movie was really not worth it mbok. Abeg add Ugwu to the list, I enjoyed watching him, his facial expression was something else. He made the movie bearable.
And to october 1st movie, Kunle Afolayon is someone I respect so much and I'm certain he will deliver

[quote author=20pounds]I have not seen this movie, but I must confess that this is one Nigerian movie that I look forward to seeing. Why? Cos I have seen the making and it is sooo good! I hope it doesn't disappoint me like Half of a yellow sun did.

Yes, Half of a yellow sun was an epic fail to me. The retinue of international cast that could not pronounce their character names properly - including my brother from Enugu state, Chiwetelu Ejiofor - was the starting point of my disconnect with the movie. Their facial expresions and portrayal of characters were unAfrican to say the least. Thandie Newton and Noni whatever were more American than African. To think Thandie is British and act like American churns at the stomach!

Why rush to parade international stars when we could have sourced for stars locally? Imagine a Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson playing Okonkwo in Achebe's Things fall apart. I had to draw this inference cos Adichie writes like Achebe by using Igbo language to think and translating it in english, on paper. You cannot divorce the rich Igbo culture from their writing.

The movie was not in conformity with the novel. I understand this happen sometimes when good books are made into movies, but I tend to ask if Adichie saw the movie before it's release? I ask this cos the character Okeoma, in my opinion, was created as a tribute to the fallen poet Chris Okigbo, who died in the war. Adichie gave him his dues by making him die at the war front like he did, but the movie had to make him die at Odenigbo and Olanna's wedding, thereby demeaning his sacrifice and making a coward out of him. The director need not show the scene of him dying at the war front. Someone could just have brought the news to Odenigbo and Olanna, like Dr Nwala did in the novel.


To me; Onyeka Onwenu(Odenigbo's mum) and the actor who played Harrison(Richard's houseboy) were the best. I reserve my comment till I have seen October 1. I do not want to predict the temper of the chick still in the hatch.
Moreso, chiwetelu Ejiofor was too handsome to be the Odenigbo described in the novel. Additionally, the original story in the novel presents the readers with a love story enmeshed with the rise and demise of Biafra. However, on seeing the movie, I couldn't tell if it was a love story or a Biafran tale; it seemed too rushed for me.

I don't know why people keep panning 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. I love the movie. It's one of my best for the year 2014.

I look forward to seeing October 1st

Well, this is what critics do. So, I hold no grudges against the writer.

For lack of a better way to say I enjoyed the film-from role interpretation to directing to, inshort the total package- I will say it in our usual way. This film is 'SWEET'.

In other news, go and watch the film. The tickets were sold out for all the time slots, I had to settle for the last show of the day late in the night. Even at that, they brought in extra seats to accommodate the crowd.

IMO, it is still the best so far this year, I will rate it over 'HOAYS'.It was worth the money spent,you will not regret watching it.

I'm very surprised at the review comments posted by the op. I havent seen the movie, but the "behind the scene" being shown on Africa Magic tells one it is a movie worth watching, and Afolayan should be really commended. The movie may not be 100% but it is a really good improvement and a good showcase for what the Nigerian movie industry has to offer. I believe we should encourage Nigerians who do commendable exploits, not bring them down.

good write up colawole, more grease to ur elbow. For most peeps, critiquing is to allow for growth. The fact that you saw the makings doesn't mean the storyline makes sense.

i don't care about the review of the movie,am still gonna go watch the film

...said the reviewer who is yet to achieve as much as a real domain name for himself.


I will need to see the film for myself.

davide470: Would love to, but as you are not in Lagos, Nigeria..then another time.

oh I see

dania30:
Lol. U are so right about the half of a yellow sun. I had to download the book and after reading u could imagine my disappointment. The film didn't portray the book at all! Here I was wondering why odenigbo's mum called olanna a witch ( I found out from the book). The hype for that movie was really not worth it mbok. Abeg add Ugwu to the list, I enjoyed watching him, his facial expression was something else. He made the movie bearable.

just my experience! Had to download the book and was totally disappointed with the movie...sincerely I dozed the first half of it

UjSizzle:
Hian. Maybe my understanding of English language is poor, so please explain how this comment screams triabalism:




Btw, isn't it strange that a non-Igbo is being tribalistic against his own people? I say naija is moving forward

A person having a personal vendetta against another doesn't sum up to ethnic bigotry. You should watch your choice of words.

We could go see it together and I have Half of a yellow sun. I think its the one that was shown in the cinemas outside Nigeria and not the edited version we saw.
Good morning

will comment after I've seen d movie

destante: oh I see

What are you seeing, dearie?

davide470: What are you seeing, dearie?

nvm. *faces palm

teeo:

We could go see it together and I have Half of a yellow sun. I think its the one that was shown in the cinemas outside Nigeria and not the edited version we saw.
Good morning

Good morning

adioolayi: Constructive criticism is good...as good as it is, I will only ask the writer to tell us one film he/she has directed, produced or acted before....if non, then he/she should keep his/her mouth shut!

Do you even know what a review is? I think it's you who has to shut up.

UjSizzle:
Good morning

I would take that as a no. Cheers

Brimmie:

My Brother, I swear to God.. When you finally watch this Movie, and you remember this Article.. I bet you would like to locate this Writer and stone the fvcktard to death. And all he could rate him is 5/10?? Really??

I'm yet to see this movie but the fact that whoever wrote this rated "the figurine" and "phone swap" as substandard, I won't take his words with a pinch of salt cause i've seen both movies n I think they r great.

Ishilove: I don't know why people keep panning 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. I love the movie. It's one of my best for the year 2014.

I look forward to seeing October 1st

Did you read the book?
I've found adaptations extremely disappointing in the past that I don't bother watching now (not even GOT ).

uzolexis:

I'm yet to see this movie but the fact that whoever wrote this rated "the figurine" and "phone swap" as substandard, I won't take his words with a pinch of salt cause i've seen both movies n I think they r great.

A lot of people found 'the figurine' to be substandard.

teeo:

I would take that as a no. Cheers

Lol
It's a "I'll think about whether I want to watch a nollywood movie in a cinema"

We'll talk offline.

adioolayi: Constructive criticism is good...as good as it is, I will only ask the writer to tell us one film he/she has directed, produced or acted before....if non, then he/she should keep his/her mouth shut!

you speak nonsense and guttered !! ....If we aint criticised then how would we make it better than before ?

Kunle Afolayan has tried and kudos but with the loopholes shown , he would do better next time !! .... Criticism is what makes this life a better place interms of progressive development !!

20pounds: I have not seen this movie, but I must confess that this is one Nigerian movie that I look forward to seeing. Why? Cos I have seen the making and it is sooo good! I hope it doesn't disappoint me like Half of a yellow sun did.

Yes, Half of a yellow sun was an epic fail to me. The retinue of international cast that could not pronounce their character names properly - including my brother from Enugu state, Chiwetelu Ejiofor - was the starting point of my disconnect with the movie. Their facial expresions and portrayal of characters were unAfrican to say the least. Thandie Newton and Noni whatever were more American than African. To think Thandie is British and act like American churns at the stomach!

Why rush to parade international stars when we could have sourced for stars locally? Imagine a Denzel Washington or Samuel L Jackson playing Okonkwo in Achebe's Things fall apart. I had to draw this inference cos Adichie writes like Achebe by using Igbo language to think and translating it in english, on paper. You cannot divorce the rich Igbo culture from their writing.

The movie was not in conformity with the novel. I understand this happen sometimes when good books are made into movies, but I tend to ask if Adichie saw the movie before it's release? I ask this cos the character Okeoma, in my opinion, was created as a tribute to the fallen poet Chris Okigbo, who died in the war. Adichie gave him his dues by making him die at the war front like he did, but the movie had to make him die at Odenigbo and Olanna's wedding, thereby demeaning his sacrifice and making a coward out of him. The director need not show the scene of him dying at the war front. Someone could just have brought the news to Odenigbo and Olanna, like Dr Nwala did in the novel.


To me; Onyeka Onwenu(Odenigbo's mum) and the actor who played Harrison(Richard's houseboy) were the best. I reserve my comment till I have seen October 1. I do not want to predict the temper of the chick still in the hatch.

I totally agree with you on half of a yellow sun. The movie was awful. If I had not read the book I wouldn't have any idea what they were trying to potray in the movie. It lacked content n organisation,it was so disoriented,the scenes were not coordinated and there was no flow of thought. I could go on and on but let me stop here....in summary I was utterly disappointed with the movie cos I sooo looked 4ward 2 it.