Two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born 200 years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on. Basically, they're fighters and killers, living from war to war through U.S. history. In modern times, a U.S. colonel, Stryker, recruits them and other mutants as commandos.
The brothers join the group and are sent to the team's first mission: Invade the headquarters of a diamond trafficking operation in Lagos, Nigeria, to retrieve a meteorite. Afterwards, Stryker and the team brutally interrogate people from a nearby village to learn where the meteorite was found. James is disgusted by the murders committed by his teammates and abandons the group.

Hollywood loves Nigeria. 

You got the story wrong. I Victor survived but Logan didn't make it, I still miss him "Igbokwenu, kwezuenu"

They cast you as cannibals and ritual killers, yeah Hollywood really loves Nigerians.

Are people that daft or I need to get off my high horse?

How did this post make it to the home page? The poster must be the moderator.

alleno:

How did this post make it to the home page? The poster must be the moderator.

NAIRALAND DON MAKE ME LAUGH OOOO!!!     

SO ANY HOLLYWOOD FILM WEY TALK ABOUT NIGERIA GO MAKE FRONT PAGE.   

^^^^i bow o besides we already treated this issue when the movie first came out.
Now that we are getting ready for x-men first class is when someone is just raising this??
<heavy hiss>

, next thread abeg.

@ poster,
did u actually watch the movie and did u notice ow Nigerians were potrayed and treated? if u are actaully a tru Nigerian. u wont reason 'muttalably' like u just did.Hollywood koo Ojuelegbawood ni

beystwin:

Two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born 200 years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on. Basically, they're fighters and killers, living from war to war through U.S. history. In modern times, a U.S. colonel, Stryker, recruits them and other mutants as commandos.
The brothers join the group and are sent to the team's first mission: Invade the headquarters of a diamond trafficking operation in Lagos, Nigeria, to retrieve a meteorite. Afterwards, Stryker and the team brutally interrogate people from a nearby village to learn where the meteorite was found. James is disgusted by the murders committed by his teammates and abandons the group.

Hollywood loves Nigeria. 

guy u no try.

na film wey all men watch early 2009, u dey watch now, 
See, Nigeria was also mentioned in 'Avatar' and we have already discussed it on nairaland,
so no come talk about am early 2011, 

E clear say u no get work. Moderator abeg sanction this guy and urself for eleven months.

Who's moderating the front page?

Una de craze. big hisss

Is that really a big deal?

The portrayal wasn't even accurate, for goodness sake! So I ask, is it really a big deal?

(P.S just so you know 'THAT' infamous movie, District 9, got a couple of Oscar nominations, I hear That ought to make us Nigerians really proud! Hey, people, lighten up: we're in the movies!!! It beats being in the NEWS!)

We are in the movies yes, but are we being portrayed as the Brilliant Legitimate Intelligent Nigerians with Great attitude that we are or as HOOKERS and CROOKS from some creepy FOURTH WORLD COUNTRY?! We should be careful what we celebrate. In DISTRICT 9 we're portrayed as hookers and hustlers, in XMEN we're portrayed as villagers engaged in stone trafficking, and in AVATAR we're just some remote part of the universe that some punk ass commander went for mission. so what's worth celebrating in all these?!!!

Lol @ Poster!

Yep we are. So what? When Russia is portrayed in movies they are ususally dumb KGB agents or noveau riche touts. French portrayed as snobby, long nosed idiots. English as bufoons. And the list goes on and on.

No, its not to be celebrated but whats to be done? Ironically, most of the movies churned out of Hollywood are done by people who have never been out of their corner of the world. We have bigger problems than being portrayed as hookers and criminals (which, incidentally, is what we seem to be good at portraying by ourselves without any Hollywood movie).
We Nigerians make such a big to-do about being 'one in every 5 black people' in Africa then we're pissed when our 'sins' are displayed on TV? We like the good things of fame and not the bad?

If y'all don't like it, don't watch it or petition against it. I havent watched District 9 and won't bother going out to look for it.

Mtheeeeeewww!

scoro99:

guy u no try.

na film wey all men watch early 2009, u dey watch now, 
See, Nigeria was also mentioned in 'Avatar' and we have already discussed it on nairaland,
so no come talk about am early 2011, 

e good make you tell am now

babylishus:

Yep we are. So what? When Russia is portrayed in movies they are ususally dumb KGB agents or noveau riche touts. French portrayed as snobby, long nosed idiots. English as bufoons. And the list goes on and on.

No, its not to be celebrated but whats to be done? Ironically, most of the movies churned out of Hollywood are done by people who have never been out of their corner of the world. We have bigger problems than being portrayed as hookers and criminals (which, incidentally, is what we seem to be good at portraying by ourselves without any Hollywood movie).
We Nigerians make such a big to-do about being 'one in every 5 black people' in Africa then we're pissed when our 'sins' are displayed on TV? We like the good things of fame and not the bad?

If y'all don't like it, don't watch it or petition against it. I havent watched District 9 and won't bother going out to look for it.

I second that! GBAM!!!

make una leava holywood alone abeg

To be honest I quite agree with the fact that X-Men Origins is kind of too old to be having as a discussion in 2010 however, there is also some logic in arguments that are raised here. I was part of the thread that discussed the District 9 movie and honestly, I don't think X-Men Origins is anything compared to the portrayals of Nigerians in District 9. Sorry but X-Men Origins did not portray Nigeria in anyway other countries have not been portrayed before. A Diamond smuggling cartel with armed black individuals and a rural setting with black Igbo people does not exactly mean that they have run down Nigeria or Nigerians in anyway. In fact I have seen this same portrayal of other countries in other movies.
In AVATAR, I am sorry I don't get the feeling of being just some remote part of the universe at all, to be honest I don't think these two movies did any harm to the image of Nigeria unlike District 9.