Yoruba Actors And Actresses In Nollywood Are Better?

@Zulunation.Man,i've been waiting for 13 goddam pages of this 4 somone 2 bring up d point u just made: Whether english or native,Nigerian movies are WACK!!!(with d exception of a few mainframe films), aki & pawpaw are slaves to idiocy;mr ibu is a retard;nkem owoh has lost his touch;ini edo is walking in genevieve's footsteps i.e 'get overused by them unread sellout producers & then get thrown away when u start "overcharging"-according 2 those greedy mofcukaz called producers.'  4ck em all!

  Say no more. The guy no gree for your Arnold assessment--Schwartzenegger is the king for him .

All in all, the wording of this post is deliberately controversial. Orikinla seems to be trying to rile up some dischord by splitting acting talent according to ethnicity. I'd be offended by the way he phrased it too, whether or not he's Igbo.

I think more "serious" cinema watchers would probably say that Yoruba videos are better than English ones, but that does not necessarily have to do with the ethnic qualities of Yoruba people. It has to do with the fact that for the most part, Yoruba actors are acting in their first language, and that many Yoruba movies are made by people with theatrical training--sometimes decades of stage acting experience, like Lere Paimo, Ogogo, and even Baba Suwe. The combination of a professional acting background and greater fluency in your mother tongue makes for a higher-quality production. That's why, IMO, Tunde Kelani's Mainframe videos are the best-known Nigerian productions around the world in film festivals etc. like the African Film Festival in New York, the Toronto Film Festival (where they showed his newest video, Abeni) etc. That doesn't take away from the incredible popularity of English-language videos, but I don't think they would win high marks anywhere for their quality. English-language Nigerian videos are being watched all over the world and has created a new industry for the country, and that's a great thing. The Yoruba video industry is the largest first-language cinema industry in Africa and is recognized for its high quality in film festivals, and that's a great thing. Both are great achievements for Nigeria.

Also, not all actors in Yoruba movies are Yoruba. Rachael Oniga is a huge star in the industry who is Igbo; Fathia Balogun is from Delta State, I believe; and several non-Yoruba "Nollywood" (I don't like the term) actors like Clem Ohameze and Tony Umez appear in Yoruba movies.

ThiefofHearts--great points about the quality of a Portuguese-language film like City of God or the culture of the Indian film industry versus the worldwide popularity of Titanic or Mission Impossible 3 etc. That's what we're talking about, in my opinion. I see you like Radiohead as well 

One thing I don't understand is the whole thing about Ramsey Nouah--maybe someone should tell him he's not considered 'Yoruba' enough by some people. I think his middle name's Tokunbo and he's done a couple of Yoruba films but who knows Maybe he'll have to re-examine himself to make sure he fits into Internet categories of what a Yoruba person should be

No kidding Donzman I've never seen so many Yoruba folks just coming out. I guess this would be the wrong thread to say any thing bad about Yoruba Movies.

I'm still waiting for Wesleyan and HotAngel I wonder what happened to them

I'm sure the "lots of Yoruba people" will admit this as soon as you admit that you don't watch Yoruba movies, you have no idea about their quality vs. English 'Nollywood' videos, and that the only reason you're even replying is to play defender for your ethnic group instead of giving an honest, factually based response 


 


I agree that English-language movies aren't just Igbo, but Orikinla implied that all Yoruba actors are better than "Ibo/Urhobo/Isoko" actors, and didn't really give any reasons for why he felt that. I'd rather have him explain than put words in his mouth, but stereotypes are not good for anyone, whether positive or negative.


I only know "Karma Police" actually. Maybe you can introduce me to their catalogue sometime 

yea that's why they are praised by New York and Toronto film festivals. You obviously don't know how big those events are. Stick to Borat, please


lol the english is like 2% of it all, again does that mean they are untalented since they didnt abandon Hindu to go all out English? Give it up Donzman.


However I see why some people might have been annoyed. I went in "arguing" in this thread over the "Yoruba films are better than Nolly ones" which is true, I completely ignored the "better actors" part, I guess I'd be kind of ticked too although it's not that off base because like Terra said most Yoruba actors have background starting from stage theatre as opposed to just "discovering people" like some of the "Nolly" actors but there ARE some really good actors in "Nollywood". They just need some damn good scripts.

*yawn* I'm done. The fact you are comparing some network like African Magic which I could have easily made just to show Nolly movies 24/7 to huge festivals respected by Film Institutes show how VERY little you know. Why wouldnt they show English movies on such a network when Nolly is more about Western influences.

Hopeless hater. I'm done with you.

Sentiments differ my friend and can be perceived as false and biased. Here is what doesn't lie, MONEY IN THE BANK!, You can keep playing on awards or cheap claps from the Toronto Film Festival, in the end what matters is how much you're compensated for what you do. Common sense tells us that better talent earns greater compensation and examples are numerous. That is why EPL players make millions while Pepsi league players owe millions. Show me what you get in return for your talent and I'll tell you whether you're talented or not.


You should, rationality is forever above sentiment just like the sky is forever above the earth.  , The man that argues based on rationality can never be defeated by those who argue based on sentiments, of what value is something you can't touch?

oh yeah, why do a lot of the english movies almost all the time have to be about some guy coming from abroad w/ some funky accent and lots of cash, and gennevieve marrying him and some other girl trying to marry him?
it's usually soooooo predictable. omg

I'm such a psychic, WOW . How did I know Wesleyan was going to show up on this thread. Maybe I sould be Mr cleo.

Simple my dear, any thread that has any kind of comparison between the Igbos and Yorubas you there like a vulture on fresh meat.

I can see in my crystal ball that HotAngel will be showing up on this thread very very soon too.

Oh boy you should become a pastor/prophet, you're more accurate than most anyway.
They're part of Nollywood but we're separating Yoruba movies from the rest of Nollywood now because they bring the quality of the industry down.

hotangel mostly has better things to do w/ her time.
i don't think she comes on here anymore.
well, i guess i'm the only looser left. 

My dear Wes I know nothing about Yoruba or Igbo movie so I'm not even gone front and act like I know anything about Nollywood. I've seen a few Nigerian movies and personally I think they need so much improvement. Like I said on my earlier post, it's 2006 and we still using technology from the 70's to make movies in Nigeria.

I just cam on this thread to look for you and freshen up on my psychic abilities.

good. you can go back to where ever you came from now. 
and freshen it up on someone else.

I'm gone for now miss attitude , I'm sure I'll bump into you on another Yoruba/ Igbo thread