80% Of Nollywood Films Are Wack

every one is discovering actors and artists through reality shows and compititions but we are leaving the fact that we need to discover exceptional movie writers that will make our nollywood movies watchable. 80% of nollywood films are wack. i am a good writer but none of my brother is a marketer and that bars u in nollywood.

80% ?man we talking 99.9% the only directors works worth watching these days  are Tunde Kelani and Tade Ogidan everything else is mostly rubbish.

WHEN YOU WATCH MOVIES LIKE THE DEPARTED,OR SERIES LIKE PRISON BREAK,24,LOST YOU WONDER IF WE DO NOT HAVE WRITERS THAT CAN WRITE A SCRIPT WITH SUSPENSE,ACTION,INTRIGUES AND ALL, NIGERIA FILMS ARE TOO LAME,I HOPE THE WRITERS OUT THERE CAN COME OUT AND SHOW THEM SELVES.THE MARKET IN NIGERIA IS WAY TOO BIG,BUT THE GUYS IN CHARGE NOW  TO SEE THIS.THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS BY MAKING A FILM EVERYONE CAN APPRECIATE.IMAGINE WE ARE UP TO 150-160 MILLION IMAGINE SELLING YOUR MOVIE TO 30-40% OF THE POPULATION THATS ABOUT 48MILLION PPL. IMAGINE THE PROFIT YOU CAN MAKE.APART FROM THAT BY NOW WE SHOULD BE AIMING TO GET A NOMINATION IN THE OSCARS.THE SO CALLED DIRECTORS WE HAVE NOW ARE YOU CRAPPY,THEY  THINK ITS JUST BY CARRYING A CAMERA ABOUT THAT MAKES THEM A DIRECTOR,EVERYTHING MUST BE IN TUNE TO MAKE A GREAT MOVIE, FROM THE WAY YOU CAPTURE EVERY SHOOT OF THE MOVIE,TO THE BACKGROUD SOUND, AND SO ON.HAVING SAID ALL THIS I THINK PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT FEEL THEY HAVE GREAT STORIES  SHOULD START WRITING,AND IF YOU CAN`T WRITE THEN PATNER WITH A WRITER AND SHOW SOMEONE, JUST DO SOMETHING.START A FORUM, OR WHATEVER, I KNOW ITS HARD TO GET SOMEONE TO RECOGNISE YOU BUT NOTHING GOOD IN LIFE COMES WITHOUT HARDWORK AND PATIENCE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY NEVER GIVE UPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! WE WILL GET THERE VERY SOON!

what ever opinion we have, the fact remains that nigerian films are watchable.at least it is rated 3rd best movie industry in the world.what we need is improvement, and it is coming gradually
Up Naija!

getting better

My take here is am just so happy about the ban it really gave up coming artists a chance.I was really getting sick of the same old people.Yesterday on africa magic i saw previews on Uche jumbo and Nonso Diobi's film festival and i was HAPPY.good very good people PEOPLE LIKE THIS before now where condemed to supporting or wakapass roles.

Reality shows are also doing good but to hear the gory details of how these winners still struggle to get roles.The politics! men it is gangster!being rated 3rd in the world ko being rated in the worl ni.This is in terms of production with over 1000 movies in a week why won't we be third.QUALITY PEOPLE!thats what we should look out for.

Diction,costumes,directing,immortalizing the character to be played etc.These are basic details we should look into.I read Dramatic Arts in one of the best schools in the country specialized in costume/mask and makeup but had to branch out to advertising(whic is my 1st love) when i saw the amount of dirt going on in the movie industry.

We will get there some day.GOD HELPING US!

2 things:

1. not 80% but 98%

2. they are not wack but silly, annoying, IQ puncturing and a waste of good time.

All the dramas are predictable, lack suspense and twists.

WHY can't u compare our movies to american movies? don't u see what nigerian music has turned to? some can be compared to those abroad. at least mode9 can rap better than the silly 50 cent. so why can't we.

they have refused to improve. looking for quick money instead of quality

Dude tell me something that i don't know even the deaf dumb and blind man knows their shit is whack

well nigerian films are sure trying
well their level of exposure and all.
what they really need is good script and also good continiuty,and they should always know that not all nigerians are fools so if they actually get away with the fact that chioma chukwuka's had her nails fixed in an epic movie, and jim iyke was wearing a slippers he wore as a pauper,again as a made man five years later,then there is a problem.
what i actually feel is that they should just go the extra mile to make the make believe believable,like asking the cast of an epic movie to grow eyebrows before shooting begins,people don't carve their eye brows back in the time or beta still fix some for them.

though most of the time the stories are wack but some just ned a little polishing and wats with the title?

well i like films by tade Ogidan because personally i think he is reall trying making an effort to put nigeria on the hollywood map.

lets hope we get there.

Try 99.9%

Nigerian movies are wack, but just a few are meaningnful.

We can't compare ourselves with american,european, indian movies.
Even if u bring all the technology to nigeria,our movies can't be like theirs because of our difference in culture. If u notice european movies are different from american movies.

Culture matters in the comparison of movies.
Mosst african movies are similar because of our similar cultures,

But we still need to work on our directing, scriptwriting and the likes.

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I have given up watching our movies, same producers, same story line and same actors/actresses.

Completely true.

Some people argue that Hollywood did not get there in one day. But have we yet given birth to movies of the class of "Gone with the winds) -1940smthg, "Sound of Music" -1961/2, Roots (Early 1970s) etc. Even Arelu series by Jimoh Aliu in the 80s is much better than the rubbish our house help stays glued to African Magic for.

I have a postulation though.
If you enjoy Nigerian movies more than the American ones, its probably because you have issues with understanding oyinbo people and its just too thick for you to follow. You would rather prefer a 15 minute film dragged on to 6 hours, in Part 1 and Part 2.

Finally, it is those of us that are most annoyed with it that can change the industry, and there are many things militating against the change
1. Do the majority even think there is need for a change. Will they appreciate the subtle plots and be able to infer, instead of being spoon-fed the story a sentence at a time???
2. Are the majority of our best writers not wasting away in banks and the telecoms industry???
3. Will the pirates let you reap well from box office earnings???
etc etc etc

But all these are surmountable, and we shall overcome !

"Ok, 80% is putting it mildly
Wack is such a nice word. you probably don't want to get in trouble with Seun Osewa's admin engine.
Nollywood, schmoolywood, crap! (unadulterated)"

THIS IS WAT I WANTED TO SAY!!!!!!!!!!d movies are MESSED UP!!!!!the DIRECTORS are WACK!! ???they are all full of s***t 
!!but i still wonder au come they say they are the 3rd biggest movie industry in the world!!!!!!!
they are CRAZY!!!!!!!!!they should go and do their research properly!!!!!!!!
nollywood my BFA!!!!!!!!!
 

You guys should go and act your own movies and lets see how good it is. You are talking about been a good writer.

na for mouth? You guys keep talking about how wack Nollywood movies are and yet you are the dumb Nigerians

and will not patronize your own Country. You know how many Hollywood movies are wack? uncountable.

What's the kung fu cinema called? Cos the me kung fu movies are the best.