1897, is a new movie from legendary director Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, parading stars such as Segun Arinze Paul Obazele, Mike Omoregbe, with special appearance by Justus Esiri(now deceased). The film focuses on the invasion of the Benin Kingdom by the British Empire in 1897 and how they carted away ancient artifacts belonging to the kingdom.

1897 boldly attempts to unearth the real deal behind the invasion... read more on http://9aijabooksandmovies./2013/05/22/invasion-1897-lancelot-imasuen-goes-historical/

The title sounds funny to me...

No disrespect to Mr. Imasuen, but I think that if a historical event of that much importance is going to be covered by him in a film, he should make a deliberate effort to step up the quality of his work by several notches. I've seen parts of some of his other movies and I wasn't really impressed - but then again maybe I've been spoiled by Hollywood.

PhysicsQED: No disrespect to Mr. Imasuen, but I think that if a historical event of that much importance is going to be covered by him in a film, he should make a deliberate effort to step up the quality of his work by several notches. I'm seen parts of some of his other movies and I wasn't really impressed - but then again maybe I've been spoiled by Hollywood.

Hopefully, he has stepped up his game but you just spoke my mind in your post.

Lancelot's work are not always mindblowing. He is not one of idumota guys and he is not superb either. But his movies make it to the cinemas.....So maybe i can call him upgraded version! .


I hope he doesn't release it during the time when Izu Ojukwu's "76" comes out......as that film will just crush this one with box office

speedyboi: Lancelot's work are not always mindblowing. He is not one of idumota guys and he is not superb either. But his movies make it to the cinemas.....So maybe i can call him upgraded version! .


I hope he doesn't release it during the time when Izu Ojukwu's "76" comes out......as that film will just crush this one with box office

May God have mercy on you oh! 'Upgraded version' indeed. Well, I know him to handle all these 'Royal academy (another name for Emem isong ) movies, but let's see if he can pull this off.

sholay2011:
May God have mercy on you oh! 'Upgraded version' indeed. Well, I know him to handle all these 'Royal academy (another name for Emem isong ) movies, but let's see if he can pull this off.

He can't (sorry for being pessimistic). But he is not the 'improving' type; he has always been this way in his craft.
I watched Adesuwa (a story about benin as well), I just felt like killing the VFX supervisor

speedyboi:


He can't (sorry for being pessimistic). But he is not the 'improving' type; he has always been this way in his craft.
I watched Adesuwa (a story about benin as well), I just felt like killing the VFX supervisor

Em...*scratches head*....wetin be VFX supervision...em sorry...supervisor?

I no sabi...pls, come down to my level.

lol @ you people sef! And yes the title sounds weird. Teehee, make una no yab our awesome cut & paste VFX people

VillageBoi:
lol @ you people sef! And yes the title sounds weird. Teehee, make una no yab our awesome gut & paste VFX people

Shey u don watch am? You know you are a stricter VFX critic than I am.......But the VFX in Adesuwa was bad!

Oh Gawd! Wat is VFX? And please, don't refer me to google. E jowo, e so fun mi nw.

sholay2011: Oh Gawd! Wat is VFX? And please, don't refer me to google. E jowo, e so fun mi nw.

Do you really mean it? I thought you were kidding with us. VFX = Visual Effects

speedyboi:
Shey u don watch am? You know you are a stricter VFX critic than I am.......But the VFX in Adesuwa was bad!

No I nefa see Adesuwa, I go swearch for am to rent or buy... I hope there is a rent option because I really don't want to buy it.

VillageBoi:

Do you really mean it? I thought you were kidding with us. VFX = Visual Effects

You get him time

.

VillageBoi:

Do you really mean it? I thought you were kidding with us. VFX = Visual Effects

Yes, I meant it Though, I sensed it means visual effects, but my assumption could be erroneous. I've learnt smth.

speedyboi:

You get him time

Oh man, he was kidding and I fell for it. Sholay you owe me one basket of village mangoes becaus you just 419d me

^^^ Now I have to edit the above as you really were not joking! Duh!! lol

sholay2011:
Yes, I meant it Though, I sensed it means visual effects, but my assumption could be erroneous. I've learnt smth.

walahi.! me sef think say na play ooo..
it is well sha..

VillageBoi:

Oh man, he was kidding and I fell for it. Sholay you owe me one basket of village mangoes becaus you just 419d me

I wasn't kidding . Don't be surprised bro, my ignorance about moviemaking knows no bounds .

sholay2011:
Yes, I meant it Though, I sensed it means visual effects, but my assumption could be erroneous. I've learnt smth.

And SFX means 'Sound Effects' not the new form of Nollywood se.ex effects crappy films lol.

prof800:

walahi.! me sef think say na play ooo..
it is well sha..

Hey Prof... where you dey siiiiince!!?

VillageBoi:

Hey Prof... where you dey siiiiince!!?

my oga..i dey here dey follow una posts ooo...some of speedyboi posts dey make me laff die as e dey fire some people.

prof800:
my oga..i dey here dey follow una posts ooo...some of speedyboi posts dey make me laff die as e dey fire some people.

Ah I no be oga o! Na you be our oga. Yeah SpeedyBoi is well funny.

VillageBoi:

No I nefa see Adesuwa, I go swearch for am to rent or buy... I hope there is a rent option because I really don't want to buy it.

Na the DVD i watched. I know this isn't right but....i think i've come across it on youtube before (and i think it is illegally uploaded)......Maybe you can take advantage of that (I don't it will be in High quality though).


Really, i won't advice you to buy it either. I bought it cos of the hype but i was disappointed! It's a really superb story, very nice plot, great picture and sound quality, good cinematography, 'okay' directing, but the effects spoiled show (and at a very crucial part sef). Then the fight scenes were properly filmed, but terribly edited with poor sound effects that could've have done a lot (like the clashes and friction of swords and all). Sha just watch am.

prof800:
my oga..i dey here dey follow una posts ooo...some of speedyboi posts dey make me laff die as e dey fire some people.

Hey which of my posts?

speedyboi:

Na the DVD i watched. I know this isn't right but....i think i've come across it on youtube before (and i think it is illegally uploaded)......Maybe you can take advantage of that (I don't it will be in High quality though).

They should have put it on Distrify to make some extra money there. How do we support 'New Nollywood' if we don't want to buy a physical DVD? They need to get in with technology and take advantage of it. I might watch the Youtube upload but a low-res will make it seem even crappier.

speedyboi:

Hey which of my posts?

Hahahahaha you dey ask?

VillageBoi:

They should have put it on Distrify to make some extra money there. How do we support 'New Nollywood' if we don't want to buy a physical DVD? They need to get in with technology and take advantage of it. I might watch the Youtube upload but a low-res will make it seem even crappier.

You should be able to get the DVD in stores..Just look. I don't think it's online though. It was distributed by Nollywood Distributions and the company doesn't really do online stuffs, but when it comes to hardcopy DVD, IT IS one of the best in that! You won't look too much

VillageBoi:

Hahahahaha you dey ask?

I really do not know ooo

speedyboi:

You should be able to get the DVD in stores..Just look. I don't think it's online though. It was distributed by Nollywood Distributions and the company doesn't really do online stuffs, but when it comes to hardcopy DVD, IT IS one of the best in that! You won't look too much

Hahahahaha bwwwaaaaahhahahaha (http://www.afrikandvd.com) DVD Adesuwa-1 = $1.99, shipping to 'England' = $42.30... yeah right!

VillageBoi:

Hahahahaha bwwwaaaaahhahahaha (http://www.afrikandvd.com) DVD Adesuwa-1 = $1.99, shipping to 'England' = $42.30... yeah right!

I was wrong!

speedyboi:
I was wrong!

No, not at all. I'm sure I'll find it somewhere much cheaper. Or will have to resort to Youtube. Once filmmakers have done the cinema run they really need to start making their films accessible to people that want to pay to watch them... or how else are we meant to support our industry?