iamoyindamola:

The guy is stupid by default no matter what you say to the dolt will change it

Ikillbrokehoes:
I'm tired of that guy, me, octopussy and others have told him calmly to stop posting series here but he won't listen, following simple instructions is very hard for some people.

Ikillbrokehoes:
I'm tired of that guy, me, octopussy and others have told him calmly to stop posting series here but he won't listen, following simple instructions is very hard for some people.

Anny69:
Me.

Achilles100:
Has anyone finished Asteriod City? ( The beginning was so slow for me). Is it any good?

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar makes me wants to see other movies by Wes Anderson.

ErenXSatoru:
Grave of the Fireflies

I thought going into this movie would be tears galore but it actually isn't, it'll leave you just feeling devastated and hopeless which is actually way worse. I had this question Setsuko asked growing in my mind constantly "Why do fireflies die so fast?", which metaphorically referred to her death at the end; She was a firefly who died early.

The story of the effects of World War 2 has been told several times but not in this way, it wasn't even from Seita but from the little girl Setsuko - my thoughts on war normally came from books about the Nigeria Biafra War like Half of a Yellow Sun and There Was a Country but this movie was just simply the most simplistic story and visually stunning tales of depression, hunger, good and evil, joy, little droplets of hope, pain, disease.

I tried to put myself in their shoes by asking myself - Would stealing be OKAY in a time of war? would I ever survive ALONE in a time of war? What if I had a child I knew could never survive? What I was doing or the industry I was working in be important in the time of war? Will my perceptions of family change? Would I rather survive the war or die in it? Would I even have the will to live if I never developed connections strong enough not to ask those questions?

Like 90% of Ghibli lovers, I'll never watch this movie ever again.
I can't rank it by the way

IngeniousLeez:


The most depressing war movie I've ever watched and one for all times. No live action war film even comes close. To tell you how much impactful the animation was. Had nice visuals as well.

There's another anime movie I hear is as depressing and gut-wrenching as "Grave of the Fireflies"— Barefoot Gen. I hear it might even be more depressing sef talking about the same themes of war as well as the aftermath of the Hiroshima atomic bombing.

I'm lining up that one very soon.

Watch movies like these and you'll know that most people chanting for war never really know the consequences or have experienced it first hand.

Ikillbrokehoes:
/Dude stop derailing this thread, they have warned you severally to stop posting series on this thread but you don't listen, you keep posting intentionally. it seems I will start reporting your posts for derailing.
I don't understand why most Nigerians don't follow instructions.

ErenXSatoru:

I'm not watching any depressing movie anytime from now, I should watch comedies from now on, I've had enough for a month

Someone should review the movie Elf for me, I don't want to waste data

ErenXSatoru:
No one's talking about mission Impossible dead reckoning in the high seas

GloriousGbola:
Reddit thread took me here


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-9MbhK4tt8

oyaskii:
The Black Book (2023).


Again, if only Nollywood could hack this good script writing thingy, they might be in business!

According to reports, this has the highest budget for a Nollywood flick ever, at an impressive $1M!, and i just had to see it, if the budget was put to good use, and the Simple answer is Yes and No, Yes been that this probably has the highest production value of any flick made here in a while and i can clearly see why it is doing so well internationally, and No, been that every other thing is below average and we shouldn't be having these problems any more.

Pros
As i mentioned earlier, the production is so high quality that i was actually amazed, the cinematography and the color grading was so good, and could rub shoulders from those from other well established movie industries. The direction was fantastic, i follow Editi Effiòng on X, and i know when he was looking for an "established director for this" and the search was futile, that eventually had to step into the director's chair and he did a mighty fine job. The casting was A1, majorly veterans of the game, and that cast will move me any day.

Cons.
It was like these people just finished production, and when editing they just threw anything at it and called it the plot and just ran with it because what the hell was that?. The plot was running into different directions and asking so many questions that they simply had no answers for. I have tracked Editi Effiòng's trajectory and he has been doing well but he should allow another person into that writers room!. The plot paths became so ambiguous that you would simply just abandon trying to follow any of them. The character development was basically next to zero. If they had just followed one of the plot and saw it through well, they might have had a fantastic flick that would have left an indelible mark in this clime. One other thing i noticed, that is not peculiar to this flick alone but to other flicks here in recent times that have had a big streaming outfits backing them, The acting tends to be "unnatural", especially from the leads, who are actually fantastic actors with exceptional range that fit the stories we tell here. They tend to want to mimick the lingua and mannerisms of "Hollywood" for a flick in similar genre, and that makes their delivery seem out of place and plagiarized, they probably think it will help them sell it more internationally. it is worse in this because they actually copied the John Wick Template a bit. That's why i continue to praise Chidi Mokeme's "Scar" gangster delivery in Shanty Town (2023), He clearly understood the assignment.

All in all, they lost me with the plot but I stuck it out because of the unusually fine production on display, albeit the experience was enhanced because i saw it in FHD.

Good for a first watch but a second watch might be a beautiful torment.

6/10.

majesticguy:


$1M for that shitty movie 😲😲.. I don't think Brotherhood production cost was up to 200 million naira, but we all know Brotherhood was a better movie than this. The folks who made Black Book have a lot of explaining to do as to why that movie gulped a million dollars in production cost.

I respect your opinion Sir, the fact is that we encourage mediocrity a lot, that's why the industry is stagnant. Asides the locations, and the few veteran actors that did justice to their roles, the whole thing was just horrendous.

Well for starters RMD acts were just horrible and unbelievable, you could see him struggling with the action scenes all through the movie. To run or move from one place to another was a huge task for him.

Secondly, notwithstanding that the plot was cliche, the most annoying part of it all was that it was all over the place. One minute it was John Wick, but rather a dog, it was a human being, next it moved to John Rambo Last blood, before you say jack, it's now Taken.Ha!!! Oga writer copy one movie na.

Honestly the industry needs to buckle up, one step forward, ten steps backwards. Check out Korean movie, I don't mean the love sh.it, I mean actual Korean movies and see what real progression looks like.

Ikillbrokehoes:
/Dude stop derailing this thread, they have warned you severally to stop posting series on this thread but you don't listen, you keep posting intentionally. it seems I will start reporting your posts for derailing.
I don't understand why most Nigerians don't follow instructions.

Westerhoffe:


Well done…

Matix222:

What about that your boyfriend Stalyon69 Ona don break up Abi?

IngeniousLeez:


You can check out the remaining of his short stories co-released alongside Henry Sugar. 👇

IngeniousLeez:


Most people are waiting for the better quality on October 10 I think.
I can't go through watching Chinese hardcoded subtitles while watching something that a better quality will be out in a week time.

abduleez1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyRxxpD3yNw?si=Z-bfmjitpas-jjO-

abduleez1:
Now this is something to get hyped for..... looks really fun. 🤩🤩


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OJIne8YlQk?si=f6bnsIqbUpE-9hoX

Anny69:
We haven't.

Anny69:

Hope2014:
Please where can I download movies, nkiri does not have some movies I wish to download

majesticguy:


$1M for that shitty movie 😲😲.. I don't think Brotherhood production cost was up to 200 million naira, but we all know Brotherhood was a better movie than this. The folks who made Black Book have a lot of explaining to do as to why that movie gulped a million dollars in production cost.

I respect your opinion Sir, the fact is that we encourage mediocrity a lot, that's why the industry is stagnant. Asides the locations, and the few veteran actors that did justice to their roles, the whole thing was just horrendous

Well for starters RMD acts were just horrible and unbelievable, you could see him struggling with the action scenes all through the movie. To run or move from one place to another was a huge task for him.

Secondly, notwithstanding that the plot was cliche, the most annoying part of it all was that it was all over the place. One minute it was John Wick, but rather a dog, it was a human being, next it moved to John Rambo Last blood, before you say jack, it's now Taken.Ha!!! Oga writer copy one movie na.

Honestly the industry needs to buckle up, one step forward, ten steps backwards. Check out Korean movie, I don't mean the love sh.it, I mean actual Korean movies and see what real progression looks like