I have to give it to the PR team that managed "Half of a yellow sun". They eventually got me to the cinema to see the movie.

But at the end of the movie, I have come to these conclusions:

1. The pictures are far better than the regular nollywood movies (the only positive stuff)

2. The storyline is far from the Nigerian civil war.

3. The story lacks direction, at a point in time, I wasn't sure if it was the biafran story, or igbo mother trying to force another on to her son, or children making decisions for themselves(Zack Orji's children)

4. I wasn't sure of what Chiwetel really does for a living, revolutionary wasn't portrayed at all

5. Then, I wonder why they had to make Ugwo suffer all those mini mojo noises

6. The war scene is obscure.

Wo, shebi some of una sef don watch am, drop your views.

Meanwhile, remember every point above is my personal opinion.

Overall, I was highly disappointed. To think that I didn't even understand what Genevieve Nnaji(Miss Adebayo abi Adebiyi my foot) and O.C Ukeje was doing there...

My advice, read the book leave the movie...

For the umpteenth time, Half of a Yellow Sun is not a Biafran story. It is a romantic story set during the Biafran War. Big , sorry, gigantic difference.

Briareos: For the umpteenth time, Half of a Yellow Sun is not a Biafran story. It is a romantic story set during the Biafran War. Big , sorry, gigantic difference.

Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published in 2006 by Knopf/Anchor, it tells the story of the Biafran War[1] through the perspective of the characters Olanna, Ugwu, and Richard.

It says through the perspective of, not that it's a romantic story set during the war. Or is that how you saw it? If so, that makes it more confusing. But, I must confess enough romantic scenes to make up for a short mojo

I neva read d novel, i neva watch d movie #nocomment yet

Your opinion is so daft and stupid. Why don't you go to retirement village?!

After seeing 12 years a slave,I won't be so shocked abt how crappy half of a yellow sun might be.

Some over hyped things end up that way.

Crixina: After seeing 12 years a slave,I won't be so shocked abt how crappy half of a yellow sun might be.

Some over hyped things end up that way.

So I'm not the only one that see '12 years a slave' as crap

I was dissapointed too, to think I bought the DVD for 500naira.

Just watched the movie yesterday, and comparing it with all the hype, it was almost crap. The good thing was that I watched it in the comfort of my house. Minimal costs encountered.

The truth is that it is difficult to compress all the details in the book into one 1-hr plus movie. At a point, it was like the producers were just showing one scene each from each chapter...making it look 'incoherent' and discontinuous. It was not making much of any sense to me.

But the graphics were okay anyway.

Just my humble opinion though.

mufex: Your opinion is so daft and stupid. Why don't you go to retirement village?!

Too much SK