@ Larayat
check out the music video we made in the late 90's. compare the musc video to the ones we make now. even we are respected in Africa when it comes to music videos. our music are very good now. we even shoot on 35mm film that very few south africans can afford.

but talk about our films its still the quality of 15 years ago. infact the standard has dropped. AFTER 15 YEARS our film industry has not improved and we explain it away by saying we are still growing. no man we are not ready for change and we even fight change. thats why people like me get shut down when we say anything bad about the poor quality of nollywood.

i said we cos i still see myself as a nigerian film maker. i wont say cos i'm not in nigerian i no be naaija again. i have a film i'm writing for naija and when i'm done i will source for finance and shoot it in naija.

if there is any good anija film i do appreciate it. there are some old school naija film that i respect. take for example i fell keeping faith with RMD and this girl was good.

There is money in naija. its just that they dont want to spend on film cos the marketers buy it for ridiculous price. why will people like dbang come and spend millions of naira on 4 minutes music video and we cant spend that much on part 1, 2, 3 films that we make.

cheers

@bishoptboy
GOSH,i couldnt understand a sodding tin u said abt music video cos am only intrested in talking jenifa bt one tin for sure is frm d time i started watching nig films i knw dey are definately improving 4GOD sake,aw can u compare 15 years production to dis time, n u saying it has dropped dats really bad n i tink am really intrested in watching your so called movie wen its out, chao

ok ok. tell me if Jenifa is better than saworiode. how many film makers have ever achieved the level of art direction that Oleku pulled off. can you compare the quality of Jenifa to hostages. i'm saying we are not improving our standard. the films people shout about dont make any sense again. i asked myself if people are shouting Jenifa is a great film and i saw a film that was very and i mean it very bad! i ask myself this question. "what did nollywood do to our people's taste that Jenifa has become the "blockbuster" to many" a film with bad art direction, bad casting (old women calling themselves jambite as if we didnt go to university in nigeria), bad acting, bad script. i think our people need to stop watching rubbish and get their taste back on track.
I dont have to make a movie to be able to criticise bad movies. over 90% of movie critics all over the world dont make any movie but they are feared by movie makers because they are the ones that will either tear down the films or praise it. we shut down our ears to critics like a dog that wants to get lost and decides not to hear the whistle of the hunter

Larayat pick a good old film made in the 90's and compare it to the ones being made now and tell me what you think.

I think i agree with veira that it should be a sketch show. there are some few funny village people like aderupoko and that suliat boyfriend . apart from that every other thing is rubbish.
holla

@bishoptboy,y wud i compare two diff films wit diff tins such as,storyline,setting n as u"ve said directing n to tink of comparing saworoide,hostages or wat av u.n nw to counter wat u av said earlier tank GOD u knw our producers are d one who made d films u were comparing wit jenifa so wats d point, if old women are acting role meant 4 teenegers wats d big deal at least its done perfectly well n i mean perfectly, cos dat wat a film is all abt being able to interpret d roles given to u well n even do u want to tell me der are no older women in our universities,good acting bt not a new script.

Remember u were d one making such fuss ova d film u are producing n 4 real i wud want to be der wen ur film makes it to d oscars, n i culdnt agree less wit u ova wat veira said u knw pple of like minds go together,

firstly there is no two films that are to be the same. if there are two films that are the same then one is not necessary. I'm comparing two Yoruba/nollywood films i.e saworiode and Jenifa. i asked you to compare two films one from the early 90's and one from now annd tell me how we have improved. but you didnt. all you are talking of is "lets see if your film makes it to oscars" that is the problem i have been shouting. dont attach me lets talk Jenifa and nollywood.
secondly i never contradicted myself. i said nollywood makes bad movies and the ones we made years back are sometimes better than what we are making now. Tunde Kelani is known for good yoruba films.

thirldly if you caled what those old women did as perfect then i think we should stop this talk cos i guess you dont even know good acting. you call that over the top perfect acting. you need to ask someone who knows good acting to tell you what a good acting is. Nollywood is known outside of nigeria for over the top acting which you can only find on stage and not film. someone needs to teach those guys what good acting is. for me that was bad acting.
talking of casting if you cast wrongly you cant convince me that wrong casting gives good acting. its like argueing with the police that your 5 years old boy can drive very well. he is 5 man! he is not supposed to be driving. why cant they cast young girls that can act. are you telling me they cant find any. its like casting a 25 years old boy to be a grand dad and saying he acted it well. even if he did it wont be convincing.

Larayat this is not about winning an arguement, its about seeing the truth and accepting it. if we continue to run nollywood the way its run now, mark my words 100 years from now we wont grow. if nollywood need to grow then we neeed to change the whole process of film making. its only in nollywood that marketers call the shot.

Can someone pls post the link to the Video?
Chiurs

@bishoptboy, just resum n av been busy doin reg i just want u 2 knw sometin cos it seems u always ready 4 argument, jenifa wud always b to me a nice n hilarious film to me irrespective of wat u or anybody say abt its standard, n if u are so ready for critizism den u can honorably go on and on, its a free worid n at least dat wud nt stop funke frm still selling copies per day so, its still jenifa, chao.

haleluyah she is selling. ok , you don win larayat. i give up jenifa is da real "naija blockbuster".

okay hands down,sefini

movies in present nigeria are no movies but junks except from gurus like tunde kelani and few others who sit down, think, and spend alot of money and time producing a movie. jenifa, however been one of these junks can really be a good way to waste time behind the screen. at least for the yoruba

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this is what they say if you kill one prophet, seven will rise. I leave lakeside 44 and larayat to continue the argument.

@ bishoptboy,na u sabiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii so,lakeside,ur bros don run.so if u tink u are up to it den bring it onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.i;ll be suer waiting 4 ya all

Larayat, Larayat, Larayat! how many time i call you. its not about winning an argument cos i have learnt that once people want to win an argument they close their eyes to the truth. I'm not into argument. YOU WIN if thats what you want. But know this Jenifa remains a very very bad film and i gave you reason why its bad but you dont have reasons why its good cos you never even analyse a film!

If Lakesisde doesnt return lets rest the case. you don win!!!!

i am not out to drag views with any body. after all every body is entitled to its own opinion ( even with couples and twins) generally i am not moved by niger stuff and even many new foreign films. i only watch what will while away my time and caugth my attension. i love quality and creativity which many of nigerian movies lack due to technical capability and fundings, but at least try to patronise few of "tin wa tin wa" our own. i am happy and will be happy to see great things "videos" comes out of this country. that is my view and no more[color=#770077][/color]

do u av to shout my name on dis forum like dat,gosh u are sooooooooooooooooooooooi'll save my breath

The Funke girl won the AMAA  award for the Best Actress in a leading role category (African Oscar )I saw a little bit of that movie where she was the  pajama and boots village girl felling funky on campus. . .that was convincingly embarrassing, even I felt the embarrassment and actually hoped she wouldn't compound the situation with some off color remark (I believe she did) . I will watch the full movie later in the weekend. Went to a store last weekend and left empty handed 'cause they had only bootleg copies. . . I am feelin' the movie(from the little I saw) so I am not going to give my money to no bloody pirate.

grafikdon:

ThI am feelin' the movie(from the little I saw) so I am not going to give my money to no bloody pirate.

where will you go instead?

ThiefOfHearts:





where will you go instead?

My people in Nigeria and Netherlands always hook me up with Original Naija movies , I think it is worth the wait. Besides It would be nice for my collection since I only collect movies that I actually like. I just hope they have it on DVD 'cause I just throw all the VCD bullcrap into some box.

grafikdon:


My people in Nigeria and Netherlands always hook me up with Original Naija movies , I think it is worth the wait. Besides It would be nice for my collection since I only collect movies that I actually like. I just hope they have it on DVD 'cause I just throw all the VCD bullcrap into some box.

Ditto cant stand VCD. You live in the city right? there are some shops in Queens/Brooklyn/Bronx that sell REAL Naija DVDs.

It seems I'm missing out on something good. Since last year I've heard nothing but positive stuff about this film; even from the hard-core cynics

ThiefOfHearts:

Ditto cant stand VCD. You live in the city right? there are some shops in Queens/Brooklyn/Bronx that sell REAL Naija DVDs.

I know quite a few in Queens and Brooklyn but 90% of the time, they try to sell you a "lemon" . There's the Sanga guys or whatever . . . Seen a couple of their DVDs and they look pretty decent and very authentic but unfortunately, it was that "Beyonce" film that nearly scrambled whatever I have inside my skull (very cheap fraudulent title ). I heard they have some arrangement with Nollygolly people to repackage those imbecilic VCds and put everything on DVD. . .

Yea Sanga is good.

grafikdon:

I know quite a few in Queens and Brooklyn but 90% of the time, they try to sell you a "lemon" . .

Make them play it at their shop before buying

suliat kan aiyetoro kan, dont mind the haters they dont apprciate anything unless its from "abroad" i thot it was good despite the flaws, i laughed for ever, still am when i rememeber all the catchphrases like gbogbo bigs galz, donjazzy re, we gats 2 belongs, quite unique, i think she has made a name for herself and she ill not be 4gotten in a hurry
GO ON SOHUN JARE MY SISTHA! IYA WON, awon ti won ba ni o ni di bigz gals, Kongon a soo!!

ThiefOfHearts:

Yea Sanga is good.

Make them play it at their shop before buying

How did you bribe Seun for him to release your name. Confess! what did you promise him?


@topic

Jenifa won her the best actress. Good for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first set of twins

sure ite jenifa 4 me all da time, haters,RUN

ThiefOfHearts:

My first set of twins

. you don marry be that. . . .Seun will soon be a father

I don't really dig our naija films as most of them tend to leave a bad taste in my mouth. But after coming across countless reviews about "Jenifa", I got the film and sat down to watch.

Well, it started promisingly but then, somewhere along the line, something happened on the way to heaven and making the effort to complete the part 2 was comparable to watching paint dry on the wall.

That Funke Akindele girl used to be one of the reasons why I bothered with "I Need To Know" back in the day, but I dare say that "Jenifa" was in bad taste. I mean, forget about patriotism and the need to promote our own, I, personally, watch movies to get entertained. And "Jenifa" failed abysmally on that score.

No doubt, she is a good actress, but even that alone could not salvage "Jenifa".

Y'all can get out the nails and crucify me, but that's my two kobo.

the movie is good
notting special 2 me sha
i like the girl that acted Jenifa

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