Just as it is with products that are imported from European, Asian countries and the USA are always highly rated in comparison to those that are produced in Nigeria even if they may have same quality and may even be cheaper - the Nollywood movies are always thought of as inferior when compared to Hollywood movies and we find all kinds of name to kill the brand like there's no story line, It's predictable from the beginning of the movie, but we forget that the budget on Hollywood movies may be as high as 150,000,000 USD which is because they are funded by various banks, companies and investors. What would have happened if the Nigeria movie industry could have even less than 20% of the kind of sponsorship they receive - It would have been revolutionary considering what they achieve with the little they have currently.

SCENES THAT ALSO SHOW THAT HOLLYWOOD MOVIES ARE PREDICTABLE



This lock down period have made me watch many Hollywood movies and i noticed similarities in movies, scenes, plot and predicted some scenes which always are repeated.



1. The American cop suddenly becomes more informed and lethal about a case which they've been pursing for a while without any progress or success mostly when they've been suspended and asked to go home or on forced vacation for some weeks, months, indefinitely suspended or even fired and are called back or asked to rejoin the force after they must have burst or cracked a big crime syndicate, cartel or drug lord with lots of applause and celebration

2. Most Music or dance group always have one person in the group that dances better or sings better but will leave the group close to a very important competition with no hope in sight the group will still push to partake in the competition only for the star boy or girl to appear from no where at the last minute and welcomed back by the group which in most cases become the cynosure of all eyes and wins the competition for the group with a lot of celebration.

3. During combat scenes the protagonist or actor as we like to call it in trying to rescue is family member(s) that have been held captive, wife or girl friend, the protagonist would've beaten everyone and killed the enemies who are now on the floor seemingly dead only for him or her to be shot or the person(s) he rescued because the person was yet to die and in most cases that's when several bullets will be riddled on the villain or boss that now dies and surrenders.

4. Most times any family member that the Protagonist visit when being searched after by the villain(boss) end up dying which then suddenly spurs the Protagonist to action as he becomes more prepared to win the next battle scene

5. The girl friend to the protagonist will only realize that she can't do without him and she's in love with him when he is about to leave for another country and in most cases that's when she will run under heavy rain fall to meet him in the airport or take a cab to stop him from leaving

6. There's always exist a wicked bully to a freshman in high school who after many beating will become friends because he fought back or was able to win the heart of the students for being too intelligent or making a striking discovery.

7. Bullets in the Gun most of time finishes when the people left are the protagonist(actor) and the Villain(boss) so that they can have the long awaited fisticuffs and combat each other to the death

LIST THE PREDICTABLE SCENES YOU'VE NOTICED... LIST YOURS...




source: https://naijamatterashedeyhot..com/2020/04/you-think-nollywood-movies-are.html

Don't even compare the 2

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this just made my day I thought I was the only one that sees this

majamajic:
Don't even compare the 2

They have access to necessary funding...

Op,your write up is cool but doesn't mean it's the truth. You tried but Hollywood and Nollywood are light years apart. Nollywood make family drama and wack comedy, America makes movies,action drama, adventure animation horror etc
About being predictable,of course,there might be Hollywood movies that are predictable. But go and watch Altered Carbon and predict just next episode if you can. Infact you won't even have a clue what the movie is about unless you are used to science fiction.

Do you know how many jobs one Hollywood movie creates?

Do you know the budget for one movie?

The screenplay?

The writers?

The score/music?

The tech, animation, sound and editing?

Take the movie "Baby driver" for example. If 5 acclaimed American directors remake the movie without changing the script or actors, those 5 movies will each make millions in the box office.

It's not about repetition, it's about delivery bruh.

Greatzeus:
Op,your write up is cool but doesn't mean it's the truth. You tried but Hollywood and Nollywood are light years apart. Nollywood make family drama and wack comedy, America makes movies,action drama, adventure animation horror etc
About being predictable,of course,there might be Hollywood movies that are predictable. But go and watch Altered Carbon and predict just next episode if you can. Infact you won't even have a clue what the movie is about unless you are used to science fiction.

Baba you de watch film o

Greatzeus:
Op,your write up is cool but doesn't mean it's the truth. You tried but Hollywood and Nollywood are light years apart. Nollywood make family drama and wack comedy, America makes movies,action drama, adventure animation horror etc
About being predictable,of course,there might be Hollywood movies that are predictable. But go and watch Altered Carbon and predict just next episode if you can. Infact you won't even have a clue what the movie is about unless you are used to science fiction.

I feel all he stated are just cliches.. Different from being predictable...

Lol, @op you are right to an extent...
Most Hollywood movies are influenced by:
- Pop culture
- Left and right wing politics
- American Exceptionalism
- American lifestyle
- American military might
- Box Office
- Viewer's culture
- etc.

You will really have to understand American culture to get a grasp of Hollywood movies.

Most of the things you listed are the usual clichés associated with low budget movies, TV shows and most of their old movies.
Trust me, you won't see those clichés in big budget TV shows nor Big budget movies nor Hollywood movies with British actor's because it is going to be a total Box Office flop.

SERIES from :
- HBO
- AMAZON PRIME
- STARZ
- FX
- EPIX
- NETFLIX (sometimes)
- SYFY,
Are usually hard to predict, no matter how good you are with predicting events. E.g-
- WESTWORLD
- THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE
- ALTERED CARBON
- ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
- HOUSE OF CARD
- FARGO
- STAR TREK SERIES
- WATCHMEN
- GODFATHER OF HARLEM
- THE EXPANSE
- DARK MATTER
- etc.
However, if you watch series from CW and NBC mostly, you will predict most of their plot's easily (as they are full of this clichés all of the time), though there are exceptions too.

As for the movies, it also depends on what Studio you are watching their movies.
Most DISNEY movies are predictable as they are usually from well known materials, mostly fairy tales and children stories.
WARNER BROS is known to produce the best highly sophisticated plot driven movies alongside UNIVERSAL MOVIES.

badinfluence:

I feel all he stated are just cliches.. Different from being predictable...

Would you also say same of Nollywood movies? What we call predictable are they not 'cliche' are we not being subjective because it's our poorly funded Nollywood and Hollywood can't do any wrong because it's made in the US of A

Medley:


Would you also say same of Nollywood movies? What we call predictable are they not 'cliche' are we not being subjective because it's our poorly funded Nollywood and Hollywood can't do any wrong because it's made in the US of A

Check the meaning of cliche in film and then check what is meant by a movie is predictable. There are cliches in nollywood eg an evil person confessing his deeds before dying.
However a movie is predictable if you can correctly guess the plot and direction right from the start.