Wat can i say guyz? VIVA NOLLYWOOD

I'm still wondering how someone has really seen 80% of Nollywood films.

Nollywood is still at infancy stage, why do we expect it to be already running with the likes of Hollywood and Bollywood? All we need is technical expertise, experienced writers and lots of training. They are doing quite well with what they have though. Even though they need to improve greatly.

Look at for the film called 'HALF EMPTY, HALF FULL' - It's not your typical Nollywood film. It's more like a funky nolly flick. It’s a very serious comedy. It's unlike any film made in Naija. It's a little like Spike Lee’s ‘Do the right thing’ the whole film takes place in one day. The film basically pokes fun at us Nigerians and the way we see our country, the film follows a day in the life of petrol station during a period of fuel scarcity. It's also got a cool hip hop soundtrack. The Sunday vanguard just did an article on it.

yeah, right!

not a chance; not gon' mess with the little IQ I gat by watching that

make una make ur nollywood better now abi y is every Naija so good at criticizing


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80%? since when? the last time i checked it was 99%

hummmm there must have been some improvement lately

@ mustay, we are not in the proffession, they are. they know what 2 do. why should offer solution. did we do that for the music industry? see how they are making it difficult to listen away 4rm naija music.

it is either the wake up to proffessionalism or remain as clowns in the business.

Cabali thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

u're welcome honey!!!!

cabali don't forget they are the producers, u are the consumers.



Production is to cater for the satisfaction of the end-users. I f they don't know what u want, they'll keep on doin' shit! REMEMBER the time 9jas used to complain 'bout the witchcraft thingy in movies?


If it was 99%, i guess mma won't be showing over 80% of nolly films and nolly stars won't be hailed like superstars anytime they travel abroad.


the problem is- we shouldn't aim to be like HOLLy!


they have their own style, indians have their style and we too!




Concerning the musix scene, don't 4get that alot of 9jas complained about COPYCAtting us music.

remeber ayangba gals? the 9ja version of busta's dangerous?



these days what u find are 9ja content in the music.


FACT: presently, there is hardly any nigerian song that makes success without any content of IGBO< YORUBA<HAUSA< PIDGIN in there. they've all stopped the faking american accent and being original is what matters

Are u trying to say that because they have local contents they can feed me with garbage using a camcoder as their major equipment? Are u saying that I need to tell them what a good movie is??

The indians have their style and the have great story lines and great cinematography to go with it. These clowns just come together to make a movie of 3 hrs in 5 days? and they need me to tell them they have to be better with their story lines?? Dont they watch movies to know what is right? Because they are only concerned with money, their movies lack

good story lines
Scripting
cinematography
good sound
soundtrack

and then some, Do they need me to tell them that all this should be right? come on mustay!!!

u thesenaijas . . .una sabi complain.



no wonder ALL THE LETTERS WEY DEY ALWAS ON NEWSPAPERS full of complaints

se na them dey buy film?

no ignore that side.

lol. don't cover up mustay. I have nerver bought a nigerian movie ever. u talk abt complains. do u hear me complain abt the music in naija? do u know why? cos it is growing and great as it is.

so why don't u tell ur home video brothers to improve? anyone that still surports them at this stage and tell me they are doing great needs head check.

they are just pathetic, once again 90%

naija movies are just absolutely unwatchable and wack. Poor quality of sound, pathetic acting (why do they always overdramatize or wanna sound like americans), in addition to that, there is absolutely no editing, plus the scripts are awful, and don't even get me started on the directing. As patriotic as i am, i've tried to watch some of them but i just get irritated after watching like 5 minutes, then i have to switch it off, even if the actresses are hot like chiegwe (or whatever her name is) after a while i just have to eject it.

I am with u on that. The over dramitization, the shouting and all? just can't take it. besides there doesn't exist a script meanwhile.

cabali, i no HEAR u complain o

[b]I STRONGLY DISAGRRE WITH THE CONTENTION THAT 80 % OF NAIJA FILMS ARE WACK. I THINK IT'S MUCH CLOSER TO 99%. IN FACT THE ONLY NAIJA FILMS WEY I SEE WEY MAKE SENSE NA THINGS FALL APART AND TWINS OF THE RAIN FOREST ( AND I'M SURU U GYS AND BABES AGREE).

THE PROBLEM WITH US NAIJA WRITERS AND FILMMAKERS BE SAY WE DEY ALWAYS TRY COPY WETIN WE DEY SEE FOR YONDER. AMERICAN FILMS DEEPLY REFLECT THE AMERICAN CULTURE. INDIAN FILMS DO THE SAME. BRINGING IN A FOREIGN CULTURE AND TRYING TO RECREATE IT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF NIGERIA WILL MAKE THE FILM LOOK STILTED, CONTRIVED, AND BASICALLY ANNOYING.

CHECK OUT THINGS FALL APART FOR EXAMPLE. THE FILM WAS SET IN A VERY BASIC AFRICAN SETTING, WITHOUT THE NORMAL AFFLUENCE AND WEALTH NOW COMMON IN HOME VIDEOS. HOW DO U THINK THE FILM WD HAVE PLAYED OUT IF AMERICANS HAD TRIED TO RECREATE IT WITHOUT A BASIC UNDER STANDING OF THE AFRICAN CULTURE??

I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INWARD AND BE PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE, EACH AFRICAN OR NIGERIAN VILLAGE HAS ITS OWN STORY, CUSTOMS AND TRADITION THAT WE CAN MINE FOR IDEAS TO EXPLOIT, RATHER THAN SPENDING MILLIONS TRYING TO RECREATE ACTION SCENES OR REACTING FETISH BEHAVIOURS THAT DO NOT QUITE CAPTURE OUR CULTURAL ESSENCE, WE CAN SPEND MUCH LESS CREATING STORIES AND IDEAS THAT PROMOTE OUR HERITAGE. LETS TAKE THIGS FALL APART AS A PRECEDENT.
WORD.[/b]

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is it just me or has anyone else noticed how bad they dance?
GOSH!! anytime its a party or club scene, no one knows how to dance.
everything seems overly fake. women smoking and drinking while dance.
on top of that they wear the trashiest clothes and no one knows how to dance!!
lol
this one nollywood movie im watching right now made me bust out laughing!!! OH GOSH, THESE PEOPLE!
but the movie is kinda old anyway.

90% are Wack!!!

Fast forward to 2020, 80% of Nigerian movies are still wack