So the long awaited epic movie from Tunde Kelani has since hit the Cinemas. Who has watched it and what are your initial thoughts, reviews and opinions. I've been following trends on twitter and everybody says its a very emotional and realistic movie. Some people actually cried. Did you??

I have. It sure moved me close to tears. But at the end of the fim, there was absolute silence in the cinema so i suspect a lot of people would have cried silently!

Synopsis?

Why do people cry while watching movies?
It's just actors acting out a script.

Don't think I will watch it , I am a very emotional person and movies leave some funny scars in me . My sister already watched it , she told me that she could not fight the tears so she had to let it flow freely ,what's so touching about the movie she won't tell me ,

What is it about?

fellis:

Why do people cry while watching movies?
It's just actors acting out a script.

Na wa o

You should go visit the Wizard of Oz and ask him to give you a heart

i havent but i'd sure love to.
Tunde Kelani's movies rock usually!

did wanna waste moni lyk i did 4 MIRROR BOY
dis seems cool
shld c it 2morrow

His films are always good

I watched it yesterday, Awesome. It reminder me of my growing up, ofcourse tears dropped expecially then when you look into your swallow (food) and there is no meat.
Good script,

I think for a Nigerian movie to be so realistic up to the point of playing on people's emotions, then we are really getting somewhere. When i saw this film, it was the first time I would see our normal Nigerian environment and everyday life, normal real Nigerians (not people trying to be like americans), our normal way of thinking and value system, real Nigerian markets, bus conductors, traders,  etc . . . being treated to an international standard film experience and cinematic quality!

One thing i also liked was that there was a sweet blend between the ancient and the modern!

some behind the scenes from his page facebook.com/tundekelanimainframe

Also the part where the young boy tells the mother he doesn't want meat, he doesn't want the father, she is all he wants.

I have'nt seen the film but with all this comments i will grab a copy

I shed some tears at the scene where Kashi's mum was scrapping meat from remnant bones at the Butchers shop.  Suddenly, someone ask whether she was trying to get bones for her dog, she confessed, it was her sons birthday, and since she cant afford meat, she is trying to salvage some meat from the bones leftovers. Suddenly, the news spread, and before you know it, the vegetables sellers, the rice and beans sellers, the pepper and tomato sellers all brought their widows mite from their wares for her so she can prepare a good dish for her son's birthday. That kindness from all of them brought tears to my eyes. "Kindness is like a relay race, once you received the barton, you must pass it on" with those maxims, she made her son understands the importance of that generousity later.

^ i jst did
cant wait till 2morrow
gotta c it 2day

It's the best Nigeria movie I have ever watched, I wz skeptical at first but it's worth d moni.

Just reading Twinstaiye's post almost brought tears to my eyes tho I've never watched this movie.

Fictions never move me.

im not emotional whenever i watch movies, i always see them with the concept of behind the scenes, its a script and pple play the roles,

I just may cry.

Tunde Kelani, unlike many of these junkyard and uninspiring Nollywood (or Nolly-pako) producers/directors, is the best cinematographer in Nigeria at the moment. I just hope he trains upcoming cinematographers in the highest standard possible before he leaves the scene.

One thing about Tunde's movies is the indepth intellectual and philosophical content of his films. He does a wide range of research and relies on the knowledge of linguists, historians and academicians to develop powerful stories. Also, his concept of using camera techniques to illuminate obscure scenes is a dynamic medium which isn't being explored by majority of Nigerian movie producer. The only closest Nigerian directors/producers maybe perhaps Tade Ogidan, Teco Benson, Izu Ojukwu and lately Stephanie Okereke.

I salute this great man. May he live long to train others like him. Already, he has inspired the "Saworoide" duo of Kunle Afolayan and Kabirat Kafidipe, who are now swiftly climbing up the movie production ladder. I hope to watch this film someday,

@willywest, same thing happed to me reading twintaiye's comment. Its crazy how much power there is in a story!

Its just so sad that our government is yet to understand this.

Tunde Kelani kudos to you!!The problem is that,buying mainframe films is a job

 watch maami  cried lyk ɑ̤̥̈̊ baby even ♏v̶̲̥̅ hubby d̶̲̥̅̊α† believed d̶̲̥̅̊α† no film can make him cry ,does nt kn whn he start crying. ɑ̤̥̈̊πϑ dis film makes mi love ɑ̤̥̈̊πϑ cherish ♏v̶̲̥̅ mother more.

^
Post it online ke? You know how much time/intellect/money he has invested in this project. please!
We need proper films and that will only happen when returns are predictable.
Find time go and watch it.
Online pay-per-view,no problem.

Tunde Kelani is on a different level from the days of Ti Oluwa ni ile.

Who else think The Figurine is overrated?

The way you guys are talking, you make it sound like this Tunde kelani man is our Martin scorsese or steven spielberg, i'll try see the movie for the way you folks have hyped it, i hope it's worth it tho, is it yoruba or English

The part where the boy offered to do 1 month house chores for his mother's friend so she too could be given aso ebi really gripped me.

Ama make efforts to see dis muvee with my baby dis weekend,