₦airaland Forum

1Sharon:
Just watched the old candyman

MJBOLT:

the movie you are talking about is called bones,it's different from mr bones

DrDax:
Yes, enabling environment by the government.

But money, the real money, should come from the private sector.

We blame government too much in these parts yet we all do our best to dodge taxes.

Empiree:
How does it relate?. If you want to help Bala go up north and do your thing instead of ranting in here. Okay?.

Discombulator:
This lady dressed like a wh0re is leading praise and worship.

Empiree:
Does this topic looks like Bala Muhammad's?. You can go and join him in prison, okay?

flyingpig:
Good

If you must advert a post, make sure its the truth and credible, you social media cretins.

Empiree:
You fake atheists just derailed this thread for no reason. If you wanna defend your fellow atheist in prison you'd better go in person to do so instead of creating nuisance on here

hahn:
Alaba international is another obstacle

mekaprime2:
There's hope. Ask me how? Alright, just like ingeniousLeez said, most of our movies are purchased by or are streaming on Netflix. I count 12 of em'
Lionheart
The bling lagosians
Moms at war
King of boys
Up north
Merry men
New money
Mokalik
Tatu
93 days
The wedding party 2
Living in bondage: breaking free.

If the contents of these Flicks were that bad, do you think Netflix would have purchased em'.

Ok here's the deal, Netflix purchasing these movies gives a sort of promotional advantage to the producers of the above flicks. If Genevieve Nnaji comes up tomorrow with a movie idea, do you think it'll be difficult for her to find investors or fund?

Our contents have improved presently, that's why Netflix saw it as financially rewarding purchasing our movies. And as long as our content keeps improving, Netflix would always be willing to buy or showcase our content on their platform, thus, more producers are added unto the list, and as such, investors would see the industry as viable & will be willing to invest in the already made producers, this would in turn trigger upcoming producers to work their ass off so as to be on the list, invariably, the growth of the industry becomes exponential.

So therefore, there's hope.

mekaprime2:
You have spoken well, that was exactly were i was headed in my write-up before network logged me out.

we all need to appreciate those guy's cause it ain't easy, though constructive criticism is always a good thing. With the way the industry is headed presently, there is hope & Gods grace we'd get there eventually, the journey of a thousand miles starts with a step.

DrDax:
It's easy to dismiss Nollywood for their lack of creativity or imagination.

As someone who has been there and done that, please clap for those guys.

Nollywood is not a place, neither is it a gentlemen's club.

It's an aggregate of Nigerians trying to make a living from the movies using their meager personal resources.

Kindly cut them some slack if they are yet to produce an INCEPTION-like kinda flick.

"the spirit is willing, it is the flesh that is weak"

I have seen badass scripts in my time, but the fear of failure would not let many a director/producer to take the leap.

Many have come to ruins because of one bad picture that could not sell "10,000 copies".

Respect those entrepreneurs, please.

How many of you would invest in a good movie? Put your money where your mouth is

The banks would not fund it. The government looks the other way.

Venture Capital is a no go area because "no businessman wants to risk their money on a movie whose return is based solely on audience acceptance"

So where do you want these producers to go to for funding?

Is it DSTV that buys movies off producers at an average of N1.5m.

What quality production costs less than that? How would the producer make a profit?

Or Iroko TV? Dem even dey try small.

This environment is just a joke! It's enough to suck all the creativity out of Quentin Tarantino!!!

Let's leave armchair philosophy abeg.

Oro po ni nu iwe kobo (youruba proverb)

Nollywood, I hail!!!

mjbolt hahn mekaprime2 born2freak

mekaprime2:
Don't you think mentioning movies like inception, transcendence & in time is kinda way too much. Poking into the SciFi Genre is a no no for me, cause taking lots of factors into consideration, we may never get there.

Every industry has what they are good at. Hollywood is an all rounder, Bollywood excells best with Romance, Comedy, Rom-Com & Drama, and the industry has been churning out movies with exquisite contents from these genres. Nollywood, is mostly good/ ok/ trying when it comes to Comedy, Romance & Rom-Com & Sometimes Drama. Have you see a movie with John Okafor, Charles inoje, or Charles Awurum, these guys would give some American comedy actors a run for their money.

So, these genres that we are good at, we can start from there. Creative writers can come up with concepts as good as ;Before Sunshine, when Harry met Sally, Mr Bean Holiday, Booksmart, Stepbrothers, Dumb & Dumber etc. Let's start from there first & perfect these genres we are a lil bit good at, then as time goes on, we can branch into other genres.

Trust me we Nigerians are very creative, but the situation or condition of the country is enough to eliminate any form of creativity one has. Are you trying to tell me that in all your years of seeing movies, you can't come up with & pen down a concept worthy of the big screens. Many of us work from 9-5 or even more, now tell me how easy it is for someone like that to pen down something creative, then,how about those in schools with atleast 15 courses to study a semester & destiny killing lectures to put up with daily.

hopefulLandlord:
and a believer in a dead Jewish carpenter or a dead Arab paedophile the bad guy

Rashduct4luv:
Evans the Kidnapper, Yinusa and others took years to arraign. He would be arraigned maybe after a few years!

That's the problem of Nigerian Judiciary not Islam. All cases take time. Many await trails for years!

Liposure:
when i said occultics should be an expired genre in 2day's nollwood. someone thought i was blabbing

mekaprime2:
The life wire of every movie is the concept, & secondly the execution. To some extent, the industry is getting those 2 figured out, that's the hope.
You talk about acting schools, how many of em' popular Hollywood actors went to acting schools? Christian Bale, Jaoquin Phoenix, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp etc never went to acting school, yet they turned out perfectly.

Yeah, video technology needs to be improved upon.

And as for those clamoring for opening of cinemas, opening cinemas all over the country & feeding these movies to em' is not really advisable, yes it'd curb piracy, but the big question is do we really have the content to showcase in this cinemas? How many folks do you think would go to the cinema to see a ritual orientated movie? A movie were by mere seeing the advert, i already know what happens to kanayo o kanayo, a movie i can predict perfectly. Fellas, we are looking at lots of box office bombs.

The above are not the things we should be bothered with right now. Let's first of all, improve on our concept, concept & execution/delivery, and every other thing would come eventually fall in place.

So, there's hope for the industry if we can work on the above.

mekaprime2:
Isoken...6/10
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Industry:Nollywood


Isoken graces us with that nostalgia of being black & African. The African culture, dressing, colours, music, wedding rites etc were well dramatized, so much so, that you just had to be proud of your black pigmentation.

Though not entirely original, cause I've seen similar concept somewhere, but it sure did pull it off plot wise, all thanks to creative copying. Excellent acting from the cast, nice cinematography & spot on directing.

The predictability was actually a cog in the wheel of progress, of what would have been a perfect Nollywood flick.

With flicks like this, there's really hope for our industry.

Rashduct4luv:
Where did i equate Atheism to Kidnapping? Do Atheism shut brains as well as eyes?

Rashduct4luv:
I am not heartless. What is happening to happened to others too. Evans the Kidnapper, Yinusa and others took years to arraign. He would be arraigned maybe after a few years!

This is Nigerian Judiciary not Islam.
Happy wailing!

MuttleyLaff:
Until you know what true and pure religion means, dont continue to use a word you admitted to not having an idea what it is, lol

Be honest now, did you leave the Christian faith or did you not leave the Christian faith?

How have I stereotyped? Where did I stereotype? Have you not mocked God? Have you not poke fun and/or ridiculed God?