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surprise, surprise. . . .
it seems pep guardiola has read the pages on this section and has decided to sign me to play with messi and busquets.

starboard, afrodoc, chamotex and emperoh. . . .
this is for you. . . .i'd miss you guys.

http://www.skybet.com/cms/breaking-transfer-news.shtm?name=Coogar

[quote author=Sisi_Kill link=topic=856257.msg10091248#msg10091248 date=1328033359]Karma, I found an actress for you. She's not Igbo but she is Nigerian

Adepero Oduye

https://www.moviespad.com/photos/adepero-oduye-smile-76266.jpg[/quote]i would rather have joke silva.

adepero is. . . . .odikwa hideous!

4llerbuntu:
if apple decide to put in some malware in any of their apps and os, how would you know?

incase u didnt notice this all money making scams so?


fanboyism at its pathetic best. . . . . "apple all the way" bla bla bla, yada yada yada.

GROW UP MOOMOOS

shut up, you poverty-stricken heifer!
if you cannot afford an apple device, don't ruin it for others who can. . . .
why would apple put a malware in their own devices knowing they are easy targets for customers to sue?
does that make sense to you?

niniman:
Ravel might be the most talented player since Scholes but with no iota of professionalism in him. He is a cause of disharmony in the reserves. The reserve players complained about him. Recently one of the reverse boy said on twitter that "you can't miss training and expect to walk into the team anytime you want". Rio Ferdy and Gary Nev was discussing him on twitter recently, they have their reservations about him, Wayne Rooney told him on twitter to keep his head down. Sir Alex has to think about the long term for the team, Man United is bigger than any player irrespective of the talents. They didn't even put a buy back clause in the contract, that shows Man United has decided to let him go totally. I think they will work on keeping Pogba.

isn't that the reason he skipped training in the first place?
this lad has been ahead of his mates for the past 24-30 months at least and yet he got no promotion.

i also skipped 70% of my ss-3 classes when i passed my ssce in ss-2.
there was no need for me to go to school then and it's justified.

had fergie promoted him last season, would he skip training with the big boys?
abeg, a little bit of indulgence should be given to talented players that are combustible. . . .romario used to skip training as well after sleeping in the whorehouses of barcelona. maradona's attitude towards training was rubbish, he wasn't kicked out of napoli for that, etc.

we are letting the most talented young player in manchester walk to west ham for peanuts. . . .fergie is insane.
i don't care what excuses. yes, morrison has an attitude problem, who wouldn't with the shower of shyte background and environment he lives. . .
this is where i expect fergie's man management skills to triumph. . . .motivate the young lad. . . .do this and that and you would be in the first team. . .simples!

yet, he played js park and rafael in the midfield against blackburn when he had pogba/morrison rotting on the bench.
i would have been glad to lose 10-0 to blackburn blooding the youngsters than losing 3-2 to blackburn playing make-shifts.
that was the moment that told morrison he's no longer needed in old trafford and fair play to the boy for moving. . . .this particular transfer would come back to bite fergie's geriatric arse. . . . .mark my words!

Goddex:
I don't represent any interest in particular.
These organisations lack objectivity and balanced
reportage that should be the hallmark of journalism.

I read/listen to their news anyway, but I allow it enter the left ear and goes out
immediately through the right ear until I confirm from other sources.

sahara reporters are the worst. . . . it should be closed down.
they peddle false stories every now and then. . . .

Lemia:
guys d fight between android n iPhone is huge by it all boils down to personal preference.as for me,its android cos[b] I luv being free to customize my device to d maximum[/b].both are awesome. it ist boils down to wat u lyk in a phone

and this is the single reason other phones are vulnerable to malware attacks and apple products are well protected!

it's a no-brainer. . . .apple is the best.
their own browser(safari), their own music store(itunes store), their own virtual storage(icloud), their own devices(ipod, ipad, iphone).
it doesn't get better than that. . . .

AjanleKoko:
^^
Madrid hasn't dropped a single point in 3 rounds, since losing to Barca in December.

they know how to beat the smaller teams.
that's jose mourinho's attribute. . . a flat track bully.

RuuDie:
I wonder why the worry. . . . .you guys stand a far better chance of winning La Liga than UTD or even City does in the EPL!

I still think Barca will nick it. . . . .Madrid appear to be ruthless, but I guess when you are winning nobody sees the negatives. Constantly having to fight back from behind is hardly a good sign. Games will come when the 'fight back' will just not be enough!!!

the fight back = mental strength.
stuff of champions. . .

it's difficult to win 4 in a row like united found out in 09/10 season. . . .
the truth is no team can dominate for more than 3 seasons in a competitive league. . . .after 3 seasons, the players tire out, they become less hungry, less ambitious. it's very difficult.

oh, fuccck it. . .

ravel morrison sold to west ham. . . .that's it for me on this idiotic ferguson shredding his own legacy.
what is wrong with this geriatric tool?

recalled scholes and still plays ryan buffoon giggs at the expense of the young players in the team.
today is a sad day in alex ferguson's reign at old trafford. he has completely lost it. he should scrap his academy and just keep trying to resign van der sar, neville, stam, van nistelrooy and even cantona.

we have let the best young player in the country go with a contract saga that shouldn't be happening in the first place.
who are the decision makers at old trafford? fuckin hell, ferguson is a goat, mike phelan is a disgrace, rene has poop in his brains.
every one of our technical staff is a douche-bag. i hope pogba, turncliffe, zek fryers, etc all leave old trafford as well. it is what we deserve. . . .fergie would rather put his trust on owen, scholes and giggs and let macheda, morrison and diouf move to other clubs.

StarBoard:
coogar,
You can do much better than contradict yourself.
You blamed VdS foe Pedro's goal at Wembley (by saying he didnt dive to his left)in much similar circumstances(Evra being out of position).How come you're defending DDG and now blaming Evra on this one?
Since you are the YouTube expert(wonder what you'll do if the US govt closes it down)

it wasn't a similar circumstance. . . .far from it.
with xavi on the ball, there were 2 runners, pedro and messi. evra appeared to be tracking pedro initially, then he saw messi's run through the middle and he left pedro alone to track messi. . . . . .leaving pedro free and xavi just fed pedro the ball. i blamed van der sar for that cos he could have done better with the shot. what peeved me about the goal was van der sar dived the other way(like goalies often do during penalties).

Please provide clips of van Der Sar passing the ball in his 6 yard box to opposing players or flapping wildly several times when crosses come in to the box or generally being out of sorts in one single game.

selective amnesia dey worry you. van der sar had one of the worst distribution in the division. a back pass to van der sar when pressured ends out of touch.
he's so confused when it comes to back pass. . . . and we are talking of one of the most experienced goalkeepers in europe.
who hasn't made errors? reina? cech? friedel? neuer? valdes? casillas? abeg. . . . .let's discuss something else.

I know you'll bring out the West Brom game from last season (which is expected)but to show us the goal where Drogba was offside before he scored is technically wrong and null and void.Besides,van Der Sar has bailed us out with saves when the back line has been caught out on several occasions.Can you simply say the same of De when a game is on the line?

van der sar didn't think drogba was offside. . . . he was still supposed to save that shot but he didn't.
in the champions league tie last season, drogba wasn't offside when he got the equalizer. same angle, same shot and van der sar couldn't save it as the ball went between his legs. no one complained then but let's slaughter david de gea @ 20 and ignore why that particular area of the defence is the most exposed. i am yet to see the same vulnerability in the right channel(where rafael, fabio, jones and smalling often cover). the issue is always in evra's side of the pitch.

He was (partially and completely)at fault for the two goals.He is no better than Lindergaard as you claim.The excuse of defenders not allowing him to jump is akin to fetching water with a basket.

he was not at fault for any of the goals. . . . if smalling and johnny evans cannot jump and defend a corner kick then what are they doing in the box to defend corners? agger had a free header on target. no united defender even managed to contest the ball to put daniel agger under any sorta pressure. bizarre!
lindegaard is not a good shot stopper. . . .he faffed 2 freekicks(kolarov and cabaye). see the david de gea save of gerrard's freekick on sunday and compare.

Like I said before, he hasn't commanded his zone since day one and the Agger goal is the latest episode to highlight this.

he has. . . .he gets fouled. the opposition put a stumbling block in front of him and prevent him from jumping.
in any other country, those gimmicks should be a foul but such nonsense is allowed in england. what's he meant to do with the ball flying and a keeper is not allowed to reach it?

If you were bought for 18million quid (more than your back line put together) you should be saving us from defeat at the death instead of looking for excuses like language barrier, doughnuts,eyesight and scraggly beards)

he did not tag himself 18 million and no one held a gun to your gaffer's head to pay that amount for a young goalkeeper.
we knew what we were getting when we shelled that amount for him. he's young, about 6 yrs younger than neuer, about 14 yrs younger than van der sar when the dutch came to old trafford. the basis for comparison is null and void.

and when you compare de gea to casillas, always remember casillas played for a better team who also conceded so many goals but had a formidable attack that outscored their opponents no matter the number of goals conceded. had welbeck converted 2 chances on sunday, united would have won 3-2 and these errors wouldn't have been so magnified. we lost because of what happened at the other end of the pitch with danny welbeck fluffing his lines yet again on the back of his disgraceful performance at the emirates.

Nnenna1:
I'm guessing her accent and "Nigerian" carriage  is what is bothering you, right?

It's all relative - I don't think  most Hollywood actors (including the really good ones) will render the same depth as Nigerian actors in a well made Nigerian movie for Nigerians.

Also vice versa.

The same way Nollywood and Hollywood would suck in acting as Hindus in a Bollywood movie with Bollywood mannerisms and vice versa.

Ditto for Korean dramas.

Some acting methods are heavily rooted in cultures that may be out of reach for talented actors who are unfamiliar with them.

Hollywood is the most successful of all the movie industries and it easy to mistake the inability to fit into Hollywood as lacking talent.

i know leonardo di caprio would play that role if you can have him covered up in black wax.
he's really good at what he does. he delivers better as a foreigner than an american that he is.

Freesia:
Bimbo Akintola who still remains one of my favorite and in old Nollywood i will go for Liz Benson although some may not agree,but for her time she was articulate and did a good job

liz benson is a very very good actress.
it's a shame she did not take her career to the next level. she's excellent.

omar22:
She is fluent in Afrikaan, lets put aside colour!!

If you were to put up $50m to finance a movie (African story) would you pick A Nollywood star over a Hollywood star?

Go and read about Jamie Foxx's comment about his experience when they were filming A Given Sunday acting alongside Al Pacino and Diaz,  this is a guy who is so used to low budget movies like Booty Call or Players Club was told to take a giant step, he said he was so nervous that they had to scale down his character in movie!

a very strong point!

if nigerian producers are not about maximizing their profits, i am sure they all know 90% of the actors/actresses they feature in their movies have no business in nollywood. however, the producers don't care. the cheaper the overheads, the bigger the profit and they are smiling to the bank. . .so they are happy to hire quacks.

a foreign movie director won't see it like that. the profit is not the priority.
delivering a top drawer movie is his objective and he wouldn't take any risk with sylvanus nkiru or monalisa chinda.

ThiefOfHearts:
should she be given such roles in the first place? can Angela Bassett play a secondary student?

why should i blame Nigerian actresses for reetarded writers/directors? They can only do what they are asked to do? Bimbo has mentioned that she barely acts now cos the scripts she gets are garbage, I respect her for that,. but how many can afford to do that?

she has a right to say no to such idiotic roles. afterall, most of them turn down any nude scenes and so on n forth. . . .
you should see her in "beyonce" where she mimed a song trying to feel like rihanna.
i was in hospital for weeks for that ogrish scene.

Nnenna1:
It was a compliment. His character was a sociopath who could care less about anyone else but himself and he acted that role well.

true!
thanks for supplying the title. . . . .i am definitely buying it tomorrow.

ThiefOfHearts:
Im ignoring it cos I know Nigeria has talented actresses and you disagree. so what's the point? Like I already said if a woman who received a Razzie award seems better than every Nigerian actress in your mind, who am I to argue with you? My opinion obviously differs from yours.

i dread to see a nigerian actress in an american movie.
when i heard genevieve might be a bond girl in the next bond movie, my heart froze!

make una nor dey deceive unaselves - we still have a long way to go.
don't you feel embarrassed when you see omotola acting the role of a secondary school student?

abegggi, our opinions would always differ.
i can separate the chaff from the wheat!

ThiefOfHearts:
Chinideme isnt black?  

Majority of Black American actresses are actually WORSE than the Nigerians you people are bashing. I can name few talented AA actreses on my fingers. abeg.

i never said she isn't black but which of her kinsmen can deliver like the aa actresses?
that's the key issue you are ignoring.

Nnenna1:
I think it's Passionate Appeal. Yeah it was an interesting movie. He was really psychopathic in that one .

psychopathic?
i thought he was outstanding in that movie. his best acting in my opinion in over 2000 of his movies i have seen.
for the first time, i saw a naija movie that was well plotted, well produced and the story delivered straight to the point.
it was original too! never seen that sorta blackmail before - not even in james hadley chase books.

Nnenna1:
Did you watch the one where he made love to Rita Edochie with a camera man video taping in the bedroom wardrobe for blackmailing purposes?

The sounds coming from Rita Edochie were hilarious.

ramsey nouah's best movie by a country mile.
i never liked him but in that movie, he was outstanding.

what's the title of that movie again?

ThiefOfHearts:
None of that mess is based on a BOOK

Once again why werent the cast of Harry Potter american. It's a simple question. going on about dearth of African actresses is BS. We have better actors in Nigeria than they do in South Africa yet they could make an award winning film with THEIR OWN PEOPLE. But once again when Nigerians are ASHAMED of their own, why wont they go off looking for oyibo lookalike.

abeg the excuses are getting worse by the minute.

black hawk down was based on a book. same as last king of scotland, hotel rwanda(adapted from a screenplay),
i read the book before the movie sef and i am sure some of the other ones must have lifted excerpts from a book and added few ingredients to it.

ThiefOfHearts:
How come the cast of Precious (based on the book Push by Lady Sapphire) werent white?

probably because the author is black and she could get quality african american actors/actresses to deliver the scripts excellently.
this nigerian author cannot.

Nnenna1:
Love scenes are the toughest to direct. Seeing as Nigerian movies are bad anyway it's no wonder that Nollywood love scenes are tragic  

they should cut the love scenes out. . . .it's absolutely unnecessary if they are not going to deliver it like the western movies do justice to it.

i am tired of seeing clothed men/women make love like randy animals.
the scenes are so idiotic. . . .they must think the audience are brainless.

ThiefOfHearts:
In other words they followed her word. it's HER book. she makes THE rules. No matter the "production company". JK wanted the movie to stay true to her book.

Now what is stopping Chindieme from commanding the same respect?

but the thing with movies based on african stories is just that there's a dearth of native quality african actors/actresses who are capable of playing lead roles or even supporting casts- so the producers go for trusted names.

blood diamonds - djimon hounsou is not even from sierra leone. he's from benin republic or so.
black hawk down - i doubt they used a single somalian in the movie even though the entire movie was based on the final days of their dictator.
last king of scotland - forrest whitaker is not remotely ugandan.
tears of the sun - same ish.
hotel rwanda - don cheadle isn't hutu/tutsi.
lord of war - nicholas cage has no affiliation with liberia.


why would half of a yellow sun be different from the other movies? nigerians should stop whining.

[quote author=Sisi_Kill link=topic=856257.msg10085039#msg10085039 date=1327964734]LMFAO!  

I thought I was the only one who felt that way about Genevieve!!

Just frowning all over the place like someone who in a perpetual state of depression with all the world's problems on her shoulder. Even she is supposed to be in Love and Happy. . .you can't feel it with her because she comes off as if everything is such a chore and she'd rather not deal with it.[/quote]the most overrated nollywood actress of all time!

ThiefOfHearts:
where did you get this info from?

and how would it make ANY sense NOT to shoot the movie in Naija?  

the politically unstable nigeria?
mine-ridden fields of congo republic have a better chance. . . .

ThiefOfHearts:
and what would be wrong with that?

and in Sarafina, you can hear their accent very well in their English ESPECIALLY the lead actress yet no one had a problem with it. Nigerians are so insecure.

my dear, compare like for like.
sarafina was set on location in soweto. they can only use native south africans or what would be the essence of shipping african americans down to soweto?
half of a yellow sun would not be set in nigeria. they would probably use hawaii again as location so there's a striking difference.

Breeze5000:
It's not like anybody is dismissing her, just telling it like it is. She is fun to be with or be around but she is not what you call an actor. Trust me when I say I know,  They use her because of her beauty. Any beautiful girl like her can land a role in nollywood regardless of whether you can act or not. By the way I like Regina a lot, she is fun  but not what you would call a proper actor. She would be in the league of say, Oge Okoye definitely not in the league of Mercy Johnson or Genny when it comes to acting

genevieve can act i agree mercy johnson knows how to be whorish in movies but genevieve?
i don't think so.

[quote author=Sisi_Kill link=topic=856257.msg10084903#msg10084903 date=1327963397]Ah! It's unfair to dismiss Regina Askia's acting skills because of her beauty. She held her own very well with Liz Benson in Fortunes!![/quote]you are a genius!
i was trying to remember that tv series since. . . . .you just brought it to me right now.
fortunes it was called. . . .lai asadele, liz benson, segun arinze, jt tom west, ramsey nouah and pat attah.
classic tv show. one of the best in naija if not the best.

ThiefOfHearts:
as much as we like to deny it most Nigerians dont have good diction. and isnt it best that the cast of movie based on that time in Nigerian history sound as close to the time period as they can?

at the expense of the audience? would that really wash?
unless they let them speak unadulterated igbo language and the ish is translated like "passion of the christ" where 90% of the cast were chosen deliberately because they could speak aramaic/hebrew!

Nnenna1:
Actors and Actresses are not the problem with Nollywood. Rather it is the crew (directors, producers, script writers) who churn out utter crap.

I agree that Oge Okoye and the likes are mediocre - though I maintain that they are better performers than Regina Askia. Don't let nostalgia cloud your reasoning.

Here are some Nollywood actors who are world class in my opinion - regardless of whether they can pull off a nice British sounding Nigerian accent or not:

1. Pete Edochie
2. Olu Jacobs
3. Joke Silva
4. Onyeka Onwenu
5. Bimbo Akintola
7. Patience Ozokwor
8. Sam Dede

these names would be on my list too, they all have excellent dictions and the elocution is perfect!
you can leave a caucasian with these ones in the movie without having to re-pronounce what they have said. that is the key!

stephanie okereke and dakore egbsuon speak very well too.

[quote author=*dhtml link=topic=858463.msg10080331#msg10080331 date=1327924266]There is this babe i met - it is complicated, lemme fast forward, she now said that her virginity is the most precious thing she has in this life.

So people, is that really true? Oya, babes talk o. This is like the first time i will ever create a virgin thread (a wankstar like me).

So i got thinking, so i slam this babe now, she will now start swearing for me if i dump her afterwards wtf??[/quote]the babe must be poverty-stricken, i am afraid!

Nnenna1:
Really? You all think that Regina Askia is better?

ROFL

to play a lead role in "half a yellow sun"? of course!
she would represent nollywood better than those other fuckwits.

Nnenna1:
LMAO - ok Regina Askia at her "best:"

[flash=400,400]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENESepQG5JI[/flash]

"Mgbeke" Actresses at their worst
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyYDLU2ns-k[/flash]

Who is more convincing to you? Please be honest.

In all honesty though - the quality of film over the years in Nollywood has not shown much progress. Sad.

i would rather have regina askia than the mgbekes. . . .
the mgbekes and their attempts to act posh is the nauseating thing for me.

ThiefOfHearts:
You are comparing Tears In The Sun to a book based on a historical event in Nigeria

Good to know.

and Im sure there were plenty of Nigerians in it, to play the baboons in the jungle.  

tears of the sun can't be any different to this half of a yellow sun. . .

tears of the sun was set in nigeria: muslim rebels executing igbo christians.
places like calabar, names like amaka, azuka, yakubu, etc were freely used.
how's it any different? tears of the sun was almost a biafran story.

ThiefOfHearts:
Actually that isnt true but Im not gonna get that into with you.

I already know why Thandie is a fine choice. Like I already said if the person they chose looked like Gabby Sidibge, Im sure you would all be screaming like banshees.

it's all about delivering quality acting devoid of sentiments. . .

"tears of the sun" was a movie set in nigeria starring bruce willis & monica bellucci . .
how many nigerians were on it? tunde kelani(one of the refugees) and one igbo woman that played one insignificant role.

antoine fuqua just couldn't trust the one billion and one mediocre nollywood stars we have. . . .they are not up to standard, abeg!

Nnenna1:
IMO she is overrated. The likes of Nkiru Sylvanus, Ini Edo and Oge Okoye are actually better actresses. Forget the whole "Mgbeke" label and ridiculous roles that they are associated with.

Regina Askia Acting:

I think Nigerians tend to mix up qualities. Being polished is not the same as having talent - Except when it comes to Bimbo Akintola or Onyeka Onwenu, hehe.
As I said - Nigerian movie producers suck and their incompetence wastes a lot of talent.

so convenient to just scoop out a clip of regina askia at her bottom level. . . . .regina askia in her prime was in the early 90s not the bread n butter movies she did in the twilight of her acting career.

being polished takes precedence before talent when a nigerian actress is expected to star in a movie like "half of a yellow sun". the diction, how the words are expected to sound to be audible to the general audience is key. i really don't think ini edo, nkiru sylvanus or oge okoye have a grasp of pronouncing words.
the average american adult would have difficulty understand what these actresses are trying to say.

Ndipe:
The sight of a toy gun in Church given as a present to a member of my congregation created a stir that it wasnt an appropriate gift. As a kid, I loved playing police and thief thought my mom objected once when I requested for this gift from a relative. As a grown-up, I can now understand her misgivings about toy guns, but apparently, there are some parents who would not bat an eyelash if their son or daughter were given one.

What are you thoughts about it?

i don't think i would give my sons any other toy apart from toy guns.

it was the only gift i would take from anyone while growing up.
i had all sorts of guns, the space guns, pistols, mac-10s, mac-11s, tech-9s, etc.
that was the only toy that made sense to me. . . . .i still miss my childhood when it comes to christmas presents.
adulthood sucks!

afrodoc:
totally agree with coogar on d 2nd goal, but he could hv done better with d 1st goal men,if he was standing tall rather than bending down for shoryuken he would hv palmed d ball down easily! i am not here to criticize him o,he is still young n myt learn BUT he was partially culpable for dt 1st goal sha, just hope he learns from it.
ANYWAYS wats d latest news from d healing baths of Mancunia,who is fit n who is not?

without over-flogging the issue. . . . .daniel agger had a free header on target.
none of our 6+ foot defenders jumped and cleared the danger. they had all formed an obstacle in front of de gea.

if he had stayed on his line and conceded that goal, we would be blaming him for not attempting to palm or punch the ball out.
when he made an attempt, he was blocked by his own defenders. we defended poorly for that goal - evans and smalling must take the blame for it.