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Thepolo999:
Venom 2
James bond:no Time to die
Black widow
Infinite
Outpost
Hitmans bodyguard wife.
Wrath of man
Red notice
Fast and furious 9

You have awful taste in movies

seunmohmoh:
Everything is wrong with this combination. Where's government? Would have recommended you study Economics but I don't see government or commerce or does civil covers that?

Back in the days our combo wasn't like this so I'll wait for someone who understands better. And for people saying accounting, can you do accounting without account?

when I wrote my WAEC, the form my school gave us already had 6 subjects printed on. you cant change them.
this system really helped students to avoid senseless combination of subjects.

Tetraninja:
I’m going back to school soon and I’m wondering what courses can this waec result get?
Maths C6
Biology D7
English C4
Further maths F9
Chemistry C4
Economics B3
Marketing C5
Civic education A1
Physics F9

don't ask about what you can study with this result. your question should be what course can I study that will be relevant in the future.
don't just go to university because everyone is also going. make sure that your degree is relevant.

they never experret the level of disappointment they got

webhead:
....

China will not be happy about this

10thDentist:
The Dark Knight will rise in international markets

isnt this woman close to 50 ?

abduleez1:
Lol, the fvvk is this...
This gives me nollywood vibes.

damosky12:
Whether you can sue them or not is debatable. A article on a nairaland thread meets the statutory requirements for copyright in Nigeria. Is the DMCA domesticated in Nigeria yet?

When someone uploads your stuff without permission online, you'll have to first give them a take down notice and If they refuse to take it down, then, you can sue the platform

damosky12:
This is crazy, really!

You or Nairaland owner (Seun) can sue them for copyright. This isn't just proper at all.

You can't sue them
What you can do is to issue a dmca take down notice

abduleez1:
Show wey still dey go on.... You dey miss aswear. Show wey dey cause traffic jam for sites.

I remember watching Attack on Titan back in the days.
But I had to stop because I couldn't find where to download new episodes from

Baddestguyp:
Insane plot twist!!!
If there was any doubt before...I think this episode has settled it...

ATTACK ON TITAN IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS EVER MADE

Hasn't this show ended? Or did Erin die and the show still continued?

Baddestguyp:
I haven't seen it but I know 355 is not worth my time...

I just started this Korean series...All Of Us Are Dead

Everyone seems to be talking about it

I've seen an episode and half and so far I'm not enjoying it.
too much teen drama

Blissbath:
I recently graduated from the university and i got admission in school of nursing here in Nigeria.


I have an uncle who is based in USA and he wants me to come over to USA and take care of his child for two yrs.After two yrs,he will sponsor me to any school of my choice n within the two yrs,i will be doing part time program.

I will be 25yrs this year.

Should i continue with my nursing school which will be resuming on April or accept the offer.I am in a dilemna.

Pls advice me.
Mod pls help move it to front page .Thanks all

Get the nursing degree then travel to the USA.

Kaycee7:
Ben Affleck is such a legend

Believe this at your own peril

the chicken and egg conundrum

DieRich5:
HARRY_POTTER_PRISONER_OF_AZKABAN all dis time travel no Dy mk me think well so Harry go back to past ones but the thing happened twice, Harry already saved himself b4 harry go back to the past so how did the first harry take saved himself without him knowing

so you think those celebrity that do adverts on TV all use the products they promote?
This one no get sense at all.

No be juju you carry use wall paper?

Dalil8:
Good as a wallpaper

abduleez1:
Transformation......

They're really milking this franchise for all its worth

pu7pl3:
Thor Ragnarok - 4/10

No real stakes, just vibes

Asgard was destroyed. How can you say that there were no stakes?

VerifiedStalin:
Cube (1997)

Easily one of the best claustrophobic horrors I've ever seen. I've always like movies about people in tense situations. The picture begins with what appears to be a giangetic cube filled with several little compartments, some of which contain lethal traps. The main characters quickly meet and begin asking themselves questions about how they got there, why they're there, and so on. What I like about it is that they are all unique.

The plot revolves around how the characters evolve as they move from one room to the next. They gradually remove their masks, revealing what people are capable of doing in a tense situation. Without giving too much away, I'll tell you that they only got what they deserve.

if you like claustraphobia horror, then you should see The Descent

and here I was thinking that Comoros is a typo for Cameroon.
Nawa oh

When I told some people that I was looking forward to seeing Peacemaker more than The Batman, they thought I was crazy.
anyway I just saw the first episode of Peacemaker and it was amazing.
It's funny, it's sad, it's bloody and even exceeds my expectations

Eternals (2021)
So I just saw Eternals and I have a lot to say. This is going to be a long post, so buckle up.

I’ve heard a lot of people say that is the most unMCU-like movie in the MCU and I agree with this sentiment. Apart from a few references to the wider cinematic universe, this movie feels very different from the other movies in the MCU- in tone, scope and in story.

MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD.

There were a lot of things I liked and a lot of things I hated about his movie, so as usual; I will just put my thoughts in a numbered list.

1. Things I liked:

Cinematography: I really liked the cinematography in this movie. There is lot of beautiful and awe inspiring shots and I really appreciated this. The golden constructs that some of the eternals make when they are using their powers is also really cool.



Acting: the acting was mostly good. But considering the budget and the fact that the movie is star studded, it comes as no surprise.



The speedster: I really liked Makkari as the speedster. I would even go as far as saying that this is one of the better depictions of a speedster running/ fighting in live action. There isn’t an overabundance of slow Mo when she runs and she really comes off as a formidable opponent. She doesn’t look awkward when she runs like the Flash.



Premise and backstory: the premise of this movie is quite audacious. The reveal that the creation and destruction of the Earth is part of the circle of life is a bold choice considering that the destruction the planet will give rise to other planets and other sentient beings. Though I wished the movie had leaned into the question of if the Eternals had the right to disrupt the natural order so as to save humanity.



Karun: Karun plays the role of Kingos valet and I think that he is one of the most likeable characters in the movie. He is no beauty, but I enjoyed watching the scenes he appeared in.



I also like that they didn’t make Druig the bad guy. At first he seemed like the obvious choice, but I’m glad it wasn’t him.



I also like that there wasn’t a love triangle and that Jon Snow and Rob Stark didn’t engage in petty squabble for Sersi’s love.



2. Pacing one of the biggest issues that plague this movie is its pacing. This is a very ambitious movie that has a lot of things going on for it. A lot of subplots are flying all over the place. Think about it.

----This is a love story between Icarus and Sersi. If their love isn’t properly developed, the ending of the movie will feel very flat. And to say the truth, their relation isn’t well developed (we will circle back to this point later).

----Also, it’s about the war between the Eternals and the Deviants

----Also, also it’s a story about the bond between the Eternals and how this bond transforms over time.

----Also, also, also, it’s a story about the worth of human life

----Also also, also, also, it’s a story about the Celestials and the destruction of earth

So, how exactly are you going to handle all these subplots in 2 and half hours of runtime and still have time to flesh out your large casts of characters? The truth is you can’t. A better option would have been to make this a mini-series like Wandavision, FAWS, or Loki. This would have given the story more time to breath.

Let us also not forget about Jon Snow who made an extremely random discovery about his ancestry and there is a reveal of a sword at the end of the movie that just comes out of nowhere.

3. Chemistry: the chemistry of the characters in this movie can be very hit or miss. The chemistry between Makkari and Druig is fun, flirty and natural.
The chemistry between Gilgamesh and Angelina Jolie as friends was quite believable. However, the chemistry between Icaruis and Sersi was seriously lacking. Somehow I’m supposed to believe that these people have been in love with each other for thousands of years and then left things unresolved? No sir. I don’t buy it.

4. The powers are lame: ok. Not all the powers are lame, but most of them are lame. Think of this, you’re an all-powerful being and you want to create beings that can fight and kill these incredibly powerful and durable dinosaur-esque creatures that you also created. These creatures that you need them to destroy can mutate and become even stronger; they can also breed and increase their population. So what kind of characters should you create?

a. A little girl that can create illusions. The illusions she creates are not real, so they can’t harm the deviants. I’m sure her powers will be super handy during kid’s birthday parties.

b. A man who can control the minds of human beings but not the minds of the deviants. But to make matters worse, you instructed him to not control humans but let them have their free will. SO WHAT EXACTLY IS DRUIG SUPPOSED TO DO??

c. A woman who can slowly heal herself and other. It’s not an offensive ability but it still has its uses in a war so I’m more forgiving of this power.

d. A man who is good with technology. Hmmmm

If I was in the Celestials shoes (LOL), I would create superman-like character. People who are very durable, can fly, can punch really hard and can heal very quickly, and have an offensive powers like laser vision or can create weapons from nothing. Maybe you can make one of them really good with technology. In reality you only need like 3 or 4 of these types of characters in order to wipe out the deviants.

Come to think of it, the deviants can be easily eradicated by the AVENGERS; because they don’t really pose that much of a threat. The main issue is that most of the Eternals have really shitty power.

I’m also really confused about their power scaling. Is Icarus invulnerable to physical Trauma? Why does Icarus have more than one power while the others have only one power?

5. CGI: Eternals really gives you a taste of the whole CGI spectrum. It boasts of good, bad and ugly CGI. The most egregious use of CGI has to be the end credit scene where Pip appears to the Eternals along with Harry Styles.

Pip literally looks like a PS2 character from the early 2000s.

6. Story: the story is ok. I even said previously that the premise is bold. Unfortunately, the more you think about it, the less sense it makes.

For instance, why couldn’t the Celestial tell the Eternals he created their exact goal? It’s very easy to rationalize that their goal is to maintain the natural order of things. And if they knew what their goals were, they would not get attached to the humans.



They were instructed not to intervene in human conflict, but wouldn’t it be more beneficial for them to intervene? To prevent wars, pandemics and famines and ensure that the population of the world increases at a more exponential rate.



Why do the Eternals have free will if they are basically robots?



Why did the Celestial tell them not to interfere with the Thanos situation (not like they could have done much. I still believe that the Avengers are more competent than them) Thanos not only wiped out half of the population on earth but in all planets that exist. Which will result in a delay of the birth of the Celestial on Earth and other planets. They could have resolved this by just saying that they didn’t know the full extent of Thanos’ plan and that once the snap had happened, they didn’t know it could be undone. At least that explanation would have made more sense.



At the end, Sersi says that she has residual energy left and offers to turn sprit human. What!!!! Why don’t you just age her UP.? Isn’t that what she wanted? Wouldn’t that be a lot easier than turning a machine into a human being?



What role does the evolved deviant serve? It seemed like they were going to somewhere with it, but the just didn’t. For some reason, only one deviant turns up for the final fight and gets killed off. Why even bother?

7. Characters/character motives: like I said previously, this movie has way too many characters. If they Eternals were fewer, it would have served the story better by exploring and developing them better which will result in a more emotional reaction from the audience when one of them dies.


· Before Kingo disappears from the movie, he says that all the Eternals can’t defeat Icarus. And this just circles back to what I said earlier about power scaling. How powerful is Icarus? But it doesn’t really matter much and we soon find out that Kingo is either dumb, a liar or he grossly overestimated how powerful Icarus is because we clearly see the speedster alongside few other eternals kick his ass and subdue him. If Kingo was there, they could have finished him off.

· Sprite wants to be a grown woman but doesn’t she have ability to create illusions? Why can’t she just make herself look like an adult? An Ability we see her use. But why can’t she maintain the illusion for a very long time. Again this still circles back to poorly defined power scaling. Sprite also literally stabs Sersi in the back, doesn’t apologize and everyone is cool with it.

In conclusion, Eternals is a movie of many ups and downs. It features an interesting premise; unfortunately, a feature length movie is not the right medium to tell the story they wanted to tell. That being said, I enjoyed watching the movie. It’s not a very good movie, but it’s not the worst Marvel movie ever. It’s a million times better than Thor 1 and 2 and a few other MCU movies.

I will be rating this movie 6/10.

Dont look up
Great movie
Great cast
Great story
Great satire etc. etc.
others have already said everything there is to say.

However, I would like to chime in on a review by abduleez1and SOZINN. I agree with a lot of their points, but there some things that they said that I don't Quite agree with.

grin This movie is a brazen mockery of Trump, his administration and their handling of Covid. grin grin

I don't quite agree with this. This is more of a satire of global warming and even though the president is mainly a parody of Trump, its also a parody of the 4 or so previous presidents of the USA. Heck even though the movie doesn't expressly say it, the president is a Democrat.

One thing I don't agree with the movie tho:
Russia and China are perfectly capable of launching missiles into space shooting down spatial debris and the likes. One space launch station being destroyed means nothing as there are several similar stations littered across the Republic, both publicly known and secret silos. Same as EU (France & Germany).

this point totally misses the point of the movie being a satire of global warming.
even though global warming is a scientific consensus, most people don't really give a fu*k. The Russians and Chinese governments aint really doing much to curb global warming and that is what the movie is trying to get across.

It's funny how the two countries with the most advanced missile technology (Russia & China) are solely dependent on a US program. A country they're far ahead of in terms of ICBMs

this isn't supposed to be taken literally.

That part and the way the media was portrayed was erroneous. In reality the media (especially the news) won't dare sugar coat such information. They would do the exact opposite.

again this isn't supposed to be taken literally.
when last have you seen any form of alarmism from the media concerning climate change. and even when such happens, most people don't care.

Personally, I think those are the flaws the movie had.

not really a flaw


overly it was a great movie.
8.5/10

strykr:
Pls which site can I download high quality Oscar winning movies now ?...tried 300mb and others. Keep getting "file not found" error.

Oscar winning movies can be boring sha

Ishilove:
It's like you want to be unfortunate in life. Your pseudo intelligence had made you assume that every outspoken female is a toxic feminist. Anyway, I'll leave you to roll in the mud of your ignorance because you just love your mud.

Every outspoken feminist is not toxic.
But for the fact that you tried to explain away rape, YOU'RE TOXIC.

ahhhh
I can see you're one of those rape apologist.

Ishilove:
Technically, the biological structure of a man dictates that there must be a level of arousal before there can be sexual intercourse. Arousal indicates some sort of consent, and where there is consent, there is no rape...

Let's not derail this thread but in the court of law, it will be very hard proving a man was raped by a woman.

I just say Eternals, and I laughed out loud for a straight minute when Icarus flew into the sun.
Talk about a movie being so thematically on the nose.

You're not making sense.
They article said that some died by asphyxiation.
You said this isn't possible considering that they opened the window to let in fresh air.
Are you now saying that they opened the window and still died of asphyxiation?

Tpharell:
Same with the poser i put to you. It is not factual except you were there to witness on the night of your conception.

No.
You're making a false equivalence.
You made a statement as if you know that it is a fact. But there's no way you can be sure that you're correct unless you were with them when it happened

Tpharell:
Your question is akin to asking 'how do you know your parents concieved you? Where you there when they had intercourse?'

Were you in the car with them?

Tpharell:
Asphyxiation seems improbable since they can always wind down the car glass momentarily for some quick fresh air, that is if the vehicle itself does not have automatic climate control/recirculation.

stop being ignorant una no go hear

Coldshisha:
I laugh at scientists trying to save animals going through extinction....

Nature and evolution, change in weather and temperature, external invasion and universe would always make every specie including human evolve or face extinction