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VillageBoi: Lol @ Mudley - I'm sure you posted that as a funny joke

You guys should watch 'Phone Booth' with Colin Farrell - for a film that 'speaks for itself'...
Even 'Liberty Stands Still' with wesley Snipes.

Phone Booth is the film when it comes to phone call.

I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy... asking him to love her.
(Anna Scott in Nothing Hill)

I'm in the dark here!!!!
(Lt. Col. Slade in Scent of a Woman)

Outta order? Who the hell you thinking to? (Same as above)

Friends

BBT

Modern Family

Watch the new "Jim & Joan" trailer.

A Fiery Film presentation, in collaboration with Ark Resources Entertainment

http://m.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&hl=en&gl=GB&v=iQ46gVZVowA

Romance, comedy, drama...

fellis: Seriously? I bought a DVD of bollywood oldies sometime ago and burning train is one of the movies in it but I haven't watched it yet.
I will make time to see the film, I wonder what is so tears inducing about it.

As a grown up, maybe you won't cry oh. But then our 'parlour' was always filled with crying teens and kids. Very nostalgic remembering it now.

nikkypearl: Yea,trying 2remember d title of dat of d two brothers ,very interesting too!

Dharam Veer?

nikkypearl: avnt seen a girl dat didn't cry then when watching "The burning Train"especially when those kids were saying their last prayer in the train,no girl can deny dat fact!

Very true. I can still sing the song till today sef.

Terimeheribaniyam was sad too.

Mard was a feel good movie for us especially the song at the birthday.

Looooool.

And the thing that annoys me with the whole thing is even most of the 'top' Nollywood filmmakers don't get these movies too. And like I'll always say, any film industry looking to get recognition outside, this is the best route to take.

Is it right to say that a lot of people don't seem to enjoy and/or understand independent films - the likes of Ruby Sparks, Crazy Heart, Sideways, Juno, Shrink, Young Adult, (500) Days of Summer, Little Miss Sunshine, The Wrestler, The Art of Getting By, The Descendants etc?

VillageBoi: Dang, this gets crazier! Number sent. Does anyone know if you can use a TV as a DSLR monitor during recording via 'AV'?... I'm wondering why they don't just use the HDMI. (I thought AV was just for 'playback).

You can.

Villageboi's right.

I had similar issues with my 60D so I threw it to the members of my BBM film group. I got very useful tips to record externally - on a laptop or a sound recorder. I recorded on laptop finally. It works better that way.

Problem will be syncing in post.

Crushing on NLers is old school. I virtually love a couple of ladies here.

We'll likely not have guys like him again. I always made sure I got his take on any film. 95% of the times, he was right.

He'll surely be missed.

Will check it out.

Shrink, Smart People, Ruby Sparks... Not movies released in 2013 though.

I noticed people don't laugh at 'dialogue' jokes enough. Doesn't annoy me but sometimes I wish I wasn't the only one laughing. And then other times I wish I was laughing with everyone else.

Joker.

The character in Austin Powers.

I hope people stop judging James Bond movies based on Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan or Sean Connery's era. That I prefer Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan as James Bond won't make me say a good movie (Skyfall) is a bad movie. The franchise has moved on. I don't get the Bond feel again watching Bond films. But I still enjoy watching them like I enjoy watching Fast Five or X-Men.

Skyfall is a very good movie. There's no doubt about that.

Roger Moore's still my best shah.

After a good showing at the Eko Film Festival and some nice additions, Jim & Joan is ready to surprise audiences at the cinemas.

Here's the new poster.

Please visit and like the facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/JimandJoan.Movie

My own suggestion some time ago was 20k Naira by 50 people. Can't remember getting any response. Think it was on a facebook group or so. Before I said it, there was a lot of talk about how crappy Nollywood was (I did a lot of that in the past too). I can't remember getting any response.

So, hopefully, we'll find people someday who wanna see movies made. Then, hopefully also, the crowdsourcing thing would work too.

But the talk about government giving people money to make films, that's the least of our problems as a nation. Any money that should be raised should be started by people like us who wanna see some changes.

I'm glad you understand and believe in crowdsourcing.

And about the Half of a Yellow Sun controversy, I wish those were part of the noise would gather so we can all raise some money, probably buy the rights to Purple Hibiscus and then produce it. But again, that'll likely take 10 years, loooooool.

VillageBoi:

I kinda threw that as a question out there once. The responses were - hmmmmmm! I think it will be quite hard to get Naija people to support such. Let me see if I can find what I wrote somewhere and paste it here... one sec.

It was a topic I called 50,000 Nigerians

"Hello my people, how una dey?

The last few days got me thinking! We've all read the 'Half of a Yellow Sun' controversy (which is definitely going to turn into ticket sales to 'Nigerians').

Are we really vexed or are we justy big-mouth noise-makers? If we want to tell our stories 'our' way then what is stopping us?

On a recent thread someone said something about... (this section edited out) ...No reason such a thing can't work... SO...

Do you think at least 50,000 Nigerians would jump on a 'Naija' KICKSTARTER film project for $5 each... yes a minimum of just five dollas.
I know fully well I would back it with so much more than just $5. I've backed 'oyinbo' stuff on 'kickstarter', why not a Nigerian film? (Another edit from 'other' source)
Plenti members dey here... let them link all their 'friends' on FB and other sites and the 'linked' friends link all of theirs and so on... a chain reaction could easily get 100,000 people on board.

Question is... "Would we?"

This was a place with thousands of people and only about 'FIVE' would. We Nigerians are a very, very tough bunch; most Naija people definitely won't as one of the guys there had a brilliant book out and after all the talk, talk, talk how many people actually supported him by buying it? Hardly any.

Jayboy the sad truth is this - forget our over holy public crap - our 'true' actions are as follows -
A Naija man will straight up not support it because you're not a girl he's trying to sleep with
A Naija woman will not support it as she's looking for 10 guys to pay full amount for the same plastic hair... or shoe & bag & rent

Also note, that is a 'general view', I know there are people out there that will.

Crowdsourcing might be our answer.

Kate Winslet, Ellen Page, Scarlett Johansson... I always imagine I was walking down one of these classic European city streets with them... Holding hands of course... Paris, Rome and Venice mostly...

William Thacker and Anna Scott - Notting Hill.

Edward Lewis and Vivian Ward - Pretty Woman

WS and Viola de Lesseps - Shakespeare in Love

Gil Pender and Adriana then Gil Pender and Gabrielle - Midnight in Paris

Very creative. Nice one.

I am always fascinated by people who create something that"s unique. This short film is. Nice one.

I have made some short films that I always seem to thrash too. I know no one can make a 'perfect' film but again, one has to be proud of what he has done before sharing with others.

The idea is for me to keep making films till I make something I am proud of. Some screen shots from the last one.

VillageBoi: My man pls link your movie, we all would love to watch it. Don't wait to be perfect (even James Cameron & Peter Jacksone aren't) and don't wait for the film to be 'perfect' (IMHO no such film exists).

Hey