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spikedcylinder:
Must you people pay attention to every hungry lunatic that comes on here?

Leave boliatiepa and Karma alone.
You voted, I think. Are you happy with the results, or did any winner in a any category piss you off?

LOL!
You're crazy.

Wasn't the woman in her car? You've decided she died of heat stroke, from reading the article?
A woman was dying in her car, with other people present, and no one did anything to help her. What's the government to do with it? Did it happen at a gas station in Aso Rock? Were governement officials at the scene of the incident?
Can't you see how horrible what happened is? People were right there, and she died exactly as if she were alone.

spikedcylinder:
Yes, next review - Revolutionary Road.

iice:
[color=#9900ff]The Dark Knight
Next for review: Revolutionary Road[/color]

Not to take away from TDK, but somehow I prefer Batman Begins. Liam Neeson is my kind of villain; enigmatic,powerful,self-contained, with underlings in a perfect unity of evil.
You've been waiting a while to rip Revolutionary Road to shreds.
Let 'er rip.

Reptyle:
Suspect No 2: Driver (AKA James Bond)

Reason: Highly suspicious behaviour. A typical Nigerian will take cover and run the opposite direction when he hears a gunshot. Not chase after the robber like James Bond or Jack Bauer. This driver has a case to answer. Beni!!!!

Investigative strategy: Same as number 1 above.

They'll check out the husband na. It's routine. But the guy na 'big' man. 'Investigating' him might just mean obsequious policemen who start their cursory questions with, Well done sir.', while the man sips a fine Moet in the police commissioner's office. A few minutes and they'll tell him, 'sorry sa, you can go.Well done sa.'

The only way they can get him- if he did it o!-  is if someone comes forward with information or if they catch the killers.
Poor woman. Obvious arrangee murder. And snatching her bag to make it look like some random robbery. Hm.

You know, I'm not sure. I don't think so. But die-hard Willis fan that you are, I know Armageddon's on the list. Great,great,great movie. So balanced, so funny, so likeable. Let's see em, your Top Twenty.

Perhaps they callibrated religious intolerance in terms of lives lost. There's no real way to rate the attitude itself, only its effects. When they behead someone in China, it still makes the news. But so commonplace is religious rioting in Nigeria that the Jos horror went unreported by a lot of international news agencies last year. They were much more interested in the tourist-murdering terrorists at the Taj Mahal. Religious intolerance has claimed an incredible number of lives in the country. I'm tempted to say, more than in some of the other countries listed.

I was just teasing Mazaje about the atheist thing. In Nigeria, as you know, the war's between Islam and Christianity. Or at least,ignorant fundamentalist muslims who won't tolerate other tribes and other religions.
And it's all so sad,really. So unnecessary.

D1KeleVra:
wooohoo!!! Our very own Clark Kent!!!! _{sh!t I hate th@ Kent faggit!}

And yet you can't stay away from his movies, can you? Where's your Top twenty list of all-time favourite movies? Drop em.

I really don't know. You might want to try film databases where you may download, or search for DVDs on movie sites,but the NTA programmes might be trickier.

@orilee9ice
Wait. I just saw that. You were on Adio family as a guest?! You were an actor in the eighties? How cool is that?

vescucci:
Y'all need to cut it out with the foul language. And I'll absolutely not tolerate anyone bad-mouthing Mad-Max. As for TOH, do it at ur own peril.

My hero!

boliatiepa:
. I'm afraid you will have to retract hun.Off the top of my head

5. Memento
4.12 angry men
3. Citizen Kane
2. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf
1. Mad Detective.
Subject to change of a daily if not hourly basis.

@Mad Max

Sorry miss. I spoke out of turn. That your friend really got on my ****

Not bad. I especially liked Citizen Kane. You want to drop your Top Twenty favourite movies so others can check out anything they haven't seen on the list?
Well, you sort of started it when you pushed the salon bars open,guns blazing.
Don't worry.You two have great chemistry. It's love. I can feel it.

Nothing to say after all this while?
All righty then.
Why don't I just download COG
kick back
and have a good time.

Ah.
A simpleton.
That is supposed to offend me?
It doesn't.
You'll have to do much,much,much, much better.
I'm waiting.

Blow the smoke off the top of your gun and holster that baby. You've chased the poor guy away.

@boliatiepa
Dust yourself,spit out the sand and feel free to post at any time. You can express your movie opinions here.

A match made in heaven. You two should get a room.

boliatiepa:
well if u haven't seen it. save yourself the time. the film is crap

a grotesque attempt at shocking the audience with equally grotesque violence. The tv series is a whole lot better. Engaging characters, and the balance between reality and fiction is a lesson in cinemamaking.

I'll check out the movie. Like I said, she's got great taste.
Might check out the TV series too, just to see who's right.

I told ya you shoulda run.
I haven't seen COG but Karm has great taste. In fact,just about everyone on the thread does.

No 'cross-cultural appeal'? A liking for cuisine outside your cultural conditioning is an acquired taste, an acquired facility. Some cultures have condiments in common,which makes sampling and liking easy. You can't make a sweeping statement like "Nigerian food has no cultural appeal". You're talking for thousands of people you don't know, and when those who know different say so, it's 'anecdotal'.What do you want; lab rats and white coats and experiments with various naija foods to determine its cultural appeal to mice and thereby, non-nigerians? I have non-naija friends who eat Nigerian; they have dishes they like and dishes they either react to or don't like. When you're in their neck of the woods they take you to some great naija 'joints'.  No cross-cultural appeal ke?

Ehen. Wetin I talk naw-naw?Out comes the Karma posse to run the poor guy out of town.

boliatiepa:
COG this COG that. Gratuitous violence masquerading as incisive social commentary/observation.
You might as well just ask the neighbourhood thug the next time he wants to inflict physical torment on someone so you can be a live witness.

You don't diss Karma's movies unless you're wearing full body armour and are ready to fight. Are you ready to fight?

Runnnn Foooor-rest,
Runnnnnnnnnnn

And what on earth is COG?

mazaje:
for where  . . .  .where has any atheist refused any nigerian christian or moslem employment because of his beliefs? i know a friend that was refused a job because he openly displayed his agnosticism. . . . .

Naw. I meant you meant atheism intolerance on the part of Naija Christians and Muslims.
What did your friend display his agnosticism fer? He didn't want the job? Abi he thought he was in a Nigeria far far away, in some neverland of mist, magic, and brotherly religious love?

JeSoul:
Voting is overrated 
  Somebody said it would make a difference . . . they lied. Massachusetts is still a mess & congress is full of incompetent losers

I so know what you mean.

JeSoul:
but yeah I do feel ya sista, I'm just giving you a hard time cos its so much fun watching you unleash    the honorable movie critic thou art

  lol Karma knows just which buttons to push, her mental capabilities are scary!  only 1 logical conclusion: She's a mutant! _{don't worry ur secret is safe with us}

You know which buttons to push. Button-pushing mutant thou art.

Don't mind Karma. She's evil.
And crankily cute.

For atheism intolerance, abi?

Ahh. I can type small-small now.
Sorry na.I wasn't saying dan-dan Assault 13th score is the best. I just agree a 100% with those who did, all of whom saw the movie. The thing is, you are absolutely certain MI's is the best score. You believe it should win,because, it is so obviously the most deserving nominee. But the thing is, others feel exactly as you do- for other nominees! They're all certain their choice is the best, and should win.We all think what we like is the greatest. Why do you think the Oscars issue upsets year after year after year when who we think should win does not win?(Though there are genuine Oscar bloopers and 'politickings' )
Where an individual's concerned, there's a best. Where many people are concerned, the best is whatever the majority decide it is. JS, no offence, but if you feel strongly about a thing,anything, and can do something about it,like vote, shoudn't you simply- do it?

Oh I don't care about the Lagos Nigeria thingie. That scene was just pure comedy for me. The movie has some flaws;and it's not half as good as the other X-Men titles.

Gayverine!
That's it they've set me off again

JeSoul:
present!

but    

  I thoroughly enjoyed Wolverine last sat night . . . whether it was the special effects or the "special effects"   that made it entertaining is irrelevant  . But I think we're taking it more personal cos they screwed up on the "nigerian" part but who cares? since when does hollywood care about being factually accurate about locations and history?  
 
 *this gurl ain't playin games!* uh,  y, ye,  yesss maam    infact eh I love that score sotey I put in on repeat all day and will blast it until my neighbors willingly or unwillingly get well acquainted with it  

JS My sides I can't stop laughing

Hey! Nigeria's ranked higher than China on religious weebie-jeebieism? Ah-han!

Bastage:
Maybe. But there are also a lot of other countries who are far worse who aren't on there.

I thought arabs and orientals take both cake and baker when it comes to this stuff. There are worse offenders than Nigeria not on that list? Seriously?

Now that's just wicked lol

ThiefOfHearts:
Hope you people dont think they actually went to Lagos

Karma. Tsk,tsk.
Have you seen the movie?

Anyone seen JS and Vesc?

D1KeleVra:
hehehe! Wolverine. . . danfo? hehe Oshodi! oshodi!! Now that would have flipped silverbird. lol Yea I know that definitely wasn't anywhere in Lagos. . . _{and Ike Dubaku from 24? That's like Hollywood's African bad-guy}. It got me all exited tho' lol I hope Magneto gets to come to Abuja in the next movie. . . play around The Villa a lil.

Yea! And the whole helicopter-explosion-walk-away thing. . . was not very cool. . .and will never ever be. . .again

Awww. Don't give up hope na. Terminator 4's comin' out, and you know there'll be explosions and cool walk-offs galore.

Embarrassing company to keep. I guess we deserve it. Still haven't forgotten the one where someone drew a religious cartoon in Sweden and hundreds of Christians were killed in Naija and churches burned. Yup. We belong on that list.

D1KeleVra:
hehehe! Why na! Although Im not sure of what language that was. . . I think the movie was cool and it was nice giving props to Nigeria! They shouldn't have to show some danfo or somthng na!!!

D1, if dem show Wolverine chasing danfo nko?Na bad ting? Di place resemble where for the Lag wey you sabi?The visual effects was utter crap, and the film isn't in the same league as the XMen titles.Apart from some raw,unprocessed effects, the most annoying scene was the one crummy helicopter explosion they provided,and the yeye Wolverine sauntering off and feeling 'cool'. And the fight on the tower at the end was brief and underwhelming.Di whole thing vex me o.

ThiefOfHearts:
Recommend something to Madam Bewitched? You're not serious. Abeg let justkunmi recommend some Eddie Murphy classics for you. Both have the same taste.   Im molding JeSoul now.

Mrs Chigurh. Your husband is looking for you.
JK is serving punishment for criticizing Fight Club. If I'd seen him I would have issued a well-placed kick that would have him singing soprano for a couple of weeks at least. Yabbing my baby, that Fincher classic,that dark,shining perfection.But I don't mind an Eddie Murphy classic, as long as it's Coming to America. Now that's comedy.  

iice:
[color=#9900ff] Like JS said, we can have deniability
Yeah i saw it, left me cold. . .ironic eh?
Changed the bloody story
Nope haven't seen anything good. . .been too busy, just squeezing this and that movie into my sched [/color]

Politicians.

Hiya Spiked!

spikedcylinder:
ROTFL!

You dey vex o.

E vex me na. Na yeye guy.

Kobojunkie:
Well, herein lies the problem in how we approach these things. First, what has his country and it's history to do with his experience in Nigeria ? You no read where e tell you say na una dey give am big head by paying him and his kind to appear next to you and how your girls fall around for them even on CCTV?  You don't see where he is made to think he is all that by your own people?

Frankly I don't give a rat's tiny tail about people who pay to have 'em appear next to them. Our politicians are of dubious sanity and nothing they do surprises me anymore. The expatriate is entitled to his opinion but he does not get to define who a Nigerian is, 'dirty' and all the nauseating rest. And he especially does not get to do that when I'm now reading that opinion, along with who knows how many other people, some of whom may not have been to Nigeria before. Our food is poison? Edi kai kong with fresh fish and snails, and bush meat? Moi-moi with seven lives? Egunsi simmered in beef stock and ugwu, and served with soft pounded yam? White rice with just the right herbs, and a sauce to die for?What's he got in Germany that compares with that,pray tell- sauerkraut?

His isn't some calm,objective assessment of the Nigerian 'situation',and I'm not going to dignify it as such. This is malicious,gloating,mischevous crap from an asinine, 'superior' little runt, and he may, and I'm putting this nicely, go to HELL.

So the German talking donkey can shoot his whiskery little mouth off, and one is supposed to like it? Which way to the gas chamber? Directions to the crematorium nko?Nigerians are dirty and their food is poison. What the hell is the matter with these people?His country and its history is perfect,abi? He's entitled to his opinion, not a pat on the back. We know we have issues, thank you very much. What we don't need is a stupid 'superior' little snot to add salt to injury.

Oh my lawd another one? You ladies knew when nominations were being submitted and votes being taken na. Have you seen Wolverine? I have some serious 'beef' with that movie.
Seen anything good lately?

JS, you're the comedy buff. How many movies in the Best Comedy category have you seen? Which do you think should've won?

Karma, I swear you're as bad as that Chigurh you won't let us hear word about. Why won't you recommend a movie?I'm not going near anything till I know it's good. Wolverine's visual effects supervisor should be taken to 'Lagos, Nigeria' and thoroughly kicked.

Horus:
So long as we remain mentally dependent on other races to do our thinking and plan our progress, that is how long we will remain in the ghettoes and slums and the poverty and diseases that they produce, and mental dependence presupposes physical dependence. If we need something we must work in unity and get it or create it ourselves

Gbam!
It's not as if 'we' are dependent on other countries to do our thinking for us, it's that our inexpressibly incompetent leadership is. Notice how almost everything in Africa, from its politics to its trade,is a crude copy of Western political  practices?Crude,semi-illiterate politicians formulating the only kind of policy they know; crude,illiterate policies. Look at the Bakassi fiasco. Look how Yar Dua played to the international gallery,kissing ass,instead of doing what's best for his country? Africa's only sickness is poor education and the poor quality of its leadership. Singapore has zero natural resources. But a 100% literacy rate and excellent leadership for comparably few years turned that country into a remarkable testimony of what can happen to any country when its leadership is visionary, focused and,er, educated.

AID to Africa must stop, be pahsed out. Even those administering the grants have 'fessed that it's a failure. We've grown comfortable being the world's charity case. There are hundreds of Foundations dedicated to humanitarian causes in Africa, and embarrassingly few of them were started by Africans. When children were being labelled witches in Akwa Ibom, all Nigeria did was talk,as usual. It took a 29-year-old English boy to actually do something about it. We have taken Foreign AID for granted and it's holding the continent back. Decades of having other people handle our problems has made us hopelessly complacent and incapable of original thought and solution-finding. Lasting solutions to Africa's problems must come from Africa itself.