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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 2:24pm On Oct 02, 2023

majesticguy:
$1M for that shitty movie 😲😲.. I don't think Brotherhood production cost was up to 200 million naira, but we all know Brotherhood was a better movie than this. The folks who made Black Book have a lot of explaining to do as to why that movie gulped a million dollars in production cost.

Maan..The $1m most likely went to the color grading and serènrèn cinematography 😄, "Brotherhood" was marginally better than this, but even that also suffered from the same fundamental flaw of repeated or haphazard script writing. Brotherhood followed the tout/agbero/omonilè template, you wouldn't believe what happened next!, The same filmmaker took the same exact template and basically repeated it a mere few months later, and here is where it gets annoying, she sold the rights to the same streaming platform, and this time called it "Gangs of Lagos" 😩, and that's not even the kicker, she went further to use the same lead, "Tobi Bakre" in both 😩. I basically can't tell these movies apart. My friend that is a sound engineer worked on the score of both, told me that the "Gangs of Lagos" project, was the easiest money he has made, he basically just tweaked the score from "Brotherhood" a little and pasted it in "Gangs of Lagos and called it a day 😩. Imagine my "shock" Africa Magic announced a new IP show weeks back, and named it "Slum King", no prizes for guessing that it is still the Agberó/Omonilè template 😄 and you wouldn't believe who is still the lead in this, our very own Tobi Bakre again 😭. Them wan use this template wound us, 😩😩. So you see, the industry here have a serious problem with originality and proper scripting. It is so sad that Nigeria actually has a rich history of literary work work just waiting to be adapted into movies and these filmmakers aren't ready to pay to get these rights, at least when Hollywood writers hit a scripting mental block issue, they turned to this option. I'm still waiting for a proper adaptation of the classic, "The Last days at Forcados high" 😩😩.

I respect your opinion Sir, the fact is that we encourage mediocrity a lot, that's why the industry is stagnant. Asides the locations, and the few veteran actors that did justice to their roles, the whole thing was just horrendous

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Maan..You called this right, but we live in a society were if you hate mediocrity, it will seem as if you are doing the wrong thing. In Uni, I can't even lie, i didn't use to bother with new gen 9ja songs because of how sub-par they were but they took the criticism personal, rebranded Afro-beat, and now like 50% of my daily songs driver is Afro beat, and basically the whole world is vibing to our sound now. But the movie industry is the direct opposite, it is like a cult, you are the opps if you criticize.

Well for starters RMD acts were just horrible and unbelievable, you could see him struggling with the action scenes all through the movie. To run or move from one place to another was a huge task for him.

Maan...You called this rightly again. I knew there was something totally off about his portrayal of the role, man was basically fighting for his life in it,😩..The RMD i know is not the "Action guy", in his younger days, he was a lover boy type cast, then as he grew older, he became a sugar daddy/ family man type cast, he can also pull off an "Egbon" role that wouldn't require all the stunts he was desperately trying to do in this, You see as Sam Dede was comfortable in his role, because that's what he is used to. RMD, i am afraid doesn't have that range, and the casting crew are actually mad.

Secondly, notwithstanding that the plot was cliche, the most annoying part of it all was that it was all over the place. One minute it was John Wick, but rather a dog, it was a human being, next it moved to John Rambo Last blood, before you say jack, it's now Taken.Ha!!! Oga writer copy one movie na.

Honestly the industry needs to buckle up, one step forward, ten steps backwards. Check out Korean movie, I don't mean the love sh.it, I mean actual Korean movies and see what real progression looks like

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lol. Yeah.,The writing was a big big problem no proper flow, no proper character design, everything was just happening haphazardly with near zero coordination. If they had sticked a proper script, they might have be on to something special with the very fine production set they had, shame it all seems like a waste as the flick has a near zero replay value.

They seriously do need to buckle up and the Korean project should be their inspiration. Some 15 years ago, The Koreans were not even at the level they are now, but they did serious work and they now they are churning out top shelf shows and movies almost on a weekly basis and having major streaming platforms jostling for rights to these Korean content.

Nollywood has come so far to still be at this level and i seriously do hope they improve because for some reason i am in a love/hate relationship with them grin

so i am rooting for the industry to succeed, if for anything, i have people in the industry that get thier daily bread from it, and it would do them a whole lot of good to their pockets 😄 and thier career trajectory if the Industry goes to the very top by making quality media that the whole world would want to see.

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TV/Movies › Re: Big Brother Naija “All Stars“ 2023: Live Updates Thread by oyaskii(m): 7:33pm On Oct 01, 2023

KingOKON:
Kunle next

Rest. Mercy next

TV/Movies › Re: Big Brother Naija “All Stars“ 2023: Live Updates Thread by oyaskii(m): 7:30pm On Oct 01, 2023

Kamalgod:
If Mercy isn’t at least Top 2 after all the bragging, it’ll be embarrassing

Mercenaries actually need to leave social media for the next one month, e no go funny.

TV/Movies › Re: Big Brother Naija “All Stars“ 2023: Live Updates Thread by oyaskii(m): 7:23pm On Oct 01, 2023

CallTheCops:
threebeer already said this
. No body see you and your source before he dropped his

Mercy 4th. Deks is 3rd

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TV/Movies › Re: Big Brother Naija “All Stars“ 2023: Live Updates Thread by oyaskii(m): 7:23pm On Oct 01, 2023

KingOKON:
Pere or llabaye is winning this show

Pere Una. He is the next to leave.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 2:17pm On Oct 01, 2023

NaijaMemes:
You sound like the kind of parent that expects new school buses and buildings once a school increases school fees.

The huge money backing that you are talking about-
* does it bring back the expert editors and screen writers that have japa-ed from Nigeria to USA or Canada?
*does it translate to improving acting schools, screenwriting schools and the theatre industry that are poorly funded by the government?
*does it translate to the supporting industries (Camera and filmmaking equipment manufacturers, Theatre schools, Schools of Art, NEPA aka PHCN, etc) becomign better?

Nigerian movies cannot surpass the Nigerian economy. Until the government invests in the film industry or at least support the investors in such industry, the movies will always be limited in quality.

You might think you are antagonising my point but you are actually buttressing it further.

The huge money is actually showing in every other part of the production bar the most important part of movie, which is actually the script, and it is probably the cheapest part compared to acquiring props, location and costumes to make the script happen. The problem is that the film makers are greedy and overlooking it and don't wanna pay for a good script, and these "good scripts" aren't in Canada or the USA!, They are here!. I know this much is true, about my people in the script writing industry here and i know what they face in the hands of movie makers. Good scripts are left to rot here because of this.

So case in point is that, I know the government are inept and can actually do better, but it is not their lack of investment that is making the movies here poor. I have followed Iranian and Pakistani cinema for a while, the governments in these two countries are ultra religious and totally detest the stories their movies tell so they don't support the industry as much, but movies from these 2 countries have been in the running for foreign language Oscar awards constantly in recent times.

Bubu's tenure set us back decades but before him, i remember GEJ did support the industry even with incentives and funding, their are actually many film schools here that graduate excellent film makers yearly. This might sound to good to be true, i don't have the recent data, but as at 2021, Nollywood was the 2nd movie industry in the World in terms of brand value and yet it doesn't translate well to good movies in terms of quality script and this is not because of lack of Government investment as you postulated and if the investors lacked incentives as you claim, Netflix wouldn't have spent close to $25m in the industry in 2 years and Amazon Prime laying a 5 year plan for Movies and series from here!

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 12:06pm On Oct 01, 2023

GloriousGbola:
it is only because amazon and neflix are backing the industry

movies everywhere are driven by profit. the old nollywood movies were built for a particular class of audience
even now - they are probably not making money.

The huge money backing should mean better movie making all round but sadly it's not. They actually have a huge platform and reach know, people from remote part of the globe are now seeing our movies. We should do better.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 11:07am On Oct 01, 2023

The Black Book (2023).

Again, if only Nollywood could hack this good script writing thingy, they might be in business!

According to reports, this has the highest budget for a Nollywood flick ever, at an impressive $1M!, and i just had to see it, if the budget was put to good use, and the Simple answer is Yes and No, Yes been that this probably has the highest production value of any flick made here in a while and i can clearly see why it is doing so well internationally, and No, been that every other thing is below average and we shouldn't be having these problems any more.

Pros
As i mentioned earlier, the production is so high quality that i was actually amazed, the cinematography and the color grading was so good, and could rub shoulders from those from other well established movie industries. The direction was fantastic, i follow Editi Effiòng on X, and i know when he was looking for an "established director for this" and the search was futile, that eventually had to step into the director's chair and he did a mighty fine job. The casting was A1, majorly veterans of the game, and that cast will move me any day.

Cons.
It was like these people just finished production, and when editing they just threw anything at it and called it the plot and just ran with it because what the hell was that?. The plot was running into different directions and asking so many questions that they simply had no answers for. I have tracked Editi Effiòng's trajectory and he has been doing well but he should allow another person into that writers room!. The plot paths became so ambiguous that you would simply just abandon trying to follow any of them. The character development was basically next to zero. If they had just followed one of the plot and saw it through well, they might have had a fantastic flick that would have left an indelible mark in this clime. One other thing i noticed, that is not peculiar to this flick alone but to other flicks here in recent times that have had a big streaming outfits backing them, The acting tends to be "unnatural", especially from the leads, who are actually fantastic actors with exceptional range that fit the stories we tell here. They tend to want to mimick the lingua and mannerisms of "Hollywood" for a flick in similar genre, and that makes their delivery seem out of place and plagiarized, they probably think it will help them sell it more internationally. it is worse in this because they actually copied the John Wick Template a bit. That's why i continue to praise Chidi Mokeme's "Scar" gangster delivery in Shanty Town (2023), He clearly understood the assignment.

All in all, they lost me with the plot but I stuck it out because of the unusually fine production on display, albeit the experience was enhanced because i saw it in FHD.

Good for a first watch but a second watch might be a beautiful torment.

6/10.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by oyaskii(m): 11:05am On Oct 01, 2023

pu7pl3:
Don't worry Tom will shock you later

Cc oyaskii

Tom my G

Make Abduleez1 dey watch dey go, him go bow for the result last last grin

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TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by oyaskii(m): 4:48pm On Sep 29, 2023

Achilles100:
jibophsiofnsofn;eo

is it 1.66gb for TWOT S2E7 I'm seeing for 720p? 😩😩, The PSA 4K HDR encode for it isn't even up to that fgs.

Mann, Big ups to you for your patient with torrent files. I totally detest them.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 4:33pm On Sep 29, 2023

DyingFetus:
Nobody here day watch Russian , asian ,European, Bollywood, nigerian movie or k drama

Na everytime una day watch Hollywood and Brit films

And you have been on this thread for how long to come to this air headed conclusion? 🤦🏾‍♂️

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 11:00am On Sep 28, 2023

Henry Cavill Hive, we are soooo back.😩😩😩

2024 looks like it has something for me ngl 🤤🤤🤩

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 10:58am On Sep 28, 2023

abduleez1:
The single best performance I've ever seen Samuel L Jackson in.

This scene was mighty weirdly hilarious. Man was behaving like a damn hater and enemy of progress.

lol Man believed the only purpose of the black man is to serve white folks grin

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 10:37am On Sep 28, 2023

This damn scene grin

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 10:36am On Sep 28, 2023

Django Unchained (2012)

“Kill white folks and they pay you for it? What’s not to like?”

I had the pleasure of seeing this spaghetti revisionist western classic again and it might even be better than i remember it. The 8th film by a certain Quentin Taratino offers more than it advertised and quite possibly might be his best work imo, and it was everything you would expect from a film in his filmography as a filmmaker who is true to his materials and methods that work, buckets loads of blood and more than half of the dialogue having an insane use of the N word, and maximum fun guaranteed.

The story itself is a simple revenge tale but what makes it really thick is the supreme performances of the surprisingly ensemble cast. Christopher Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio are my clear standouts, the former duly won an Oscar, his second i might add, the first been for another Quentin Taratino flick, thier combo is clearly magical. Not to take anything away from Jamie Foxx's performance tho, it was mightly fine, and he is probably one of the best black actor of this generation.

In usual QT style, the film is filled with twisted humour that i was practically just laughing most of it, but there was still some serious racial undrtone that kept me in check, the height of the humour was Samuel L Jackson basically re-enacting a live version of "Uncle Ruckus" 😂😂

It's like QT made Inglourious Basterds (2009) to highlight the horrors of the Holocaust and made this to highlight the horrors of slavery just to balance it up. A very good watch with very high replay value.

8/10.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 1:13pm On Sep 27, 2023

Baddestguyp:
they slow down their phones with updates just like Apple do.

I noticed this years ago when I updated and my Redmi then started having issues...

Since then I never update any phone I use...

All brands are the same with updates...slow down performance to make you upgrade...

And those themes from MIUI store too are sometimes buggy af

The Apple updates slows down thingy, is a "good thing" in hindsight but on paper it looks as if they want you to buy a newer device. The simple reason is that, they offer the longest OS support for devices currently compared to other brands and it has become somewhat of thier undoing. Take for Example the iPhone x lunched with IOS 11 but got updates up to IOS 16, that's like 5 years OS support!, Meanwhile, the iPhone 14 lunched with IOS 16 out of the box but with a much newer and better chip. So a task might be performed with a single instruction to the CPU on the iPhone 14, but it will take 5 intrsuctions to the CPU to perform the same task! on the Iphone x because of much older chip, thereby stressing it, causing shutdowns and overworking an already older battery and chip, so what they do to avoid this, is to under clock the CPU to perform the tasks much more slowly hence "the slow down", and preserve the life of the old iPhone x for a little bit and if you are tired of the slow downs, you basically just have to upgrade 😀 and that's probably why Apple are a $3 TRN company 😩.

Funny enough, many tech products do this also especially computers, but the difference is that they have many alternative products to choose from that are not premium unlike Apple who have a very limited lineup of products to choose from and they are all premium.

But that's not even what is happening with Redmi. Redmi run on MIUI which is a custom rom bundled with Android, hence it's the custom part that is buggy and it very difficult to keep a custom rom bug free, and the best thing to do to your Redmi device is to most likely just leave it with the OS with came it out of the box and only update when is very necessary to. Only Samsung has been able to bundled thier One UI with Android with very little bugs, hence One UI is the best custom Android experience. Pixels and Nokia more recently rarely face these issues because they are running pure Android devoid of any customization by third parties

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 11:42am On Sep 27, 2023

GloriousGbola:
234 805 292 6526

this dude is on the platform.
yasolan i think.

i have bought thinkpads from him. he has also referred me to a competent person to fix one when it developed an issue

my a51 had battery issues earlier this year and basically died. i got an s21 fe via him.

as always do your own due diligence and be careful
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i actually tried like three of four other people also on this platform, but they were dodgy as hell upon engagement

no need for the latest.

[b]you can also go to jiji and type in s20, s21, s22

i kind of agree - that used flagship is better than new midrange it is like back then, buy new yaris or tokunbo camry.
as far as devices go - i have not bought new since forever. particularly in nigeria.

problem as always is nigerians are dodgy asf. before you buy stolen or refurb device.

Chief i bust out laughing with you mentioning JiJi 😂😂.

The ratio on there is like 9 scammers to 1 legit out of 10 sellers. There deals are always too good to be true which is a huge red flag.

The terrible experiences are too frequent and he his better off dealing with sellers on NL like you suggested, who have built verifiable reputation on here like you suggested. I have use some myself without hitches.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 10:16am On Sep 27, 2023

pu7pl3:
Where will you find a used s23?

I saw last week actually grin

, albeit not in bulk, but rather a one off deal.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 10:15am On Sep 27, 2023

Hakeem12:
I'd buy a used flagship over a new midrange anyday. Most midrange releases these days are trash. The used S23 flagship is also a good consideration alongside the f5

A used S23 base model is around 500k! and it is not a fair to compare it with a Used Poco F5 which will most likely cost under 200k or slightly above since one of his main consideration is a low price. The S10 plus, S20 and S21FE will be a fair comparison

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 9:54am On Sep 27, 2023

abduleez1:
I use Redmi Note 9S. I'm on Android 12 and on MIUI 14 GLOBAL VERSION.

This wahala and technicalities with Xiaomi don dey taya person. You must know more than a few number of tricks to fit use MIUI.

I noticed 2 weeks ago when I was seriously pressed for space I deleted data for MIUIs gallery app (over 4GB)... na few days later I come dey notice the battery issue. Tho I don't think its that and was anticipating the battery going bad for a while now since its now old and reaching its lifespan.
In the last 45 mins my phone don reboot more than 20x. It's just on bootloop. I wan cry.
E don stop as I don plug am. Cos I read somewhere last night that the battery and power button might be short circuited, that's why the software is triggering reboots. Or it's overheating.

Last app I downloaded few weeks ago that I might suspect is Chatgpt. Na last week I even open am sef con undergo registration process. I go delete am be that.
Clearing my phone or factory reset is not an option like dis cos my entertainment and even work educative content will be totally wiped out. I no get hard drive wey I fit use like this cos the one wey dey sef, I no trust am like dis.

Well, as for phones I've been more receptive to fairly used phones in good condition now sef for flagships or top midrangers. The Pixel lineup is very enticing but the high price and the useless storage options dey vex me. I'd have a hard time using a phone with just 128gb space now. My appetite now na 256GB. That Poco F5 dey entice me die.... I don't mind getting fairly used one for it next year as that chipset is salivating and useless Naira compounds things for person sef. 🥲🥲

All this Redmi note 12/13 series and co no dey move me again. It seems they just become worse and worse with their chipset options.

I am 90% certain the culprit here is Battery, so do a battery change.

The Poco F5 is decent and waiting to get it next year will pay off for you.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 9:07am On Sep 27, 2023

abduleez1:
Oyaskii, na Redmi Note 9 series you dey use??

Omo my phone just dey misbehave recently for almost two weeks now. The battery seems to have gone bad cos the way e take dey drop ehn, like say e wan break Guinness record.

The worrying issue now na as the phone just dey reboot on e own for the past 5 days. E don escalate within yesterday and today. Something wey na once e dey reboot by itself these few days, don turn to something of over 10times within yesterday night and today.
Just now sef e don reboot 4 times. 🥲🥲

This thing just dey vex me as I no plan for any phone purchase for this year until prolly summer next year. And all my smartphone purchases have been brand new phones, so it's pretty hard now settling for something less, cos na Poco F5 be my main target now later next year. Many things dey on my plate wey phone no even dey agenda at all. I've been using the phone since December 2020 sha...😥😥

Omooo...sorry about that bro. Yeah MIUI tends to reduce in performance over time as the years roll by for older devices. May i even ask which MIUI and Android version you are on? Please and please do not update it any further. The most funny thing is that the cause can range from a very long list of suspects, and it might be pretty difficult to pin down the exact cause but try the following steps.

Try and check if you installed any app recently before you noticed the "rebooting" issue , and just uninstall that particular app.

Or the safest best is to do backup and do a clean hard factory reset, and just start from scratch.

I have also seen a degraded battery cause this issue. Download a battery health app like Accu battery to check your battery health or leave your battery plugged to either a Power bank or power source for a considerable amount of time, if it doesn't reboot, then it means the battery is toast and doesn't have enough juice to power the device and probably needs a change.

Lastly, and this is a very last resort option if you have the technical know how, i have found out that running a custom rom on "older" devices seems to prolong thier shelf life. So you will need to unlock the bootloader and run a custom rom, there are tons of tutorials on this, but it is a very risky venture and you should have exhausted all your options before resulting to this.

Maaan, the price of devices are at an all time high no thanks to the Naira taking serious beatings against the dollar that it has the same worth as a toilet paper 😭. It was 1k to a dollar yesterday 😩😩. So to even get a Note 9 or 9s equivalent with similar specs of your device in today's money will cost in excess of 150k 😩, but you can actually get good deals on recent mid range devices with decent specs from credible sellers but I don't know how comfortable you will be with that option since you apparently like your devices brand new.

My personal tech advice is, the Ember months are not even good months to buy decent new mid range devices, As the new models are already in prod, with upgraded specs and way cheaper, January, February and March is the best month to buy. The Redmi 13 series was released in China yesterday so it will start shipping internationally by January, so it means the Redmi 12 of this year is already old news, and getting it now will be tomfoolery as, you ony have to wait like 3 months, more to January, to get the Redmi 13 that will be considerable better and cheaper. This analogy works for the Poco brand as well since both it and Redmi are produced by the same parent company.

So G, the best option is to try to revive your dear old Note 9 series ☺️ and wait it out till next year. I do hope one of these solutions do works for you....All the best ✌️

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 3:44pm On Sep 26, 2023

abduleez1:
Time to see "HER" and compare and contrast how both spouses tackle issues that is believed to have been the adaptation of her marriage to Spike Jonze.

Who get link to HER movie??
I don search tire for some days now, I no dey see am for $|T€s. Even Pahe, Fz, tfpdl no get am.
I forgot to check PSA tho. I don't want torrents oo.

I need small sized decent file. I no get enough space to dey hoard high quality pic size. Na to economize cos of space now.
480p will be appreciated, no be visual splendor I dey watch after all.

Here you go 🎦

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIIbj6OXetJDceNd9H01GiXEFWdssttc/view?usp=drivesdk

TV/Movies › Re: Big Brother Naija “All Stars“ 2023: Live Updates Thread by oyaskii(m): 10:19pm On Sep 25, 2023

Cross exhibiting main character syndrome..He should actually rest. He is over doing it.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 8:46pm On Sep 25, 2023*

Gundel001:
obviously, the dark knight literally paved the way for the kind of superhero Marvel fed on

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by oyaskii(m): 8:34pm On Sep 25, 2023

abduleez1:
Primal S2.......8/10

Continues the great adventures of the homo erectus man and his happy co-adventurer, the Dinosaur.

This is none-dialogue right? Does it distract and makes it hard to follow?

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 7:55pm On Sep 25, 2023

abduleez1:
Academy always love stories like these.... 😎😎

It is the archy type oscar bait maaan. I am hearing Lily Gladstone is believing her own hype on her performance in it, that she's bypassing the studio stance on submitting for best supporting actress, and going for the high ceiling and submitting herself for best actress.

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 7:51pm On Sep 25, 2023

abduleez1:
One fine example of how I find it funny some peeps saying nothing good to watch these days.

There's an endless troves of classics to catch that you wouldn't be able to scratch the surface if you're not in your 50s and a cinema connoisseur for 25yrs.

Classics are where the joy at presently and I'm grateful for my growth and taste in cinema this year with the experience I've tasted from vintage pics.

Vintage and Vignette is where i am at now papi ☺️👌.

Like you said, there is a plathora of gems there, waiting to tapped. I'm just glad that the a series of events have aligned properly this year for me to properly be vested in them, no regrets so far 🌱

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 7:10pm On Sep 25, 2023

Falling Down (1993)

Extreme Anger and Unbridled narcissism is an elixir for total carnage!

With actual "really good movies" becoming a rare find these days, it has afforded me the chance to revisit classics that i might have missed over the past eras where making a bad movie was so alien. I coped this semi cult classic and maaan it was so good.

The plot sees 2 linear plot lines juxtaposing each other to the finest details and running concurrently but from the get go, you'd just know these 2 plot lines are headed for an epic head on collision course/ showdown.

On one hand or plot line if you will, is our main guy, William Foster played by the impeccable Michael Douglas at his absolute peak, a middle aged, out of job and out of luck American man in a white shirt and tie, with severe anger and temperament issues just waiting for the slightest nudge to lit his very short fuse, and like clockwork, this fuse is lit, and that plot line just kinda spiral out of control.

Enter our 2nd plot line, At the local police station, enters our 2nd main guy Sergeant Martin Prendergast, played by Robert Duvall, also at his peak, a veteran cop, on his last day before retirement, gets pulled in, to complete one last job before he jets off into retirement haven, the Job is about a series of report coming to the police station, about a "middle aged white guy in a white shirt", seemingly wrecking havoc in town for no apperent reason...need i say more because i think by now you are probably seeing where this intriguing tale and trail is leading to.

In-between these 2 plot lines exist well written intricate layers that borders on a "nagging wife" "A Junkie trying to score a fix", A fascist, A Neo-Nazi, the subtle racism of thinking all Asians are from one country and some homophobic servings. These layers properly serenade the plot lines to push a very good narrative the movie was trying to tell. Writing so good that they even twin the 2 plot lines at the beginning, infact the very first frame, but so subtle that blink and you might miss it, but if you do catch it, it properly set the tone of what was to follow.

The most profund thing about the movie is that, it doesn't even fit into any genre box, it rather just had a subtle mix of drama, thriller, a little action and even comedy. Need i say that the writing was impeccable, the direction and delivery was top tier, the 2 leads where in a absolute supreme form.

This is probably the best flick i have seen all month, albeit, i had really limited free time for flicks this first ember and i didn't see much, but this was definitely top draw, one of the very finest in the WB library.

Highly recommended....most especially if you have anger issues 🙃

8/10.

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TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 10:16am On Sep 24, 2023

abduleez1:
Walahi Talahi..... you're not lying.

I first noticed it in HBO's "The Idol". I shock say damn!!!

After the show I come dey see am for other projects like "BOTTOMS" and I dey struggle to see something, I come begin dey wonder whether na my eyes dey deceive me. 😂😭😭😂

lol There is a running gag on her been in a "Youngie" body, Which is totally true, if you see her in "Shiva Baby (2020), you'd think she is 15, whilst she was in a mid twenties then 😂😂😭

TV/Movies › Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by oyaskii(m): 9:49am On Sep 24, 2023

abduleez1:
I talk am say this lady get Bwess!!👀👀

That is a pretty decent sized cup if you are not being greedy 😩😩

TV/Movies › Re: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by oyaskii(m): 9:47am On Sep 24, 2023

kendrick93:
Currently watching Fargo season 2.
Now I can I see why this is rated amongst the greatest tv series of all time.
A 10/10.
Y'all need to check this out if you haven't

S4 had such a deep in quality that almost taint the entire thing but S1 and S2 were pretty special. One of the finest Tv serial crime drama, and the best part is that it is anthology. Holding high hopes for the upcoming S5.

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