pu7pl3:


wow

Lmao.... 😃😭

oyaskii:
Mario Puzo's The Godfather (1972)

Look how they massacred my boy!

I copped a remastered version of this mobster cult classic recently and i am reminded once again why this is such an all time gem.

It faithfully tells a story about the Corleone family, a scilian mafia family in New york headed by Don Vito Corleone played by Marlon Brando and i don't think they could have casted the character better, his voice sounding like he had a gum in it all through and his mannerism can never be duplicated and he duly bagged an oscar for the role which he sadly declined in protest.

At the centre of the Corleone family is a budding Michael Corleone played by a very young Al Pacino, whose descent into the mobster ways of the family comes from a place not so evil. He starts by just wanting to protect his family, then begins to justify actions against crooked cops and vicious mobsters. That slippery slope, that corruption of purity, it's a tale as old as time, the original sin if you will. The Godfather tells this over an extended time period. It is not a film of constant movement, it is one of set pieces with huge jumps in between. Every moment counts. Every shot is among the greatest of all time. Every scene avoids patronising or insulting the audience. It is all excellent. The final act sees Micheal Corleone been handed the riens of the family as "Don". The scene that morphed him into the dark side completely was a thing of cinematic beauty, Two scenes juxtaposing each other, One of the scene shows Michael Corleone literally renouncing the Devil in Church and the other scene showing his caporegime eliminating the five dons of the other mafia families and all the other enemies of the Corleone family on his orders. The scenes were creatively poetic as it was religiously devilish!.

For that era, The cast, the score, the cinematography , set design and costume were just too good, laid the marker for future mobster flick to come...Peak cinematic feature if you will! and it has a score of 100% on one of the most ruthless critic panels ever, Metacritic, and That says alot!

Time to dust this off my cupboard of to do watchlist.... Been intimating myself with vintage products as old as this. So this would be a joy ride. 😎

abduleez1:


I heard of the ALUU 4 being adapted for film last weekend after watching Shanty Town. I don't know how I forgot to drop it here.

It's the kind of adaptation and growth I'd love to see Nollywood pivot towards in the future. Not the same regurgitated shit we consume every other time.

I didn't hear of Linda Ikeji's involvement in the project. I just saw a headline and screenshoted it.

Damn, I've forgotten its this February. 😳

she made the movie without even consulting the families of the deceased...
They called her out for it...

She's only using their grief to cash out without a care in the world...
She doesn't even care that she is opening wounds they're struggling to close

Baddestguyp:
she made the movie without even consulting the families of the deceased...
They called her out for it...

She's only using their grief to cash out without a care in the world...
She doesn't even care that she is opening wounds they're struggling to close

Damn, what a shitty behaviour.

Are they an inspiration for the film or it's a through and through adaptation?
Have you seen it?

abduleez1:


Damn, what a shitty behaviour.

Are they an inspiration for the film or it's a through and through adaptation?
Have you seen it?

no...
I didn't even know it was out yet...

This is how you rein in a budget and still create a visual masterpiece. Keenly watching how the effects holds up to the first film. Probably would be the same since it's prolly gonna share the same set as the first.


This is what I wanna see in the new DCU where budgets are managed sensibly and quality still holds up. That amount on Black Adam still dey vex me. 🙄 Since Safran has a reputation for cost management, I'll be looking forward to what they assign to various projects.

pu7pl3:


wow

Pu7pl3 so shook he went genderfluid

oyaskii:
Mario Puzo's The Godfather (1972)

Look how they massacred my boy!

I copped a remastered version of this mobster cult classic recently and i am reminded once again why this is such an all time gem.

It faithfully tells a story about the Corleone family, a scilian mafia family in New york headed by Don Vito Corleone played by Marlon Brando and i don't think they could have casted the character better, his voice sounding like he had a gum in it all through and his mannerism can never be duplicated and he duly bagged an oscar for the role which he sadly declined in protest.

At the centre of the Corleone family is a budding Michael Corleone played by a very young Al Pacino, whose descent into the mobster ways of the family comes from a place not so evil. He starts by just wanting to protect his family, then begins to justify actions against crooked cops and vicious mobsters. That slippery slope, that corruption of purity, it's a tale as old as time, the original sin if you will. The Godfather tells this over an extended time period. It is not a film of constant movement, it is one of set pieces with huge jumps in between. Every moment counts. Every shot is among the greatest of all time. Every scene avoids patronising or insulting the audience. It is all excellent. The final act sees Micheal Corleone been handed the riens of the family as "Don". The scene that morphed him into the dark side completely was a thing of cinematic beauty, Two scenes juxtaposing each other, One of the scene shows Michael Corleone literally renouncing the Devil in Church and the other scene showing his caporegime eliminating the five dons of the other mafia families and all the other enemies of the Corleone family on his orders. The scenes were creatively poetic as it was religiously devilish!.

For that era, The cast, the score, the cinematography , set design and costume were just too good, laid the marker for future mobster flick to come...Peak cinematic feature if you will! and it has a score of 100% on one of the most ruthless critic panels ever, Metacritic, and That says alot!

I just finished reading the novel this morning.
The story makes crime so enticing. Lol

Baddestguyp:
the books are masterpieces...

I only read the first book and it's on my all time list of beat novels I've ever seen...
Including some Sydney Sheldon

Mario Puzo and Sydney Sheldon write in similar ways imo

Anyway the movie is a masterpiece...same as the Novel


If you read novels, you should check out James Hadley Chase novels and Sydney Sheldon novels

I've read all of Sheldon and almost all of JHC

Have you read Chances by Jackie Collins?

You don't need pills to sleep...
Just watch this movie

Gmajor:


Have you read Chances by Jackie Collins?

nope

"Brotherhood" 2022

"Nollywood flick? AK-47? RPG? Exploding cars? Grappling hook gun? Smoke grenade?... Micheal Bay come outside now!

This Nollywood take at the heist genre piqued my interest and i am left more than half satisfied.

The directing and cinematography was so good done by a budding film maker from Uganda, Loukman Ali, who i have a lot of respect and hope for. you can see a clear difference with proper action sequence and use of Hollywood level action props.

The writing was done by Jadesola Osiberu who did "Isoken" (2017), and it showed that his niche is most likely Romance/Drama caused he almost ruin the movie it a romance sappy side plot.

The cast was mix of ex BBN alumni and established actors. I doubt if actors in this clime get coaching or attend film schools. Only Tobi Bakare and OC Ukeje stood out well enough with thier acting and gave a convincing interpretation of thier roles. Absolutely loving the love for Pidgin English as a norm for dialogues in our movies lately, another brilliant poignant use of it here.

The score was perfect and akin well enough to what is obtainable in a top tier action flick. A roommate of mine from UNI was part of the sound engineering team and they did a great job.

The problem i had with Shanty Town ( 2023) still cropped up here, they made the ending act so ambiguous to stick a proper landing, and they just resulted putting something about what happened to the characters that is even more ambiguous on the post credit.

All in All, it is a very decent watch and the nice action sequence and directing is enough to see it through. Nollywood has my full attention in 2023 ⚠️.

abduleez1:


Time to dust this off my cupboard of to do watchlist.... Been intimating myself with vintage products as old as this. So this would be a joy ride. 😎

lol There are some hidden gems in 70's and 80's cinema..hoping to get around to them this year.

Gmajor:

I just finished reading the novel this morning.
The story makes crime so enticing. Lol

Wish i could be like you! Leisure reading has become herculean for me.😭

oyaskii:
"Brotherhood" 2022

"Nollywood flick? AK-47? RPG? Exploding cars? Grappling hook gun? Smoke grenade?... Micheal Bay come outside now!

This Nollywood take at the heist genre piqued my interest and i am left more than half satisfied.

The directing and cinematography was so good done by a budding film maker from Uganda, Loukman Ali, who i have a lot of respect and hope for. you can see a clear difference with proper action sequence and use of Hollywood level action props.

The writing was done by Jadesola Osiberu who did "Isoken" (2017), and it showed that his niche is most likely Romance/Drama caused he almost ruin the movie it a romance sappy side plot.

The cast was mix of ex BBN alumni and established actors. I doubt if actors in this clime get coaching or attend film schools. Only Tobi Bakare and OC Ukeje stood out well enough with thier acting and gave a convincing interpretation of thier roles. Absolutely loving the love for Pidgin English as a norm for dialogues in our movies lately, another brilliant poignant use of it here.

The score was perfect and akin well enough to what is obtainable in a top tier action flick. A roommate of mine from UNI was part of the sound engineering team and they did a great job.

The problem i had with Shanty Town ( 2023) still cropped up here, they made the ending act so ambiguous to stick a proper landing, and they just resulted putting something about what happened to the characters that is even more ambiguous on the post credit.

All in All, it is a very decent watch and the nice action sequence and directing is enough to see it through. Nollywood has my full attention in 2023 ⚠️.

Couldn't have said it better. This is like one of the best Nollywood action movies I've seen so far. The action sequence was quite good so was the directing & story(simple story). The director deserves a serious Pat on the back (our very own low budget Michael Bay ). With projects like this, there's light at the end of the tunnel for Nollywood movies.

oyaskii:
"Brotherhood" 2022

"Nollywood flick? AK-47? RPG? Exploding cars? Grappling hook gun? Smoke grenade?... Micheal Bay come outside now!

This Nollywood take at the heist genre piqued my interest and i am left more than half satisfied.

The directing and cinematography was so good done by a budding film maker from Uganda, Loukman Ali, who i have a lot of respect and hope for. you can see a clear difference with proper action sequence and use of Hollywood level action props.

The writing was done by Jadesola Osiberu who did "Isoken" (2017), and it showed that his niche is most likely Romance/Drama caused he almost ruin the movie it a romance sappy side plot.

The cast was mix of ex BBN alumni and established actors. I doubt if actors in this clime get coaching or attend film schools. Only Tobi Bakare and OC Ukeje stood out well enough with thier acting and gave a convincing interpretation of thier roles. Absolutely loving the love for Pidgin English as a norm for dialogues in our movies lately, another brilliant poignant use of it here.

The score was perfect and akin well enough to what is obtainable in a top tier action flick. A roommate of mine from UNI was part of the sound engineering team and they did a great job.

The problem i had with Shanty Town ( 2023) still cropped up here, they made the ending act so ambiguous to stick a proper landing, and they just resulted putting something about what happened to the characters that is even more ambiguous on the post credit.

All in All, it is a very decent watch and the nice action sequence and directing is enough to see it through. Nollywood has my full attention in 2023 ⚠️.

With Shanty Town, Nollywood has gotten my attention this year.
I downloaded Blood Sisters, Anikulapo and King of Thieves last week.

Sniper101:

This movie is still not on Netflix yet.
WHY?

I really don't understand.

Marvel is a Disney property, it will never drop on Netflix

Baddestguyp:
You don't need pills to sleep...
Just watch this movie

The only reason people went to watch this on cinema again is because of the death of Chadwick. The movie was worse than i imagined frs 😔. A very disappointing mess of a movie. People were saying it was emotional, but I didn't get any emotion from this movie at all, just a bunch of actresses crying and shit.

abduleez1:


With Shanty Town, Nollywood has gotten my attention this year.
I downloaded Blood Sisters, Anikulapo and King of Thieves last week.

Sadly it was an oyibo investment that upped our level. Most of the local Nollywood financing only led to promotion of occult based inane storylines

GloriousGbola:


Sadly it was an oyibo investment that upped our level. Most of the local Nollywood financing only led to promotion of occult based inane storylines

Painfully.
That occult nonsense tire me ehn.... They even started doing remakes of the past occult films. There's that one I watched with Ramsey Noah and the new guy sequel some years back. It was decent for a Nollywood flick with all the improved camera work, Cinematography and all but the story still same old shït.
That film and is it Chief Daddy that broke the camel's back. Them just dey repeat wedding party and rich people tropes up and down. Na then I wash hand from Nollywood. 😭


Remember we first discussed it here that Netflix and Amazon coming into the game would most likely up our game. Financiers here are not ready to back "risky" projects with no formula of comic stars.
I'm glad we're improving and finally our movies will become globally recognised like our Music is now.
Better days ahead.

RE: Horrible Bosses (2011)

"Slapstick comedy gold"

I miss the era of slapstick comedy flicks with shitty critic ratings and Horrible Bosses is one of the finest.

It set out as 3 friends with horrible bosses and the only solution they came up with was to eliminate these bosses. What followed is a series of comical manuvers that will keep you giggling throughout 😁.

With Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Jason Bateman starring with support from Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Collin ferrell and Jamie Foxx, it was actually an ensemble cast.

They don't make comedy movies like this anymore, totally miss this era.

oyaskii:
Wish i could be like you! Leisure reading has become herculean for me.😭

This year I made a promise to myself to read at least one book a month.
The first book I wanted to read was The Three Body Problem. I tried looking for a place to buy it online, but it was only available in foreign shops and the price was over 14k minus shipping. E-books were out of the question, because I no longer enjoy staring at text on a screen for long periods of time
I later stumbled on the audio book on YouTube, and it struck me that this was a perfect alternative.
I could listen to it to and fro work and at any time I had a break in between work. I could also listen to it when I was doing other mindless tasks.
The God father I finished "reading" this morning was also an audio book

oyaskii:
RE: Horrible Bosses (2011)

"Slapstick comedy gold"

I miss the era of slapstick comedy flicks with shitty critic ratings and Horrible Bosses is one of the finest.

It set out as 3 friends with horrible bosses and the only solution they came up with was to eliminate these bosses. What followed is a series of comical manuvers that will keep you giggling throughout 😁.

With Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Jason Bateman starring with support from Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Collin ferrell and Jamie Foxx, it was actually an ensemble cast.

They don't make comedy movies like this anymore, totally miss this era.

I don't think this movie is slap stick comedy

abduleez1:


Painfully.
That occult nonsense tire me ehn.... They even started doing remakes of the past occult films. There's that one I watched with Ramsey Noah and the new guy sequel some years back. It was decent for a Nollywood flick with all the improved camera work, Cinematography and all but the story still same old shït.
That film and is it Chief Daddy that broke the camel's back. Them just dey repeat wedding party and rich people tropes up and down. Na then I wash hand from Nollywood. 😭


Remember we first discussed it here that Netflix and Amazon coming into the game would most likely up our game. Financiers here are not ready to back "risky" projects with no formula of comic stars.
I'm glad we're improving and finally our movies will become globally recognised like our Music is now.
Better days ahead.

The meteoritic rise of our music shocked me. I couldn't be caught listening to a 9ja song circa 2011 down, but these days, my playlist is like 60% Afrobeats.

And our movies is heading in that direction. Sadly we have empty airheads as leaders who would rather keep us in the trenches. Nigeria is full with so much talent in all spheres of life and with Abundant natural resources, we should be a world super power and i am not even joking.

Gmajor:

I don't think this movie is slap stick comedy

It had broad humor and absurd situations... hallmarks of a slap stick imo.

oyaskii:
The meteoritic rise of our music shocked me. I couldn't be caught listening to a 9ja song circa 2011 down, but these days, my playlist is like 60% Afrobeats.

And our movies is heading in that direction. Sadly we have empty airheads as leaders who would rather keep us in the trenches. Nigeria is full with so much talent in all spheres of life and with Abundant natural resources, we should be a world super power and i am not even joking.

Same here bruv, same here.

Me wey my playlist was like 97% foreign. It was around the last 6 months of last year that my recent playlist could amount to over 60% Naija. So they Spotify now puts Nigerian content first over foreign songs for me now.

If person tell me say e go happen any time soon I go say na lie. I was known to shat on Naija songs in the past. 2 days music don taya me. But there are some songs in the past two years that I've put on repeat for over a week straight.
Even for video content, Naija songs wey yapa to choose from to fit your narrative storytelling no be here.

Na mumu many of our leaders be. It's just enabling environment and policies most ppl need and the funds will start falling into place when ppl see a workable system. I was happy that year when Jonathan's ministers finally added Entertainment amongst contributors of GDP. And now it's showing how sensible that move was even tho the govt did little to nothing.

If person talk say Nigerians go dey anticipate Grammys awards I go say na lie.

oyaskii:
RE: Horrible Bosses (2011)

"Slapstick comedy gold"

I miss the era of slapstick comedy flicks with shitty critic ratings and Horrible Bosses is one of the finest.

It set out as 3 friends with horrible bosses and the only solution they came up with was to eliminate these bosses. What followed is a series of comical manuvers that will keep you giggling throughout 😁.

With Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, and Jason Bateman starring with support from Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Collin ferrell and Jamie Foxx, it was actually an ensemble cast.

They don't make comedy movies like this anymore, totally miss this era.

Omo, you're on a run of classics o.

abduleez1:


With Shanty Town, Nollywood has gotten my attention this year.
I downloaded Blood Sisters, Anikulapo and King of Thieves last week.

this is why we should have nothing but prayers for netflix

they are the ones with an interest in promoting struggling movie industries in places like nigeria

a lot of all the big name studios or companies have zero interest in establishing a footprint here

this is especially important for Nigerians that love jumping on all those western holy wars of netflix vs amazon, steam vs epic etal.

the real question is - which of them are providing services that make your life better?

i like video games - and it is epic games that is providing regional discounts - which means if you are in nigeria, you can get $20 indie games for $5

Microsoft does the same - infact you can pay for most apps/games/subscriptions available on the microsoft store in NAIRA. so why would i want to buy a PS5 where i would have to pay in dollars with no discount whatsoever?

minecraft legends will release in april . 40 usd , but 10k in NAIRA.

those are companies/businesses that are investing in our market

abduleez1:


Time to dust this off my cupboard of to do watchlist.... Been intimating myself with vintage products as old as this. So this would be a joy ride. 😎

"The Good fellas" Another Amazing Oldie

abduleez1:


Omo, you're on a run of classics o.

Maan...yes o.. They are a safe bet for me

Filmmakers are policed too much these days, too many agendas devouring the art, critics pan for feminism, Lgtv, racial and recently disable people representation in one movie, leading to more bland movies than actual good ones. Even older materials that are adapted to modern movies are having their screenplays reworked to fit these agendas.

I know it's late, but Everything Everywhere All At Once is hot garbage, and IMDB can't convince me otherwise. What did I watch biko? I'll have to be careful with what I watch henceforth cos this is the height of it.

Illusioneffect:

Marvel is a Disney property, it will never drop on Netflix

Are you serious
Hmmm
Na wa o