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oyaskii:
Maannn...I haven't really read any of Chimamanda Adichie's book despite all the raves they get. The only one i have read was, a short novella titled "Notes on Grief", and it was suggested to me, to get over a personal loss 😞. It was so good, and the writing style was top notch... I need to get into her works more 🤔

abduleez1:
Same here bruh... I also haven't read any of her books even tho they're quite revered.
I plan to read some of her books and other authors I've missed over the years.
The problem is with finding time to actually read them.

abduleez1:
Nah bro.... That's just dictionary meaning and academic.

A blockbuster movie also means the money put into it, and pedigree of filmmakers behind it and scope of the film.

Then why are upcoming films like Minecraft, Wicked, Superman: Legacy etc tagged blockbusters despite not even out yet to measure their box office success. Why is Joker Folie á Deaux tagged a blockbuster flop?

abduleez1:
Same here bruh... I also haven't read any of her books even tho they're quite revered.
I plan to read some of her books and other authors I've missed over the years.
The problem is with finding time to actually read them.

oyaskii:
Exactly...The article was just bland. We have gone over the list of books they can adapt...if they start doing that, they might be up to something...

Meanwhile...Africa International Film Festival is coming up, next month, and some next blend of indie gems that i think you should keep an eye out for, have been selected for screening...

Breathe of Life (2023) was the close film of last year's festival and we all know how much of a hit it became...the festival is a big deal....a big break from the nonsense, Netflix serves each week..

abduleez1:
The industry is really invested in this adaptation...

Ishilove:
Adulthood no be joke

abduleez1:
Omo..... 😳😳


At least they can make some money on premium VOD. 🤧🤧

abduleez1:
No joke at all. There's tons of book in my library and more to add but sometimes I just know within myself say I dey whine myself. There's no time. The few ones I actually forced myself to read and while I quite enjoyed them I haven't read past 10% of the book's content. Talkless of the tons of literature and non fiction I haven't even started.

If it was during my younger years I would have cleared almost all if not all by now. I could easily read a full novel within 24hrs - 36hrs. Now it seems I read at snail's pace. The volumes of pages even scares me unlike before where I cherished seeing mountainous volumes of pages to read.

Ishilove:
I still cherish seeing mountains of pages...BUT, na the time to read be the wahala. Funny thing is I keep buying more and more books and keeping them without reading

abduleez1:
Same here bruh... I also haven't read any of her books even tho they're quite revered.
I plan to read some of her books and other authors I've missed over the years.
The problem is with finding time to actually read them.

Illusioneffect:
WHAT THE FCKIN FCK! That's an abomination. I recommend starting with Purple Hibiscus

GloriousGbola:
do you think its possible this is one of those movies that 10 years from now will be a visionary cult classic that was ahead of its time shawshank redemption/the thing style?

because i read somewhere that it is a deconstruction of the celebration of edgelords

oyaskii:
😅... The battle between Adulting and Reading books now is so brutal 😬😞.....i will totally be lying if i say i will be starting any new book soon, have my plate full at the moment, and so little time dedicated to reading endeavour.

But i am totally open to the idea of new book suggestions and acquiring them ,😅

pu7pl3:
wtf is this "deconstruction of the celebration of edgelords" 😒

GloriousGbola:
do you think its possible this is one of those movies that 10 years from now will be a visionary cult classic that was ahead of its time shawshank redemption/the thing style?

because i read somewhere that it is a deconstruction of the celebration of edgelords

Ishilove:
I still cherish seeing mountains of pages...BUT, na the time to read be the wahala. Funny thing is I keep buying more and more books and keeping them without reading

Illusioneffect:
Pedro Pascal dead Man walking

oyaskii:
😅... The battle between Adulting and Reading books now is so brutal 😬😞.....i will totally be lying if i say i will be starting any new book soon, have my plate full at the moment, and so little time dedicated to reading endeavour.

But i am totally open to the idea of new book suggestions and acquiring them ,😅

Kaycee7:
This seems like a safe space to talk about how I've been reading The Eye of the World since last year and I'm not even halfway. Then I had to audacity to go and start Dune 😁

abduleez1:
Joker (2019) was seen as an iconic movie for giving incels a voice and making them feel justified with their possible actions due to societal ills and injustice. It seemed like a celebratory movie for edgelords.

Todd Philips didn't like that and feels the fans of the first movie didn't understand the point he was trying to pass across so he made this one lame to make you understand he wasn't actually celebrating Joker's societal anarchy campaign.

Word on the street is that the new Joker is pissing off it's core fanbase on purpose by being an on the nose deconstruction of everything wrong with being an edge lord. The anime ending of Attack on Titan did the same thing. So now my wheels are spinning.

Are there any other movies, shows, etc where a beloved edgelord character is EFFECTIVELY deconstructed. And by effective I mean leaving little room for misinterpretation. The first joker and 95% of attack on titan failed at this task by making the main characters look super cool while being shitty which of course meant that so many failed to see the problem in their behavior (see my first edgelord video from the main channel's early days). So are there more recent examples of creators leaving no room for confusion?

DOyaskii:
😅😬

DOyaskii:
😅😬

Kaycee7:
This seems like a safe space to talk about how I've been reading The Eye of the World since last year and I'm not even halfway. Then I had to audacity to go and start Dune 😁

abduleez1:
No joke at all. There's tons of book in my library and more to add but sometimes I just know within myself say I dey whine myself. There's no time. The few ones I actually forced myself to read and while I quite enjoyed them I haven't read past 10% of the book's content. Talkless of the tons of literature and non fiction I haven't even started.

If it was during my younger years I would have cleared almost all if not all by now. I could easily read a full novel within 24hrs - 36hrs. Now it seems I read at snail's pace. The volumes of pages even scares me unlike before where I cherished seeing mountainous volumes of pages to read.

Kaycee7:
This seems like a safe space to talk about how I've been reading The Eye of the World since last year and I'm not even halfway. Then I had to audacity to go and start Dune 😁

abduleez1:
Lol, why do you say that? Cos of his packed schedule?? Or you're spoiling upcoming season??