Unionised:
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind - 20/10
And I cried....
Oh Africa!

oyetpel:



My older sister who is into Nollywood told me that if she can be seeing movies like Queen of Katwe and The boy that harnessed the wind she will delete all her Jenifas and other nollywood movies on her system.

She said she liked the originality of the movies.

I like both movies too but do you thing its what we need every time? Though they are but true stories but Not everybody lives in the ghetto.

I will to see a Nigeria movie on;

(1)how betting is affecting youths,

(2) the ordeals of gaining admission to tertiary universities (favourable or not),

(3)how Nigeria missed it (economy) when oil was discovered in the 70s.

(4) influence of religion, politicians on the society.

(5) the loss of authority of traditional rulers.

(6) how economy contributed to the growth of internet fraud, implications on the Nigeria household.

(7) the current stream of fake life and social media show offs.


So many stories to put out, but na only romance + family palaver they prefer.

xxix:


I want to become a movie maker and I want my movies to be moved by what Nigerians would be willing to go to the cinemas to see.

nani667:



Been seeing all manner of hype about this since...

Added to the list ✔️

nani667:
Captain Marvel


7 / 10


Well.... The movie wasn't as bad as everyone is saying... The CGI and fight scenes were on Point, the plot was allover the place tho... Carol & Fury's relationship was interesting, and the Carol Danvers character was actually decent..

Plot Holes here and there, Just like in Endgame, but overall it was a decent movie... This movie is actually the Holy Grail compared to that Abomination called Wonder Woman... And to think people compared them

nani667:
Captain Marvel


7 / 10


Well.... The movie wasn't as bad as everyone is saying... The CGI and fight scenes were on Point, the plot was allover the place tho... Carol & Fury's relationship was interesting, and the Carol Danvers character was actually decent..

Plot Holes here and there, Just like in Endgame, but overall it was a decent movie... This movie is actually the Holy Grail compared to that Abomination called Wonder Woman... And to think people compared them

Nova15:

I'm guessing you're a fan of the movie "Hobbit"

mekaprime:

When you say prefer, you seem to pass the bulk of the blame to the audience/viewers, which shouldn't be so. IMO, the genesis of the problem starts with our script writers. Many of 'em lack originality and rarely do research on whatever story they are writing, thus they end up modifying other peoples work. That's why 20+ Nollywood movies would have the same everything, we are talking of being cliché on a humongous scale, & by that, the viewers(mostly those who don't know their right from left as regards movies) are kinda unconsciously programmed into preferring such genre or type of movie.
A creative writer who wants to do something unique could actually make a movie about the Nigerian civil as captured in the eyes of a young refugee, a girl child to be precise. Here, the viewers might thinking "yeah we've got it all figured out", its a flick depleting the inherently vulnerability of females in times of war , just then you sweep the carpet off their feet, and give them the complete opposite of the bolded(note: whatever you write doesn't have to be 100% true, that's why its called creativity).
Or simply picking one of yours how betting is affecting youths This one definitely ought to be a satire, but most of our writers will simply make it a romance flick.

mekaprime:

Nobody is disputing primarily what the flick is about, its the secondary/supporting attribute that i was simply hinting at. And the fact still remains just as you stated, these ills are more predominant in the African continent than anywhere else

Bourne007:
The curse of La Llorona

MJBOLT:

Captain Marvel is the greatest highest grossing female CBM for a reason

losprince:


We can all agree that hit-girl from kisk-ass is greater than captain Marvel....

kongolo:
You are ill informed and seem to lack real world experience.A simple google search on the socio economic malaise in south east Asia,central and south america and the middle east will do you some good.Even the western states have their own dire issues

oyetpel:



Nice points made.

But i didn't say i prefer anything, but i will say we are still on the same page.

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MJBOLT:

nobody gives a f*ck about kick a55 or hit girl

KoiceReloaded:


The_fuck?! Are you serious?

I know those_fuckers look down on us, but this is next level.

I bet most of them won't be able to locate Mali on the Map to save their miserable lives. That's how clueless they are.

oyetpel:


There is even severe suffering surrounding the US, such as countries like Guatemala, Panama, e.t.c and even Mexico sef.

I don't know how Africa can change the narrative that we are primitive. Whites and foreigners are visit our continent know that Africa is not as depicted on foreign TVs, but the their general populace still think so

Beorn:


Huge fan.

mekaprime:

By prefer, I meant the audience. when you stated the audience preferred romance + family palaver.

oyetpel:


Ah no, i meant the directors not audience.

One of the ways we can change Nollywood is Criticism .

By that i mean having critics review the movie, rate it and slate it where necessary.

But the criticism will seen as evil or bad belle against the directors.

Something like freeze is doing but they called him anti christ.


In The Greatest Showman, remember how the critic was writing bad reviews for him? It made him get better and win over the critic.

Same thing in Birdman.

noob03saibot:
please, did you download it? If so, please where? I heard it's part of the Annabelle n conjuring series.

troubleseller:
Nigerian Prince
First off the good bits:

Direction: No lies, the direction was good even too good for a Nigerian movie. I guess we might have been criticizing our movies without even watching them but the directing in this one was good. There was even a well done long take that I'm not sure I've ever seen in a Nigerian movie.

Editing: Professional.

Acting: Nothing spectacular but it served its purpose especially Baba and the guy from Australia.

Cinematography: Good enough. Scenes were well lit. Colour was good.

Story: If I was to rate the story alone, I would give it a 7.

The bad parts

Chemistry: There was no chemistry between the two main characters to suggest the type of relationship they had.

Writing: This is the main problem we have with our movies. This one especially was littered with expressions only Americans or whites would use. Our writers need to know the lingo suitable for a movie.

Makeup: Especially where characters were bloodied. We really need to learn makeup.

Overall, the movie was slightly above average though at some points it felt stretched but looking back at what used to be made and what is currently being made, it is clear we are trying to improve and I think it's a good thing.

Bourne007:
The guy is Scottish. Pius just sounded like the guy in Wakanda.

I felt if they had used a naija guy (just like bàbà), he would have used proper slangs and probably funnier.

troubleseller:
It always irks me when they get actors who cannot get the accent. And it's not just us. Americans na im do am pass. Movie was okay though.

Unionised:
Is it that we lovers of the idiot-box just love to argue ni or its just a thread thing?

Another needless dick-measuring contest will soon degenerate into fisticuffs.

Na wa ooo.

Just so you know, TV series are shot with Android while Movies are done with iphone.

That's the major difference.

But they are both PICTURES THAT MOVE, hence the word MOVIE!!!

Case closed.

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