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I'm. Yoruba but I'm ashamed of Yoruba movies.

I used to think that Igbo films of those days were promoting sexual immorality, but the current crop of Yoruba actors have taken it to the lowest low.

It's even apparent that most of the Yoruba actresses are prostitutes and use film making as an opportunity to market their product.

If I had my way, I will close down the Nollywood for one year, so that all intending film producers or script writers could go through a re-orientation on moral values.

YourNemesis:
Is it only that? You are not even touching on the real/cogent points.

How about their horrible code-mixing between 60% English and 40% Half baked Yoruba that they call discussions in Yoruba?

They may think that it makes them sound "posh", but seriously, it is disgusting!

Why would I go the length of watching a movie in Yoruba only to hear them speaking English half the time when english nollywood or even America's hollywood is there for me to watch if I wanted 'spren spren' English grammar?
Yoruba actors of the 90s and early 2000's to mid 2010s were waay better in their Yoruba language diction and knowledge including in mannerisms and traditions. What we have these days are just mass produced trash that do not last 1 month in popularity before fading out into oblivion.

When was the last time the Yoruba movie industry produced a movie the quality of Saworo-Ide, Maami, Oleku, Ti Oluwa n'ile, Sango, Magun, Efunsetan Aniwura, Eku Ida, Ayo ni mo fe, Ogbori Elemosho, Agogo Eewo, Kodun kopo Kope (KKK), Irapada; and those old Yoruba movies with epic village settings, 100% indigenous costumes and beautiful sounding Yoruba.

Everything in this generation just seems to be going downhill. Even the movies. Don't even go to music. .. Like seriously, how hard can it be?

OMG did Nairaland just crash for 10 minutes? couldn't post for more than 15 minutes straight, smh.

The problem may be the greed and selfishness that wants to do all instead of collaborating with competent Yoruba playwrights, script writers or translators of English scripts.
Is that not what Hollywood does? Even oyinbo musicians don't write all their songs.
We need to stop chasing money senselessly. Datsall.


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Unlimitk2:
Shut d fukk up
If u have seen me on nairaland commenting, u will know I always say my mind
If I don't like something, I dont pretend like Yorubas normally do
I'm a person that notice things a lot
If I see anything happening I notice it
And what i noticed is that Yoruba movies have been hijacked by Islamic mob
Imagine my dad cousin in d UK learning about Yoruba culture by watching our movie, then all d names of characters in d movies are Muslims names,they will b dressing like hausa and b saying Arabic and making fun of pastors
That's what yoruba movies have turned to now
I can't even watch a movie to showcase my culture anymore without seeing some religion bullshit
I started noticing this stuff around 2015
I watch Africa magic yoruba a lot and it wasnt like this before 2015 during d time of odunlade and co
Note:I'm an atheist ,but I could care less about any religion
Even d Christian yorubas now have run away to English speaking nollywood now
They have left it for u guys,
Bet it with me
In d nearest future,other ppl will b complaing about Yoruba movies too

Mtchew! Rubbish

Obviously u are a liar and a bigot at the same time. I don't care whether u are a atheist or not, if u like worship sun, that is your problem. But ur hatred toward Islam is glaring and it will soon consume u and render u into subhuman. Purge ur mind of hatred and have a peaceful life.

yemolz:
They're really portraying our cultural values wrongly, they front tattoo as if it's part of our entity.
Slangs are now the order of the day in our movies, most especially Yoruba movie.
They consult herbalist on every issues as if is our norms.
I think they have to be corrected on some their wrong ideologies.

Tattoo is part of Yoruba cultural body marks for female beautification but with meanings. Our grandmothers were known to tattoo hidden parts on their bodies, like inner thighs.

abdulkayus:
Obviously u are a liar and a bigot at the same time. I don't care whether u are a atheist or not, if u like worship sun, that is your problem. But ur hatred toward Islam is glaring and it will soon consume u and render u into subhuman. Purge ur mind of hatred and have a peaceful life.

Yoruba is not an Islamic culture or a christian one. Idont know but If what he says is true then it should be condemned.

Xisnin:
Forget the deceptive headline.
The OP is either a religious extremist masquerading as a concerned fan or suffering from inferiority complex.
All over the world, movies are acted using real names of people but this
OP does not want Kudirat, Jeleel, Jonathan and others to be used by people who commit crimes
or immorality in movies because the name is "holy" but he doesn't mind if Yoruba names like Kola or Tunde.

Is he telling us that criminals in real life don't use Muslim, Christian or foreign names?
Are the people with "holy" names holy in real life?
Just go through the crime section and you will see that most of the suspects have an
holy name.

He is essentially telling Nollywood not to represent reality.

OP's brain is paining him!

weyreypey:
He's right.... you know?!

very wrong...and he is insultive.. nothing right about been insultive..is there?

weyreypey:
Yoruba movies are scripted and acted by shallow minds...

Yoruba movies are scripted and acted by shallow minds, but other Nollywood movies are scripted and acted by great minds. I get your point.

Your faulty post is so obvious, I don't need waste my time to argue with you.

YourNemesis:
Is it only that? You are not even touching on the real/cogent points.

How about their horrible code-mixing between 60% English and 40% Half baked Yoruba that they call discussions in Yoruba?

They may think that it makes them sound "posh", but seriously, it is disgusting!

Why would I go the length of watching a movie in Yoruba only to hear them speaking English half the time when english nollywood or even America's hollywood is there for me to watch if I wanted 'spren spren' English grammar?
Yoruba actors of the 90s and early 2000's to mid 2010s were waay better in their Yoruba language diction and knowledge including in mannerisms and traditions. What we have these days are just mass produced trash that do not last 1 month in popularity before fading out into oblivion.

When was the last time the Yoruba movie industry produced a movie the quality of Saworo-Ide, Maami, Oleku, Ti Oluwa n'ile, Sango, Magun, Efunsetan Aniwura, Eku Ida, Ayo ni mo fe, Ogbori Elemosho, Agogo Eewo, Kodun kopo Kope (KKK), Irapada; and those old Yoruba movies with epic village settings, 100% indigenous costumes and beautiful sounding Yoruba.

Everything in this generation just seems to be going downhill. Even the movies. Don't even go to music. .. Like seriously, how hard can it be?

OMG did Nairaland just crash for 10 minutes? couldn't post for more than 15 minutes straight, smh.

Nice one!

Gratefulheart01:
Yoruba movies are scripted and acted by shallow minds, but other Nollywood movies are scripted and acted by great minds. I get your point.

Your faulty post is so obvious, I don't need waste my time to argue with you.

I don't watch any other nollywood movie.

Critics never got anything nice to say. If you don't enjoy what they act in movies these days go and direct Your Own movie, and stop defaming had working entertainers doing their job how they know best! YORUBA MAN IS DISGUSTED!

Tunbolity:
My childhood was awesome, thanks to many beautiful sceneries of nature which I was exposed to in the hinterland community which I grew up. However, several other factors added to the glitz and glamour with which my childhood was enamoured, one of which were the Yoruba movies we watched back then. Numerous Yoruba movies came from stables of hard-working producers as presented by their makers then.

Up till this present moment, I remember with nostalgia; those emotional scenes in Yoruba movies, those didactic story lines in movies, the captivating suspense in Yoruba films, and to cap it all, the display of professionalism by the crew.

What I perceive in the actors of those days was commitment and rare display of hardwork in them, while they may be out to make money, they were also there to satisfy their audience to the best of their ability. They promoted our cultural values too.

Sadly, those good qualities and features that made Yoruba movie industry outshined every other bloc of Nollywood are no longer seen in their story-writing, film-casting and professional duty any more. Alas! What has become of Yoruba film industry? Mediocrity is now the order of the day. A movie maker’s major concern is to make money, not mindful of the criticisms and scrutiny from audience and movie experts out there. No element of suspense, diction, and some other attractive features.

Apart from what some people termed “soft porn” which Nollywood has been selling out to the public, Yoruba movie industry has even sank deep into the of abyss of teaching the young ones bad character. This latest trend has further worsened the already bad situation. Nollywood has joined the band of series of factors that have influenced the entrenchment of immorality in our society.

The current trend is the abuse of beautifully crafted religious names, and the portrayal of bad characters through such names. Names like Sunday, Kudirat, Aminat, Monday, Jonathan, Munir, Jeleel have been corrupted by Yoruba film makers under the portrayal of different ridiculous and debilitating characters. Characters under most of these names are depicted through many social vices ranging from hooliganism, armed robbery, prostitution, drug abuse hence, further compounding the woes of a morally bankrupt society which we find ourselves. They often portray characters of criminals with these sacred names which mostly have their roots in the Holy Books. But our movie makers care less about this in as much as they are smiling to the bank. All in the name of entertainment, they have neglected the sacredness of religion as peculiar to the Nigerian society.

The pioneers of acting and movie making profession; dead and alive never had the aim of turning religious tenets to laughing stock neither did they have the intention to swindle their audience by producing movies unworthy of the Nigerian society. As much as they were out to entertain, they also sought to educate their audience. But what do we have today, mockery of religious values under the guise of acting comedies. When current set of movie-makers are supposed to look into the mistakes of their predecessors and improve upon them while availing themselves of the opportunity of modern technology in promoting their work, they are shamelessly retrogressing. This retrogression and lack of professionalism is manifestly developing into a malignant cankerworm which if not checked, it may pose a dangerous threat to the development of movie industry. Already, most kids of today are becoming big fans of foreign movies because they see Nigerian films as lacking those captivating scenes.

Summarily, this piece is a passionate appeal from a fan of Yoruba movie industry that all stakeholders heed the popular call and make amends where necessary. I am sure I have spoken the mind of many fans who do not know where to direct their complaint. I emphatically call on Nollywood stakeholders and Yoruba movie-makers in particular, to please take necessary steps to arrest the ugly trend. I believe with this, Yoruba movie industry can rub shoulders with any industry in the world as it gets back on track. They should help in building our society and not further worsening the societal maladies through their movies.


Quadri Tunbosun Ganiyu is reachable on Twitter via @Tunbolity

Faculty of Law,O.A.U,
Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Read more: http://-omoooduarere..com/2013/11/yoruba-movie-industry-is-getting-it.html#ixzz2lAsk3KYF

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weyreypey:
I don't watch any other nollywood movie.

Alright, it's not about only Yoruba movies. It's all nollywood in general. Their movies is all shiiiit most times.
The only thing is, it's wrong to fault only yoruba movies, if you want to fault any movie. You have to fault all of them because one is not better than the other.

Gratefulheart01:
Alright, it's not about only Yoruba movies. It's all nollywood in general. Their movies is all shiiiit most times.
The only thing is, it's wrong to fault only yoruba movies, if you want to fault any movie. You have to fault all of them because one is not better than the other.

I can only talk about my tribal movie bro. I am a avaricious reader.. try to get this book "Agbalagba Akan"
You'll understand the extent to which Yoruba's had gone decades past.

weyreypey:
I can only talk about my tribal movie bro. I am a avaricious reader.. try to get this book "Agbalagba Akan"
You'll understand the extent to which Yoruba's had gone decades past.

Lol, i read the novel too many years ago, and some other novels from the man too. He's a great writer. I don't read novels but was surprised the way all my attention was caught when i took to read his novels then. I will have to buy them and keep for future purpose.
Not only him though, most yoruba novels i read in the past are like that, including the ones in the textbooks i got from my mother. Very creative writers.

See eh God bless the op for this and the people that made forwarding comments we need to talk about things like this our society is getting messe up the young ones coming are quick to emulate wat the see and act on it . most yoruba movies have watched dont even have positive meaning.. We cant keep going back, we can't keep doing this like its been done. Change has come, and if we don't move to it.. We will be left behind .. Am glad someone finally said something bout this

It is really pathetic, I no longer watch Yoruba channel

yemolz:
They're really portraying our cultural values wrongly, they front tattoo as if it's part of our entity.
Slangs are now the order of the day in our movies, most especially Yoruba movie.
They consult herbalist on every issues as if is our norms.
I think they have to be corrected on some their wrong ideologies.

you got it all wrong bro. Tattoos has been part of our culture since ages,the awos(whom you call herbalists)stand for African traditional religion,which is our natural religion before the colonial masters impose theirs on us.




The few problems I have with the Yoruba movies are..


1)odunlade adekola and temitope osoba always spilling out curses as if they've got a reward for it.

2)some actors/actresses(lateef adedimeji,ireti osayemi,temitope osoba and some few others) always speaking English in a Yoruba movie

3)portraying African voodoo as the most powerful thing in the universe in a very unrealistic way(you'd see one go to a babalawo to collect a command charm. Then he will start using it in an unrealistic way)

4)portraying African traditional religion(our original religion)as evil and their Christian/islam counterparts as the proper religion.

5)gatemen with dumb,irritating behaviors

6)most odunlade adekola's flick are totally unrealistic.

7)the subtitles;they should pay more attention to this.

The OP was off on the issue of names...the movies are supposed to be reflections of the society. I know you must have heard "Sule ma leleyi". A statement used for slow child. Yet there are many wonderful people bearing SULEIMAN. So you prefer them using only Yoruba names?

The real issue is their story writing and all of them trying to speak English and sound British in Yoruba movies. I remember watching one and the girl was saying "why did you cheat me". She said it twice to her unfaithful husband, in a fake British accent

I stopped watching as I always felt I wasted 2 hours of my life after watching. The only time I sit to watch it with my people is if it is commedy...since they are playing stupid anyways.

Who is this crybaby?
Abeg, go and sleep.
Social media has given too many irrelevant folks a voice nowadays.
If you want to criticize movies join the official bodies assigned with the responsibility.

Gratefulheart01:
Lol, i read the novel too many years ago, and some other novels from the man too. He's a great writer. I don't read novels but was surprised the way all my attention was caught when i took to read his novels then. I will have to buy them and keep for future purpose.
Not only him though, most yoruba novels i read in the past are like that, including the ones in the textbooks i got from my mother. Very creative writers.

The lacuna is now in translating the same into videos

weyreypey:
The lacuna is now in translating the same into videos

Morning sir,my landlord is about go evict me,cant renew my rent.please help

Xisnin:
Forget the deceptive headline.
The OP is either a religious extremist masquerading as a concerned fan or suffering from inferiority complex.
All over the world, movies are acted using real names of people but this
OP does not want Kudirat, Jeleel, Jonathan and others to be used by people who commit crimes
or immorality in movies because the name is "holy" but he doesn't mind if Yoruba names like Kola or Tunde.

Is he telling us that criminals in real life don't use Muslim, Christian or foreign names?
Are the people with "holy" names holy in real life?
Just go through the crime section and you will see that most of the suspects have an
holy name.

He is essentially telling Nollywood not to represent reality.

He is saying that the aforementioned names shouldn't be used all the time. There numerous names why those names?

Tajbol4splend:
Nollywood entirely is BS, poor directing, too unreal and predictable

You are watching fake movies. If you need good nollywood movies upgrade your dstv bouquet to compact to watch Africa magic showcase. They show real life stories with good content.

uuzba:
The subtitling use to hook O. Only one English sentence will be on screen and the actor will be firing mgbati-mgbati for 5 mins.

You post my mind oh

asuustrike1:
He is saying that the aforementioned names shouldn't be used all the time. There numerous names why those names?

Why not those names?
Do you even watch Yoruba movies?
The most common names in Yoruba movies are Yoruba names, the OP has no problem with that.


You are attempting to read the author's mind by stating what is not in the original article.
Let us even assume that you are a mind reader.

Why should movie directors be restricted on the names they can use?

If you and the OP are not happy, maybe you should tell your senators to ban the parents
from using such names. When a name disappears from use, you won't find them in movies again.

kakaG:
Get the point dude, it's your type he is addressing. When I read to that point I figured out he meant Christianity, Islam and descent traditional practices. If given the opportunity to direct or produce a movie you'll disgrace Nigeria big time.

Don't ignore the question. Why should Yoruba movies promote Christianity and Islam? Do Arab or European movies promote Yoruba religion? So, why do we promote their religions?

Xisnin:
Why not those names?
Do you even watch Yoruba movies?
The most common names in Yoruba movies are Yoruba names, the OP has no problem with that.


You are attempting to read the author's mind by stating what is not in the original article.
Let us even assume that you are a mind reader.

Why should movie directors be restricted on the names they can use?

If you and the OP are not happy, maybe you should tell your senators to ban the parents
from using such names. When a name disappears from use, you won't find them in movies again.

Probably you don't get it do you? The continuous usage of a particular name doesn't portray the reality on ground. Same way the English movies portray names like Akpan and Musa as houseboy and gateman respectively similar way Yoruba movies do to the aforementioned names. The character isn't the issue but the continuous usage of those names

weyreypey:
I just switch channels when I hear any curse! Odunade adekola is not worthy of being called a movie actor....

Dude over-act most times. And I hate his despicable attempt at comedy.

This must get to the produers abeg

babyfaceafrica:
so because someone watches Yoruba play
.he/she is not serious with life?..how do u people think self?..very petty!!..live and et others leave..what audacity do u have to conclude on what people watch and maligning them is out of life. be guided!,

Please, don't get my point twisted...IT is my opinion which I am entitled to...I hardly come across YORUBA film LOVERS...not NOLLLYWOOD o who have have wide knowledge and can take on really intelligent discuss. ...it doesn't necessarily mean they aren't serious with life, they do but the ones I know are mostly shallow minded...I should have explained this much in the first post.