FergieRaww: If so then there must be some sort of high level marketing from the Nollywood team to make our movies & shows be the flag bearer of African entertainment
I saw a southie series last month, Shaka something, it was clean and maybe writing was okay but wasn't hooked on it after the whole boobs flying everywhere... it doesn't have that flavor abi flare that Nollywood posses to make Netflix, Prime Video etc still invest in the African market
They know how to market their garbage bro and they bank on the big names of the past. Someone like me sees through all that razzmatazz for the frauds that they are.
abduleez1: I watched a few episodes of South African show, Shaka Ilembe abi wetin dem dey call am on DStv. It is the highest budgeted Southie show and I could see the pristine cinematography, the play on geography and environment & scenery.....also the writing was top top notch. I was intrigued by the show and storyline. Even the acting was on point. And the Zulu language was paramount.
I look that show, mentally compare am with our bi budget shows or movies and I dey shake my head.
Jesus, that show dey show pristine South African boobs on raw display my gee. Plenty babes walking bare-chest just as our ancestors truly wanted. 🌚
My bro, I dey wonder when Nollywood wan dey consistent with the times and top tier like that.
Southie actors are waaaayyyy ahead of our own hypocritical actors Abeg. There was one Southie action flick I watched before too but I've forgotten the name, it was top notch, storywise and even the fight choreography was dope and high quality.
FergieRaww: I'll keep it short and simple.. Now Netflix invested approx. 20+mil dolls for a space of seven years as at ending of 2024 for the Africa market and rumors has it they're now going big in regions of billions now
Now most of the profit that investment made for the past seven years came off Nollywood (i think that shows progress and needs to be supported more)
The only problem i can see are the average writing (which will get better with time)
You don't have to expect a high IQ level of acting from this people at Nollywood when most high budget shows in Hollywood has been fumbling seriously
P.s.. this is the only show from Nollywood i've seen this year lol 😄 but we need to support them and laugh it off as per "them dey try" and keep to our better writing & execution to the big players in North America & Europe
People with Peanut funding write way better than these guys you want us to say "them dey try" to.
TemporaryHansel: I can never trust a Nigerian film. I laughed when I saw people praising the series on x.
That was when I knew it is probably trash. Many Nigerians have been fed trash for so long that when they see films with a little touch of brilliance, they begin to overhype them.
Nigerian films are trash and will remain so for the foreseeable future. You can predict the ending of 99% of Nigerian films, without breaking a sweat.
To each with their own questionable taste but can never be me. Nollywood and Tyler Perry movies can never see my shadow no matter how hyped they are. The few Nollywood flicks I've seen was because of my woman.
I didn’t want to be overly critical with this, but this was, in fact, a Kemi Adetiba imprint, a supposedly accomplished filmmaker in these parts and a Netflix-commissioned show, for that matter.
The title, "To Kill A Monkey," might actually be the most apt and cleverly thought-out aspect of the entire project. The euphemism was nuts, considering the supposed subject matter. Unfortunately, that's where the fun ended.
The central theme of the show was Cybercrime , which I thought was a very important narrative to explore at this point in time. But if you weren't paying close attention, you'd think this was just another gang/drug turf war flick. It follows two friends with contrasting personalities, who are driven by misfortune into the world of cybercrime. I thought that was a solid premise... only if they had stuck with it.
The show juggled so many plotlines, attempting to tell stories in layers that should have built toward something meaningful. The problem? They were just building , with no plan on how to stick the landing. By the third act, each scene felt like it belonged to a completely different show.
I liked King of Boys, but Kemi Adetiba is starting to behave like a drug dealer who struck gold with a bomb hit and now keeps flooding the market with the same formula, just in different packaging , too scared to evolve and find something new. You could clearly see King of Boys DNA all over this , and it felt wildly out of place for the story at hand. To put it in perspective, the opening scene was this elaborate occultic ritual, that ended up meaning absolutely nothing.
The performances were okay-ish. The two leads, Buchi Franklin and William Benson, had enough chemistry to carry the show, but there's this new-age style of acting in Nollywood that I personally detest , it’s overdone, overly crass, and just doesn’t feel believable. It lacks a certain refinement. The show was also filled with way too many unnecessary characters , chief among them, an “Old Taker” played by Chidi Mokeme. He had no business being in this. It epitomizes my feeling that this would’ve worked better as a movie rather than a show. Because with a series format and approx. 8 hours to burn, all the unnecessary characters had more time to waste and added zero value to the story.
The production value was clean, as you'd expect from a Netflix-funded show. The pomp and props were shiny all sitting on top of a bad, not-so-well-thought-out script. And maybe that’s exactly what I should start expecting any time I see Netflix attached to a local show. 😩
Each episode ended with “Written and Directed by Kemi Adetiba” , which might be the core issue here. These big-name filmmakers often get that coveted Netflix sit-down and the heavy seed money, only to turn around and deliver polished garbage. If only they allowed other creative voices into the writers' room, this might have gone somewhere. I’ve genuinely seen Zikoko YouTube short stories that are better written than this.
This is probably why the technical aspects of our filmmaking haven’t progressed as much as the social media clout would have you believe.
Anyway, this was a tedious watch and honestly, I wouldn’t have missed a thing if I hadn’t bothered. So I truly wonder what all the praise I’m seeing littered across X is for... A special... special... mess. 🚮✨
abduleez1: HOT DAMN..... E be like say I don dey see vision. Isn't it few days ago I was talking about this Spartacus— House of Ashur TV series we were promised some years back and hearing nothing of it since we got a first look teaser a while back.
CoolUsername: Nigerian-made action horror comic. It's called Celestial Eyes. It follows a paranormal detective (who can violate my human rights anyday btw) who solves strange cases in Lagos.
Pretty good so far, it has nice art, the mc seems interesting, it also has fanservice and gore so I can't complain.
My biggest gripe is that there is some pseudo-intellectual yapping that feels like padding and takes time away the good parts.
All in all it was good read so I thought I'd give it shout here to support a Nigerian creator who is actually making good stuff.
PS: the fourth Pic is basically just the opposite of "Nah, I'd win."
James Gunn finally obliged and dropped the full mural we saw in the hall of Justice in The Superman movie. Apparently it was a History of Metahumans Mural.
With the incoming launch of the Tsunami that is the DCU, who's a top or good actress who's significantly well known amongst TV audience that can veritably play the role of our beloved №1 superheroine— Wonder Woman ??
I'd have said Adria Arjona, would have been a perfect match and facial resemblance— but she's too short. 🤧 Now I'm thinking maybe, Frida Gustavsson of VIKINGS: VALHALLA would be the perfect choice. Similar young age as Superman and Lex Luthor actors. Perfect height. Has the warrior looks and played a very similar role as Wonder Woman, has the elegance and everything.
But what other options we got?
Modified: Gunn has clarified that DC isn't casting based on specific role or movies, but by acting prowess. So the list of possible actors goes BIGGER.
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