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dreeldee:
sisikill stillwater sistill

LMAO! Does this mean we're a couple now?

By the way, who even came up with all this joining, joining of names? TomKat, Brangelina? Sounds so silly.

onyinye2:
I love this!!!
They shouldn't soften on bit
I watched New Jack City and
Boyz in the Hood at young age
So does every other American born kid
I loved it and i can't wait to watch more!

I agree, besides animation is not always for kids.

I'll put this on the same level as Sin City.

If yall think the foods are so expenisive, WHY NOT ORDER THE MOVIES ON PAY PER VIEW OR ON DEMAND!!

Me and my friends do it when we do not feel like going to the Carolina Mall Cinema!!

LOL. . . sometimes breaking the rules makes things fun!

When I have my purse filled to the brim with contraband and I'm trying to get past the ushers, I imagine I'm Indiana Jones trying to smuggle ancient artifacts. . . since I don't know the Indiana Jones theme, I used Mission Impossible's instead. Sometimes I wear all black. . . ya know throw in a little Men in Black element into it.

Sounds interesting Seun, best of luck and I can't wait to see it.

You know the difference between those people and an actual writer, though?

a writer sits his ass down and WRITES.

for several hours at a time.

every goddamn day.

Whether he feels like writing or not.

he writes.

Even if he ends up tearing it all up and throwing it away the next day.

That’s what a proper writer does.

Don’t listen to all this propaganda that tells you that a writer "dreams". . . no, a writer WRITES.

Seconded!!!!

jameela:
Hey Sisikill , na wa for u o , u obviously have not heard of people trekking through sahara desert to get out of Naija and enter yankee or europe , or of the thousands of people who drown each year while crossing the medittarean sea on dingy boats in their bid to get into Europe , have you heard about the folks who stay in the wheel carriage of planes and die frozen to death upon arrival in europe or america , these people sell all they own in order for them to travel , they borrow , some steal , they make sacrifices , so incase you didnt know , not every one needs to have political intimidation or medical problems for them to fear returning back to Nigeria , to some folks the idea of deportation is enough to kill them

So you obviously must be one of them rich Nigerians who do not understand what the common man is going through.

And by the way , you say the acting is SLOOOW , lol , you must be a disciple of Nollywood's OVERACTING , to me, the acting is REAL!

But let me don't sound like I'm shooting you down , just wanted to clear your eyes to the suffering of the man next to you , not everyone is living in paradise like you obviously are ,

And you must be like a professional critic or something , INCITING EVENT , nice one , have you heard of the people who commit suicide because their lover left them , is that an INCITING EVENT OR NOT

Go figure!

Well. . . pardon me, I stand corrected! I apologize for not being up to date on the plight of the suffering masses. I just find it hard to believe people still suffer like that in this day an age. It’s just so. . . so incomprehensible. Goodness! I guess I need to get out of my ivory tower once in a while coz it seems I have completely lost touch with the little people and how they live. Say. . . do all the homes out there have heli-pads on the roof or should I just come with the Jaguar?

LOL, okay now that we've gotten my "snobbery" out of the way. . . which I'm actually glad you brought up because it is exactly why I think the deportation angle in this movie was weak, let me explain. . . First off, I think this movie was done very, very well, matter of fact I'm keeping my fingers, toes and everything crossable part of me crossed that it reaches a wider audience and by wider audience, some of whom might not really understand the big deal over deportation and it's not because they are living in paradise, it's not because they have lost touch with the little people. They simply don't get it because they aren't Nigerians.

Please, please, please don't get me wrong, I am not saying deportation should never be used, I am saying in this particular case, for this movie it was weak. Of course there are movies out there about Deportation and what people will do to avoid it. Green Card. . . an Andie Mcdowell movie is one of them. This movie compensated for its non-universal theme (fear of deportation) with a more universal one (Love), not just that, the desires of the central characters (even though it was silly on the woman's part, she married him so she could live in a better apartment) were FRONT and CENTER. It wasn't overshadowed by the desires of a secondary character.

To me the landlord had a more pressing desire than the Obinna. Put side by side - Finding and making peace with his daughter daughter before He dies vs. Obinna trying not to get deported in 30 days, the former wins hands down. Just from the preview, I find myself wishing Obinna would hurry up with the daughter finding mission not because I wanted Obinna to avoid deportation, nope. . . me sitting on the edge of the chair, biting my fingers and sweating profusely was because I wanted the landlord to get his wish. (The sweating, edge sitting and nail biting is what we're expected to feel, no?). We shouldn't be rooting for anyone other than the main person and even if we do, it should be secondary to the Protagonist. Except of course I read wrong and the landlord is the main guy, then the movie is perfect as it is. Perception (through visual cues) also plays an important key here, we have a fit-able bodied young man vs. an old, frail looking terminally ill man. . . compared to Obinna, the landlord generates more sympathy.

Stripped down to the core, what we have here is Race Against Natural Laws (death) vs Race against Man Laws(deportation). It goes without saying that nature wins hands down. . . it always does. This is the angle I'm coming from, not the one you interpreted.

LOL, you think Nigerian movies are fast paced acting-wise. . . You are kidding right? When I said the acting was a bit on the slow side, I meant it looked more like theater acting. I didn’t mean over-acting like Jim Iyke would do, stretching every moveable muscle in his face just to say “Wassup”

Committing Suicide because of love. . . a bit cliché but Love & Heartbreak are emotions EVERYBODY can identify with, so I guess it is an excellent inciting event.

Let me reiterate, other than what I thought was a weak storyline, I think this movie was well produced and I applaud the makers. Honestly, I’ll give an arm and a leg to meet them just to say “Well done and thank you for showing it can be done”.

Finally, critiquing isn’t hating or bad-mouthing. We do it all the time for American movies (just take a look at the threads on this section), so why can’t we do it for our Nigerian movies without getting lambasted for being unpatriotic?

DeepZone:
What do you mean? It's just a fiction besides, lots of Nigerians go through deportation wahala around the world. Why sugar coat it? I don't know when we Nigerians will cultivate the habit of encouraging people that try to do something positive without looking for a way to bad mouth it. Your suggestions are tired stories but that doesn't mean you can't make a good movie out of it. If you feel the story is lame, why not develop the ones you suggested?

You know, I made myself a promise not to respond to you anymore. Apart from you never make any sense, you also seem to have a comprehension problem. . . which I guess explains why you never make any sense.

So Aunty wa, answer this for me. . . If Nigerians go through deportation and it is something you think shouldn't be sugar-coated that would mean deportation isn't fiction, won't it? Do you see what I mean about you never making sense? Gawd! You say something and then counter it in the same breath.

Bad Mouth? The day I incite hate against other people with my words is the day you can say I bad mouth. Until then, you my dear are alone in your little Bad Mouthing world.


Jameela. . . please, please, abeg you, don’t be insulted I responded to this person in the same post directed to you.

Thanks.

stillwater:
Definitely not for kids. But they tried. The storyline's kind of scanty. They spend so much time in a scene. There's still room for improvement. Not bad.

Exactly what I was gonna say.

I liked the opening credit. I'm so happy to see Naija are coming up.

Synopsis;

Obinna; an African refugee in Canada has thirty days to leave the country or face deportation. Timothy his terminally ill white landlord makes him a proposition; if Obinna can get his estranged daughter to make peace with him before he dies, then he will by virtue of his being a former immigration officer, intervene in his deportation. As the clock ticks away, Obinna has to do the impossible to find Timothy's daughter and convince her to return home. In less than 30 days, he has to turn the wheels of hate to one of love.

Wow! It looks very well produced . . . the acting is a little on the slow side but still okay.

HOWEVER

Of all the things that could have used as the inciting event, they used deportation?!!!

Haba now, it kind of looks ridiculous that he's going through this wahala just to avoid deportation. Will he be in danger if he returns home. . . say his father was a govt opposition leader, who was killed by top officials but before he died, he told his son things that could potentially ruin these men and now they want him dead. . . something like that? God! I hope so oh.

Let's even assume that storyline is too complicated, how about something like. . .

His child was kidnapped by militants who want him to do something for them within 30 days.
His Beloved Mom, who sacrificed everything for him, needs an organ transplant and he's got 30 days to sort himself out.


. . . Any thing but this ordinary deportation story. The landlord seems to have a more legit reason for his action than the protagonist. NOT GOOD!

We need to feel for him, empathize with him and the only way to do that is to understand his desires.  I don't know how many people will identify with this, just talking to a couple of my friends here and the reaction is "Okay. . . What is the biggie? He can go somewhere else"

I'm still quite impressed with the look of it. Where are the people saying Naijas don't got it, eh? Oh wait. . . I am one of them

ROTFLMAO!!! Whoa! Do People mistake you for his twin coz you look exactly like him. . . especially at the gan gan part.

debosky:
haba Omo, stop hating on D'banj jare

he's my cousin

ask me anything you want to know about D'banj.

Are you serious? He's your cousin?

I don’t know the pastor and I honestly don’t have an opinion on whether it is Godly he got married or not. I just came to say she looks EXACTLY like what I have always imagined a mammywater would. Whoa!!! 

I'm not saying she is ooh, so please hold the curses and damnation.

Okay, I don’t care if I’m a traitor to women but I thought it was tooo freaking funny. 

Jeebus!  Ladies, loosen up and give men their props. Can you imagine how hard it must be. . . to continuously fight a losing battle? 

Please let 'em make themselves happy any which way they can and you just watch indulgently. . . you know the way you would a slow child trying to impress you with his ADZs

Sorry for the erratic behavior guys, I haven't had lunch. Yep, that's it. . . totally.

Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes, and Samuel L. Jackson are all in a soon to be released movie called Soul Men

Bernie Mac - Died Saturday

Isaac Hayes - Died Sunday

Should Samuel L. Jackson be Worried?

I am not dooming Samuel L Jackson but there are some who believe in Movie Curse

Some examples

The Dark Knight

The stars of "The Dark Knight," the latest installment in the "Batman" franchise, may be wondering just that. Since the film has wrapped, violence and death have shadowed three of the film's stars.
First, there was Heath Ledger's untimely death, ruled an accidental overdose from prescription drugs, in January. Then, Brit Christian Bale was arrested last month amid allegations that he assaulted his mother and sister in London. And last week, Morgan Freeman was airlifted to a hospital after the car he was driving skidded off the road and flipped several times in Mississippi. Later in the week, it was announced that he and his wife of 24 years were getting divorced.


'Poltergeist' Trilogy

The 1980s' "Poltergeist" trilogy became legendary for its supposed curse, known as the Curse of Haddad, after four cast members died in the six-year span between the first and the third films.
Heather O'Rourke, the young star of all three films, died of septic shock at age 12, while her on-screen sister, Dominique Dunne, was strangled to death at 22 by her jealous boyfriend. Julian Beck, who played an evil spirit in the second film, died at 60 of stomach cancer, while Will Sampson, who played a good spirit, died after an organ transplant.

The Crow'

Star Brandon Lee's death so closely paralleled the plot of this 1994 dark comic book adaptation that it's hard not to chalk it up to a curse. Lee died on the set when he was shot with a gun that was supposed to be filled with blanks. Likewise, his character was supposed to be shot with a gun he thinks is unloaded. His character was killed the night before his wedding; Lee was supposed to marry after wrapping the movie.


'Rebel Without a Cause'

When film professor Gehring wrote a book on the movie's star James Dean, he came across all sorts of theories for why three of the film's stars, including Dean, had met untimely deaths. Dean was killed at age 24 when his Porsche Spyder, nicknamed "Little Bastard," collided nearly head-on with another car that had crossed into his lane. Natalie Wood drowned in the waters off Catalina Island at the age of 43 when she fell overboard from her yacht. And Sal Mineo, who received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in the film, was stabbed to death at age 37 in a possible gay hate crime.

The Exorcist

Considered the scariest movie of all time, "The Exorcist" won two Acadamy Awards after it's release in 1973.  One for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the second for Best Sound.  Most people would think that the book (written by William Peter Blatty) is a made up story.  Well it's not.  A similar incident occured in New England with a 13-year-old boy; but this is not what we're discussing today.  Today, we are talking about "The Exorcist" curse. Due to the accidental deaths and fires on set, and even supposed mental breakdowns from the young Linda Blair (Regan), some would say that an actual demon was trying to stop the filming of this movie.  Some rumours state that four to nine people died during the fifteen month fiming period.  Jack McGowen had just wrapped up filming his small part for the film when he died of a heart attack.  Another rumor states that the man who Regan said would die up there was accidently killed while filming.  There were other deaths too.  One was that of Max Von Sydow's brother and Linda Blair's grandfather. A night watchman for the set, a crewmember that refrigerated the bedroom for the exorcism scenes, and a cameraman's newborn baby were also part of the unexplained deaths.

The Omen

In 1976, "The Omen" was released which was a hit.  It follows the story of an American ambassador who learns that his son is actualy the antichrist.  On the first day of filming, a crew member was in a car accident which destroyed a company car. Harvey Bernhard was driving Richard Donner to his apartment, as Donner was getting out of the car,  another came round the corner, tore the door off of the car and trapped Donner between the two.  The crew shot a scene at Windsor Safari Park including lions, that was eventually cut. The day they finished shooting with lions, a guard was killed by two of them.  A flight from LA to London with Gregory Peck on it was hit by lightning, and an engine was knocked out. Then eight hours later, a plane with the screenwriter, David Seltzer, on board was also hit by lightning.  The crew had hired a private jet, which they would use to some ground scenes. However, the charter company had become booked, and so the Omen's crew flight was canceled. It took off with business men on board. The jet crashed onto a road, crashing into another car, which crashed into another car, killing all which included the wife and child of the jet's pilot who were in the second car. Then, after "The Omen", the special effects director John Richardson, went to Holland to make "A Bridge Too Far", with his girlfriend. He was involved in a car crash, and his girlfriend was beheaded, just like David Warner was In "Damien Omen II", the curse continued.  The best friend of William Holden was stabbed while they were on holiday. Also, the entire cast came down with a rare form of influenza, even though no outbreaks had been reported.

Rosemary's Baby

Roman Polanski's controversial 1968 film - about a woman who gives birth to the devil after her husband promises it to a sect of Satanists in return of fame and fortune - is also surrounded by mysteriously coincidental, horrifying incidents. A year after Rosemary's Baby's release, Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson Family while she was eight months pregnant with the couple's first child. Also in 1969, producer William Castle was rushed to the hospital with kidney failure and, legend has it, he yelled out, "Rosemary, for God's sake, drop the knife!" while being admitted. Krzysztof Komeda, who scored the movie, happened to be a resident of the same hospital Castle was taken to; he later died of a blood clot, mimicking the death of Rosemary's friend Hutch from the film.

Superman

Everyone's heard about Margot Kidder's (Lois Lane) nervous breakdown, Richard Pryor's (Gus Gorman) multiple sclerosis and Christopher Reeve's (Superman) unfortunate paralyzation, but did you know George Reeves, who played Superman in a 1950s TV series, was found dead with a single gunshot wound to the head under suspicious circumstances? And then there was Bud Collyer, who voiced The New Adventures of Superman cartoon: he died after three years on the job of a circularity ailment. Here's hoping Brandon Routh, who plays the capped crusader in the new Superman Returns, has better luck.

Whether they were deaths or accidents, these supposedly cursed movies may make you think a little.  .  .doesn't it?

KarmaMod:
can she provide other men for him to hang out with?

A swearing, hors d'oeuvre providing, cold glass of beer giving Transvestite?

Heaven on earth for a lot of men!!

Of course they won't admit it

LMAO! You darn skippy I do!

Drinks - Snapple & Frutopia.

For water drinking folks - Propel, Aqafina

Candy - Sour Gummie Bear, M&M Plain, Whoopers, Jolly Ranchers, Starburst.

Snack - Meatpie, Chin-Chin, Nachos, Oreo Cookies, Digestive, Shortbread. I like movie popcorn, so I don't bother.

I tell you, if I decide to open a small kiosk from my bag (I carry big bags, I have to be able to carry at least 2 hardcover books with me at all times) I'll make the movie and snack money back. Maybe the only thing I won't make is gas money.

Sneaking Food into movies makes it fun. . . funner.

albridge:
i read a piece sometime ago that said when a man breaks up with a woman she cries for a week or two and forgets the bastard (because thats what he now conveniently becomes ) on the other hand when a woman breaks up with a man the guy is so heart broken that he's still thinking about her a year from the break up. my point is that the ease with which women forget the person they claimed to love makes you wonder if they ever really loved they guy in the first place or just loved the comfort or convenience they provided at the time.

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That is so no true! How many men have gone insane. . . I mean Psycho ward crazy, because a woman left them?

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, my friend. Go to any mental institution and 7 out of 10 women are there because of a guy. Until men can boast the same numbers, women own the heartbreak hotel. . . thank you very much.

Jeez! They wanna take that away from us too. What next. . . breastfeeding?

Queenisha:
I've never walked out on a movie but one movie I remember that had a scene that took way too long was Titanic drowning scene
I almost walked out.
I couldn't wait for the loverboy to drown so we could head on home for some jollof rice

For you young 'uns Titanic was out in 1999.
chei
I don old o

Rotflmao! Thank You!

I thot I was the only one who couldn't wait for Jack to drown already. I was like. . . I guess no one has a gun there. . . you know, to help move things along. One bullet straight at his bobbing head woulda sunk him faster than. . . well the Titanic.

The stupid yeye song "Everytime in my dreams, I see you, I feel you" did not help matters. If you are still gonna see & feel him your dreams, why the heck are we wasting time watching the two of you say the longest goodbye in the history of goodbyes? Ye God!

RichyBlacK:
No self-respecting movie buff would walk out on a movie!

Lol, nope. . . I disagree!

Walking out on a movie demonstrates some glaring flaws:

Poor judgment in assessing the movie (basic movie data, reading reviews, synopses, etc.) prior to buying the tickets

Relying on basic movie data, reading reviews, synopsis is a cop out. . . .short cut, if you ask me. Nope, no self-respecting movie buff will rely on what other people say or what the producers of the movie shove down your throat via synopsis.

You call yourself a movie buff, how about doing the work yourself?

Poor attention span

Hmmm, okay let say you are used to eating nice imported rice, then one day you get served Tuwo. . . not tuwo prepared by an expert tuwo maker, some little girl who wants to play house prepared this tuwo. You'll blame your poor taste bud, right coz there is no way it could be the shoddy work that went into it preparing it.

Difficulty in appreciating novel art forms

Tee hee hee. . .please tell me what was novely arty about Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever? This was the movie that turned me into a freaking cry baby in the theater. I wept coz. . . not only did I waste money, I waste time. Never knew the true meaning of the phrase time is precious but what really did me in was that this movie made me doubt my intelligence. Now I'm not saying I am the brightest crayon in the box but come on now, I know some things. . . I can follow basic dialogue and whatnot yet for the 1st 30 mins of this movie, I actually believe there was nothing but air between my ears.

Inpatience (It's too long? See point 1.)

Impatience will be taking an easy way out (Rely on basic movie data, review and synopsis? See point 1. . . my point 1)

Unstable mindset and anxiety.

Yeah, some gawdawful movies do that to ya, how else will you explain the urge to kill someone after watching a movie? Oh wait. . . do you mean unstable mindset and anxiety before the movie? In that case, I disagree. Settling for less when you know you can get more. . . now that's unstable mindset, it clearly shows you don't know what you want. Anxiety is the fear that comes from having an unstable mind. . . should I? Should I not? Is it? is it not? Oh I don't know or do I?

Sex and The City - Does it count as walking out if you never walked in? Jeebus! Who wants to watch a bunch of old women writhe in ecstasy? Crapity! Crap! Crap!

Lord of the Ring - Now this is the TRUE Neverending Story!!

Ex Inferis:
if someone insists its crap, can that someone please enlighten us whats crap about it?

In the words of Potter Stewart (re:Obscene) I shall not today attempt to define the kinds of movies I understand to be CRAP, but I know it when I see it, .

in return i promise to prove whatever movie you loved is crap.

Your Serve - Memento!

eldee:
@Sisikill
But the problem is, when he tries to move from the friendzone to the relationship zone

That's why he has to make sure he never gets put in the friendzone. It's possible to get out of the friendzone but HARD!

doyin13:
Na lie jo. . . .
it was six feet under.

Except one of the writers copied the other.
Which would mean someone has been taking lessons from Seun.

LMAO!

This is the 2nd time today you have taken a shot at my mentors, wassup with that?

I duel oh, don't even think coz I'm a sweet girl I don't know how to use a sword.

Okay, prove it's your six feet under. . . what year did it come out?

Sisi why would you even watch all that tripe? Half price or not, none of those movies are worth watching even on network stations

Lmao! There was a time in my youth when I didn't have sense. Like a golugo, I'd go see any and every movie. I thot it was my duty as a movie lover to. . . you know do this. One day, I had to face the truth. . . my love affair with movie was a love/hate relationship. I loved it but it didn't me, so from that moment on, I became very picky.


TRANSFORMER WAS CRAP!!!!!!!!

JUMPER JUMPED SHARK AFTER THE OPENING CREDIT.

There's a theory. . . When a guy meets a girl, he's got 48 hrs to make his intentions known. If he doesn't he is packed kicking and screaming to the zone know as. . . The Friend Zone.

I believe this theory, I live by this theory because it was on SCRUBS. Any other show, I might be a little. . . err. . . maybe yes, maybe no but it's SCRUBS! The freaking holy grail of romance, so it's gott@ be true.

@Sweet T
You darn skippy we is Freaks!!
We'll freak you, right we will.


@ shanda
Whoa! Whoa! Back the truck up. . . Double life? Where did you get that from? The fact that Gemini's are represented by twins does not mean they live double life ooh. It means we can handle what will take 2 average people to do.

doyin13:
No confuse tori. . . .You talk say you get along with Aries.
Me I am a Capricorn. I say make you try us.
You will be glad you did

hehehe.

now we are talking. A duel of the frivolous and bedilicious kind.

Lmao! I'm just trying to tell you how the only Capricorn in my life felt.

Bedilicious? I. . . . err. . . what. . . see. . . berightback!


[quote author=Negro_Ntns link=topic=158926.msg2643171#msg2643171 date=1218493266]You r right about that. After reading the scriptures, you then start to wonder where the difference lie between Ifa, Buddha, Zoroastrian, Islam, Xtianity, Judaism, etc, The Pope can pick up the phone and call the Imam in Mecca or the Rabbi in Jerusalem and they chit chat and discuss issues amicably. Why? Because their understanding of humanity is nolonger at the mundane level. Those of us that are still tied to dogmas and ideologies are busy killing one another over religious differences. Ifa is alive as Islam is, but there is no benefit to saying what I know unless I can practically demonstrate its benefits to mankind.[/quote]Both hands under chin, grinning like a slowpoke and listening attentively.