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grandstar:
Are Nigerians being killed daily in Turkey? He was even a freelance DJ which indicates he was doing well.

Don't blow the death of one person out of proportion. Because a Briton is killed in Lagos does not mean Lagosians are bad.

My brother is married to a Turk.

Woow, I thought jws only married jws.

seankafor:
no bro.. we should be more worried about the lasa fever outbreak in Nigeria rather than worrying about Corona virus in china

But coronavirus has a high chance of spreading to naija na

Ishilove:
You mean Ralia?

Yes o

I confused it with Amina the milkmaid.

alexistaiwo:
Must you always run in circle?
Black Panther is not your average superhero movie.

How many times have you seen a black superhero movie make as much "noise" as black panther.

Lool how am I running in circles ?

How many black superhero movies have you even seen ?

alexistaiwo:
The accompanying political and cultural sentiments brought about the nomination.



You can't have sentiments about something that is not special in its own right.

Bro black panther is special to us because it's about Africas first superhero and an advanced African country.


But when it comes to the storyline , it's just average.


As good as dark Knight was , it wasn't even nominated .

Black panther did not deserve that nomination.

Period.

alexistaiwo:
Black Panther is actually special in its own right and deserves nomination because it is politically and culturally significant.



Can same be said for far from home?

No , no it doesn't.

Black panther did not deserve a nomination.


By your logic all it takes to be nominated for an Oscar is to showcase African culture.


If black panther was based in Japan it would never have even smelt any nomination.

That nomination was obviously because of sentiments.

tooth4tooth:
Then stop wearing the uniform. I remember reading one thread on this very forum how a dude was beaten to a stupor by a female soldier for giving her a complement.

The dude simply told the soldier " you are beautiful " .

alexistaiwo:
With all due respect aire, if you bring Far from home into this Oscar discussion again, I will swear for you.


I jejely took my date to the cinema to watch Hobbs and Shaw, she took ages to get ready and by the time we arrived, we couldn't make the showtime so in her finite wisdom since she doesn't know better, she said we should stay and watch far from home, since I know how pedestrian Spiderman movie can be, I was telling myself to respect my old age and wait for the HD download version but you know how persuasive women can be.... Long story short, when we finished watching Far from home, even she, non comics fan said that the movie is very forgettable and I am pretty sure that if I call her right now, she won't remember Jack about the movie.

Is that the kind of movie you want to be nominated for Oscar's best picture?


Oga, I am waiting.
Just mention far from home in this matter again!

Are you deliberately ignoring where I implied that my point was just to show that black panther and far from home are just far from special ?

Who don watch American horror story ?

IngeniousLeez:
Well Dunkirk and The Dark Knight won Oscars.

They did but Nolan did not.

Dunkirk - Best sound mixing , best sound editing and best film editing

The dark Knight - best supporting actor and best sound editing.

Nothing for egbon Nolan.

This year Tenet is coming out.

Let's see if the academy will sly Christopher Nolan again.

IngeniousLeez:
For those of you saying Black Panther was nominated for the Best Picture a year ago, you do know that it only got nominated out of sentiments and political bias.

If The Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises could be sacrilegiously ignored by The Academy those years for Best Picture, there is absolutely no way Black Panther stood a chance with it's Average Storyline. These Movies were what paved the way for comic book Movies today to become relevant in Awards season as the Oscars adjusted a bit after the Backlash on ignoring The Dark Knight for Best Picture.

It was merely just nominated to appreciate how Iconic the movie was and it's portrayal of the African Race as a unique, smart and technological advanced People. It was MORE of Racial card Politics than TRULY artistic GENIUS.

"Africa has its own Superhero Now" .

Mekaprime come and see

IngeniousLeez:
LMAO you got me there WISE ONE.

My bro , Endgame doesn't deserve best picture.

It's storyline is plain.

My point was that Oscars could be quite bias.

IngeniousLeez:
Thank you, at last someone that sees it as it IS.

[s]Would you believe that boys n hood has also won best picture ? [/s]


Sentiments mhen


Modified , this is wrong

Octopusssy:
Black Panther's nomination was purely political abeg

Ma , may God bless you , that's the point I have been trying to make.

There is absolutely nothing special about Black panther . No deep message , nothing at all , it was purely on the same level as far from home.

None of them deserve to be nominated for best picture

If Spiderman far from home was about a Kenyan or Nigerian super hero , I can bet that it would have been nominated to.

Because of politics


If black panther had nothing to do with Africa, it would never have even smelt a nomination.

alexistaiwo:
Hulk616 is actually right.


I just rewatched endgame this afternoon and endgame was really robbed.

Infact I strongly think that the movie is so good that a new category ought to be created in its honour.

The category should be named "Yeye comic fanboys movie of the year" and hulk616 and urahara should receive it on marvel behalf.



Nonsense and far from home.

Okay

Biko if you are a marvel fan come and shook mouth.


Is black panther a superior movie to far from home ?

Is there any special message that black panther has ?

mekaprime:
I don't really have strength to type. So sire, here is the link below for your perusal.
https://www.gradesaver.com/black-panther-film/study-guide/themes
After that, I'd be glad to know what makes both movies equals.

Themes in Spiderman far away from home

Deception

Responsibility

Legacy

Vengeance

The butterfly effect.

Questions on what is real and not ?

Mentor-protege relationship

Conflicting identities

Living up to expectations.

Everybody and their dog can make out a theme from something else. That's why you see some white people will see a triangle painting and say it speaks to them.

The simple truth is that Marvel movies don't have profound messages. They are just films to seat back and enjoy.

If black panther had a message , it would be obvious to pretty much everybody and you wouldn't have had to search the internet for the write up you told me to read.


I asked you what special message black panther has and you posted themes.

Heck even Amina the sugar girl has themes.

Black panther was simply a movie to sit back and enjoy just like most mcu movies.

No deep message

mekaprime:
So if you were amongst the nominating committee, you'd unflinchingly give Far From Home a spot on the best picture category?.

So you're now putting Black Panther & Far From Home on the same pedestal.

I was never really hyped about that Black Panther, but from the message the flick was trying to pass across, comparing & equating it to what Far From Home has to offer......... that right there would be deemed as a taboo my good man.

Why not ?


I'm curious what message was black panther trying to pass across.

Pls tell me what I don't know

What special message ?


Is it because Wakanda is based in Africa ?

Black panther and Spiderman far from home are solidly on the same level.


Is it not the same black panther that all of us watched again ?

mekaprime:
So with that above listed, you strongly believe Endgame really deserved the win. For starters, it wasn't even nominated, that's to say that it didn't really tick all the required boxes.

With all you've said, you're obviously a Fanboy, well it's no crime being one though. Just try to appreciate a good motion picture for what it is, & leave sentiments asides. Endgame was a very good movie, but no, it doesn't deserve a nomination, talk more of that award.
And as for [b]Far From Home getting nominated for best picture.............like seriously? Menh, you're damn funny. No offense sire, but that's a big joke[/b].

And as I said black panther was nominated for best picture last year?

If black panther was nominated , I don't see why Spiderman far from home getting nominated for best pic is a joke.

mekaprime:
So with that above listed, you strongly believe Endgame really deserved the win. For starters, it wasn't even nominated, that's to say that it didn't really tick all the required boxes.

With all you've said, you're obviously a Fanboy, well it's no crime being one though. Just try to appreciate a good motion picture for what it is, & leave sentiments asides. Endgame was a very good movie, but no, it doesn't deserve a nomination, talk more of that award.
And as for Far From Home getting nominated for best picture.............like seriously? Menh, you're damn funny. No offense sire, but that's a big joke.

I am not a marvel fanboy. Lmao where did I say I strongly felt endgame deserved a win. I'm not hulk666 .

I just felt that if black panther was nominated for best picture last year , then why do you feel that a whole endgame getting nominated for best picture is a joke ?

oyaskii:
I see you are just meeting our neighborhood friendly marvel bot Kevin Feige right hand man himself.

I have been observing him but this his wahala is becoming too much

oyaskii:
How many times has Lord of the Rings been adapted? How times has Black panther or even Spiderman been adapted? Not withstanding the Parasite is still a superior movie to both Endgame stood a better chance than both movies to Parasite and even endgame fell short..movie is so much much more, not just the story, the way the story is been told and how the characters interpret the story and the message it is trying to pass.

I get it, some movie to me sometimes will be damned boring and make absolute no sense to me at times and i will wonder why people like them, but after every rewatch things start to unravel. So many people share this view of yours that parasite isn't worth the hype but i bet you will find more people who will praise the movie to the high heavens for the gem it is for years to come.

The bolded is true.

It's just the same way some people felt like Joker was shit but box office numbers don't lie

Ishilove:
Your opinion

Have u started watching g.o.t ?

hulk616:
endgame deserves to win
Best picture
Best Director, cinematography, screenplay, vfx, foreign movie, documentary
Best actor and actresses
Best supporting actor and actress
Best score, original song and customes

No movie in the history of the universe had the same effect of endgame.

Nawa for this guy

Ishilove:
Oh great. That means you do not understand the movie.

If you did, you will not commit the almost unforgivable sacrileage of comparing Endgame to Parasite.

Wow , just because I don't agree that Parasite is as good as endgame therefore I don't understand the movie.

Lovely


Parasite is no where as interesting as even toy story 4

oyaskii:
did it win? That should tell you are there's about superhero movie and the oscars...other categories yes, but best picture is an heavily artistic and creative curated category...Black panther and Spiderman were adapted from comics hence not original stories...hope you know Parasite won best original adapted screenplay too...

That's why it's so huge JP won best actor for playing a character straight from comics.

Nothing really creative about parasite.Parasite winning just confirms what people have been saying that the academy has a bias towards films that talk about class struggle , racism , slavery , Holocaust.

And also the fact that black panther and Spiderman were adapted from comics isn't a reason why they shouldn't win an oscar.

Lord of the rings that was adapted from a book has won best picture.

If being adapted wasn't right for the category , those movies would never have been nominated in the first place.

oyaskii:
If so Spiderman far from home it's already out by at least 3 qualities you mentioned compared with the other movies up for best picture....it was a good movie but oscar worthy and worthwhile lasting impression? I don't think so.

Just so you know black panther was nominated last year for best picture.

SalomonKane:
I'm pretty sure aside Marvel fans like hulk616, Jared Leto will be the only person who ain't smiling.

U are darn right .

Joaquin Phoenix acted too well.

Ishilove:
Have you watched Parasite?

Yes I have.

Isinweke:
Kaniwood can win this award

Kaniwood movies are too shitty.

Incredibly boring movies with terrible acting.

mekaprime:
What qualifies a movie as best picture?.

Best picture award goes to the movie with the best directing ,best story line , best acting , best visuals ,etc.

It's just like the award for overall best student.

In this case over all best film

mekaprime:
What's the need of it getting nominated, if it's not going to win.

Then if it's about winning , end game deserves to win best picture. More than any film in that best pic category.