Genevieve's Comments About Poor Nollywood Movies
Nollywood actress Genevieve Nnaji was recently at the
receiving end of attacks from the movie industry following her remarks
about the unprofessional-ism bedeviling it. She may have since retracted
her comments, but did she say anything entirely new?
Nollywood, the nation’s movie industry may have come a long way,
but the quality of her movies remains questionable. As dawn breaks, the
industry plunges further into darkness. Take her earliest film, living
in Bondage, that film, agreed was understandably a first timer, but you
struggle to find films today even close to that flick. Today, if Living
in Bondage can still stand shoulder tall with new movies, then it
obviously leaves much to be desired.
If the development in Nigeria leaves you dry and scrapping for
safety, Nollywood seems to falter in providing an alternative to at
least, ameliorate it. From stereotyped roles, costume, acting,
directing, editing to even scripting, the sad story goes.
More heart reeking is the title of some Nollywood movies.
Disparaging and uninspiring titles that leave you reeling with
disappointment and wondering if it was scripted by a kindergarten or
even the ridiculous parts that these movies are divided into, sometimes
as much as six parts with different clueless titles.
That said, even the actors themselves leave you wondering where
their heart lies. Take for instance; the thespian Olu Jacobs, despite
his experience and talent, he is willingly restricted to royalty roles
amidst substandard productions.
Amazingly, he sits comfortably on this, and seems to care little or
nothing about professionalism, which is the line Genevieve apparently
seems to be drawing.
Genevieve may have since gone past the shoddy production and
unprofessionalism that Nollywood is riddled with. But like some of her
colleagues, she will do well to further lift the bar. This does not
necessarily mean going into producing herself. After all, not everyone
is gifted with the garb of producing.
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