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Originally Posted by pompom
Rulers, I have 20 questions for you -
I would like to know how you all rate Nollywood's portrayal love scenes. What do you like or hate about the ones you have watched. What can be done to improve them. What movies do you think had the best love scenes and why?
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About time someone started this topic, long overdue.
Now let me say this Poms. Naija movie love scene really suck. Its not natural at all. I mean i cant even pin point one movie where there was a goood love scene, and my definition of a love scene is foreinstance american movies like "Love and Basketball - starring omar epps and sanaa lathan" - u know whattam i am saying to you, not too much, not too little - just descent and right on point.
I just recently saw autobiographical movie "Get Rich or Die trying" starring Curtis "50 cent" Jackson and Joy Bryant" and for a first timer i think 50 did well in the love scene with Joy - I really liked it - it wasnt too profane, it was like a 1 min clip - but descent - Very impressed with Curtis.
Monsters Ball was damn near porno movie - and no one can convince me it wasnt real - i cant imagine how much tricks it took to do that scene - it has to be real. I think it was too much- way too much - not descent in my books. I did not like the extent of exposure Halle did on that, and to get an Oscar for that was simply bull sh yt if you ask me. Thats my personal opinion - nobody has to agree with me. If Angela Bassett did not get an oscar for Tina, then i dont understand why halle would for Monsters Ball (maybe she did for her crying scene at the hospital when her son died - i dont know) - but thats another topic - lets not deviate.
For naija movies i think loves scenes like that will be frowned upon by the majority ppl cos they are not used to that type of thing". To date i will say "He lives in me" was pretty neat - but i mean it was just a kissing scene, nothing major. I havent seen a love scene in any naija movie yet.
What i will like to see is if nollywood dont want to go all out in love scenes, at least open ya damn mouth when you are kissing. One person who p isses me the hell off when kissin is Omo T. I mean what the hell. Open ya damn mouth, if you are going to act - just go ahead and act and stop fooling around. We all know damn well many of these nollywood actors kiss like that due to their significant others not liking them act like that - then if thats the case dont ACT period, dont waste the audience time.
This is 2005 - times are moving fast, dont just crawl - when Hollywood, Bollywood are running.
If i was a director and you told me you cant kiss - i'd tell you to look for another job cos you aint gon waist my money right here - do it or get the h ell outta dodge, dont waste my time. This is a movie, not kindargarten play house.
Thats is why i love Genny, ma gurl is dead serious about breaking into mainstream hopefully Hollywood, and i promise y'all she will, i have so much confidence in her. She did the damn thang with Muna in "He Lives in Me".
Now all the other actors, keep giving pecks on the lips - they aint aint impressed me yet.
Now Ini Edo, i tell y'all that girl can do some damage (in a good way) in love scene if given the open window, evident from several flicks i have seen with her in it. She has that "i dont give a damn - i will do it " attitude. She needs to chill on ma man Muna though, I am counting, Ini, i am counting. I warned u.
Now everybody here on this board - i raise my hat to MUNA Obiekwe
, no body does it like he does - and thats why i love "He lives in me" with Genny so much, i hope he doesnt change when he marries. Our one and only RMD does good too. Ramsey, he aight - all others dont impress me yet - "in their love scenes". Every movie i see with muna where he has to kiss - he does it right, makes it believable. And that is what movie is all about , making it believable for the audience to enjoy - and not doing it fake.
Oh migahd - how can i forget Stephanie Okereke - she is good too, but bare in mind, all i am talking about are kissing scenes cos i havent seen any "love scene" yet. So my top 3 ladies for lovescene, if given the open window, are Genny, Stephanie and Ini. For the actors, its Muna, RMD, Ramsey and Enyiocha.
So on that note, There is still more work to be done.
I will rate it 3/10 - for now.