A lot of film buffs are beginning to criticize more loudly now,people like Genevieve Nnaji accepting to be part of mediocre films.They are calling her to be more choosy about the movies she plays in.Choose quality and not quantity.
The question is,can she or any other star in naija afford to do that?
How much are they getting per movie to make them start choosing?In the case of genevieve,i hear that she does 4 films per month!! And that she commands 400k naira per movie.
I don't know how true that is,but by calculation,at that rate,she'll have done about 48 movies by the end of the year and earned in the region of 19million naira.That is a lot of money in nigeria.
Obviously,in her case,money is the overriding factor that determines why she acts in so many movies.
Can the stars afford to be choosy,as there are not that many good scripts out there and this will mean less movies which will translate to less earnings.Can they afford this.
Maybe Nnaji thinks that she can't afford to be choosy,and that is why she is accepting any script that comes along,as long as they pay her fees,it don't matter.But does it?Does it really matter in the long run?

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I think this is what will happen next. Now that our viewership is becoming more discerning and complaining when they see crappy jobs, the stars will also need to switch their style. If Nnaji keeps going that route, her fans will just desert her!

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That is very true.I think stars like Ms Nnaji will soon realise that she cannot just be accepting any rubbish scripts that comes along,especially now that she has a website.Her fans can just go there and give her a piece of their minds about the roles she accepts and she gotta listen to them.Her responsibility as a movie star,i guess

BTW,we need to bring out these writers more in the open.In the eyes of the movie fans.Let's all know whgo is a good writer and who is not.Let's know their names,talented or untalented.

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I'm glad this was brought up too, because Lord knows there have been some crappy movies made. I can't recall the names but I've seen Ms. Nnaji in movies that made me go Hmmm!!!
But like was earlier mentioned, now that the audience is being vocal about the crap that we are subjected to sometimes, maybe they'll listen and stop churning out these mediocre movies.

Hasn't Nnaji gotten to the point where she can pick and choose? She doesn't have to be in every movie!! I think that if she were just a little bit choosy and selective, her fans will eat up her movies even more. I know that i would rush to get a movie by Nnaji if she made maybe one a month or one every other month.

how come they can churn out so many movies in one month anyway???

I beg to differ on this. I think the reason why Genevieve is such a big star as she is today is apart from being a good actress, she is consistent - and I mean consistent in the sense that she's almost on every movie jacket.

I buy Nnaji's movie, not just she is a good actress, but of her "je ne ce qoui" (not sure if that is spelt correctly) she's got that "X" factor. I tell you, people are not gonna ignore her works now, even if they are crap. The time has not come yet.......not sure if it will.

I can't put my finger on it, but that lady has got it. What is it? Even I can't explain!

the time is now for ppl like Genevieve to start picking the types of films they appear in. if not their standard will fall.

unfortunately, it's bad enough we presently see her as 'being snobbish' u can imagine what will happen when she becomes choosy.
hmmmn.........ur guess is as good as mine!

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I think she has already started being choosy when it comes to her movies which is good,it gotta happen sometimes.
Whether she will cut down on the amount of movies she appears in,remains to be seen.
The money is a big factor here.Maybe when she starts earning a mill plus per movie,she might cut down.

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Vince: That's good to hear. I don't think that being choosy will hurt her any, unless it is because of the money that she is acting in so many of them. in that case it makes good financial sense, to act as many of them as she can, let her fame be known (plus make her money now) and then start getting choosy.

Nne-Baby: thank you. that's what I think too, she'll become like just any other actress if she keeps on acting in these mediocre movies, although I agree with you all, she does have this "thing" of taking a movie and making it totally hers.
and unfortunately it's true, if she starts being choosy, she will get even more bad-belle-ism from the masses. (which i think she's handling quite well now though)
Any way you look at it, she's in a catch-22 situation in regards to this. She gets picky we call her snob, she doesn't get picky, we say she is acting in too many mediocre movies.

Demab: that's why this site is so interesting! we get to have differing opinions. In my own humble opinion, consistency doesn't make up part of the reason why she is a star, she is a star first and foremost because she is GREAT! she's got that --- to borrow your words -- ""je ne ce qoui" and "X" factor." that most of us don't understand.
she can consistently feature horribly in movies and be a bad actress and that will not make her famous. If she were a bad actress but was consistent in movie making, believe, I'd avoid her movies with a ten foot pole and so would most of the people i know.
Fact, the woman is a star because she is GOOD.
she stars in movies with crappy plots but she still delievers that X factor that sort of redeems the movie, which is good, but I'd like to see her in more quality work.
But i do agree with you, she's got that something that i can't quite put my finger on.

For any Naija actor to be choosy he/she must have some credits to his/her belt. When I say credits, I mean done lots of great works, loved by many folks. Then he/she can turn down as many crappy roles he/she pleases. But upcoming actor in Naija will have to accept whatever comes their way, there's a very small window for them to be choosy. If you start turning down roles and you don't have a "name" already, you might never get any role again. They'll stop contacting you, and when you show up for casting they will/might turn you down.

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but you'll agree with me that there are already lots of stars who have made names for themselves already and don't have to continously act in every movie that comes their way?
RMD, Ramsey Nouah, Genevive Nnaji, Stella Damasus, abeg make una add to the list.
We've got these stars who are already made.
but i do agree with you though, in order to be choosy, you gotta already have made a name for yourself.

I've always complained about this. The actors themselves, especially the popular ones, are in a position to influence the kind of movies that are made, especially in a country like Nigeria where movies are more often written around a particular actor.
Lots of the big actors can now pick and choose what they appear in. It also has a the twofold effect of prolonging their sellability since the audience will not become so easily bored with them. I can tell you that many people are going off Genny for the simple reason that they've seen her in too many movies. The same thing happened to Omotola. Everyone must have noticed that she's in less and less productions nowadays. Where are the Liz Bensons and Eucharia Anunobis?
The fact remains that most of the people in the industry right now are more in it for the money rather than contributing to the art form that is the movies. So they have the 'take-it-and-run' mentality that's the bane of the industry. That's why people like RMD and Genny, who really can now afford to be a little choosy still can be found in flicks that do nothing for their reputations.

Bravo!
Well said.
Not that I'm getting tired of genny or anything, but very soon I'll probably get tired.
I mean, look at their american counterparts for example.
Denzel doesn't act in too many moives but once one of his comes along, my girlfriends and I rush it!
So it should be now with our Nollywood stars who've made names for themselves.
In this instance I think that Less is More.

Believe me, it isn't always an actors problem.These quality script are hard to come by. And when they do come occasionally, you have to have a quality director to execute it. If RMD screens a script and accepts it and the director is unable to properly realise it due to a variety of reasons, it comes out as a bad production at the end of the day. From experience, we screwed up a script in 97 called When Flowers Turn Black, what could have been the definitive Naija movie, out of conflicting directing, producer greed and confusing realisation of concept.

There's also the fear that you don't know how long this fame will last, so you'd better make all the money you can while the sun is shining. You know as Naija be now...

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A good script is no guarantee of a good movie, but at least it's a starting point. Many movies don't even bother to start from there. You'll see a horrid script and then someone trying to dress it up with good production quality and everything else. It just won't work. That's why so many Hollywood movies flop, even though they have superior production quality behind them.

GBAM! I FEEL EXACTLY THE SAME WAY..... AND MORE THAN 80% OF THE PEOPLE WHO BUY THESE MOVIES AND NAIJAS AT HOME. AND THEY WILL BUY ANY MOVIE THAT HAS GENEVIEVE ON THE FRONT COVER.. EVEN IF WHAT’S INSIDE IS RUBBISH, THEY WILL STILL BUY ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW.. AND THAT’S WHY MARKETERS/PRODUCERS USE HER

AND EVEN IF NAIJAS FINALLY GETS TIRED OF HER YEARS LATER.. SHE WILL STILL BE HOT AND IN DEMAND BECAUSE BY THEN OTHER MARKETS OUTSIDE NAIJA WOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED PROPERLY... HER POPULARITY IN COUNTRIES LIKE KENYA, GHANA, SERE LEON... IS AWESOME.. ANYWAY NOLLYWOOD WILL GET BETTER BECAUSE LOTSA PEEPS ARE EYEING THE INDUSTRY NOW. Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE SOME PATIENCE

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