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mmoa_writes at 06:25pm on 28/12/2007
mmoa_writes at 06:25pm on 28/12/2007Finally watched Jurassic Park from beginning to end last night. Find it interesting that even the animatronic/CGI T-Rex has difficulty doing anything to his prey with such tiny arms - lends itself quite nicely to the scavenger/predator debate.
Eurgh. Nollywood makes me want to scream - I think it's the naive over usage of music that really makes the films seem unprofessional - it just undermines the drama. Having said that, I perk right up with every mention of 'coco yam porridge'. I think traditional food is for Nollywood what over lavish dance routines are for Bollywood.
It also frustrates me to see the silly, nice girls forever succeeding: it's such wishful, slightly warped thinking on the part of the (usually) male directors/scriptwriters, as the only successful women in the real West Africa are absolutely not pitiful, over-polite and submissive (except to their mothers, if they're sensible at least, but that's common sense) but shrewd, subversive and almost deceptive... in the nicest possible way.
With fabulous headgear.
Would anyone like to see a new version of Rapunzel at the Queen Elizabeth's Hall, (south bank centre) on the 2nd January with me? I'm getting free tickets (two apart from mine) from my agency.
Eurgh. Nollywood makes me want to scream - I think it's the naive over usage of music that really makes the films seem unprofessional - it just undermines the drama. Having said that, I perk right up with every mention of 'coco yam porridge'. I think traditional food is for Nollywood what over lavish dance routines are for Bollywood.
It also frustrates me to see the silly, nice girls forever succeeding: it's such wishful, slightly warped thinking on the part of the (usually) male directors/scriptwriters, as the only successful women in the real West Africa are absolutely not pitiful, over-polite and submissive (except to their mothers, if they're sensible at least, but that's common sense) but shrewd, subversive and almost deceptive... in the nicest possible way.
With fabulous headgear.
Would anyone like to see a new version of Rapunzel at the Queen Elizabeth's Hall, (south bank centre) on the 2nd January with me? I'm getting free tickets (two apart from mine) from my agency.
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