And here we are again today, doing what we
know how best to do (or atleast try to do)..LOL. My darlings! Hope we are all
doing great. So, today’s movie really excites me and I don’t know why..am
feeling like a kid that was just handed the keys to a candy shop..yeah, y’all
are getting the picture abi??? Okay, that’s enough jonzing for one post, let’s
get down to business now.
This film is a sequel to “when love
happens”, both produced and directed by Seyi Babatope. It’s a romantic-comedy
that centres on trust in relationships through the eyes of two urban couples.
Here, the love story of Mo and Tobe continues, only this time there is an
emotional hiccup. This movie stars actors such as Weruche Opia, Oreka Godis,
Enyinna Nwigwe, Udoka Onyeka,
Diana Yekini, Stanley Chibunna(funnybone) amongst others. Udoka Onyeka comes
back as Tobe who was played by Gideon Okeke previously.
Let me start by giving all thumbs up to the
writer for this project. I enjoyed every conversation. It was
witty, playful, in sync, realistic, artistic and very well played out.
Especially those between Mo and Seju, in the scene where Mo said she trust God
to keep Tobe away from cheating cos men are humans and are bound to make
mistakes but God doesn’t(paraphrasing now) and also at the end, when Tade told
Tobe his lucky to have come. Those where really smart lines. It was a delight
for me. Oreka Godis stunned me in this film, as in ehhhhhh, she was carrying on
like she was born to act, like it’s in her DNA, like she was balling. I mean,
she was so elegant and tasteful in her interpretation. I think she would be
spotted out for this project.. Yeah, she was that good. Her wardrobe too was
amazing.
The pictures were awesome, great shots,
fantastic locations. The director of photography and production designer did a
detailed and professional work.The soundtracks used were great and original.
I loved the easy feel this movie had, it
may come off to some people as cliché but I think it was well done. The scene
where Seju confronts Zainab’s boyfriend and then goes back to admire her with
Mo was just hilarious. I commend the director for such relaxed interpretation
and blocking. I mean, with the current strife in the country now, we need all
the chill we can get.
On the flip side now, the plot in this film
was weak. The voice over used in the scene where Tobe was reading comments from
the blog was rather tacky, the write ups would have sufficed. Also, at the
ending, Mo could have been a little more excited to see her man who flew across
the world to see her. We could notice the inconsistency in funny bone’s lines
when he calls himself the king of hip pop and highlife in one scene and king of
hip pop and r’n’b in another, that was silly even though funny bone brought his
A-game. The airport scene where Mo and Seju arrived DC was amazingly noisy and
disturbing. Tobe and Enyinna travel to another country without international
passports?? Hmm, I tire. Then to the denouement,
mehn, I will confess..i was pained. That was not only cheesy (and I don’t mind
that in a good way), it was just flat and lame. All that hassle and then
that??? c’mon!
All in all, it was a wonderful film guys,
you should go see it.
Trust we are all doing
okay. Today, we will be dissecting the movie ‘A trip to Jamaica’, written and
produced by Ayo Makun (Ay). For those of us that are not in the know, this film
is (or tried to be) a sequel of the Guinness book of record breaking movie ’30
days in Atlanta’. It stars Ayo Makun (Ay), Funke Akindele, Chris Attoh, Nse
Ekpe-Etim, special appearances by Patoranking and Cynthia Morgan. I THINK it’s a comedy that tried to focus
on the lives of two lovers who weren’t compartible. Did you notice I used the word ‘think’ in
caps? Yes, that’s because the story wasn’t clear, or better still there was no
story told at all. What I saw was Ay and Funke just being silly, simple!! And
mind you, silly doesn’t always translate to funny or film for that matter. This
movie had flamboyant scenery and set design, made beautiful pictures from the
Bola’s mansion to the fast cars, to the beach in Jamaica to the sexiness exhumed
by characters such as Chris Attoh and a few others.
Beyond this, this film had a very feeble
plot, no diss. At some point, I had this gut feeling that the film may not have
been screen played. Maybe they had a vacation to Jamaica planned when they had a light bulb moment, "we could make a film while we are here!" ( don’t know ooo, am just saying).
Ay was working too hard to be funny and it didn’t pan out well for me, I
enjoyed the ‘waka-pass’ character played by Cynthia Morgan, I think she made me
laugh the hardest when she said ‘me, I no dey hear that one oo’.
In fact my people, I don’t want to waste
your time further because from writing to acting to directing to cinematography
to the editing, this movie is just one hell of a joke. Go see it yourself and
tell me if am blabbing. After all, this is just one woman’s point of view. Am
out.
