{"id":5781,"date":"2013-03-06T07:56:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T12:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2013-03-05T23:13:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T04:13:07","slug":"reason-number-75291783-why-i-dont-take-nollywood-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/reason-number-75291783-why-i-dont-take-nollywood-seriously.html","title":{"rendered":"Reason Number 75291783 Why I Don&#8217;t Take Nollywood Seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I was here to talk about the awesomeness that is Nollywood, but not today. It may not seem like it, but once upon a time, I used to actually be an avid Nollywood movie fan. I watched almost every single movie I came across. And at one point, I actually considered doing reviews of Nigerian movies on my blog. When I first started The Verastic Show on Blog Talk Radio, I did a Nigerian movie review at least once. I don&#8217;t remember what episode exactly that was. But somewhere along the line, I must have realized that I had watched the same Nollywood movie over and over and over, under different names.<\/p>\n<p>I just became irritated by everything: the plot, the act, the editing, the lighting. EVERYTHING. And all I have been doing since then is complaining. So the other day, I went to the African store and while I waiting to be attended to, I spotted a few Nigerian movies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5782\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sight-Of-Bird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5782\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5782\" alt=\"Sight Of Bird\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sight-Of-Bird.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sight-Of-Bird.jpg 650w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Sight-Of-Bird-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sight Of Bird<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5783\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Kiss-On-A-Royal-Balcony.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5783\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5783\" alt=\"Kiss On A Royal Balcony\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Kiss-On-A-Royal-Balcony.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Kiss-On-A-Royal-Balcony.jpg 650w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Kiss-On-A-Royal-Balcony-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kiss On A Royal Balcony<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5784\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tears-For-Breast-Milk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5784\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5784\" alt=\"Tears For Breast Milk\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tears-For-Breast-Milk.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tears-For-Breast-Milk.jpg 650w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tears-For-Breast-Milk-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tears For Breast Milk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5785\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bird-Of-Darkness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5785\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5785\" alt=\"Bird Of Darkness\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bird-Of-Darkness.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bird-Of-Darkness.jpg 650w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Bird-Of-Darkness-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird Of Darkness<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5786\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Balcony.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5786\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5786\" alt=\"Royal Balcony\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Balcony.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Balcony.jpg 650w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Royal-Balcony-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Royal Balcony<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, look at the titles of these movies and tell me why anyone would want to watch them. Or tell me how I&#8217;ll introduce these movies to non-Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> I apologize for the bad photography. I&#8217;ll do better next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wish I was here to talk about the awesomeness that is Nollywood, but not today. It may not seem like it, but once upon a time, I used to actually be an avid Nollywood movie fan. I watched almost every single movie I came across. And at one point, I actually considered doing reviews<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/reason-number-75291783-why-i-dont-take-nollywood-seriously.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_14738191_14738191":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[560],"tags":[458,647,12],"class_list":["post-5781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-social","tag-movies","tag-nigerian-entertainment","tag-nollywood","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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