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26/04/2024

MOVIE REVIEW: SCIENTIST by Femi Fakayode

First note was a good opening montage. The Movie processed with Good cinematography, with good camera movements, plus good art design cm proper Colourful combinations. This however faded away towards end beats.

The Acting was good, notably, Stella & Foluso executed their roles flawlessly... The lead cast had Free flow with his acting & looked comfortable all through. Though he & his father looked a bit loud & exerggerated. Mouth twerking seemed like a common part of Fiyin Okedare in every film he appears. Guess it's more of a natural thing. He might need to work on that.

Bad continuity was the most glaring flaw at the start of the movie, i.e. mentioning the grant was 200k dollars in a scene only to hear it was 200m dollars few scenes later. The latter was more used though. Yet it is unrealistic; no one gives grant of 200m USD (just like that)... Well, I might be proven wrong on this.

The movie is a good drive away from norms of repetitive plots of Christian films/drama. It is like Mount Zion's "Ignition." I however think there is more to being a scientist than just mixing liquids in test tubes. What kind of scientist was he? What line? Or was he just a random researcher? If that answer was given it wasn't given clearly. Also, a child that young as he was firstly portrayed shouldn't have known about mixtures & reactions, let alone having laboratory apparatus at home, i.e. when bean cake was sent to him.

The meeting with funders (Paul Esupofo & the lady) wasn't well done. First, both didn't look the part of people who can grant such money or represent... Suit would have been more appropriate costume, at their first appearance (not the last... First impression matters). Look also matters; they look hard but role needs people who look soft, i.e. people like Kayode Babalola, fair skin & soft spoken.

Wale wake up scene at hospital wasn't well done (Director might be culprit here). You don't wake up from coma looking like someone who wants to steal something. Then begin to cough... It has to be slow and gradual wake. Not the way it was done... The end beat was a bit rushed too, almost all the end scenes.

In all, the movie written & produced by Femi Fakayode, directed by Ayo Olaleye, with Chosen Mic as DOP, was a job well done.

Reviewed by EnigmaTic Olumide Bisiriyu in response to request of my friends & brothers, Fiyinfolu Okedare & Kunle Adepoju, who have been on my neck to review Christian films for a while 😁

04/04/2024

TOP 10 LOW-VALUE USES OF TIME

1. Things other people want you to do
2. Things that have àlways been done this way
3. Things you're not usually good at doing
4. Things you don't enjoy doing
5. Things that are always interrupted
6. Things few other people are interested in
7. Things that have taken as long as you originally expected
8. Things where your collaborators are unreliable or low quality
9. Things that have predictable cycle
10. Answering the telephone

TOP 10 HIGH-VALUE USES OF TIME

1. Things that advance your overall purpose in life
2. Things you have always wanted to do
3. Things already in the 80/20 relationship of time results
4. Innovative ways of doing things that promise to slash the time required &/or multiply the quality of results
5. Things other people tell you can't be done
6. Things other people have done successfully in a different arena
7. Things that use your own creativity
8. Things that you can get other people to do for you with relatively little effort on your part
9. Anything with high quality collaborators who have already transcend the 80/20 rule of time, who use time eccentrically & effectively
10. Things for which it is now or never

-The 80/20 Principle
by Richard Koch

21/03/2024

4 LESSONS I LEARNT FROM OPPENHEIMER

#1. Don't play in the corridors of power if you are not ready to take the heat!

#2. Never expect those you speak for to defend you when it matters; most of them will deny you just to get favours of those in power.

#3. People in power will use your achievements for their personal gains; if you dare stand to defend how your own achievement are used, they might make you wish you never achieved anything... (Refer back to #1).

#4. Powers that be (& in extension, humans) might make you suffer for speaking up after your achievements, though they appreciate low key... They may eventually come out to show appreciation for what you achieved, just that it's usually too late by then.

26/02/2024

...
Laughter may not last
But while we laugh
all ills get lost
with our souls
losing her sorrows
within seconds

Laughter makes us sybarite
All for a moment
Without momentum
Our heavy soles
move in hopes
of ephemeral seconds
till the laughter
scrambles for sanity
While insanity
cum uncertainties
serve us wine of worry
🙏🏼
(c) EnigmaTic Olumide
26.02.24. 9:-9:16pm

25/02/2024

The night c**s. We thrust again tomorrow. I pray I find honey and not mean potholes... 🙏🏼

22/02/2024

Brig' Gen' Y.D. Ahmed, DG NYSC, visit to Oyo State NYSC orientation camp during opening of Skill Acquisition activities

22/02/2024

That they look at you doesn't mean they admire you | That they look up to you doesn't mean they won't usurp you (if need be) | That they look out for you doesn't mean they won't look out for self at your expense (if need be)

Be good, but remember to be you.

09/02/2024

MOVIE REVIEW: HALF HEAVEN

This is a Case Study Of Gospel Film Done By Secular Actors Traveling Farther Than Ones Done By Gospel FilmMakers.

Half Heaven is a Cameroonian drama that featured Nigerian actor, Chidi Mokeme, who played the role of Tita. It's about an Evangelist, Kizito, played by Sehofer Roland, sent to a notorious land of Mboko; the location was a dreaded town filled with notorious people and it had no existing Church. Kizito thought it was a bad assignment, he even protested, but eventually saw that all things work together for good.

The movie started with "conflict" for a promising Evangelist whom his presiding Pastor saw as a threat to his popularity. He decided to send him to a notorious land called Mboko, filled with criminals, on a condition that he must win a soul in order for him to be ordained... The first incidence that he encountered upon entering the land was robbery; his things were taken, even the vehicle he boarded was hijacked. Not knowing where to go he found himself in front of a brothel with no money to lodge a space to sleep. This was where he met the harlot that eventually took him in, after an attempt to make him a client... He wouldn't have accepted the good gesture of the harlot if not for his lack of fund and not knowing how to survive the land, with what he had seen so far. From here he survived more robbery on evangelism, seduction, and attempt on his life... Till he eventually saw that he was originally adopted from this same town as a kid, after the notorious people coming after his life in the town killed his father; even his mother was among the women smoking that he once preached to who chased him away.

The movie plot was good. Location and set design befits the story line. The soundtrack was calming enough for the "gangsterism" that prevailed in the movie. The plot twist of same harlot trying to seduce Kizito and Grand Tita showing as undercover detective in the end was top notch. Seeing Kizito leading the man who killed his father to Christ was awesome too. Strength of the movie could not be talked about without mentioning the strong story line and acting. Until Chidi Mokeme showed up as the most feared thug, the ones shown prior his appearance weren't disappointing at all. The harlots and thugs were convincing with their acting. There was however flaw in ex*****on as some scenes were badly rushed; a case is in the end beats when chidi Mokeme was about to kill Kizito and the picture blanked out... Next thing we saw was his arrest. No! An action should have led to the blank out, prior his arrest that should probably connect the dots; raising axe to hit Someone and next seeing that the attacker was arrested felt somehow.

All in all, the movie produced by Carista Asonganyi is a good watch. She did a perfect job of blending a Christian message well with a secular production. No wonder Cameroon sent such a film for Academy awards in 2023. I bet if it wasn't so good it won't be pushed forward.

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11/01/2024

MOVIE REVIEW: A TRIBE CALLED JUDAH

So many professional and amateur reviews on the film: some said it was just OK. Some said it was over hyped. Others said it was a bad job. Having seen the movie, with my own little cinematography experience as a practicer and lecturer in my "small lane", I say the movie deserves all the praise and income, especially with the storyline.

It will be not be understatement to say storyline is the key strength of the movie though. A mother struggled to raise 5 boys she conceived for five different men, with two of the boys being serious nuisance in the community and she who was trying to hold the family together now falling for kidney disease. Now the boys coming together despite their differences to go to any length, even crime, to raise money and save their mother was highly emotional (& that's what cinematography should drive at; touching our emotions)... The good son who initially stood against the crime being killed was also top emotional arc (apology for the spoiler).

PLUS: The soundtrack was good. The casting was good too. Nothing exceptional, really, about how they shot it, yet it wasn't bad either. That actor who played Shina (Tobi Makinde) should go places with his acting. Others I know well and was not surprised they didn't disappoint, except for him. The humour wasn't that high, yet it wasn't bad either. The fight scenes were nicely done; good, it doesn't have to be too much violence but destruction at the mall was significant to the storyline.

FLAW: Adamu saying he took leave from work to his colleague (at work and in same crime) and two scenes after he said the day of operation was his off day to an interrogator was inconsistent (I think the the police should be ones he should tell he was on leave if at all the inconsistency was deliberate)... Please, let's collect some of our money from the continuity manager 😁 though some of us know the scenes might not be shot in chronological order... Art/Set design wasn't as tidy when compared to other Funke Akindele projects, especially Battle on Buka street that she did the design herself. Guess being a jack of all trade is better after all.

CONCLUSION: Funke Akindele is fast becoming a Nigerian Cinematography legend. With this movie crossing the 1 Billion Naira earnings line, being the highest earning project in Nigerian box office of all time, and two of her other projects (Battle on Buka Street & Omo Ghetto) being second and third highest, I think she deserves to start getting her flowers now.

A TRIBE CALLED JUDAH isn't one of those spectacular movies, save for the strong storyline, yet it deserves all the success it's getting in the box office. If I'd rate it over 10, I'd give it 7.5... Battle on Buka Street may even be a bit higher when you consider cinematography and casting.

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01/01/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

05/12/2023

I know I'm fine
You don't have to tell me
Thank you.
😁

Shot by Gilead Olumide
Edited by EnigmaTic Olumide & Magic Fingers
(c) EGC studios

29/11/2023

Here we go!

05/11/2023

MOVIE REVIEW: CAPTIVE STATE
(Counterintuitive Solution to Freedom from Oppressors)

Captive State is one of those few movies that you'd need to think when you see it; you don't just watch, catch the fun and go. It has depth and theme that is as strong as the mind that will capture it.

Though the movie was based on alien invasion, it was not really about aliens. The aliens are metaphors for the people in power and how they hold the masses by the jugular. It also exposed the middle class people who benefit from people in power and care less about masses at lower end of the pyramid.

The movie had a sublime message: The only way people held in captivity can be free is to make a detailed plan of how to reach the top and destroy the safe zone of oppressors. This can only be achieved by people who can hide their intentions and are ready to make supreme sacrifice!

While watching, you'd think Jonathan Majors & Ashton Sanders were the only key protagonists. A perfect decoy that we need to learn in life... Then you realize towards the end that Vera Farmiga who was just a pr******te was actually the number one rebel everyone never saw. she hid in plain sight; collected data of all powerful people (cum customers) for her quest and Boom, the former teacher turned pr******te was killed (or should I say sacrificed). And the villains thought they won. Even Ashton thought his brother played hero for nothing and was caught. Not knowing he was being transported to the safe zone of the aliens... Then at the end, if you listen closely, you'd see the police detective who captured Jonathan Majors, and decapitated most of the rebels, who was very close to the pr******te discovered to be number one and was killed, was in the plan all along.

His promotion to commissioner for a job well done meant he'd be taken to safe zone where he also has access to how he can finish off the aliens... And the story ends, leaving us to imagination!

Classic climax. Good plot. Good story line. Good production design, colour, ambience, etc. The darkness of the production and occasional red married the theme so well. Though a bit distorted way of telling stories for a simple mind, it was perfect with depth. Director Rupert Wyatt, known for the 'Rise of Planet Apes', did wonderful job to the movie released in 2019.

END NOTE: You can't defeat oppressors in power by staying off power; you can't fight and win strong oppressors if you can't manipulate your way to their safe zone... if you go all out to show your intentions, you're dead!

05/11/2023

Real influence is being powerful and having powerful people stand beside you!

11/10/2023

LESSONS ON EDEN HAZARD'S EARLY RETIREMENT

It was rumoured that former Chelsea footballer, Eden Hazard, was unable to adapt well to Madrid life after his transfer. He lost shape. His confidence dropped massively. By the time Saudis came with their money he was already done in his mind... Why wouldn't he?

The backlash & mockery of his sudden weight gain was "destructive" (plus he found it hard to find his form like he did at Chelsea). Even some fans who loved him & are now claiming to miss him in retirement once laughed at him... Let's be sincere; for a player of his calibre his retirement was early.

It's normal for any "novice" on how unpredictable life could be to want to blame anyone when they fail, but have you blamed others, yourself, and everyone who saw or didn't see this coming? If Hazard had been protected (& encouraged) like Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, & other greats do you think he'd retire this early?

Some Chelsea/Real Madrid fans even mocked him alongside opposition fans... Boy must have felt let down by the people (& maybe himself) prior this point!

This is a message for you all out there: people protect what seem valuable to them! (Don't stand with someone's opponent/rivals today & come back tomorrow to identify with them after "demise" 🙄 "abeg getat!"). Don't tell me you care about someone when you show with your actions that their struggles meant nothing to you... When people see you value them they do more & achieve more, because that increases their will to survive the struggle. On the other hand, your actions & inactions kill their morals faster.

Result of disloyal acts like this are usually seen when people die, but Hazard is a testament that it can happen to those still living:

You have your father/mother now. You have your kids. You have your husband/wife. You have your religious leader. You have your followers. You have your mentor/mentee. What have you... Protect what you have, else you lose them!

If however you lose them, don't come here to act like you care!

Shalom.

&

03/10/2023

POETRY ON MARRIAGE..
One often tumble
But two overcome the trouble
Nevertheless two can make you less
If you found the head instead of legs
Two heads don't take us up hill
But two legs & one head support the will

(c) EnigmaTic Olumide B'
03.10.23
4:50pm

😉

29/07/2023

Indeed, we can be done & not "dursted"!

18/07/2023

There will be haters
There will be doubters
There will be non-believers
And then there will be me
Proving them Wrong!

03/07/2023

This weekend I saw Extraction 2...

Well, we all know Bolanle Ninalowo wasn't in the film. But that stunt they pulled for the film with him and some others was a very good publicity. It made a lot of Nigerians/Africans want to see the film.

For me the film was not spectacular though. Nothing I've never seen before; it gave me a kind of Dejavuh feeling like, "Yeah I've seen this in Jackie Chan's Arrow of God before", "Yeah I saw that in Amar Akbar Anthony before", etc. The story wasn't lame, still, it wasn't special. The action though, it was well choreographed. For action alone I'd score them 100%.

(Thing is, I've been a fan of action for like 4 decades; I should be able to know a good one when I see one)

There was a boy that most people who saw the film kinda expressed hatred for; but I think the boy doesn't deserve that. The writers were accurate with the role of the boy. Like Chris pointed it out to his uncle in the film, the boy was confused. Hey, it was his father that was killed here, all because of his mother 🤷 "if na you wetin you go do?"

The cinematography, plot, sequence, production design, etc all played out well. But all the storyline na so so action without a deep cut, i.e. as stated above, save the role of that boy viewers hated - nothing spectacular!..

23/06/2023

QUICK REVIEW: A MAN CALLED OTTO

Few days ago, I was telling a friend about how most pastors are drowning yet they continue to save other people who are drowning. But what people don't know is that they have battles rocking their life. And then I saw this movie and was like; boom! This explains it.

Otto, played by veteran Tom Hanks, is a grumpy old man who seemed more like saucy and archaic plus melancholic human being living in the midst of happy/no worries people. Funny, his younger self in the movie was played by his biological son 😁 And they both fit the character... A man whose life seemed to make no meaning anymore is attempting to end his own life but each time he tries he sees another person (and an animal) in trouble and tries to save them first.

In the end, he accepted fate and died peacefully... 🙊 OK, I shouldn't have said that: go see the movie 😁.

I think the director, Marc Foster, did a good job. Double twale to Tom of course. Other casts did well too (I wouldn't score the transgender role that high though). Still, the movie is a good watch for thinkers.

28/05/2023

Wedding is like transition in government. We voted in love. But outcomes of marriage depends on the Mercy of God and the efforts we all put in to make it work. One party working on saving the marriage never works. But in all... May Mercy of God be available for us.

26/05/2023

MOVIE REVIEW: AMINA - Case Study of How Not to Shoot Action Film

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19/05/2023

To the ones we lost, we doff our hearts...

27/04/2023

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25/04/2023

MOVIE REVIEW - BROTHERHOOD VS GANGS OF LAGOS

What is the attraction/hype about? What did they do well? what did they do badly?

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18/04/2023

Art is subjective. Beauty is too; no wonder they say it's in the eye of the beholder...

20/03/2023

Creativity isn't just the things we choose to put in, it's the things we choose to leave out

-Austin Klein
(Steal Like An Artist)

16/03/2023

ALAGBA - EVANGELISM GONE WRONG
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