Rejoinder

After speaking with one of the Godfathers in Nollywood UK, a man i respect, a man of honour and integrity, i have decided to write this rejoinder about my review of Ibu in Sierra Leone and subsequent reviews.

Ibu is a Sierra Leonean film and as we know the industry is much newer in Sierra Leone than it is in Nigeria. My review and score of the movie which i stand by are based on the efforts of such a new industry to come up with such a movie. From what i watched, the sound and picture quality were good especially for the location it was shot, there was a good story line and while in hindsite people are commenting on the role played by I u, in my own view and i think people are entitled to their views, he did well.

Let me make it clear, when i issue a 10or 1 film and a 7 for another, i am not saying the 10is better than the 7. There might have been issues in the 7 which were major. This is not meant to grade films as i don't have the power to do so, but to let each producer/director know major issues with their films that they should pay attention to in subsequent movies. May i boldly say and my general agrees with me, were i to review movies and critic nollywood movies in all areas, most of the mov es would not get anything near a pass mark.

After due consultation and sincepeople are seeing my review marks as a competition, i have decided to keep reviews simple henceforth. While i would not be bullied by people who should know better, i would henceforth review and critic movies without putting scores. I STAND BY ANY SCORES i have given in the past and chalkenge those that are unhappy to make comments boldly with their names and let us have an honest debate about these reviews.

In the time being, all that is left to say is this blog has come to stay.