The movie London Na Wa was screened for the second time in London at the Lighthouse Camberwell on Saturday 23rd November 2013. I must commend the Director of the movie Nelson Spyk for the boldness to premiere the movie a second time in London. I am aware that it costs a lot of money to premiere these movies especially in a setting where people are not willing to pay for tickets.
The red carpet had members of the cast and crew and some of the big wigs in Nollywood UK including Collins Archie Pearce, Ruke Amata, Rita Nzelu, Toksy Bello, Toyin Moore, Theodora and Ayo Oyebade, Fatima Jabbe Bio, Maureen Okafor and the cast of Purity of Heart, Riyike Alayande, Desmond Finney from Sierra Leone and a few others.
I would like to say to Nelson and to other Producers and Directors in Nollywood UK not to be discouraged but continue what they believe in and aim to attain to excellence.
The night was compered by Collins Archie Pearce. The premiere started with a musical performance with King Kaz and also featured performances by I Rise, UG and Don D.
Sound: There was a lot of feedback and humming and some sort of echo on the sound and in some scenes, one could not clearly hear what was being said. To me and to some of the viewers that I spoke to that was a major concern. People need to be able to hear with clarity what is being said to be able to understand the movie. Therefore overall for the sound, I would award a mark of 6.
Picture quality: My first impressions of the picture quality was that although they did not have much problems, they were a bit distant. This view was echoed by some people I spoke to after the movie. This might have been deliberately done by the Director. However, the cinematography in the movie must be commended. There was for example the beautiful skyline. I must also commend Nelson on the effects he used in the film. Due to the storyline that the Director was trying to portray, I did not even recognise some of the actresses who were made to look big, whereas they are small. The film was all about having breasts and in totality, I would award a score of 8 for the picture quality.
Cast: The movie starred a lot of upcoming artists and included Marie Gomez (Class Act Winner 2012 and Zafaa Award winner), Eleanor Agala, Olivia Eze, Kevwe Ogunje, Akinosho Oluwaseyi, Collins Archie Pearce, Nonso Nwaiwu, Jull Kay, Lillian Gonese, Christiana Awotayo, Pam Pam, Tosyne Raymond, Rich Daniel Don and a few others. I must commend the likes of Elenor, Kevwe and Nonso who in my view did brilliantly and within the scope of the storyline sold the story very well. The other members of the cast did what they were briefed to do just act and express themselves. This is a first in Nollywood, but I believe that with a script and more direction, the movie would have been clearer and the expression would have been better. I see a lot od potential in most of the upcoming cast in the movie, but the truth is that sometimes, I got so bored just seating and watching the same thing. Overall, I give the cast and the way the story was presented 6.5
Story line: To me when I watch a movie, within the first few minutes, I want to know what the whole movie is about even if I don’t know the conclusion. I did not get this from London Na Wa. Although, it was comical, in my view it was here and there. The film was basically about three main characters who were willing to go to any extent to protect their relationships. There were relationship experiences from church based solutions to the use of voodoo. The film highlighted in most parts how various ladies took to diabolic means to either tie down the destinies of men or to get things from the men
it is a comical movie meant to make the audience laugh and there were elements of the movie that made the audience laugh. For me, I fell off my chair at the end of the movie as I could not stop laughing at the last scene. Some of the scenes typified an African setting where everybody is talking together and so no one understands what is being said or the message that is being passed. According to one of the people I spoke to at the end of the movie, one of the Producers of a movie, she did not understand 90% of the movie, but all she saw was women with big breasts and big butts. On the whole, while I got it in the end, the general view was that most people got bored of trying to understand what was going on. In spite of this I would award the storyline because of the fact that it is comical 6.5
Overall performance: While I know that people may give me a flack over this review, credit must be given to the Director for trying to do something different. The movie is in no wise perfect and I believe that some structure would have done justice, but non the less, the movie was produced and a message was sent out. Overall for effort and for trying to be different, I award the movie a 6.
In totality of a possible score of 50, the movie has scored 33 which means 66 out of 100 which give it 6.6. Nelson is a brilliant Cinematographer so I am expecting him to top up with his next project. Would I recommend this movie, yes I would so that people can make their own impressions about the movie.
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