These days when I watch some Nollywood movies I just smile and nod my head at the kind of action the actors and actresses pose, the scriptwriters, and all the other cast. It was when I grew up I lost interest in Nollywood movies.
I could remember my first encounter with drama. After watching the plot, the suspense, and the visuals are so cool. All of our interests shifted from Nollywood to Kdramas. It wasn’t only a single person’s decision but all of us as a family got little or no interest in Nollywood.
Except for once in a while when recommended or just shown on subscribed channels.
Gone are the days when we rented video cassettes just to watch movies. Those were the good old days. I remembered a time we visited one of our uncles. He played a Yoruba movie for us that day. Till we left his residence, that was the movie we kept asking him to play for us.
I love the movie to the extent that we memorized all of the songs that were in the movie and many times we remember our uncle and those memories, those songs keep repeating themselves on our lips. As I am writing this I could have an imaginary view of that movie again.
The 80’s and 90’s were the origin of cool movies in Nigeria. The times when there was nothing like recording, they would always act on stage. Though I wasn’t a part of that era. But our parents do tell us how they paid Kobo just to stand and watch staged movies back then.
I also had a good experience with staged movies in my final year at the university. One of my friends from the art department decided to sell some tickets to us. I bought it and my friends also did. Then we just had to watch it with the intention of not wasting our money.
When we got to the hall, the stage set up was just so beautiful, we knew our money wouldn't be a waste. After a few hours, the stage play kicked off and that became one of the best moments of my life. They acted the movie so real with all of their hearts in it. It was like we were in a cinema watching a live movie.
That was the first and last experience I had with stage movies and it was worth it.
I was born in the 90’s and I can say that wasn’t as bad as the late 20’s where they watch movies on social media and reels. Those times there were these sets of TV series you mustn’t miss out on. And that’s because if you miss out on them then you might have to just open your mouth listening to others gisting happily about the latest episodes. All you do is listen 😆.
I could remember the likes of Papa Ajasco, Binta and Friends, and Super Story. These are evergreen series and one of the best that Nigeria would produce in the movie industry. The series was not only watched in some parts of the country, but almost all parts of the country because they are always aired on some television channels on specific days. So you dare not miss out on them.
I am yet to watch a movie in a cinema. But I feel it's almost the same as watching a movie live in a theatre. If I could go back to the 80’s I wouldn't mind repeatedly watching these series again. However, with time we began to shift our interests into other genres of movies. We watched animations, cartoons, action movies, comedies, and many more foreign movies.
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