Jagun Jagun: Beauty Without Brains (Lateef Adedimeji, Femi Adebayo) Yoruba Movie Review

[@kechiotta5349]

My mouth literally dropped when the main guy committed genocide. It seemed like a totally different movie from there because there was no build up leading to that. I laughed out loud when he rose the tree up and when he walks past it, it falls back. What kind of power is that, Lord? A minor detail I'm noticing is the looks of these characters. Why are the stylists making these actors so unattractive especially in epic films? It's becoming horrendous. Just because someone is the villain doesn't mean they should look like the devil incarnate. The hero sef looks nothing to write home about. There's need to boost the appearance of actors in epic films. Abeg Nollywood. They need to see villians in asian epic dramas or American historical films.

[@EkwemReviews]

Haha. True, they overdo the makeup on them as if it’s a children’s movie 🤣. Ibrahim Chatta is always looking like satan. We forget villains can be charismatic and clean-shaven too 🤣🤣

[@princelyimonlemen4958]

Lmaooo three dusty demons with hunter guns 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ceeduke]

I'm not gonna lie, i like the idea of heroes doing questionable villainous things 😂 Would have been made better if the rest of the movie was then people giving him the side eye every time he tried to proselytize

[@EkwemReviews]

He can murder a whole village but there has to be a redemption arc. He can’t just go scot free. But then he didn’t even struggle with the genocide so his death would have no meaning.

[@MássKéññy-n5v]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@EkwemReviews]

Thank you!

[@oladipotimothy6007]

Could you share your background? I believe it's important to understand where feedback is coming from before accepting any critique. Without knowing the process behind the work, it doesn't feel constructive (Talk is cheap). Unsubscribing.

[@LajidimusPrime]

There is a fine line between empathizing with Nigerian movie producers and expecting more from them. Our cinematography has gotten significantly better, but we need to work on our directing and editing. It may sound harsh, but I believe if the feedback is taken in good faith, it will translate into better movies that will make Nollywood even more credible.

[@EkwemReviews]

Every story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Every hero struggles against something in order to achieve it by the end. That is the structure of almost every story ever written (except deliberate subversion by artistic license). In Jagun Jagun, there is no great struggle or tribulation. We have a hero who stands against his mentor in a duel to the death, for the reward of…a promotion? A marriage? . He committed genocide for the reward of…a promotion? A wedding? He killed more people in the film than the actual villain. At no point did he refuse anything, and at no point was the choice taken from him. He did not feel the need to rebel until his lover was killed by his own hand, and he never even saw the irony in that action. Our main character is a murderer whose story did not deserve to be told in such a heroic light. My background is common sense. This is a story, and no matter what my professional background is, a story is a story anywhere in the world. Thanks for engaging. Sorry to see you go but I guess we can agree to disagree 🥹

[@davidewodage]

No I see you're very uninformed and shouldn't be criticking movies.. Jagun Jagun didn't follow the conversion all "A hero's journey" story telling style.. Jagun Jagun adapted a Japanes style of story telling, where the protagonist characters is developed separately from the antagonist character, and they finally come together for a clash at the end. This is a story telling technics used in many Japanese movies and its less adapted in Hollywood nor Nollywood. Bro. Stop criticking movies if you have no idea of story telling technics. Unsubscribing right away.

[@EkwemReviews]

My biggest grouse with it is that our hero has no morals,ethics or views on life that we can relate with... not the story telling style. Also, did you watch it well? The characters are not developed separately from each other...one is literally the boss of the other. The antagonist directed the course of life of the protagonist throughout this story, so I'm not sure where your japanese rhetoric is coming from. Our hero is not even an antihero either because nothing in his life situation was compelling enough to drive him to extremes that we can understand (Like Walter White from Breaking Bad). He does questionable things, then sought to sway the viewers to his side with a boring speech at the end. If you weigh both main characters on the scale, you will find our 'hero' wanting and less compelling. I'm sorry, but your japanese storytelling rhetoric is not a crutch to stand on when your hero commits evil with zero consequence. Thanks for engaging