Local or foreign movies: Which do you prefer and why?

Unlike a decade or two ago Nigerians had no choice than to rely on Bollywood and Hollywood for entertainment but with the growth in Nollywood and other indigenous movie industry options now abound With this in mind, YOUTHVILLE conducted a voxpop to know which movie industry people prefer and why.

Safiyanu Mohammed

had this to say: “I prefer foreign movies to home movies, because you hardly see their mistake but there is always a mistake” For

she would rather watch foreign movies because “there would be no need of waiting for part 1&2 which at times can be difficult to be found”, she said.

According to “its foreign movies because you can’t predict the end but local ones, the end is very predictable, especially yoruba movies”

Suleiman Dalibi,

Jey Dee

Lawal King Endowed,

Tor Stephen Iorsoo

Ebi K Alagba

Rukayyat

said: “I prefer foreign movies because the moment I watch a local movie for some seconds, I will know how the movie will end but most foreign movies are unpredictable”.

Then added: “Our movie industry has come of age, but a lot needs to be done to upgrade the standard. I am still on foreign movies”.

from Jos opined that he loves foreign movies because “the final product shows growth and inventions of filmatography and style which tells you one thing: they put so much work to a particular project and make sure it’s close to perfection before they get it out to the market”

On his part, added: “Till the day local movies shift from predictable plots, poor dialogue & crappy cinematography, I’ll continue to be partial to foreign movies. For goodness sake, how can you shoot a man in the leg and cause blood to immediately gush out from the mouth?? Haba Jama’a”.

Abraham Attsar