Lover’s Creek

-Story: [4 out of 5] Besides being corny to the extent of being puke-worthy, this movie honestly reminds me of true Nollywood romance movies. After watching this movie, you realize how far our modern definiton of African romance movies have strayed from the original definition. Even though this movie is not exactly the most detailed of them all, it still reminds me of old Nollywood where each scene helped in developing the characters so much that when they eventually fall in love you, the viewer, falls in love as well. Nowadays, however, it seems like all you get is one scene of how they met, the next scene of them eating in a restaurant and an extra scene of house ‘romancing’. Let me not stray from the movie at hand, it was a good story.

-Originality: [3 out of 5] Different is definitely, I won’t say ‘the’, but definitely one of the words one can use to describe this.

-Predictability: [2 out of 5] A little predictable here and there but asides from that, it’s good.

-Directing/Editing: [2 out of 5] Whoosh, I have never seen such corny lines IN MY LIFE! What? Before they actually visited the ‘Lover’s Creek’ most, if not all, of Desmond Elliot’s lines were like Mills and Boons times a million. Who on God’s earth says something as ridiculous as, “Look into my eyes baby, and tell me what you see” ????????????? Are you serious? Really….???…. Tell me why they needed to use 20 whole minutes of the movie or thereabouts to show the driving scene from Mike’s house to the Lover’s creek. As if it’s not bad enough, if you’re watching part 2 and they start driving. You have to watch them drive for 20 minutes before they get there and when they finally get there, BOOOM! End of part two. Insert part three. After you insert part three, you have to watch them drive to Lover’s creek all over again ??? Some things just didn’t mesh in the story for me like how that idiot (unable to act… or flirt by the way) friend of Mike and Desmond’s decided to tag along with two couples all alone to a place called LOVER’S CREEK. Tell me! What do you expect to do there? Watch them make love or love yourself?

-Acting Quality: [2 out of 5] Nadia Buari though, wow! Acting school maybe?

-Settings and Costumes: [3 out of 5] Settings and costumes are appropriate for the production year.

-Video and Audio Quality [2 out of 5] It’s 2008 so the video is not exactly of the highest standard however if you watch it on irokotv.com (legally) then you’ll get a better picture. The audio is where my problem arises from. It sounded very static-y at many points

-Soundtrack [2 out of 5] Ok. Listen to the soundtrack below