The Queen and I
Yvonne Okoro, John Dumelo, Nikki Samonas, Gavivina Tamakloe, Emmanuel Emoabino, Shaibu Abubakari, Magnus Brooks
Queen Latifa travelled a thousand miles to visit the land of her ancestors, Ghana. What awaited her was least expected; her true love, Shawn, A struggling young man running a tour agency which was on the edge of collapsing. His dreams came true when he received a phone call from the manager of Aknac hotel,who presented him with an opportunity to take Queen Latifa on tour.
Memorable Lines: "I presume both of you are virgins, and if you need help I can assist you..." - Gavivina Tamkloe, Manager "How did you know my body was calling for you?" - Yvonne Okoro, Queen Latifah
The movie, the queen and I, has four parts: The Queen and I part 1, 2, 3 and 4. This movie is also called QUEEN LATEEFAH in some places so that would be Queen Lateefah part 1, 2, 3 and 4
Kensteve Anuka
Joseph Orisaegbo
Kensteve Anuka
2012
-Story: [1 out of 5] Lmao… did anybody else read that synopsis? No please… pleaasssseee go back and read it. Her character’s name is really Queen Latifah? WTF (Where’s the fridge). You think it’s funny when you read it? No, that’s not half as funny as it is when Yvonne or John say it with a serious face. Lol but lest I loose my focus et. al., for a Kensteve Anuka movie, this one actually had a storyline… well, at least it did until part 4 and things just sort of happened. I say we all trash part 4. It’s a much better movie without it. The story was a bit forward towards the end and some characters (i.e Nikki Samonas’) were extremely unrealistic (because I refuse to believe that there is any female THAT delusional)
-Originality: [0.5 out of 5] Some of the concepts within it are a bit original but it’s still the same basic idea
-Predictability: [0 out of 5] Over over predictable… even from the title alone, we all know how it’s going to end.
-Directing/Editing: [0 out of 5] I thought the continuity was crap. Production was poor. It was four parts for no reason, at least it could have been shortened to 3 parts (that way you save me an extra hour of viewing time, and since Emmanuel’s character only shows up in part 4, you save me the torture of watching his so called acting). I don’t understand how Yvonne’s character, Queen Latifah (lmao), is on vacation in Ghana from her home country in the Caribbeans yet she doesn’t have an accent, and neither do any of her aids. Whoever wrote the lines though? Lmao… wtf? If I was to describe most of the lines in this movie with two letters they’d be the letter B and the letter S.
-Acting quality: [0.5 out of 5] John Dumelo DID NOT do as John Dumelo does in this movie. He actually acted! (I know, I know, we’re all really excited by this but try to curb your enthusiasm, he still hasn’t visited a gym). It’s not per say his best work yet but it’s actual acting as opposed to all those rich CEO roles he has become known for, in which I don’t think he is doing any acting at all other than going through the motions. Love Yvonne Okoro, what baffles me is what she is doing in a Kensteve Anuka film. Nikki Samonas. Hmm… her acting is not terrible but neither was it awesome. What got me was the scene in part 4 when Emmanuel Emoabino was attempting to rape her (it seems like this guy is always raping somebody… See: Tracy) and then the cops come in and babe is trying to hide her boobs. On any other actress this would be ‘like whatever’ to me, but when I saw NIKKI SAMONAS attempting to hide her boobs, I couldn’t hold back the laughter. Babe, what are you hiding? It’s not anything we didn’t already see in “My First Wife“. It’s official! I can not stand Emmanuel Emoabino. I can’t. I can’t. I CAN’Tn’t! (don’t you dare correct my grammar). It’s not even like my dislike for Martha Ankomah, that one gan sef has hope, it is subject to change at any given time. But Emmanuel? Hian… metu go grow (meaning: It would be easier for me to grow a beard like Methuselah than to like his acting). All the extras. In fact, everybody else that was not mentioned (exempting Gavivina Tamakloe) was ridiculously terrible. I did not know that it was possible for one movie to have so many bad actors in it. Kensteve keeps breaking records mehn.
-Setting: [3 out of 5] I actually loved most of the sets (the only one I particularly disliked was the set of the supposed wedding that got crashed). I especially loved the hotel used: The Aknac Hotel
-Costume/Make-Up: [0 out of 5] I was very unimpressed by the costumes. They weren’t half as grand as they were supposed to be. I mean this is a whole queen of Hyena kingdom we are talking about here… a whole Queen Latifah! lmao (Yes! I realize that that’s not how to spell the Kingdom’s name but o well, I don’t know how to spell it so it might as well be Hyena). It made no sense to me how in the beginning, John Dumelo’s character had dirty water splashed on him by a car when he was walking along the road, yet when they zoomed in on him, his white shirt was as white as the shirts they use for Ariel commercials.
-Props and Graphics: [2 out of 5] Mostly good
-Video Quality: [1 out of 5] Not a fan of the hue
-Audio Quality [3 out of 5] Ok
-Soundtrack: [2 out of 5] Not bad
-Musical Score: [2 out of 5] Musical score based mainly on Osibisa’s “Welcome Home”. Osibisa was credited in the closing credits (which I give ’em big ups for). Some of the score seemed a little too dramatic for the situation it was being used in, in my opinion. For instance, the score for when John was running with his bike. One would think he was running from the cops or hired assassins. It’s not that serious, stop being so dramatic.
“You’ve been gone it’s an empty home
Come on back where you really belong
You are always welcome home, welcome home!”
Movie directed by Kensteve Anuka. Starring Emmanuel Emoabino. The Lord knows that the only reason I got as far as I did was because of Osibisa.
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i dont know what yvonne was doing in this movie!!!!! and although i love john dumelo i think he must be hungry to not be selective with script tracy and thn dis?? fast losing my crush for him.did you see the king to be’s madness scene in the forest just scattering dust rme! it was unnecessary long and had no build up
lol notice how I didn’t even bother asking what he was doing in this movie. His script choice has just become very doubtful of late.
Ah ah! How broke can he be? Really?
Nope I made it through half of part4 and I couldn’t do it any longer… may God help us
I decided for this movie because Yvonne name was on it and nothing else. I have to say I was disappointed. I agree with Tai; what was she doing in the movie? Doing someone a favor? Paying back a debt owed? I want to believe it had nothing to do with money.
JD, JD, JD!!! How many times did I write your initials? Who did you offend? or na village people? Not sure I can remember anyone in the Ghana/Nigeria movie industry fall so fast from near-hero to zero, and then beyond. I know for a fact that Ghana is not so big that you cannot personally know Chris Attoh or even Adjetey Anang if Chris is too up there for you; please pick a thing or two from them. NR, I dont agree he acted in this movie, if anything, I think he was even more wooden than usual and the love scene were especially bad. I know I have seen him do better with less effort.
K. Anuka should be sued for desecrating the name Queen Latifah IMHO.
ROFLMAO… it’s always a huge relief when someone else sees the things I see in a movie. I don’t know what she was doing in this movie but I hope she doesn’t start off on the JD path (down)
Nne, it is someone in his village doing it to him lmao.
The moment I decided that, Ok JD is doing more than he has been doing for his last couple of movies was that scene where he was carrying his bike and I thought to myself it’d be unfair to say that he was doing as he usually does. You have to at least give him an E for Effort.
most actors/actresses think quantity makes them knowwn or popular. what they don’t know is quality is what matters. a journalist once asked naa ashorkor why she is not in many movies and i loved the answer she gave ‘i choose a script, a script don’t choose me and besides i work’, and when you watch all the movies she’s acted, they are all award winning movies with great directors, that is what dumelo should be doing, not featuring in everything. i rest my case.
Hehe I wish JD’s problem was popularity. The guy don popular already, he is just not getting any good script offers anymore and for lack of option one must manage shey?
I wonder who he pissed off… he needs to locate that person and apologize to him or her rapidly before his credibility completely dies off
After seeing this movie, I went into praying and fasting for all of them that if God could just strike them dead especially, Kensteve, the whole world will be a better place. I have never seen a worse movie than this one. (Oh no, I think I forgot too soon. I think Frank Artus or what’s his name should be silenced from acting forever.) But my point is in the real world, when you get a break like JD’s character did, you don’t use your bicycle to get there. You get a taxi. I found that so unrealistic that it pissed the crap out of me. The whole forest scene. I say Holy Ghost fire on all of them. Them you are a well trained soldier but you don’t know when the chick takes your bullets? Ok I am getting pissed off all over again, so I should stop.
PS: I hereby officially remove JD from my crush list. Those man-boobs are a serious turn off. Guy, you seriously let yourself go.
lmaoooooooooooo. PREACH! Abeg I couldn’t have said it better