Bridge of Hope
Nollywood REinvented
Yemi Blaq, Desmond Elliot, Mbong Amata, Barbara Soki, Moris K. Sesay, Ginnefine Kanu
I was traumatized after I lost my parents and brother; the people that meant the world to me were gone. I have no one to look up to, just when I gave up on my life, Kufre came to my aid and gave me a reason to live again. I least expected the love he gave me. Few months to our wedding, I found out I was three months pregnant for another man I had a one night stand with. The baby was for Kufre's younger brother Greg. I was pregnant for Greg before I met Kufre. Find out how it happened.
"What happened to those days when men and women were just friends and they took strolls in the evening, they held hands? And once in a while, they WAITED for that long beautiful kiss" - Kufre (played by Yemi Blaq)
Bridge of Hope part 1 and part 2.
Desmond Elliot
Emem Isong, Morris Sesay
Uduak Isong
2012
Poor development
-Story: [1 out of 5] Guy “accidentally” meets girl. Guy falls for girl. Guy attempts to toast babe and babe rejects him more times than I have teeth. Eventuallyyyyyy babe agrees to go on a date with guy and boom! babe falls for guy. And… all this happens in the first 15 minutes (am I the only one who expected them to be married 20 minutes in?). What I’m trying to say is that the movie is a bit too… forward. Which might seem a bit hypocritical of me because I keep advocating for two part movies and when I get ’em I claim that they are too forward. But uhm can’t it be done tactfully? Can’t we have a 2 part movie with a story we actually fall in love with along the way? Interesting story just horribly developed.
-Originality: [2 out of 5] Comme si, comme ca.
-Predictability: [2 out of 5] …to a certain extent, maybe!
-Directing/Editing: [1 out of 5] This is from the same people that made “Guilty pleasures”? Are you kidding me? What has become of Royal Arts Academy? Come onnnnnn! The continuity was… not very continuous. Scenes were too sudden and things just seemed to HAPPEN in this movie without any definite flow. No apparent art in the cinematography. I’m just saying… this is not the RAA we used to know
-Acting quality: [1 out of 5] And the actors in this movie were Yemi Blaq (Fantabulous! But I’m tempted to ask why on earth he accepted this script), Desmond Elliot (I’ve just recently realized that many many people don’t like Desmond. Not just because of his directing but his acting too – I don’t see it but if you’re one of those people… please say AYE!) and then Barbara Soki! I loved loved loved Barbara’s character (I’m secretly in prayer for a mother in law like this in my future…). And then on to ‘everybody else’. Morris K. Sesay! Stop it! Stop it now… STAY BEHIND THE CAMERA! What is this? I know that you know that you can’t act so why torture us? Why o why o why? I have now resolved that I would rather watch a movie starring Artus Frank, Martha Ankomah, Nadia Buari and (dare I say) Prince David Osei, than watch a movie with this kid (literally) in it. I thought we already established that you couldn’t act after “Spellbound“? And last but not least Mbong Amata. The last time I saw her on screen was in “The Amazing Grace” back then, I hadn’t started NR and movies were just that to me. I looked at things more generally back then so I could care less about her acting. But on close inspection, I’ve come to realize that maybe the babe really can’t act… she seemed really stiff and robotic in this movie. My only hope is that she’s better in “Black November” because I’m actually looking forward to that movie. The extras are… horrid, and can someone please explain to me what the purpose of the white boy was?
-Setting: [2 out of 5] Alright stop it! Y’all have used that same office twice already (that I’m aware of) “Spellbound” and “Broken Silence“
-Costume/Make-Up: [2 out of 5] Why is Mbong wearing make-up (eye liner) to sleep. And uhm… Yemi Blaq supposedly splashed portor portor on Mbong’s white dress yet the dress was still as white as a wedding gown?
-Props and Graphics: [3 out of 5] Ok
-Video Quality: [3 out of 5] Good
-Audio Quality [1 out of 5] Inconsistent and background noises need to be eliminated.
-Soundtrack: [3 out of 5] Loved it
-Musical Score: [3 out of 5] Nicely done
Lol @flint and anon… You guys should take a chill pill, both desmond and moses are gud directors… But I think RAA should also look for upcoming directors and scriptwriters… Emem isong is great and I guess she’s grooming desmond as transition from actor to director aint easy… He would get there… So flint cut the anon above and desmond a lil slack… And anon, learn to take criticisms positively.. Nollywood fan
see mumu, see yeye, see nonentity in display at its highest level, moron aka desmond elliot for ur info those bunch of crap u have been making for emem have taken u nowhere becuase u can’t even be categorized on the same level with the likes of moses inwang,teco benson,frank rajah arase, pascal amanfo etc not to talk of the likes of izu, leila, kunle, jeta,chineze,tunde,mahmood etc. if u like u can go out there to make ur inquires and see that u will arrive at the same opinion i have of desmond(or should i say u idiot under the pretence and disguise of anonymous) in terms of his directorial skills, by desmond moving higher and higher u mean making stupid and useless movies like broken silence,rebound,in a man’s mind,bridge of hope,memories of my heart, timeless passion etc. if he is moving higher and higher he should be making movies on the same league and standard like the figurine,ije,tango with me,phone swap,the child, white waters,the amazing grace,champions of our time,black november,maami,aramotu,arugba,sinking sands, ties that bind,viva riva etc but no he is still doing the usual idumota crappy movies, do u in all sincerity and honesty think those rubbish desmond directs as movies can be competitve internationally, u come here to compare him with moses, moses movies are way better than that of desmond, the last time i checked uche is till working with moses(the damage trilogy) so i don’t know what u are talking about them not working together, maybe that happened in ur dream, so far uche works with moses when she is doing her own thing, but works with desmond when she is working with emem because emem seems to be sticking with desmond, i believe uche made the better decision of which director to work with even with the fact that emem is older and more experienced in the industry and should by now be able to separate the boy directors from the men directors, but i guess she isn’t kin on moving on to the next level like her former partners lancelot and vivian have done and doing much better movies than her. one thing that should be noted here is the fact that my criticism of desmond does not mean that i don’t believe that at some point in the future he won’t get better, i honestly believe that he will get better in the future, but my arguement here is that emem should have given him her lower budget films to direct, in this way he will keep learning and getting experience, while at the same time she could use more experienced and better directors to do her bigger budget movies, but as it is she is letting him direct all her movies at the cost of the quality of her movies which is deterioting drastically, look at emem’s big budget movies like holding hope and i will take my chances(these two films weren’t as good as hyped and expected to be), had these two films been handled by the likes of izu,jeta,kunle,chineze,lancelot,leila,mahmood etc everyone would definitley see the difference, now that is what i am talking about u lunatic anonymous aka desmond elliot, don’t come here barking like a toothless bull dog, instead all these time u spend defending urself on social networks like this, u should be using it to work harder to enhance ur craft, this is exactly what criticisms are meant for, to make u work harder to improve urself, not turn into a bald headed parrot.
Ohhh shut up flint,aka Moses Inwang or whatever ur name is,u keep complaining of Desmond,yet he is moving higher,and u a looser,how many producers call you for a movie,you treat peoople like shit,that sometimes u dont even know who wants to produce a Film,for ur info snitch,Desmond is way ahead of u,Uche jombo sef from What am seeing has dropoped u and now working with Desmond,u are a sore arrogant looser,RAA rocks.
@anonymous how silly and cynical can u get, do u really think someone as busy as moses inwang has such time to come on social forums to leave comments around, by the way u seem to be implying that there is a kind of hot water boiling between moses and desmond because to the best of my knowledge so far and that of most people we don’t know of any such trouble between them which makes me ask the following important question, how did u put 2 and 2 together to come up with the notion that moses and desmond are in some sort of quarrel, are u really ok or are just an imbecile seeking for attention. so far what desmond has done with RAA is not an improvement most people thought would happend when she started RAA, besides the fact that emem doesn’t use good directors, she also has to work on her scriptwriters to come up with better scripts. had ur down syndrome brain been paying attention, u would have noticed that i say it like it is, i don’t just criticize one person, well if this is the case, then i guess u should go ahead and say i am the various people that have issues with people i criticize here which ofcourse are many. look at lancelot that used to work with emem, see his improvement so far when the both decided to do more of there movies separately, that is what i call moving on to the next level,his movies are top notch now, when he was working with emem, he was doing justice to emem’s scripts, now that desmond has taken over and is now working on emem’s scripts, the quality of her movies have dwindled. since each time i criticize desmond for his poor directorial skills u assume i am moses, i guess i can call u desmond for always stupidly defending him under the disguise of anonymous.
Flint,i have a feeling u are Moses Ewang,soory fool ,you are so arrogant for that reason RAA loves Desmond,we love Desmond,so keep hating looser,no wonder other producers dont call u to direct their movies,just urs,and the upcoming actress that u decieved to produce something Melody,which had Ini and Jim,sorry Looser Moses,no one can call u to direct,u are sooo arrogant,Its Desmond for life,we love him to direct,he made it within a short time,u couldnt
where is the fridge, wat does it mean
Huh? What fridge?
Flint its obvious u dont like Desmond,like i said u are a horrible director and that is why RAA wont call u,why do i have a feeling that u are Moses Ewang,arrogant fool Flint,for your Infor. Desmond has nmade it,and u cos u are arrogant nobody wants u except ur own movies,we love Desmond,we love RAA
i think the correction RAA needs to make is to get better scriptwriters and better directors, that is all.
…that and prevent Morris Sesay from ever acting in any of their movies ever again