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🎥     Today we will be talking about the film titled Run. This is a Nollywood film. Nollywood was very successful in quickly building its infrastructure during political instability. A lot of films were made without using expensive film equipment. Nollywood brought a boost in economic status until streaming grew which didn't bring any profit. 


👍   I liked how well-made this film was. It's impressive that it was made without the use of extravagant film equipment. I appreciated the location shooting of Nigeria in the film.


😲   This film was such an "Oh my God!" film for me because of the situation. I couldn't believe how such a good person could run into such bad luck all of a sudden. It was pretty funny seeing her go from talking about her regular daily life to her explaining all that she went through because of misunderstandings. I was upset that no one listened to her and instead objectified her. The way in which the police officers ignored her calls for help and called her crazy reminded me of some of the police here in America who don't really help people. I'm glad that this film doesn't accurately reflect the way in which the community in Nigeria is actually like since they are much more likely to help out anyone in trouble. 


👀    This film was sort of slow for me so I wouldn't recommend it if you enjoy fast-paced films. 

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Comments

  1. Holly McDonaldNovember 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM

    That's interesting that you thought it was slow because for me it felt fairly fast paced, since things just kept happening to her. I also really enjoyed the location shooting, though. I think it showed multiple different sides of Lagos, from the skyscrapers in the establishing shots to the food stall on the side of the road.

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  2. Trent SmockNovember 8, 2020 at 1:19 PM

    I actually kind of agree with it being somewhat slow paced, that could be because I'm so used to action movies like Death Wish or John Wick. Seeing the movie being labelled as fast paced kind of threw me off while watching it, probably because my perception of fast paced was a bit warped because of other intense movies. I didn't think it was too slow paced though, looking back I think it kind of hits a middle ground for me

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  3. AmyNovember 30, 2020 at 3:01 PM

    On the issue of pacing, I feel like this mostly has a Hollywood style pacing but it occassionally veers into a poor Nigerian story world and this makes the pacing seem slow for Western audiences. So I think it is both fast and slow paced, which seems contradictory but, like alot of things in Nollywood, makes a certain kind of sense in relationship to the films.

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