Film Review - Love is War

If there's a category that Nollywood gets perfectly, it's Political movies - no caps.

I'd hate to draw comparisons between "Love is war" and "If I am President." Both are dear to my heart.

The latter gets to me because of the storyline (the notion that the youths can be something and the dialogue - it was superb. Every word is a punchline in that movie).

But the former projects womanhood in the political sphere including the derision targeted towards the woman. Reminds me of 'Love Does Not Win Elections,' the autobiography by Ayisha Osori

The late night meetings, the God-fatherism and the subservience to them especially from the women, et.al.

I couldn't help but notice the "loving wife card" that the female candidate exhibited to endear herself and score points from the populace when she said, "Help me free my husband from WDP." The husband approached a totally professional and straight to the point counteract against her - the opponents.

Excerpt of course, when he pulled the wife card - spitting it in debate as his second to reinforce 'headship' and her place in marriage.

There's a theme about the female candidate that I noticed too. The whole "Place of Origin" conversation about women - on their fathers' natives and the husbands' native. This is a hindrance to many women in the political sphere in this country - a lose of identity of women as a result of their marriage.

And I noticed the female candidate was trying too hard, as opposed to her husband - just depicts how much efforts the females have to put in cos there's still not much acceptance. It was as if, she was almost seeking for permission to do just about anything.

I was shaa, low key rooting for the man. His approach was more endearing for me.

But like I said earlier, I prefer "If I am President" cos it represents youth participation and a sort of idealism that I am optimistic for. The movie portrayed "what could possibly be, if the modern generation makes effort to participate in politics." 

But "Love is War" is all real. I saw the candidates in 'Love is War' as the mirror of Nigerian politics revealed on-screen, with no mincing actions. 

I didn't go into the intricacies of reviewing cos frankly, I'm not a professional. Just saying from what I watched and observed. But I loved the story, (not the dialogues though. It wasn't exactly 'it'). I'd give it a ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I am really optimistic for the Neo-Nollywood, tbh. There are changes and so it shall continue.