{"id":2094,"date":"2022-11-05T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2022-11-05T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:42:28","slug":"about-elesin-oba-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/about-elesin-oba-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"What People Are Saying About Elesin Oba, The Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The much anticipated movie adaptation of Professor Woke Soyinka&#8217;s work, Elesin Oba (The King&#8217;s Horseman) was released on Netflix, yesterday 4th of November 2022, and comments are already flowing in about the movie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media is practically on fire with criticism and applause for the movie, depending on who you are following. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What people are saying about Elesin Oba <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Reproduced\/embedded below are a sample of different comments on the movie. We specifically chose comments from those who say they have seen the movie.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-finish-it-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-finish-it-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-finish-it-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-finish-it-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-finish-it.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-ridiculous-1-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"What People Are Saying About Elesin Oba, The Movie\" class=\"wp-image-2112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-ridiculous-1-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-ridiculous-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-ridiculous-1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/elesin-oba-comment-ridiculous-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Na the Elesin oba wey una dy hype be this?? \ud83d\ude12\ud83d\ude12\ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f\ud83d\ude0f<\/p>&mdash; Ayo Martins \ud83d\udc51 (@ayomartins_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ayomartins_\/status\/1588866124225343489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lmao! If you haven\u2019t seen the movie \u2018Elesin Oba\u2019 on Netflix, don\u2019t bother. <br><br>Shii was a 0.5\/10 no jokes\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>&mdash; Cross\u02da (@Elkrosmediahub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elkrosmediahub\/status\/1588791021621551104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wasted my precious time. They had a good story, but was not well developed. After the arrest of Elesin Oba I was hoping there would an uprising against the colonial government.<\/p>&mdash; Reyking (@AniebietEbong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AniebietEbong\/status\/1588865801272328194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no way I would have gone to Cinema to watch Elesin Oba and Olopa will not pack everybody \ud83d\ude44\ud83d\ude44 what\u2019s all this \ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude29 give me my data back \ud83d\ude29<\/p>&mdash; Kofoshi of Iyana Ontario (@Zanzee_zee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zanzee_zee\/status\/1588627683147382785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The comments are not all negative, though. Quite a number of positive ones came in. Have a look: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I enjoyed Elesin Oba. What\u2019s the fuss about? Is it different? Yes. But overall, it was a good watch.<\/p>&mdash; Aarinolaaaa (@arinsoven) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arinsoven\/status\/1588864351288512512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Movie critics will fault \u201cElesin Oba\u201d, forgetting that it\u2019s an adaptation of a stage play. <br>What I love most about the movie is the depth of Yoruba Language and Cultural display. The message is clear. Colonialism meddled in a lot of our affairs and we never recovered.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Netflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Netflix<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ayodeji (@Dr_daddy_J) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dr_daddy_J\/status\/1588863769731796993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You need a proper understanding of Dramatic Theory and Criticism to understand (or enjoy) Elesin \u1eccba.<br><br>If you don&#39;t know the slightest bit of Aristotle&#39;s Poetics, the typical tragic hero or Wole Soyinka&#39;s theory of the fourth stage, just leave it alone.<\/p>&mdash; poietes. Screenwriter. (M.A) (@theKongeIre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theKongeIre\/status\/1588631474005155840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Omoh the movie is interesting. Odunlade did justice to the character, nice story line and a little bit of comedy from Jide kosoko and Brymo. Elesin Oba is that movie! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FOlsdxiISx\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/FOlsdxiISx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; saddam (@Sadamgbadamosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sadamgbadamosi\/status\/1588548473699258368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stage play adaptations for film are a tricky thing to pull off. As such, it is understandable that feedback on Elesin Oba is a mix of positive and negative. Have you seen the movie? What do you think of it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join Our Tribe on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong>For updates on new Nollywood movies, reviews, cinema reviews, and Nigerian movie personalities, join our tribe on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NollyRated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@NollyRated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comments are flowing in now that Elesin Oba is showing on Netflix. 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