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Goof Luck Jerusalema E Ntjha!

Written by Brown Shuga from the blog SHUGAS BLOGIWOOD on 10 Oct 2008
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Jerusalema, one of the best movies to ever come out of SA is our official submission for consideration in the Best Foreign Film at the 2009 Oscars and I'm positive it will get the nod. Don't care about the other 95 countries who are also submitting entries.

I went to see Jerusalema twice! The first time it was to find out what it was about and the 2nd time I went because I had missed the first 15 minutes the first time and I also went to look for goofs. I wasn't disappointed.
I wouldn't mind going out to watch it again but I kinda suspect I'd want to go for the 4th, 5th and 6th time so I'm gonna chill and wait for the "official" DVD to come out. Yeah, it's THAT good!

If you haven't seen the movie, there might be spoilers here so .....

My best moments were during Lucky Kunene's childhood. Jafta Mamabolo did a splendid job and it really makes me proud to know that we have such talented young actors in the country.
I hope he will be alongside Ralph Ziman and Rapulana Seiphemo if we have to go to the Oscars in February.

About the goofs..

They honestly take NOTHING away from this brilliant movie but I thought it would be interesting to chat about them and ask the Academy of Motion Pictures not to to nitpick when making the decision.....

LUCKY IN 1997

mLUCKISH
LUCKY IN 2007

Yeah, big up on getting it right with the casting because Jafta could easily pass as Rapulana's brother mara people don't age LIKE THAT in 10 years bathong, unless we're talking babies. I'm tempted to demonstrate this point with a pic of me taken 10 years ago vs one taken now but I don't wanna offend abantu abaguga kakubi so I will leave it at that. lol.
If Lucky Jnr was 16, there is no way Lucky Snr is 26! He looks at least 34.

This is Lucky jnr with his best friend Zakes jnr...

Zakes Jnr

This is Lucky with Sithole (lawyer) and his best friend Zakes on his left (our right)

Ja I know people change and stuff but Zakes snr is too dark. When they were young Zakes was lightskinned but 10 years later it's Lucky who's light skinned.. and Zakes ke mnyamane! Haikhona bandla.

What makes their "transition" so questionable is Nazareth...

Nazareth

His character in 1997 and 2007 is played by the same person and the make up artist did an okay job coz there were later scenes where he appeared kinda old.

This scene below is way too hilarious for me...especially that "Hi Jacking" sign because they stood there exactly for that reason!

Hi Jack Spot

Oh, and the morale of the picture is to tell you ukuba that cute Mercedes on the right was not yet available in 1997. Same as the gorgeous one they delivered to that guy who bought the jacked cars.

numba numba t

I'm not sure what year we moved from abo OKE (Welkom), OM (Kroonstad) and Number Number T (Transvaal) to bo ma FS and GP and even if we had already changed our car registration plates by 1997 but all I know is that there is no way we could have been on the T's in 1997. Green car's plates TTZ293GP.
What's interesting in Jerusalema's 1997 scenes, is that some cars have the GP registration, while others are still number number T. Maybe that was during the shift...mara T yona...

THE STORE ROBBERY...

Siyaya Hi-Ace Taxi

During the robbery where Nazareth gets arrested and young Lucky shot, Nazi and his crew are using a Siyaya Taxi and shame Siyaya was only introduced in 2001. Ngo 1997 besishaya ngalezi....

hi ace

Pic was taken in KZN....I suspect!

Lucky, who is shot on the leg, and Zakes manage to get away from the robbery with this stolen beetle. Nothing wrong there...except......

burn car

......a scene and a half later, after first saying goodbye to his mom and later girlfriend at the station, he's RUNNING to climb onto the train.....
No hospital visit, we don't know what happened to the bullet and the wound but our man is running after a train! Looking cute too in that red sweater!

chelse

After Zakes gets shot....Lucky follows the shooters' car. On FOOT. And he reaches their destination at the same time as them. Okay, no big deal.
What is a big deal is that when they enter Tony Ngu's club, it's night time....

crew

They walk in, start shooting...Tony Ngu is running...Lucky chases him till they get to the roof and voila, when they get outside, it's already MORNING.
Meaning the shootout took the whole night? heheheheheh.

Tony Ngu, the Nigerian from the Ibo Tribe aka Jews of Africa, who escaped discrimination and oppression in Nigeria and came to South Africa, only to find the xenophobic attitude towards makwerekwere.

Well, what can I say, Malusi Skenjana's nigerian accent is as good as mine! The woman who calls in on AK's YFM show could teach this guy a thing or two.
I don't know why they didn't use a Nigerian to play this role, flop flop flop and I couldn't ignore this!

he got cute lips

...and speaking of his lips, there are scenes where he has a little black mark on the right of his mouth and on other scenes the mark is not there.......

Like I said, these little goofs do not take anything away from this movie's brilliance and I really hope those of you who haven't seen it would make a plan to do so because it is something we should all be proud of. Tsotsi is WHACK compared to this movie.

Here's the Official Trailer and yes, you're welcome to highlight goofs in my blog! LOL

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JERUSALEMA ROCKS....

31 Comments

Firstdvd
10 Oct 2008 16:53

Article: Oct 12??? Watched the movie once. Loved it! Brilliant movie 110%! The 1st hi jacking was a classic*count to 100* lol! The goofs i'll check them this weekend!

Kakapana
10 Oct 2008 16:56

i'm watching it this weekend cant wait...and then wats up with your date sisi?

Brown Shuga
10 Oct 2008 16:57

Haai maan....this wasn't supposed to be up wena Firstdvd!

Brown Shuga
10 Oct 2008 16:59

Niyaphapha...

mjj
10 Oct 2008 17:07

The movie is awesome

Kakapana
10 Oct 2008 17:26

siyaxolisa....lol

Firstdvd
10 Oct 2008 17:33

What were you waiting for kanti? lol!

Brown Shuga
10 Oct 2008 17:41

Hayi...andazi nam yazi...oyena uphaphayo ndim lo heheheh

Firstdvd
10 Oct 2008 17:53

It's Friday!!! Hope we are not exceeding the 'water' limit! Lol!

ngwana
10 Oct 2008 17:55

lets support our south african productions, DONT BUY PIRATED DVD'S.

Beyonce Knowles Bee
11 Oct 2008 11:06

lets support our south african productions, DONT BUY PIRATED DVD'S. Talking about pirated Dvd's i saw one today ye Jerusalema and was touched and disturbed did not know how to react!!!! Mara Bloodsuckers

sweetie my baby
12 Oct 2008 01:14

if this flick doesn't win an oscar,and tsotsi is our only oscar win, i'll bomb something! jerusalema is a far far far superior movie to tsotsi... but yeah, i like those 'goofs' you pointed out... espexh the nigh-long fight seen, i was also wondering about that, then got caught up in the storyline and forgot

tizoz
12 Oct 2008 17:11

gud to hear the support.... I think Rapulana did a brilliant job in this movie and all the other cast members, i am not sure bout umagriza though her acting was dodgy.....

jerusalema is a far far far superior movie to tsotsi....couldnt agree with you more.

soon you will see jerusalema on mzansi for sure and the quality drop sometimes makes me wonder where they get their movies from......

as for the pic taken in kzn i take offence njalo!

Kakapana
12 Oct 2008 17:20

Me too tizoz coz sesishaya ngama quantam ngapha lol

Renegade
13 Oct 2008 02:19

Oh goodness, this movie was too nice! I didn't notice the goofs though, I'm gonna go watch again just for those.

Otherwise, nice one Shugs.

tha - bang
13 Oct 2008 02:38

well spotted shugs.unfortuneatly ive seen so many pirated copies over this weekend being sold its not funny.people who sell and buy pirated movie dvds need to be hung by their skins.

Cande
13 Oct 2008 02:49

I was supposed to go watch this movie this weekend, i postponed again..GEEZ

lepogo
13 Oct 2008 05:51

@tha-bang......

.......as Mbalula would have said after his circumcision......,"by their foreskins"....

Mnyama
14 Oct 2008 03:24

I havent watched the movie but from what i hear imnandi Kakhulu yo ndagqibela nini ukuthetha isixhosa sakowethu, Molweni nonke

Cnglemother
14 Oct 2008 03:37

nice one peeps am glad we all feel guilty about buying local pirated stuff and there is a whole lot of people who share the same sentiments outthere. I could have watched this in the comfort of my home but i wanna go to the cinema and not feel guilty. BS i dont want to read your article to spoil it for me.

Savage
15 Oct 2008 09:40

I watched this movie and DAMN!!! I ENJOYED IT!!! Like u said - the goofs dont take anything away from this movie! But they should be pointed out.

Brown Shuga - When are u gonna write an article about Santana?

felfel
15 Oct 2008 09:47

A friend of mine has watched this movie 4 times already (at the cinema).....i haven't watched it, don't think i will, I don't like (kasi) violence..........LOL..

Brown Shuga
15 Oct 2008 18:57

You're missing out felfel!!

Savage...what's Santana? haven't seen that.....the only Santana I know is our coach...lol

Lenyora
28 Oct 2008 15:45

DVD ya Jerusalema ba e rekisa R10 ko Bara Mall....kikikikikikikikikikiki

s.majola
21 Nov 2008 12:14

Walalala...........thats all i can say nd shuga cha uyazama yjoh

Ap0c
01 Dec 2008 09:54

A great movie - I bought my copy online (www.wantitall.co.za) - buy the jerusalema DVD, I think it will be great to own!

Ap0c
01 Dec 2008 09:54

A great movie - I bought my copy online (www.wantitall.co.za) - buy the jerusalema DVD, I think it will be great to own!

Ap0c
01 Dec 2008 17:48

Here: Jerusalema DVD

Ap0c
01 Dec 2008 17:48

Here: Jerusalema DVD

Brown Shuga
30 Dec 2008 18:19

P.S. There's a scene where Lucky jnr and his friend go to an Absa ATM, don't know about Absa but there were no mobile ATM's back then.

Onna
30 Dec 2008 20:05

I read this article when it was written, I only got to see the movie today. Its a very nice movie but I think hoping for an oscar is a bit too ambitious, unless of cause other foreign movie submissions are naija movies then we desrve to win.
I have to admit I was looking for all the goofs that Shuga pointed out. I also have one to add,when Lucky is calling his girl from jail he is using a telcom card phone but there is no card in the slot. Will defs watch it again thou I like the story and most of the actors.

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