Film City of God

[wallyfx]

Excellent film

 

[peanutbutterNpaisley]

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie since I didnt know really anything about it before seeing it except that the kid wanted to be a photographer but I thought it was excellent...definitely disturbing in places but excellent none the less.

 

[2oclockbeanfiend]

Movie: City of God

everyone needs to see this movie
and then tell everyone they know that they also need to see it
so go watch it
and spread the word

 

[FunkyAlfonzo]

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201531

the word spread faster than you thought!

 

[nicnicnic]

City Of God

(I tried searching for this topic but came up with 180+ results so ... )

Anyone see this movie? I guess it's a couple years old.

 

[Yakuza]

180+ posts? pick one and read it

 

[nicnicnic]

Uh ... I didn't explain myself properly. 'City of God' said God is too small a word, City came with 180+.

 

[-=ReD-hAzE=-]

Check it. It's called a wildcard. Search for "City of God*". Make sure to include the *, that's your wildcard.

EDIT- Oh, and you're welcome.

 

[etherdesign]

I have not seen it, but there are no previous topics started about this movie. Go wild.

^^Try helping before you congratulate yourself for helping someone. Search for god* in F&t + Archive (in search forum, right below the keyword). Select search titles only right below that for topics only about that movie. No matches here. "of" will not fly with the bluelight seach engine.

 

[Morrison's Lament]

lol, you'd think searching was rocket surgery, but it's really quite simple if you don't overthink it:

http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=201531

--- G.

 

[SA]

I see someone's managed to bump this baby again. I think the poll up there speaks for itself - not a single bad vote over the years. Great film!

 

[onetwothreefour]

thanks ml.

 

[Pounding_Grooves]

its funny you say that cos carrot was the only professional actor in the film. ps when lil ze changes his name. i presume that scene was him selling his soul to the devil? can anyone clarify.

can anyone answer this??? was he selling his soul to the devil????

 

[dm3]

awesome awesome movie.

 

[Benefit]

This is a good movie. It's a coming of age story in a blood-soaked Brazilian slum. There are some amazing, beautiful, wrenching scenes. But I think all the people calling this the best of all time, or thinking it's a landmark in cinema are really reaching. It's good. But it's not great.

The film employs a multitude of jump cuts, quick cuts, sharp or unusual angles, freeze frames, shots of the same scene from different perspectives and different lighting effects. Basically, there is a lot of slick, kinetic, jumbled editing and camera work going on here which looks cool for about the first hour and ten minutes when you first see it (I also loved, for instance, the chicken scene) and then it just starts to get old. But surely this visual style isn't what makes people hail the film as a masterpiece, because Guy Ritchie has been doing the same thing for years?

So it must be the storyline about violent out of control youths living in a slum, handicapped into a life of crime because of social circumstances. But what about Boyz In Tha Hood, Blood In Blood Out, La Familia and just about every other movie about crime in urban America? I guess City of God is better because it's in Brazil and Brazil is more exotic than Compton. And if you think this movie is an eye opener when it comes to social and economic inequality in the world, then I suggest you put down the PSP and start reading more National Geographic.

I won't deny that this movie is good and I enjoyed it very much. The scene where the kid shoots the other kid is very powerful, although the violence at that point reaches a level of cartoonish super villainy that sort of cheapens the impact. The entire sequence set in the Sixties is near flawless. And the way the slum is shot in all its gritty splendor is really wonderful. But after a while the non-stop violence and bloodletting becomes monotonous and repetitive and just sort of pointless. The movie definitely falls victim to a degree of hyperbole; you can't tack on the worlds "Based On A True Story" at the very end and expect the gratuitous violent excesses for dramatic purposes to just be forgiven.

The neorealist method of using actual people from those areas as actors was a great decision (and saved them a lot of money no doubt), and the kids turn in surprisingly natural performances. I also liked the way the story unfolded in a series of interconnected vignettes; if anything, the narrative structure is what makes this film a standout... unfortunately it just degenerates into too much of a bloodfest at the end; the creative team should have kept a tighter rein on it.

 

[EJ]

I wouldn't necessarily say it's the slick editing/cinematography or the subject matter that makes City of God so popular. They contribute, but for me, more than anything it is simply fun to watch. It's got a pulse, it's good entertainment. Much in the same way I far prefer Do the Right Thing over Boyz N the Hood, Juice and the like.

 

[echo off]

well bumped... f&t needs a sticky thread that lists all movies which have received such a high rating in the polls. 93.48% say its a 4 out of 4 star film, the other 6.52% say 3 star.

I wouldn't say City of God is the best movie ever... but I would say it is one that I would recommend to anyone, with enjoyment personally guaranteed. The movie I think is the best ever I somehow doubt many people would even like.

 

[2oclockbeanfiend.2]

City of God is the film of all films. 4stars

 

[Abject]

Bumping cause I rewatched this recently.. good shit.