I would call CITY OF GOD the best gangster film I've ever seen. Miles ahead, & better, than overrated gang films such as Goodfellas (i found that film ridiculously overrated & boring) better than Casino (again boring & overrated) & City of God is better than Menace To Society & Boys N the Hood, in my opinion.
Also this movie is better than any Tarantino crime film, yep beats his Fiction & Dogs.
City of God is fantastically & ferociously directed for maximum impact, excitement & power. The cinematography is outstanding-all-time & the music is just awesome, with it's 70's funk flavour.
The cast of unknowns was a masterful move & to get powerhouse performances from non professionals was lightning in a bottle greatness.
Such memorable characters like "Knockout Ned" & Rocket & Lil' Z & Benny & The Tender Three & The Runts, i remember all these & I've only seen it once!!! That's how great the characters were & what an impact the story has on a viewer.
Yeah the story is the basic good kid growing up in the tough ghetto & trying to break free, but few have done it this mesmerising before.
I can't wait to watch it again!!!
The movie is full of very colourful characters that often you can't help but like. Yes there's still some that you hate (Lil, Z) but most are just innocent kids with no way out of their desperate situation & so turn to selling or using drugs. It ain't pretty but the film shows it how it is, with the good times & the bad times like in real life.
The City of God is the ghetto slum city & that place is a constant dark entity of a character too.
The film discovered a fantastic actress in Alice Braga, she went to be in I AM LEGEND with Will Smith & PREDATORS.
A Brazilian Masterworks of a Gang land drama/ thriller. The opening chicken chase is a superb sequence into a movie that is drenched in clever camera work, editing & back stories galore that all create a single full story structure of the city & its people.
The movie is extremely gritty, grimy & brutal, but with purpose & a pure cinematic visual style.
A coming of age story set in the darkest slum city of Rio.
Also this movie is better than any Tarantino crime film, yep beats his Fiction & Dogs.
City of God is fantastically & ferociously directed for maximum impact, excitement & power. The cinematography is outstanding-all-time & the music is just awesome, with it's 70's funk flavour.
The cast of unknowns was a masterful move & to get powerhouse performances from non professionals was lightning in a bottle greatness.
Such memorable characters like "Knockout Ned" & Rocket & Lil' Z & Benny & The Tender Three & The Runts, i remember all these & I've only seen it once!!! That's how great the characters were & what an impact the story has on a viewer.
Yeah the story is the basic good kid growing up in the tough ghetto & trying to break free, but few have done it this mesmerising before.
I can't wait to watch it again!!!
The movie is full of very colourful characters that often you can't help but like. Yes there's still some that you hate (Lil, Z) but most are just innocent kids with no way out of their desperate situation & so turn to selling or using drugs. It ain't pretty but the film shows it how it is, with the good times & the bad times like in real life.
The City of God is the ghetto slum city & that place is a constant dark entity of a character too.
The film discovered a fantastic actress in Alice Braga, she went to be in I AM LEGEND with Will Smith & PREDATORS.
A Brazilian Masterworks of a Gang land drama/ thriller. The opening chicken chase is a superb sequence into a movie that is drenched in clever camera work, editing & back stories galore that all create a single full story structure of the city & its people.
The movie is extremely gritty, grimy & brutal, but with purpose & a pure cinematic visual style.
A coming of age story set in the darkest slum city of Rio.