La haine or City of God?

djpk · 23-03-2005 2:31am #1

Which is better:

La Haine or City of God???

I think City of God wins by a neck, just.

simu · 23-03-2005 2:45am

I picked La Haine. I liked COG as well but I loved the way La H. shows a side of France rarely if ever seen in films before and I've lived in France so I could relate quite a bit.

monkeyfudge · 23-03-2005 2:50am

I'd have to go with La Haine as well.

City of God was well made, but it was still pretty much a standard gangster movie.

La Haine had a really tight time frame which worked really well.

stagolee · 23-03-2005 3:01am

preffered C.O.G. myself

L1011 · 23-03-2005 4:17am

I prefered La Haine in a number of ways - plotline, cinematography, etc

I saw it much younger than COG though - thanks to Network 2's late night, midweek uncut foreign files a few years ago. So it probably left a bigger impression on me.

dearg_doom · 24-03-2005 2:02pm

Oooh looks like I'm the deciding vote for now!

I chose it for the same reasons as both Simu and MYOB!

And I love it's structure, it's so original.

meditraitor · 24-03-2005 2:04pm

Tough question , COG by a whisker, maybe , le Haine, no COG,, bugger, enjoyed both thoroughly,,,

Makaveli · 24-03-2005 2:41pm

How is this a review?

meditraitor · 24-03-2005 2:56pm

Makaveli wrote:

How is this a review?

Was that a rhetorical question?

dcr22B · 24-03-2005 3:09pm

Have to say City of God marginally myself as it showed the good humour of the Brazilian people in general despite their years of suffering in abject poverty.

Must actually root out "La Haine" from my video collection though and have another look at it.

Chad ghostal · 24-03-2005 9:02pm

ill have to go le haine, i just preferred the characters..
But like MYOB i saw it when i was younger, on network2..
the setting added to the movie alot ..

Playboy · 29-03-2005 11:11pm

I own both on dvd and have seen them both 3+ times and i would have to say that I think CoG is a better movie for so many reasons ... but Im 2 lazy and 2 tired to go into them.

shano · 25-04-2005 3:20pm

city of god...

Third_Echelon · 25-04-2005 3:24pm

la haine for me...

sound of da police. woop woop....

nadir · 26-04-2005 2:32pm

thats a tough one, but I'll have to go with City of God

Pigman II · 26-04-2005 6:42pm

La Haine definetly! I've only seen COG once and I don't think I'd be bothered watching it again tbh.

Chalk · 26-04-2005 6:44pm

the version of la haine i have has white subtitles on mostly white back ground rendering the film impossible to watch.
because of this i ahvent been able to watch it,
so city of od until i can get a legible version of haine,
or someone french to translate it lol

Mossy Monk · 26-04-2005 8:02pm

La Haine but only just

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