City Of God

Mr. Fancypants

Went in to see it today on my day off. Blew me away. Fantastic film and the best film i have seen uhmmm...this year. Its a brazilian film based in the slums based around gangs and drugs etc. Seen a few reviews compare it to Pulp fiction because of the showing the story from different viewpoints bits. Thats where the comparison ends for me really.

Anyone else see? What did you think?

Mr E

Saw it over the weekend. Loved it too. Alot of the camera work was very stylised (some of it reminded me of Snatch/Lock Stock). The story was gritty and realistic, and there are a couple of cool twists (the look of glee on

lil' dice's

face when he is doing the motel shootings was fantastic!).

Hard to believe its all based on a true story.

If its in a cinema near you, go and see it. You won't regret it.

Might go and see it again next week. It'll be interesting watching it again, knowing what happens to each of the characters. I know that I'll spot things that I didn't see the first time.

- Dave.

spooky donkey

Never even heard of the thing.

Gota go see the thing now though lads, thanks for the tip!
My kinda thing!

the66electric

Sopposed to be a cracker alright. One of those gems that comes out of nowhere. i love those.

BLITZ_Molloy

I'd have to go a few more times to be sure but I'm pretty sure thats the best film I've ever seen. It was utterly stunning.

The way the stories gel together is even better than Pulp Fiction. The style reminds me a bit of Boyz in The Hood but far grittier and authentic. Natural performances, gorgeous cinematography, tight script.. I can't find one fault with it.

Mr. Fancypants

The style reminds me a bit of Boyz in The Hood but far grittier and authentic. Natural performances, gorgeous cinematography, tight script.. I can't find one fault with it.

Same here....as close to a perfect film as i have seen. Think i heard somewhere that he got a lot of the actors from the streets of Brasil, not sure how much truth is in it. Its very rare for a film to blow me away but this managed it with ease.

shotamoose

Agree with just about everything the others have said here, it's an amazering film. I can't believe it turned out so well, hats off to everyone involved. The style is a little like Pulp Fiction alright but it's not just empty flash like Tarantino can be, it's meaningful because the performances and the situations ring completely true.

I wonder if those who have seen both think it's better than Amores Perros? I'd say it is, but it's been ages since I saw AP.

Mr E

Amores Perros sagged a bit in the middle third.

Cidade de Deus held my attention for the whole movie with no boring bits at all.

- Dave.

BLITZ_Molloy

Most of the actors were just off the street. They supposedly contributed tons of the dialogue too. That scene where *spoiler* the children were deciding if they wanted to be shot in the hand or the foot /*spoiler* was all improvised.

When the director went into the favelas to look at the locations he had to have the local drug dealers take him around so he didn't get shot by kids like would happen with a normal stranger. there was a big feature in this months Empire if your interested in more about it.

megameaty

Generally I don't like drug/gang based films but I thought this film was fantastic. Their lifestyle was so well portrayed, and very authentic. I also thought the main character 'Rocket' was great. It was easy to understand his dilemma of whether or not to get involved in the crime scene. It seemed like a huge challenge to avoid doing so.

DapperGent

Agree with all thats been said it was one of the finest films I ever did see.

The hand/foot scene was one of the most harrowing I have seen. Very upsetting. What was nice was there was a lot of humour injected to keep you on an even keel. I loved the bit where

he's flirting with crime but keeps finding everyone he meets is too nice to rob

. Awful funny.

honeymonster

Went to see this film yesterday cause gangs of New York was sold out. It's a ****in brilliant film, it’s about 3 or 4 times more violent than Pulp Fiction.

DapperGent

How many violence stars would you give it?

Spunog UIE

ya totally class film lots of good bits and a few twists. Like the indivdual stories too. The strobes in the club scene in one act wrecked my eyes tho.

Kept me interested the whole way through, i was never bored. Good story telling with lots of jumping around in the timeline but ya never get lost.

Alo.

Chad ghostal

i can barely believe this. ..


http://www.empireonline.co.uk/news/news.asp?story=4454&ss=city+of+god&cp=1

Tusky

saw it last week - really enjoyed it - v.original

aine

Thought it was a great film, it was as violent as Pulp Fiction and yes the cast were fantastic considering half of them were found on the streets of Rio but at the same time did anybody else think it just kinda ran outta steam toward the end?

The_Scary_Man

Excellent movie. Its funny, exciting and disturbing all at once. I would definitely recommend it to anyone.

Five stars, two thumbs up and all that.

smoke

Forget "Gangs of New York"! This is the film you HAVE TO SEE this year. I saw it in The Screen last week. It is subtitled but it is still a legend. Look out for Benny and also the "crazy kids"!!! Check out my discussion board:http://www.scarface1983.tk

Mr E

Or you can continue our discussion here on boards?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76061

- Dave.

Draco

Threads merged.

MAC_E

Good film, although not good for the rio tourist trade.

Pencapchew

The best film ive seen in a long time. The acting was so good and the plot really kept your attention.