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I had borrowed City of God from a friend and I just kept putting off watching it. Today I finaly just sat down and decided to watch it. Let me tell you that City of God is nothing short of a masterpiece. Everything about this movie is great. The acting, the direction, the story, the writing, and the list goes on and on. City of God is my favorite foreign film. Now I have not seen many foreign films but after seeing this one I am going to see many more. People have called this movie the extremly violent Slumdog Millionare. If anything Slumdog took a lot from this film. The film is about gang life in what looks to me is the worst slum in the world, Rio. It's narrated by a photographer named Rocket who seems to be caught in the middle between Li'l Z'e's gang and Carrot's gang. The character of Li'l Z'e (or Li'l Dice earlier in the movie) is one of the great villians commited to the movie. The actor portraying him did a fabulous job and really made you believe the evilness of the character. Fernando Meirelles did such an amazing job directing the film, it was so great. He used many different styles of camerawork which I liked. I have never felt so much for the direction of a film since I saw A Clockwork Orange. All in all, City of God is one of the best films ever made. Definetly in my top 50. TEN STARS!
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Escapefromalcatraz on 11/10/09 at 12:10 PM
I have a chance to buy this at my local (closing) Blockbuster for $8. I think based on this review I am going to bite the bullet.
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JC S. on 11/10/09 at 12:14 PM
it's all in subtitles but the story and film itself are truly amazing.
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Escapefromalcatraz on 11/10/09 at 12:28 PM
That's ok, I understand Portugese boa!
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