City of God

*decibella~~ · Post by *decibella~~ » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:20 am

watched this on telly last night......what a big film.
Propa sic, and didnt realise until the end it was based on a true story, need to get the book in my life now!

did anyone else see it?

That lil Zei guy is a nut nut!! hoods going on milly!

pablex · Post by **pablex** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:27 am

awesome movie
i once made a track "cold blood murderer" after seeing the movie (instrumental)
my production skills were and are pretty low, so i won't post it up but that movie is definatly a killer

digital · Post by **digital** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:57 am

Sky+'ed it so am gonna watch tonight.

leah · Post by **leah** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:10 pm

got it on DVD but aint watched it yet as need to be not-so-lean to follow the sub titles.....
tried, and it looked good.
But was too lean...

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:14 pm

it certainly is wicked. none of the actors are professionals, they're just ordinary folk from the favelas. if u like this then check out 'amores perros' by alejandro gonzales inarritu or 'tsotsi' by a south african guy. badbwoy films

j_j · Post by **j_j** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:01 pm

wicked film...but LA HAINE is the best.SO FAR SO GOOD !!!!

pablex · Post by **pablex** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:14 pm

those movies all don't seem to have anything in relation with city of god

la haine maybe seen in the context on youngsters getting pressed down by the world and their violent way to deal with it, but la haine was a flash forward, city of god is a flash back

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:28 pm

watched this again last night.. wot a film.

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:58 am

yeah man went to see that when i came out..grimey
any one clocked the "city of men" series? similar flex same spots n all, little docu/drama ting, a DVD out of both series an was on bbc3 while back i think.

deamonds · Post by **deamonds** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:41 am

film was a really good insight into their culture, it was worth stayin up 4

j_j · Post by **j_j** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 10:25 pm

neone think lil ze looks a lil like wiley tho?? jus a bit tho ??

benjybars · Post by **benjybars** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:01 am

J_J wrote:neone think lil ze looks a lil like wiley tho?? jus a bit tho ??

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hahah... it's true!

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:55 am

Definitely one of my favorite movies. I just finally picked it up on dvd and watched it 2-3 times last week. Brazil is one crazy place...the separation of rich and poor is incredible...the rich pretty much live in constant fear of the poor down there. People will talk about a ghetto and say.."If you walk on the wrong side of the street, you're dead..." I don't know how often that holds true in most places...but that's the truth down in Brazil.

mattyg · Post by **mattyg** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:55 am

The dances there are just like the ones in the movie though...huge!

mushug · Post by **mushug** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:47 am

if you liked city of god make sure you check carandiru.
it's based on a true massacre that happened on the former biggest prison in são paulo and south america in which hundreds of prisoners were killed by military police.

owengriffiths · Post by **owengriffiths** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:56 pm

Brilliant film, i especially liked the bit at the start where they have the 3 fucking amateur crims in the 60's, and how they started off Lil Ze and his antics. Watching it the second time I noticed that Benny's (the coolest kid in the slum) brother who is shot by the police while he's pushing the stalled car is actually played by the actors real life brother.

The whole thing about Benny being a cool guy and everything, I don't know, as nice as he is at the end, he was a bad boy in the beginning so his road to damascus seems a bit unrealistic.

Moter80 · Post by **Moter80** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:50 pm

hot!
wow realy hot!

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n-type · Post by **n-type** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 2:45 pm

Leah wrote:got it on DVD but aint watched it yet as need to be not-so-lean to follow the sub titles.....
tried, and it looked good.
But was too lean...

thats were it went??

hopper · Post by **hopper** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:14 am

Got this on dvd but aint watched it yet... I always buy dvds and never watch them... Can't stop listening to music

Forensics · Post by **Forensics** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:11 am

Watched this film about 15 times. And every time I notice new things,
it's deeeep! The bonus DVD about violence in Rio is also top bang......

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