Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:36 am Posts: 5458 Location: Left field
Watched this last night, I enjoyed the experience and though the movie is very long, at well over two hours long, it did not seem like it could have been any shorter. The character development was refreshing and done well, Lil’dice, who later becomes Lil’Ze is a hell of a bad guy. Which leads to an important aspect of the film and one of its strengths and that is it painted people not strictly as bad guy, good guy, though everyone did know who the bad guys were but there was a considerable gray area to the characters. The story, with a handful of very intense, even disturbing scenes, is on that I would recommend.
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:54 pm Posts: 12287 Location: Manguetown Gender: Male
Along with Abril Despedaçado, is the best brazilian movie ever
_________________ There's just no mercy in your eyes There ain't no time to set things right And I'm afraid I've lost the fight I'm just a painful reminder Another day you leave behind
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:01 am Posts: 19477 Location: Brooklyn NY
Yea its great but probably a little overrated
_________________
LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:54 pm Posts: 12287 Location: Manguetown Gender: Male
Sloppy Echo wrote:
Great movie. It's even greater if you can talk or know portuguese
this is so true. can you?
_________________ There's just no mercy in your eyes There ain't no time to set things right And I'm afraid I've lost the fight I'm just a painful reminder Another day you leave behind
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:54 pm Posts: 12287 Location: Manguetown Gender: Male
Juli_arg wrote:
I loved this movie too. It´s amazing that someone can describe in such a real way how most brazilian people live.
I just loved it.
most brazilian? yes and no. only in Rio de Janeiro the drug dealers has such power. but in all country we are afraid of violence
_________________ There's just no mercy in your eyes There ain't no time to set things right And I'm afraid I've lost the fight I'm just a painful reminder Another day you leave behind
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:06 am Posts: 462 Location: Córdoba, Argentina
Human Bass wrote:
Juli_arg wrote:
I loved this movie too. It´s amazing that someone can describe in such a real way how most brazilian people live.
I just loved it.
most brazilian? yes and no. only in Rio de Janeiro the drug dealers has such power. but in all country we are afraid of violence
Sorry, you are right.
But in Rio places like the one mentioned in City of God are a lot... I don´t know if there are that much in the rest of the country.
Joined: Sat Mar 11, 2006 5:06 am Posts: 3146 Location: Orange County, California
This is one of my favorite movies ever. I love the way it's shot and I love the characters. If you haven't seen this, go rent it now.
_________________ I waited all day
you waited all day
but you left before sunset
and I just wanted to tell you
that the moment was beautiful
just wanted to dance to bad music
drive bad cars
watch bad tv
should have stayed for the sunset
if not for me
this movie freaked the shit out of me! i was totally shell shocked after i left the theater. my friend and i had to seriously debug for a few hours after
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:25 pm Posts: 35180 Location: Brasil Gender: Male
if you like this, open your eyes for a new brazilian movie coming out soon
Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad), some people are saying that its even better than CoG
Quote:
Two childhood friends decide to enlist in Rio de Janeiro's Military Police Department. After juggling their police jobs and college, both make up their minds to try out for a Special Operations Squad whose mission is to take down the drug-lords that plague the city. Both men struggle to survive, facing the daily challenges of dealing with pressure at home and fighting an unnamed war on the streets.
This SOS is called BOPE, its one of the most difficult jobs in the world, if not the most
there's a dvdrip on the net already(the movie was stolen), its totally uncut probably there's no subtitle yet, so if you dont speak portuguese, you have to wait
_________________ need you, dream you, find you, taste you, fuck you, use you, scar you, break you, lose me, hate me, smash me, erase me, kill me....
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:54 pm Posts: 12287 Location: Manguetown Gender: Male
Hey alex, this movie is based on a book, you can easily find it on bookstores.
_________________ There's just no mercy in your eyes There ain't no time to set things right And I'm afraid I've lost the fight I'm just a painful reminder Another day you leave behind
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
