City of God: I Didn't Get Stabbed Hooray Review (481 hits)
Category: Movies & TVRating: -1.5 on 8 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by UrDrunknImag (View user info) at 2004-12-15 01:35:11 EST
In keeping in the small trend I have here, I'm going to review movies that I have just recently seen. I'm not the theater guy and would rather watch films on computers or televisions. My local theater has evolved into a fucking crack-house, there have been 2 stabbings, I witnessed one of them (the blood oozed from his arm nicely and yes stereotypically he was black) and a girl who drowned her baby in the toilet on prom night (I don't think they changed the toilet) in the last 2 years. So I resolved not to go there simply because I can't knife fight very well, the box-cutter I carry may work for terrorists, but I doesn't work on a 300 pound black man. Anyway on with the post.
I saw City of God (Due to the fact I hate other languages I'll refer to this in the much better American way, so nothing is "Lost in Translation") about a week ago, in a last ditch attempt to fulfill a retarded assignment for class that required me to go to global oriented activities. I took the easy way out and went to see this, even though it was cutting into my sleep time. Luckily when I got to the penthouse of the dorms I found a couch and watched the movie lying down with my pack of Raisinets. Out of the 7 other people who came, a few got jealous of my luxury and began yelling at me. Luckily I bitch slapped them before the movie started, so I wouldn't be bothered anymore; unless they wanted me to replace their eyes with Raisinets.
Onto the movie, it wasn't bad I give it 7 out of 10, if it wasn't for the subtitles an 8 out of 10. I just really don't feel like reading when I'm watching a movie, its distracting when you have to watch little pieces of yellow text fly across the screen trying to keep in tune with the alarming rate Spanish People speak at. If I wanted to read I would get the novel (If there is one, probably, there's a novel for every movie these days). Anyway the story is told through the eyes of Rocket, which upon hearing that made me think he was going to run like a wuss anytime there was trouble. No, he is the narrator and goes over the events and people that lead to the Riots in Brazil during the 80's. Basically his main ambition in the movie is to become a photographer and screw this one girl he's been eyeing for years, she's on the front cover of the DVD package, even though she has a top on she looks naked so that always scores points. The girl disappears halfway into the movie and we never see her again, talk about a lapse in plot. I'll ruin a little of the story by saying Rocket does get his Rocket up. Anyway the plot mostly revolves around the gang war in the Slums between Little Zee and Knockout Ned. But, basically the movie is a loosely thrown together about bunch about the happenings that lead to lots of killings, although we never get to see any of that except for Little Zee, who dies in sort of a ironic fashion. I'm kind of glad about the lack of violence because it would have distracted from some of the interesting side stories that kind of remind you of a poor man's Pulp Fiction.
Anyway the film's lighting is terrible, I felt like I was staring into the sun for 2.5 hours and the camera work is shaky at best. The actors are pretty good simply because you don't know how they're talking giving the appearance they know what they're doing. (God I Hate Other Cultures Everyone Just Pretend You're American and We Won't Bomb You) Anyway this wasn't a waste and I can go as far to say it kicked some ass, go see it. The Academy wasn't wrong nominating it.
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Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2004-12-15 13:06:01 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Fuck you.
Submitted by Mario (user info) at 2004-12-15 10:12:11 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Holy fucking Christ, are you really that ignorant?!?! They speak Portuguese in Brazil, not Spanish. You fucking moron, go euthanize yourself.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2004-12-15 09:42:43 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
I've not seen that movie yet... but it has to be better than this post..
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2004-12-15 06:34:00 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Don't give up your day job dude.
This is the most stupid things i've read in a long time. You managed to miss the point the film spectacularly..
City of God is probably one of my all time favourite films.
Beautifully shot.
erm..
I'm too hungover, i can't be arsed to continue. Stop it.
Submitted by hairycoo (user info) at 2004-12-15 05:09:24 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
No Comment
Submitted by tinactin (user info) at 2004-12-15 03:04:40 EST (#)
Ranking: -1
City of God is great.
This review is not.
Submitted by ryank (user info) at 2004-12-15 02:58:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
the photogrpahy/directing of this movie was nothing less than amazing
Submitted by drumfeeb (user info) at 2004-12-15 02:55:45 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Wow. You're really dumb and know next to nothing about a movie YOU'VE ALREADLY WATCHED.