Holy shit. Godfather meets Pulp Fiction meets NY Times.
Outstanding.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/
City of God
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Re: City of God
KIf you enjoyed that, you may also like Tropa de Elite, sometimes called Elite Squad. It's on netflix and excellent.



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Re: City of God
I would kill the Pulp Fiction comparison. City of God is a way better movie and can't really see many similarities.
Great film.
Great film.

Re: City of God
Norm-it reminded me of Pulp Fiction in the way one thread of a story wove around another and then headed out in a unique direction-the momentary overlapping of perspective and characters and then off on another story. That said, it was miles better than Pulp Fiction.
Fattie, thanks for the Tropa de Elite recommendation. I added it to the queue, along with City of Men.
Fattie, thanks for the Tropa de Elite recommendation. I added it to the queue, along with City of Men.
Re: City of God
Fat Cat wrote:KIf you enjoyed that, you may also like Tropa de Elite, sometimes called Elite Squad. It's on netflix and excellent.
Meh. Maybe my expectations were set too high from City of God, but Tropa de Elite didn't do that much for me. Felt like it never really got going. City of Men is coming up in the Netflix queue, we'll see how that goes.
Re: City of God
Really? Sorry you didn't like it, I liked it much better than City of God. I thought Nascimento was a great character; at the end with the dealer is begging not to get shot in the face so he leaves pretty corpse for his mama, so he busts out the shotgun and spreads him out like jelly. That's core.

"That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy.
It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell