A stunning movie where you would enjoy every scene

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2019)

City of God is a masterpiece movie in sound, editing and camera movement. I gave it 10/10 rating. The movie is based on a true story. First of all, the sounds in this movie make you live the story. The use of fast paced music in the beginning of the film increases the tension and grabs the audience's attention. Also, the film starts with a sound of knife sharpening which introduces the audience to the world of violence and drug dealers. On the other hand, multiple flashbacks were used in this film to tell stories of some of the characters from the beginning. I liked the use of counter clock pan camera movement around Rocket which suggested that we will go back in time where he was a kid. The use of a tracking camera was needed a lot and was well used as this movie has a lot of running away scenes. The use of different camera angles was well done by the director. For example, most of Lil Dice's appearances were low angle shots because he was dominant. Except for the one where he was killed where we saw him in a high angle shot which meant that he was inferior.
Enthought this movie has some harsh scenes where children were being shot and killed, I would say these scenes are necessary because it simply shows us what's happening in this city. There are some scenes we avoid looking at because of the brutality that we can't tolerate. However, I believe that we should see these scenes to fully understand the message of a film.