City of God

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2017)

City of God was a fantastic film that had you on the edge of your seat from the first scene of the movie to the last. The two main characters they follow in the movie is Rocket a boy who does not have passion for the crime life in Rio de Janeiro and the other named Lil Ze who takes the opposite path and becomes a drug dealer. They grew up together when they were young but took completely different paths in their life. The movie does a great job of giving the full story and of all of the different characters in the movie. The movie gives a full backstory and tells the story in only a 2-hour movie which could have been at least 3 with all of the detail and story going into the movie. The details that they show in the movie is so fine that there is not an object out of place. City of God had a lot of mise-en-scene with the placement of a poster or a person in the background. Each shot has important lighting in it like during the dance there are flashing light to show the confusing that is going on during the scene. Also, the scene in the hotel room with the little kid with the blood all over the walls and the pattern of the blood. I recommend this movie to anyone who likes movies that will keep you interested and keep you wanting more. I give this movie an 8/10 and would watch it again to find more details that went into the movie.