Amazing film

Rating: 9/10 (16 October 2017)

The City of God directed by Fernando Mierrelles is an intense spectacle of the brutal life inside Brazils notorious favelas. Two boys with completely different ways of life put on a show from theft, murder, to drugs to the complete opposite side of the spectrum which is photography. The film was a beautiful peace of art, utilizing everything from lighting changes, camera angles, and close-ups to see and really feel the intensity of a scene. These all also help portray the poverty and hardships that those in the favelas must face. Blood, dirt, and garbage couldn't seem to leave the streets of Rio De Janeiro. Acting in the film was good but could have been better. At times, the actors almost seemed uncomfortable in certain parts of the movie like in death scenes. The movie was a very intense movie that kept me very interested from the very start to the end. The way the director told the story was the best part, in my opinion. The director would tell a single characters story one at a time and did it in chronological order until the director got to the end of the story, which is also the beginning of the film. Despite the acting not being the greatest, the film was actually magnificent and I would highly recommend this movie to everyone being that it is base off a true story and gives the viewer a better perspective on life and their position.