City of God

[laptop-tech]

I'm probably going to watch it next week, and being a native of Brazil, I'm not sure what I should expect.

From comments I heard from friends, it shows pretty much what happens in reality to a lot of people, but not all. I lived in Brazil most of my adult life (until I was 25) and the number one reason for leaving was the violence...

Anyways, hope it's a nice movie.... for those interested in brazilian movies, I could recommend some old ones that I loved :

1 - Woman on Top
2 - Bossa Nova
3 - Eu Tu Eles (not sure the name in english...prolly something like "Me you Them")
4 - O Homem Nu

all pleasant movies, no violence (at least not the point).


For those who have Rogers digital, the TMN was playing last week "Madame Sata" which I simply hated...could not even finish watching.

[dell]

There is another Brazilian made movie similar to City of God called Carandiru. It takes place in a prison and its supposed to be a rough and violent flick.

[kayman]

for anyone that hasnt seen this yet, its on at 12am(half hour from now) on CBC tonight. check it out for sure.

[gamovafan]

Decent movie, I personally wouldn't rank it ahead of Heat or Scarface on IMDB...but whatever.

[Ojam]

wow, they are playing this in TV? Its pretty brutal at times, is it cut?

[IceQue]

No they didnt cut it at all.

[Headhunter]

No they didnt cut it at all.

CBC's pretty good about airing "adult" content (violence, language, themes) unedited.

[Tsukagi]

i saw it the 2nd time on cbc...the 1st time i saw it, i was pretty disturbed b/c i started watching from the middle..but 2nd time, it's pretty good...i understood who the ppl/characters were.