City of God (2003)

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Unread post by Amalite » December 8th, 2004, 7:36 pm

bad a$$

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Unread post by SD4life » December 12th, 2004, 4:32 pm

My friend rented it and he said it was good. I haven't seen it yet tho. I'm not really into foriegn films

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Unread post by corn » December 19th, 2004, 12:27 pm

yeh that movie is good it was funny how those kinds were runnin things at the end they shot up that man LilZe fo killin there friend

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Unread post by D.B.I.H.GG » March 9th, 2005, 5:03 am

i think thats a real good gang movie, it shows how the gangs started in the slums of rio, brazil.

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Unread post by BlaKK » March 9th, 2005, 2:06 pm

That movie was deep as hell. Right there next to Goodfellas. Most Def Underated. But a classic indeed it is. That shyt is off the real. everybody Dies up in that shyt. Its crazy though, you watch the movie and when its finally over (3hrs) you realise they didnt say not one word in English. hahaha You never thought of it that way huh? That movie is a fuccen Classic. I give it a 9 outta ten. but thats fucced up when they shoot that little boi. He was only like
5 years old. Some fucced up shyt right there.

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Unread post by GottaLoveLA » March 10th, 2005, 5:46 pm

that lil dice lil zeke guy was fucked up
he shot the people up in the whorehouse when he was 5 or somethin
he was smiling when he was doing that shit to

as for how good the movie was i thought it was at least one of the top 5 movies i have ever seen

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Unread post by Helms » March 11th, 2005, 3:46 pm

This is definately one of my favorite movies. I want to pick up the DVD though. My buddy said there's an awesome documentary on it. I gotta say anyone who hasn't seen this movie, check it out.

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Unread post by BlaKK » March 12th, 2005, 4:06 pm

9/10. Its on my top 5 list fosho. movie was deep. No fuccen around in that movie, They just got down to it.

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Unread post by DeaD-SouL » May 6th, 2005, 10:09 pm

[img]http://www.cineclub.de/images/2003/05/city_of_god_p.jpg[/img]

anybody seen this movie its about brazil and the street life over there i think im gonna buy this movie

can i get some feedback.

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Unread post by Dr Funky » May 6th, 2005, 10:12 pm

I saw the beginning and loved it. It has had GREAT reviews and I am probably gonna buy it also. I didn't see the ending.

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Unread post by NW10 » May 7th, 2005, 2:22 am

This movie is one of my all time favourite movies. It is powerful as hell. Anyone who thinks they got it bad in there hood will probably appreciate where they live just that little bit more after seeing this.

Its got a good documentary on the DVD too about what life is really like in the favelas/shanty towns in Rio, not too dissimilar from like it is on the film.

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Unread post by Helms » May 7th, 2005, 9:15 am

This movie is AWESOME. I recommend it to everyone. Definately check out the DVD if you can. That documentary NW10 mentioned is incredible. It's almost worth buying just for that.

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Unread post by Anonymous20 » May 7th, 2005, 11:16 am

Dooooope movie. Real as fuck too. I love those clips at the end where you see the real guys talking during the credits.

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Unread post by se11 » June 1st, 2005, 1:00 pm

seen parts of it. it seemed good.

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Unread post by luis x » June 4th, 2005, 4:03 pm

real ass shit any one that aint seen this movie yall should buyit or bootleg that shit but you gotta peep this flick is mad nice

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Unread post by T~ » June 4th, 2005, 5:52 pm

amazing film, an the interviews with those who actually survive in the favelas is good to

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Unread post by DeaD-SouL » June 4th, 2005, 6:14 pm

that's dope im gonna order that one too... 12,50

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Unread post by counter106 » July 3rd, 2005, 8:56 pm

dope movie too.in the end lil ze got shot by his own people

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Unread post by Invincible » July 4th, 2005, 12:17 am

notice almost everyone is black in this movie?

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Unread post by se11 » July 12th, 2005, 8:44 pm

the movies was 1 of the best i've ever seen but i have a few questions about it.

1.on my cable guide it says "two young cariocas deal drugs, kill and steal". what is a cariocas?

2.lil ze was calling knockout ned a ni**er and saying strip ni**er in the club. meanwhile lil ze looked black as can be. whats the deal?

3.there seemed to be a lot of different colored people. lil ze, carrot, knockout ned, taigo, rocket, rockets friend, benny, angelica, the photographers. they were all a different shade but all lived in the city. are they all brazilian or whats the deal with all of this?

4.what 2 "friends" was my guide referring to?

5.what language was this movie spoken in?

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Unread post by GottaLoveLA » July 14th, 2005, 4:57 pm

se11 wrote: 5.what language was this movie spoken in?
portugese

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Unread post by NW10 » July 15th, 2005, 3:45 am

se11 wrote:2.lil ze was calling knockout ned a ni**er and saying strip ni**er in the club. meanwhile lil ze looked black as can be. whats the deal?
In lots of movies like this black people refer to one another using the N-word. Same happens in the film Belly when they get some guy to strip, people tellin him to do it are african-american as is he. As for exactly why i dont know?
se11 wrote:3.there seemed to be a lot of different colored people. lil ze, carrot, knockout ned, taigo, rocket, rockets friend, benny, angelica, the photographers. they were all a different shade but all lived in the city. are they all brazilian or whats the deal with all of this?
Yer they all Brazilian, colour dont make a difference. There are black, asian, indian and white people in the USA who were born and raised there so they are still all American. Brazil is about 50% white, 40% mixed white and black and almost 10% black.
se11 wrote:4.what 2 "friends" was my guide referring to?
Bene and Rocket i would have thought.

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Unread post by $outh$ide » July 16th, 2005, 7:23 am

brazil has the largest population of africans outside of africa

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Unread post by Reeky » July 17th, 2005, 2:32 pm

cariocas are what you call a person from rio de janeiro.

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Unread post by Ice » August 21st, 2005, 11:37 am

the movie is real. sao paolo and rio are real. and don't sleep on foreign movies, there's some deep ones out there

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Unread post by fullblast » August 21st, 2005, 4:53 pm

great movie. didn't even notice the subtitles after awhile.. i thought it was very well written and laid out.

the cinematography (sp?) was also done well.

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Unread post by MICK » September 3rd, 2005, 5:07 pm

INCREDIBLE MOVIE!!

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City of God

Unread post by purplecityhello » September 24th, 2005, 10:32 am

ya klaim ya like gangsta movies
well it dont get no more gangsta than this
kids with automatics sweeping the jake
ill venture out to say its one of the BEST shoot em ups EVER

go get it

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Unread post by BlueCadillaC167 » September 24th, 2005, 3:00 pm

When did it come out?

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Unread post by BlueCadillaC167 » September 24th, 2005, 3:01 pm

When did it come out?

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Unread post by BlueCadillaC167 » September 24th, 2005, 3:02 pm

My fault my pC actin up

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Unread post by purplecityhello » September 26th, 2005, 9:45 am

$outh$ide wrote:brazil has the largest population of africans outside of africa
and thats a fact

still there is mad racism
the darker your skin is the harder u gonna have it

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