City of God

First of all Ben James, did you see this movie? (I'd be shocked if you did and would recommend it (or possibly) I'm honored because you know my likes and dislikes so well that you know what to recommend to me.) But really I'm thinking (not because you don't know me but because I know you) that you haven't seen the movie.

Let me start off by saying I don't recommend it to anyone. Not because it wasn't good, because it was a very moving picture that told a unique story, with creativity and social impact. The good things about the movie, really the best thing about the movie, is the structure. It's like an ideal "Andrei story". (The way I WISH I could tell stories, and rarely do, but most often fail to do.) The movie begins, in the middle of the action, and you have to be given back ground info to catch you up. But (in typical Andrei fashion) you're given like 7 or 8 different threads of plot and the whole "puzzle" isn't put together until the end. (This is how I wish my stories would end up too. However, usually I flounder around for awhile, and then end the story abruptly and the listener is just confused. That's on a good day. :) So the movie is well structured, it's also really interestingly shot. The camara work and color is vivid and intense. I liked that about the movie too. Really I liked pretty much everything about the movie. I just can't in good conscience recommend it to anyone. Everything that could make a movie rated R, is in this movie. It's very strong language wise, (though it's subtitled so you can soften the words in your mind, your still taking them in) it's also extremely violent and harrowing. It's a violence that sticks with you because of the nature of the film. I feel like I need a shower now to wash the feel of the movie off of me. (Maybe it's my B.O. actually.)

So don't watch the movie (unless you really want to just remember I didn't recommend it watching it is up to you...) but if you do, lets talk about it.

thanks for your time. Dre- :)