City of God

City of God to me was a very good film as it represents the actual events really well and in a lot of detail. The opening of the film shows the way in which the people live in there community, by showing chickens being kill and prepared to eat and people dancing, having fun and enjoying themselves it seems like a regular thing, infact through out the film there is a lot of people dancing and enjoying themselves, which is suprising due to the amount of violence that the film shows aswell, after killing a few chickens one gets away, boys and men chase it through the streets armed with all sorts of guns intill it gets cornered by a boy called Rocket and the gang in the middle of the road, they all aim there guns at what appears to be Rocket at first but then the camera zooms around the boy and shows armed Police behind him, the film then starts to be narrated by the boy Rocket 10 years earlier explaing how he got himself in that position, which is a good bit of editing as the screen donesnt just go black and it appears to be in a different environment the background melts away from the streets and he is playing football in a sort of desert environment.

The violence is displayed well as it uses different shots to show the fighting, it also shows the way in which the gangs fight, they both know the streets really well so ambushes are frequent and attacks on peoples houses often happen.

I really enjoyed this film as it depicted the actual events really well and accuratly, I also really enjoy films which are a true stories, it was also interesting to find out that the cast of the film apart from the man who played carrot were not actors and were from Brazil and the favelas, which added even more of the film being convincing and enjoyable to watch as it would of been very similar to how they act in real life.