A Brief Review of the City of God: Attitudes to Survival from Rio de Janeiro

Harley 2022-04-23 07:01:09

After watching the City of God, I have no sense of shame about the violence and cruelty of human nature shown in the film. Indeed, the objectivity of the film determines that this film is not about exploring human nature at all. The film just wants to truly Recreating the social reality of Rio de Janeiro's slums - the city of God, I personally think the film is essentially a documentary, so people who say things like "it's shameful to comment on this film" are a bit " There is no need for it.” Instead, what the movie touched me was the people who lived in the city of God. The violence and cruelty of human nature, the frequent occurrence of crime and even the normality, make the city of God look so terrible, we can't and dare not even think about how to deal with it if we are trapped in this place, maybe we are in the "God". "You can only get rid of it by self-destruction. After all, in our own society today, isn't this kind of thing quite common? In this way, it is not unreasonable to send all the depressed patients to the City of God for treatment, "to let you know what cruelty is." Because of this, the survival attitude of the civilians in the City of God touched me. When they were born, they were destined to live in dire straits for the rest of their lives. They were precarious, and no one knew where they would be in the next second. But such a turbulent society has not shaken the passion and confidence of these people, especially those children, whose faces never seem to be worried about the future or their own survival. On the contrary, we can see from the movie When they arrive, they often gossip with friends with a smile on their face. In the face of such a chaotic society, they did not treat it with a passive attitude of avoiding the world or self-destruction. On the contrary, they understood what it means to survive the fittest, even if it is to adapt to crime and violence. Since the whole environment is so chaotic, I Why do you want to beg for a meal from the rules and order? We can clearly see that all the people in the City of God use their own actions and efforts to exchange for the chance of survival, and this makes some of us who are struggling to survive or even give up on themselves and degenerate themselves. They'll have parties drinking and having fun at night, they'll be swaying in the streets with guns, they'll fight with rival forces to kill you and me, even if it's crime, it's evil, but with the city of God as the background, then in my In our eyes, these more represent a passion for life, an instinctive desire for survival, and are full of infinite enthusiasm for life, and these are very valuable in our current social environment. The protagonist, A Pao, is a rather weak person who achieves nothing and is sometimes bullied by the underworld. He picked up the gun and killed the little bully to avenge his brother, and he did not dare to rob others to help him in his plight, but he lived tenaciously and stoically, not confused by his own incompetence, not because of his own inaction Fallen, he worked hard, looking for every opportunity to survive, the result? As a result, A Pao realized his dream of becoming a photographer and found a decent job, and he is essentially every weak and incompetent "poor" person in our eyes. In the end, the little bully was beaten to death by a group of little kids, "handsome Ned" was shot to death by the enemy, and "red hair" was also imprisoned for the crime. . And this is also due to the attitude of Ah Pao in the City of God. Remember, in the "City of God", in front of "God", there is only the word "survival", and "survival" is also the most precious. In a sense, this is also true for our society, for our human society. But just to survive, even if it is to survive, is not that simple, and many people have not yet done it. After all, there is no poor way of life in this world, only a pathetic attitude to life.

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  • Dan 2021-10-20 18:58:52

    "The City of God Abandoned by God". A hopeless city. Robbery, murder, drug trafficking, juvenile gangs, a family of police and robbers... Only by relying on faith, love, music, education, etc., children born here can "leap the slums", but before that, you have to make sure you are alive. The expression of "storytelling" dilutes a little bit of hostility, if not, it may be so cruel that people can't stand it.

  • Alden 2022-03-24 09:01:11

    Very pornographic and violent. The best Brazilian movie I have ever seen reflects the violent situation in the slums of Brazil that is disturbing. It's a pity that this film did not win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and it didn't even get a nomination. It is really an Oscar bead. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by Paul Lins. A large part of the novel is about facts. The dwarf gang at the end of the film formed Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious gangster "Red Command" 7 years later

City of God quotes

  • Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket: Sun is for everyone, beach for a few.

  • Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy: Why return to the City of God, where God forgets about you?