CITY OF GOD is a masterpiece! Cidade de Deus Movie Reaction and Discussion

[@heilmann18]

The subtitles in english don't do enough justice on how good and authentic the dialogue in this movie is.

[@deadislander]

Not to mention how much they actually swear. There are so many lines where 50% of what they're saying is foul language and none of it gets translated so you miss just how creative us Brasilians really are with the poetry of swearing

[@yaboyisaac354]

is that due to english not having the words available to translate the phrases? or just a bad translation

[@heilmann18]

@@yaboyisaac354 There's way too much cultural diferences that influence the slang in Brazil, also there's variations of the same word for everything with different meanings. Portuguese is a much more complicated language than english.

[@yaboyisaac354]

@@heilmann18 wow that’s cool, i would have never thought.. makes me sad i can’t experience the full greatness of the movie

[@elkyerone]

agree, knowing portuguese just made me enjoy a lot the movie

[@Anonymous-og2je]

About the characters' names: they are all nicknames, even (of course) Rocket. His real name is just revealed in the end, when he becomes a photographer. It is a way to represent how much this neighbourhood/favela takes away from people. Rocket was just allowed to become his own man (ie rescue his own name), free from the gang life that surrounds him, by a mix of character, work and sheer luck. Not everyone is so lucky thought, and the cycle repeats itself for generations while he walks away from all of it.

[@satortenet]

Nice take on the name thing.

[@milpy1257]

I don't think the nickname thing was about how much the favelas take away from people... it's just how we treat each other. At school, people only knew my name because of the teachers, outside the classroom I was called by my nickname. Anyone not from the same grade as me, didn't know my name. And it wasn't public school. In fact, even the cops did the same 'Melon Head' and such. But it's true that the richer are, the less nicknames are used.

[@esterkaminsky5948]

Cidade de Deus was the film where Alica Braga emerged as an actress even making a small participation with Angélica. After this she became an international actress, working on films such as I am Legend with Will Smith, Elysium, Redbelt, Predators, Suicide squad, the Shack and the TV series Queen of South. Did you recognize her now?

[@swfsql]

Whoa I never noticed, interesting!

[@zumbicerulli193]

I think this is the best reaction video I've ever seen. No pausing every time to talk about the video, no yelling or talking so loud we lose focus of what we were watching, no two minute pauses to look shocked. It was nice to watch you watch it lol I wish every reaction video was like this, because every reaction video I watch I have to skip and skip because people keep pausing

[@WillWatches]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@zippoxd7839]

It’s mostly for copyright, and they use the pauses to add commentary, some time for others they just skip entire scenes to avoid copyright, but atleast with that way we can see the full movie

[@lucassoh4905]

a thing that I never noticed, even having watched this movie near 20 times, is that the "pai de santo" ( father of saint, the voodu dude) said that he shouldn't fuck using the protector, because he did, he lost his protection. The word the dude used when he said that "furunfar" isn't in my normal vocabulary.

[@gabrielviana369]

Not voodu, candomblé/umbanda

[@midnoite]

These subs don't do the movie's dialogue justice.

[@patinho5589]

I agree. It’s better when you understand the Portuguese.

[@comically_large_cowboy_hat3385]

better than dubs tho

[@shtface9637]

I wish I knew Portuguese I still love the movie.

[@AndreiDSP33]

@@shtface9637 It is not very difficult to learn Portuguese. I suggest you learn Brazilian Portuguese, which is also very beautiful.

[@krautgazer]

These subs take away 90% of the slang terms and swearing. Those are horrible subs. There are probably better ones out there for this film. It's kind of like watching a Martin Scorsese movie cleaned up without the swearing, just horrible.

[@WesTheLey]

Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) would be the next movie to react. This and City of God are considered to be the best movies from Brazil.

[@SJ19_998]

Tropa de Elite is such a brutal but great movie, absolutely agree, after City of God, it's a must watch

[@s337fm]

@Wes Ley To be fair, those two are some of the most popular recent ones, but there's many more from other times and genres that is questionable if they're really the top 2 of all... Just in dramatic we have Central Station, Keeper of Promisses, Brainstorm, Behind the sun, O Quatrilho, To the left of the father... and more recently The second mother, Bacurau, The invisible life, to say some. (Yeah, I made a research to list it up)

[@justlikeyourfathersaid]

Elite squade does not hold a candle to city of god

[@nobrecivil6355]

this movie is the biggest injustice of the oscars. They changed the rating rules after him, as the old men at the Oscars said it was barbaric and not a movie and gave it terrible marks. he should have won the oscar no doubtb

[@leonardogoulart3245]

Lil dice and lil zé are really bad choices for translation. Dadinho is the diminutive form of dado, which means dice, but it's also used as a short for eduardo (edward). So the best translation for dadinho would be eddie. Zé is a short for josé (joseph), which is the most common name on brazil. It's common in brazil to use zé to call some generic stereotype, like "zé ruela" (alley zé), which means "loser". This is just like you use "joe" as a generic name, like in "average joe", for example. So, the best translation for "Zé Pequeno" would be "Little Joe".

[@anon-ed5wf]

Thanks for the explanation. It's surprising how many nuances get lost in translation.

[@MatheusCamposdaSilva]

Não sabia que Dadinho era diminutivo de Eduardo, belo comentário

[@luisfelipetorres6884]

falou bonito e falou bosta

[@rukus9585]

Gotta watch the actual footage during the credits to appreciate this story's authenticity. These were real people, doing whatever they could under the circumstances.

[@lucasBarjas]

Yes, Ned is Pelé from Life Aquatic. He's a famous Brazilian musician called Seu Jorge.

[@MarcioNSantos]

Hey! I'm from Rio. "City of God" is not a way of calling the Rio City. It's just a neighbouthood in the West Zone of the city. Nowadays it still exists.

[@fel_arte_]

great reaction. Brazilian people love this film and some others. I recommend you also see: TROPA DE ELITE.

[@Luis-fl3kz]

1- you already won me at the beginning with the Pillows intro (and outro as well) 2- really love your reaction and your analysis is on point 3- you asked if that's Pelé from Life Aquatic and it is, his name is Seu Jorge, and he's actually one of the biggest musicians in Brazil

[@menelauhocam]

8:54 well, actually in the 60's Brazil there was a vague notion about cheating as a crime against honour, so... 21:15 interesting how you recognized Ned's actor for Life Aquático, in Brazil people knows him the most for his musical carreer

[@rafaeltavares269]

Nice reaction. Shout out from Brazil

[@AndreiDSP33]

There will be a series about Buscapé ( Rocket )on the HBO channel.

[@soundaholixx]

"Zé" is actually short for José because in portuguese a S sounds like a Z in some situations

[@julicarvalho22]

I live in Rio, in a kind of “safe zone”, the south zone... it's very strange because the rest of the city is chaos. If you want to see it through your eyes, let me know. I watched several reactions to this movie but yours is the best.

[@Neyenn]

Oh man what a fantastic films you are watching those last videos!! this is another of my all time favourites. Some thing that are actually very interesting about this movie The only profesional actor at that time were Carrot and i think that Seu Jorge was an actor too, the rest were just people from the city, fantastic job being just regular citizens, sadly some of then just ended up like the role they have on the movie. The edit its amazing and it was the first film for the editor Daniel Rezende, on the first 30 second are like 50 different cuts

[@WillWatches]

Trying to do 2 movies a week now so really going for some heavy hitters to hopefully bring in more people!

[@rainnypires]

The favela is named " City of God" that is IN Rio

[@fodinski1]

Yo that flcl track, I see you 👀. But great vid, one of my favorite movies of all time

[@JavraK.Z.L]

In the chicken scene, they tied the camera to a broom, the chicken to a line, and chased it away, with the cameraman sitting in a wheelchair.

[@jacobyoung729]

I would love to see your reaction to La Haine. It is in my top 5 of all time and a strong contender for "best" I've ever seen (both objectively filmmaking/story wise and how much it affected me). I think you're a real intelligent reactor while still remaining entertaining and I think it would be a perfect movie to tackle sometime after seeing City of God.

[@soundaholixx]

that would be so sick

[@giuliabeats7269]

17:02 Hahaha twins

[@SuperFelipegamer]

Olha a BR aí, só na zueira.

[@Rorther]

I don't think the story is a masterpiece. But the way they filmed, and how real the actors felt, the background of characters, are all soooo good.

[@caducoloco]

Hi from Brazil!

[@Jujudsantos]

Yes, there is a community (favela) in the west of Rio de Janeiro that like the name of City of God

[@edsr164]

You should do Tropa de Elite - Elite Squad

[@rebecavlogs5957]

Watch Invisible City!!!!

[@011_jhonata]

O mais interessante desse filme, é que quando ele recebe a bênção, e recebe o nome de Lil zé, o cara fala pra ele não fazer sexo com a guia/cordão, tempos depois ele estupra a mulher do Knockout Ned com a guia/cordão, por isso acaba morrendo

[@Nogueirax190]

Elite squad

[@GabrielM01]

React to Tropa de Elite or Elite Squad, its a amazing movie and they have a sequel

[@Ninhoplayoficial]

Reaction elite squad 1&2

[@sapofeministopepe1159]

Tropa de elite reaction

[@PassandoStress]

This is nothing like American History X, but ok... great movie nonetheless...

[@valhalladosgames]

it`s almost unseen but he has s*x with the "passe" (the beads that gave him protection) even after the express instruction to not do it... Rigth after he losses Benny. And that is his downfall.

[@O.S.F.175]

they actualy put a camera in the chicken

[@samsquanch1996]

I would compare this film to La Haine, but not American History X. AHX is a great, powerful film but really has no similarities to City of God.

[@pepekero386]

Nice (:

[@marcelofigueiredo5547]

react elite troop one and two or last stop 174...🏄‍♂️🌊🇧🇷🦈🥋

[@jibarotom]

reaction love Death robots season3 thank you

[@marcelorufino1977]

Cadê a legenda em português???😡

[@frfv2547]

Só apertar na função "legendas" tem meio mundo de país lá.

[@WillWatches]

Eles não são perfeitos porque são traduzidos automaticamente, mas adicionei alguns :)

[@Ninhoplayoficial]

👏👏👏👏

[@TheThiagorhis]

Like the chanel react more a movies in brazil ok like

[@leonardo-go2lf]

No tiene nada que ver con racismo esta película. Lo que sucede es que los Norteamericanos lo vinculan todo al racismo y sus cerebros lo ven todo en función a eso.

[@izabelcristina8503]

Portuguese please, no english

[@viniciusmartins2426]

dude cuts the most important parts of the movie, bad reaction

[@julianleft4662]

Not sure if you've seen it but Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) is a masterpiece. If you liked this you'll love that one.