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The City of God

Absolutely ironic , this is probably the term that best describes the film . The City of God being the title , the themes of the movie dwelled on virtually all the things that are ungodly . But this is the littlest but the most mesmerizing facet of the film , the ironic title and the ironic theme . Renaming the movie as City of Satan ' could make it less subtle but also less thrilling and less surprising

All throughout the film we are exposed to the cruelties that abound in our everyday lives

, such as violence , vulgarities , dishonesty and the utter loss of conscience . The district in Rio de Janeiro where the story takes place is no different from the Sodom and Gomorrah of the Biblical times . The most downtrodden humans thrive in this patch of hell on earth , as it reeks of the most despicable things man could ever imagine People who thrive in the area can be considered as wild beasts surviving cannibalism and brutality in the jungle , as the two main characters Rocket and Li 'l Dice exactly portray . They were both born and raised in this part of Rio and since their childhoods , they were already accustomed to all the evil that penetrates their city . But in spite of the hopelessness that was to them when they were born , each of them has led a different path , Rocket opting to live a more meaningful and hopeful life and Li 'l Dice settling for the life that he was accustomed to , a life of killing sprees , robberies , betrayals and full of misperceptions

The two protagonists ' choice in their lives depicts one of the most realistic adages in life , which is , an individual determines his own future . This is true , especially on the part of Rocket , because he had chosen to live the alternative life , the road less traveled , and even though his mind had been corrupted very early by his environment , he did not let himself be a product of his environment but instead toiled so hard to escape it . Li 'l Dice on the other hand , chose the easier life a life that was lived by countless people who did not see the real beauty of life , for they , like Li 'l Dice chose to remain stuck to tradition , and he let himself be a product of his environment

The film is very realistic in the sense that it can be related to by any individual confined in a rotting society like Rocket and Li 'l Dice There is absolutely no exaggeration in the film , for in today 's world , a place which is like Rocket 's and Li 'l Dice 's surely exist . Their place is the world 's most unforgiving slum , where individuals are considered lucky if they live past young adulthood or not be killed mercilessly either by gang war or by crossfire . If only it is not blasphemous to blame God , then we could assume that God really forsaken the city and...

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