Jordan Marquez Presents: The Top Ten Best And Worst of The Decade 00s - Number 8 Best

Welcome back to the countdown, as we are now counting down my top ten best movies of the decade.

The #8 best movie of the decade:
Cidade De Deus "City Of God" (2002)

In a way, you can compare this film to Slumdog Millionaire. Both are foreign films, set in poverty-ridden part of the city and chronicles the lives of the kids living off on the streets with violence, drugs and power. Though the difference is that one is a fairy tale and the other is based off a true story. Though I ask, which of these is the most harsh and most brutal? Which of them doesn't really f*ck around in portraying the dangerous and intense nature of poverty and survival? If you answer City of God, you are indeed correct. I'll keep on saying this that I still don't see what was the fuss about Slumdog Millionaire. Because when I watched Slumdog Millionaire, I say to myself "Yeaaaahh, but City Of God did better".

You feel the great brutality and danger in the film as you know this is what is actually happening in the most poverty-stricken cities of the world, for example the film's setting, City of God in Rio de Janeiro. The story has the richness of the decades between the 60s and the 80s as it deals with the new hippie youth and the radical government reign while it is much a coming-of-age theme. You'll be introduced to various young characters growing up in the dangerous streets and to reach their ultimate goal in life: either power, freedom or redemption. And the film does not pull any punches especially it involves violence and children. Its a whole new level and experience of crime and gangsters on film and one that should not be missed.

Favorite Defining Moment:
(Spoiler Alert - Don't see this until you see the movie)
We all seen kids being creepy and mute in horror movies. But we have never been introduced to a kid so evil and psychotic that takes joy in shooting at random people like he would with a toy gun, only to grow up as the most dangerous crime lord in the city. He is one evil little bastard and his name is Lil' Ze.



Tomorrow, I will reveal #7 best movie of the 00s. What will it be....