City of God- 8.5/10
Good story. Great cinematography. I had a few questions of "why" throughout the movie in terms of why some characters did certain things. But it is definitely one of the better movie's I've seen lately.
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Mystic River- 8.5/10 Again, good story. Directing was pretty good. The acting is what gets my votes. Tim Robbins was amazing. Didn't try too hard, but played a shocking character. The only think keeping the movie from a "9" IMO is the absolutely uncalled for ending. I really feel like Kevin Bacon's character would have turned in Sean Penn. Cmon now, he *did* unjustly kill someone, let alone one of their longtime friends. Friend or not, Bacon seemed to go by the law. I truly don't think his character would have let the murder slide. The "gunshot" with his hand to Penn was pretty...out of place and not funny...if you ask me
