One of the best movies I’ve ever seen. The thing with the banana was weird though.
No.11876
Anonymous
2026-08-30 16:36:53
What the fuck? You're not supposed to mention the banana.
This movie is a fantastic litmus test for if you're a completely tasteless sheep. It's actually one of the most moronic movies ever made and white liberals love it as a sort of shibboleth because it seems socially aware or something. If you actually pay attention, this movie is about as sophisticated as Django Unchained. 2 hours of people getting shot, the only "message" is like... the circle of violence or something... never heard that one before. For a movie about the favelas it's pretty amazing that there's not a single female character who isn't written as a literal hole. I seriously think you could find better social commentary in a grand theft auto game. The peak of retardation in this movie is when knockout ned gets betrayed by the little kid. The movie shows to display this with a literal slow motion, black and white flashback sequence with sad music, just to make sure you didn't miss it. And then has the audacity to present this soap opera "twist" as if it says something deep about anything at all. This movie pissed me off so badly I cannot possibly believe that people talk about it the way they do.
What thing with the banana?
>>11877
The film is similar to a Dickens novel in that its focus is on the city as a whole rather than the individual characters. The film is more than 20 years old now and was on the tail end of hood films being done to death; it isn’t saying anything revolutionary, but it said what it had to say in an interesting way. The flashback with Ned was one of the weaker points of the film, but it sets up the final act with the Runts showing how violence moves from being instrumental (the Tender Trio) to capricious (Ze) to retaliatory (Ned). It also emphasized the arbitrary nature of the violence stemming from indifference towards human life (e.g. the kid getting killed by Melonhead during Clipper’s escape, Tuba’s death, and the final act with the Runts).
The film is similar to a Dickens novel in that its focus is on the city as a whole rather than the individual characters. The film is more than 20 years old now and was on the tail end of hood films being done to death; it isn’t saying anything revolutionary, but it said what it had to say in an interesting way. The flashback with Ned was one of the weaker points of the film, but it sets up the final act with the Runts showing how violence moves from being instrumental (the Tender Trio) to capricious (Ze) to retaliatory (Ned). It also emphasized the arbitrary nature of the violence stemming from indifference towards human life (e.g. the kid getting killed by Melonhead during Clipper’s escape, Tuba’s death, and the final act with the Runts).
No.11891
Anonymous
2026-08-31 14:44:22
>>11888
I think I understood the violence was arbitrary after the first 200 people got shot. I’m pretty sure whoever wrote this movie took the phrase “gang war” way too literally because some of these scenes are straight out of saving private ryan
I think I understood the violence was arbitrary after the first 200 people got shot. I’m pretty sure whoever wrote this movie took the phrase “gang war” way too literally because some of these scenes are straight out of saving private ryan
>>11869 (OP)
>one of the best movies I've ever seen
I mean even if you liked it, this is kind of crazy. you need to watch way more movies
>one of the best movies I've ever seen
I mean even if you liked it, this is kind of crazy. you need to watch way more movies
No.11893
Anonymous
2026-08-31 17:18:58
>>11892
I’ve watched more movies than you.
I’ve watched more movies than you.
if you think this movie is good ur genuinely a normgroid, its literally a marvel movie for shitlibs. it would be less embarrassing to say you liked interstelllar or la la land
>>11896
I watched it 20 years ago. Still remember the banana scene.
I watched it 20 years ago. Still remember the banana scene.
>>11918 dude I hate this movie and I still remember the part where he sticks a warm banana in her ass and then she gets bludgeoned with a shovel and buried alive
No.11950
Anonymous
2026-09-02 09:37:33
This is definitely one of the dumbest arguments to ever happen on /pt/ and that is a very contested award
>>11949
It literally says 'Youtube fake'. It could hardly be more obvious--it literally says, this is fake.
It literally says 'Youtube fake'. It could hardly be more obvious--it literally says, this is fake.
This "banana" meme is unfunny and feels forced.
No.11977
Anonymous
2026-09-03 09:13:18
>>11967
If they don't know what the word means, why would they use it? Obviously, this purported banana scene is a meme being pushed probably in Brazil, for reasons I can't understand
If they don't know what the word means, why would they use it? Obviously, this purported banana scene is a meme being pushed probably in Brazil, for reasons I can't understand