Must-see

Since yesterday was a miserable, cold, gray, rainy day, we decided to stay in and watch a movie. I had picked up "City of God" last time I was in New York but didn't get around to watching it until yesterday. Freakin' brilliant. It could have been a run-of-the-mill shoot-em-up action film, but the narrative, character development, and cinematography made it so much more than that. Even the violence, while plentiful, wasn't gratuitous at all. One of the best films I've seen in a while. (OK, so it's one of the only films I've seen in a while, but still--BIG thumbs up. Even Gretchen, who detests violent films, liked it.)