The door here is not using it today for a strong wind. please give the surroundings to the front.

One of Tokyo's newest attractions is the recently opened Roppongi Hills complex, complete with office and residential space (second in price only to the Marunouchi building), boutiques, upscale stores (even convenience stores seem more exclusive than usual), restaurants, a Grand Hyatt, bars, coffee shops (including three Starbucks), a small park, an art museum, a TV studio, an open-air stage, guided tours and Japan's largest silver screen (which was of course reserved for Matrix Reloaded, rather than Cidade de Deus). While all is new and nice and shiney, I have to see that navigating around Roppongi Hills is more than confusing. There are a lot of information counters, signposts (a little too unobtrusive to be really helpful) and maps, and they are needed indeed. In addition to that, it is of course a rather expensive place to spend an afternoon.

Pulp Fiction meets Goodfellas meets Buena Vista Social Club meets Kids in this Brazilian drama that recounts the stories of the lives (and deaths) of a bunch of teen (and pre-teen) criminals in a notorious Rio de Janeiro slum. The movie draws a shocking picture of a totally defunct and dramatically violent society, in which even the youngest children are involved in drugs (distribution and consumption) and murder. That it is based on a true story is not comforting either. Cidade de Deus tells its depressing tale in a brilliantly entertaining way, with some great camerawork, music, transitions and a non-linear timeline.

8 points