Reviews of Blood Diamond

Corra, Leo, corra!

Posted : 1 month, 1 week ago on 7 November 2009 10:59 (A review of Blood Diamond)

Filme indicado para velocistas e amantes da arte de correr, correr muito, sem destino e sem motivo. Leo Di Caprio vem com força total nesse filme, disposto a tomar de Tom Cruise o título mundial de AQCPC (Ator Que Corre Prá Caralho). Todo mundo corre neste filme. Corre bandido, corre mocinha, corre mocinho, corre criança, corre lider do cartel do tráfico de diamantes, corre todo mundo. E todo mundo correndo atrás de uma puta pedra de diamante que eu achei o filme todo que era de vidro (do tipo: Qué vê que a pedra é de vidro? AHGFDGFAGHD....[/retardada]). Adorei. Saí da sala CANSADA de tanta gente correndo, mas valeu a pena.



- Publicado originalmente em 23/02/07, no blog Respeite Meus Mullets.


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Blood Diamond review

Posted : 4 months ago on 16 August 2009 04:31 (A review of Blood Diamond)

Kuten mainitsin Body Of Liesin arviossani, mikään ei yllätä samalla tavalla, kuin Leonardo DiCaprio.

Blood Diamond oli minulla pitkään "Want to watch"-listalla, kunnes lopulta sain sen katsottua. Ja kuinka olenkaan tyytyväinen, että elokuvan viimein katsoin! Afrikan timanttikaupan ruminta puolta ja näivertävää korruptiota esittelevä pätkä on paitsi viihdyttävä myös ajatuksia herättelevä.

Tarinat, joissa on tosi taustalla, ovat aina hippusen kiinnostavampia.

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A Gem Soaked in Violence

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 3 October 2008 08:36 (A review of Blood Diamond)

I will start by saying that this film was excellent. The diorama created by the News and Bob Geldoff's perpetual & insincere pressure to donate cash to Africa has been one that has gone on for years. The product of all of this has made people numb whenever the trouble in Africa rears it's head again and I am as guilty as the next man. It's all too easy to shrug off and ignore the reality.

Blood Diamond repaints the horrors and atrocities that modern day Africa is still suffering, it focuses on Sierra Leone's civil war and the languid efforts of the west to try and stop it. After being immersed in the mindless and merciless killings being carried out in the region on a daily basis the viewer is forced into the nauseating reality of what is going on and the flagrant disregard for human life.

This picture is painted no better than by the character of Solomon Vandy played by 'Djimon Hounsou'; an actor I had never heard of before the film. He lights up the screen with his performance, displaying every spectrum of human emotion amongst the cacophony of bombs and machine gun fire. To add to this spectacular performance Di Caprio does a great job with what must be one of the hardest accents to pull off and adds a third very decent film to his acting belt.

I'd recommend it to anyone, whether they want to see a great film, or simply if they want a subtle reminder about the desperateness of the situation in Africa without Bob Geldoff's face preaching to them. This film is Bloody moving, Bloody fast past and importantly Bloody good to watch eh?

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My Opinion

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 20 March 2008 02:44 (A review of Blood Diamond)

This movie is my favorite of all time. The acting is phenomenal, and the storyline is very real. It's so real that the pathos leaking from this movie touched my heart and made me think twice about the subject. When the movie finished, I literally sat in the theater, amazed. I felt "wowed" and moved by the film I had just viewed. I definitely recommend this movie for either its acting, its message, or the actors (Leonardo isn't too bad to look at).

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TIA ...

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago on 24 June 2007 06:16 (A review of Blood Diamond)

1990s. Sierra Leone. Civil War. Solomon Vandy (Hounsou) is taken away from his family to work in the diamond fields. Diamond smuggler Danny Archer (DiCaprio) ends up in prison where he overhears that Solomon has found a rare diamond and hidden it. Their quest for this diamond will bring them together. With the help of American journalist Maddy (Connelly), the two men will try to save Solomon's family.

---Having lived in Africa myself, I can tell you that most of what you see in the film is true - unfortunately. Indeed, TIA... This Is Africa.---

Wonderful script, decent acting from everyone - finally DiCaprio has a respectable role, and is actually good! -, great cinematography, my hats off to the scouting location manager.
The violence shown is rather evocative, and necessary to depict the country's situation.
Unfortunately I found the ending quite predictable.

Still a very good film that I recommend to everyone.


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As Good As I Thought It Would Be

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago on 28 May 2007 05:20 (A review of Blood Diamond)

Great movie and superb acting especially from Djimon Hounsou although for me I don't believe Leonardo DiCaprio was exactly up to par, sometimes his accent was just all over the place but I found the movie good enough for me to look past that. Maybe a bit too long for my liking but personally it didn't take away from the film and I do highly recommend it.

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Blood Diamond review

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago on 13 May 2007 02:52 (A review of Blood Diamond)

This film follows other films like "Lord of War" and "The Constant Gardener", highlighting the problems faced in africa by setting a fictional story against the backdrop of the continent's problems.

And it does it well. The cinetography is great. The plot holds together. But best of all - the characters are relativly three dimensional.

Everybody in the film doesn't suffer the fate of being "bad" or "good" or even "wonderfully callous." They're all self motivated with their own goals and desires which are mostly self-serving even if we would normally consider some of them "good" and some of them "bad".

As such, rather than being a simple morality tale there is at least merit in watching the transformation in the characters during the ensuing maddness brought about by the state of afairs in the film.

Not bad. Worth a watch.

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Political movie

Posted : 2 years, 12 months ago on 18 December 2006 04:20 (A review of Blood Diamond)

Let me start by saying that the quality of the cinemaphotography and settings for the movie were superb. I really enjoyed the locations that were used in the movie, some of the scenery was spectacular. After saying that, I knew after about 20 minutes into the movie that I would be seeing end credits listing the facts and figures about conflict diamonds. Well I wasn't disappointed, right after the movie ended we got to see some closing statements about conflict diamonds and their effects on warfare. Well I got to admit the only thing I knew about the movie going into it was that it had a pretty cool looking trailor. I don't like reading too much into reviews because I don't like to read spoilers. I wish I would have looked into this movie more. I don't like being preached to when I watch movies like this one. I thought it was going to be a fun action movie (which it was), but I didn't want to get a lecture at the same time. I gave the movie a positive rating because it is a well made movie and the action really rocked. At the same time, I was a little turned off knowing that I was seeing someone's message about diamonds. Hell I can't afford to buy the things anyway so it didn't do much for me. I have mixed feelings about recommending to see this one. If you do go to watch it, go into to it knowing that you will be preached to along the way.

Flash

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