Blood Diamonds

[northwind]

He was great in The Quick and the Dead.

Well, he got shot to death, which was satisfying.

Originally Posted by northwind

He was great in The Quick and the Dead.

Well, he got shot to death, which was satisfying.

I remember finding a movie prop warehouse that was selling, amongst other things, the AK47 (complete with rubber stock and fake blood smear) that smashed into his face in that move whose title temporarily escapes me...

... 'Lord of the Flies'esque, on a deserted island. I remember they got into trouble for ripping up the beach and replanting a load of palm trees or something else that hippies were whinging about...

... hang on...


... that was it. The Beach. I knew I'd get there in the end.

Originally Posted by philipMac

DiCaprio... annoying...
Does not compute.


Oh Shure Diddly Aye will ye Bi havin a Fiooght with me now beJAAAYSSIS at all at all begod. Shure.

Emm, Leonardo, yeah, just come here a second... just ... just, a little closer... SLAP. Now SHUT UP. PLEASE. For everyone's sake. NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT. *NO ONE*. Not ever.

Tom Cruise in "Far and Away"

Originally Posted by Jdubya

I think he pulled the accent off really well TBH...
He sounded just like a friend of mine does back in SA...actually he looked just like him as well.
When he called the soldier a "doos", the wife and I both started giggling but no-one else in the cinema did...I suppose its a bit like the afrikaans that Arnold Vosloo spoke in two or three scenes as well...the wife and I knew what he was saying but everyone else just looked very bewildered and lost
Overall I think Leo played the part really well. The irony though is that when we got home, a documentary had just started on the history channel about the blood diamonds of sierra leone.

I remember watching Jonathan Ross's review of the film & he said a South African friend of his just fell about laughing when he heard L'DiC's accent I guess it depends which bit of Africa he's actually supposed to be from - IIRC in the film he says he's from Zimbabwe, not SA.

Razor - spot on about those 2 films, both great. I thinks he's made some decent stuff recently too - he was excellent in The Departed. If you haven't seen it then you should do so NOW!

Originally Posted by tricky

Tom Cruise in "Far and Away"

Fair Tricky. Fair. Tommy managed to be worse.
Maybe DiCaprio's research on Irish accents was based on Tom Cruises' character.

Originally Posted by philipMac

Fair Tricky. Fair. Tommy managed to be worse.
Maybe DiCaprio's research on Irish accents was based on Tom Cruises' character.

Aye, but the opening scenes of 'Gangs' are superb imo. Shame about the rest.

Originally Posted by Steve H

Aye, but the opening scenes of 'Gangs' are superb imo. Shame about the rest.

Basically every scene with Bill The Butcher is superb.
Seriously. He is one of the best psychopaths in cinema. Completely terrifying furious raging performance. Apparently when DDL went into his Bill the Butcher mode, people on set were scared of him.



Just a pity the film was a bit crap. It could have been good. It could have been an animal film... but, there was a load of kissy kissy sentimental crap thrown in. Blech.