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I've seen this movie more times than I ever expected.. It comes on, and I just watch. I can't get tired of it. Action movie with a conscience... and not a preachy type. I think most of the message is delivered indirectly through the urgency of Djimon Hounsou's character.. he gives this film a lot of heart. DiCaprio's character is cool.. one of the more realistic antihero types I've seen in some time.

[edit] In fact! I would say that this is my favorite movie of 2006... now that I've seen many of them.

I just got it in the other day from netlfix. havent watched it yet. I normally hate  Leonardo DiCrapio, but your love of it gives me hope.

It shouldn't. He's totally gay for Leo.  :grin:

Good film.

I don't have a mancrush on him, but Leo seems like a really good actor to me.  He does his part in this one in an utterly convincing fashion.  Surprisingly good movie.  My wife hates watching it because it makes her feel like a bad person ("It should, you filthy greedbag!" I say).

Oddly enough, my wife complained last night about how TV makes it seem like women really fucking love diamonds.  I just said "Yea, well they do."  "I don't."  "I know."

Okay dude, I am just going to come out and say it.  Are you me or something?  Or do all married men end up living the same exact fucking life?

Anyway, my wife claims to dislike diamonds as well - or not to have any particular love for them, anyway.  I'm not sure how that explains the increasing number of them that she owns, or the fact that I have purchased no less than three of them for her this very year.  In fairness, though, she doesn't seem to care for the giant ones ("they're just so tacky!"), which is just fine with me.

I used to mildly despise Leonardo. After The Departed and Blood Diamond, I'm a bit of a fan. And ya, Blood Diamond is a good movie. Plus, I'm of the opinion that Jennifer Connelly is one of the most beautiful women on the planet. So bonus there.

My wife likes diamonds  :cry:...maybe I need to get her whatever newsletter your wives read.

I agree, she is. Naturally beautiful.


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Anyways, yeah, I'm already a big DiCaprio fan. The guy doesn't mess up a lot. I could list a bunch of movies, but his best is easily the Aviator. If anyone hasn't seen that, give it a shot too.


Like I said though, Djimon Hounsou's good in this too. And he rarely messes up either. In fact, I don't think he ever has.

Blood Diamond was good. Well-acted, powerful movie.

If you like eyebrows.  Jennfier Connolly looks good on film and at premieres, but is only good looking (not drop dead hot) in real life.  Just quibbling.

There are only a few variations. You got one of the cheapest, from the sound of it.
It's much like how nearly every mother goes into a homicidal rage if they see dirty glasses in the sink during a weekend.

I think that's to her credit. Gazillions of women have big eyebrows, but they pluck them. Even the prettiest ones.

I don't know what the difference is between looking good on film and real life, but she doesn't need a lot makeup or changes, period. I don't know what's better looking than that. She can look drab in a movie like this, and still be hot. Not that many actresses like that... Umm.. Robin Wright is another that comes to mind. Old now, but she's naturally beautiful.

She looked hot on Letterman tonight. Rawrrr

My wife writes the fucking newsletter, bro.  I hope you like Limbaugh and Hannity.

The fact that she isn't into diamonds doesn't help a huge amount.  In fact it makes it difficult to buy gifts since it removes an easy out.  I still have flowers, at least, but I can't wrap those up and stick them under a tree for weeks.


Ah, my wife does this on a daily basis.  I guess I can let that little bit of myself die as well.

With my wife it is about emptying the dishwasher.  Never mind that I'm the one who always rinses shit off and often loads the damn thing.

Quite the movie thread we've got going.  Thread needs to be renamed to "Blood Diamond - and Wives Who Nag About Shit"

All married men end up living the exact same life.  You watch "Married With Children" after 10 years of marriage (It's on TBS in the mornings as I get ready for work, and it was fucking hilarious.) and realize it wasn't a comedy.

My wife also says she doesn't like diamonds.  So I don't buy them for her.  She likes emeralds and sapphires, but I don't buy those for her either since she doesn't wear jewelry beyond a necklace, wedding ring and a set of earrings.

Win 4 me!

Good movie, despite not really liking DiCraprio.  Although I thought his performances in The Aviator and The Departed were really pretty freaking great.

Im the nagger of the two of us.

I like the house CLEAN and ORDERLY. My wife? She could give shit. She wants me to hire a maid.
My response? Pick your shit up and put shit back where you found it and we wont need a maid.
Grrr FUCK!

Do you sometimes tack "corporal!" onto the end of that while raging?  Because that would be sort of funny.  Sometimes when my wife is nagging me pretty hard, I respond "Jess, Mistah Fawlty!"  That's a laugh riot.  Hell, she laughed at that once.

I guess my ineptitude makes my life easier. See, I *try* to help out, but don't quite manage to do it quite the right way, so the wife just comes along and redoes it so that she's happy. Most chores devolved to 'Gah! Just let me do it, why don't you go vaccuum or something?'

She has 3 things with diamonds: wedding ring, earrings and necklace and has repeatedly stated that she doesn't want anymore at this time.

You know what would be cool? If you brus continued this derail talking like Danny Archer, huh?

For me it's Everybody Loves Raymond...except his wife, it seems, because she's a bitch most of the time.  Watching that show is like watching my life! 
To bring it back around to the movie, it's a good thing Leo doesn't live to suffer through the trials of married life! 

Bru, does that mean I could use some "Rhodesian discipline" on my wife for the messy house?

 :why_so_serious:

Until recently I was working occasionally with a white South African woman. Every time she left, my two colleagues (one black, one white) would say in a Danny Archer voice "a bleck man stole my fahm". So brutally wrong and un-PC, but fuck it was funny.

Just don't chop off her hands, ya? She'd be pretty useless for cleaning then.


Someone actually constructed a Danny Archer figurine. I didn't realize he was that popular of a character ([edit] I see that it made a good deal of money outside the States. It was a flop here :\ ).

(http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/photo/data/500/Picture_2094.jpg)

Every South African I have met has had a completely different accent.

I view South Africa as the Las Vegas of the east, you're going there because you're into sex, violence, and gambling or you're leaving there because you're tired of working in Casinos. I may have my cities/countries confused btw.

It's really because ZA has eleven official languages, but your explanation has merit.

Well, goddamnit. Because I got HBO and Cinemax for $2 for the next two months, I saw this on the Tivo and decided to record it. Got finished watching it today, and I have to say that I WAS WRONG. Leo CAN act. Danny Archer was a very interesting character, and the fact he could make the guy even more interesting while also putting on a decent accent that was not his own tells me I really have underestimated his abilities. Maybe it was the director, or the fact that he's very invested in the subject matter. But he did well.

Stray, you were right. Definitely worth watching.

HBO for $2? Sweet deal. Just wondering -- have you not seen the Aviator? That's probably his best work to date, imo. One of Scorsese's too.

Leo DiCaprio had proven himself an actor long before Blood Diamond, I just think maybe you missed a lot of it.

The first time I saw one of his movies (Gilbert Grape) I tripped out. Went full retard and actually impressed.

Yeah.  He actually pulled off Simple Jack, but around the same time he also did This Boy's Life, which was also a really good movie.  I recommend both.

Yep, great movie too. DeNiro is great, and Barkin too. I love the ending.. It's a small moment, but when DiCaprio starts screaming and jumping up and down after Deniro is gone is fantastic acting. He's not always been the best at obvious characterizations and accents, I admit, but the guy can pull out a lot of realistic energy and emotion out of nowhere. That's the hardest thing in my opinion. To seem truly pissed or exuberant. Djimon Hounsou is really good at that too, and it was cool to have them in the same film.

My girlfriend actually makes jewelery as a hobby and she's not overly keen on diamonds because you get so little for your money. Much prefers semi-precious stones with pattern and flaws because they're more interesting.

Diamonds are also quite hard to photograph, especially since they tend to be set in silver/platinum/white gold, so you're left with white-on-white and have to resort to on-axis lights to get sparkle, so they're not my favourite either  :oh_i_see:

Not seen Blood Diamond but will check it out after reading this thread. The only thing I've seen that I really liked with DiCaprio in was Baz Lurhmann's Romeo & Juliet and that was mostly because a) Baz Lurhmann rocks and b) DiCaprio was really good at playing a wimpy, wet, whiny spoiled brat with a teenage luv problem.

I think a lot of folks hate on Leo because he looks like a punk-ass kid at all times.  But damn that dude can act.  BD is a great movie and Jennifer Connely has always been been a mega-favorite of mine.  I also recommend The Aviator and The Departed.  If you watch the first one you better get settled in for a looong ride.

This movie is amazing. Watched it three times already. And yes, definitely The Aviator and Departed for more DiCaprio goodness. The Departed is in a league on its own though, its fucking fantastic.

Hey, my wife also makes jewelry. :uhrr:

I have hated him with a passion since Romeo and Juliet, so yes, I've missed a number of them. I will likely go back and look at the ones that would have interested me had he not been in them (Aviator, Departed).

You can't judge him based on Romeo and Juliet.  Baz Luhrmann is overrated and I continue to be mystified by the people that actually like his crap.

This. But really, a lot of my Leo hate comes from the fact that he has that kind of doucheface that just makes you want to punch him over and over until the white meat shows through. It doesn't help when Hollywood fellates him in the media on a regular basis.

I will grant you that Hollywood is really shitty about it, and probably won't ever stop until he makes a real shitty flop.

Next time you're in the area we should go out and eat and they can talk jewelery-nerd all night and we'll talk games, politics, films, y'know, manly stuff.  :drill:

Scratch out politics and it's a deal. :grin:

Yeg, your avatar cracks me up every time I see it.

One of the best shows ever.

Burn Notice?

I don't know what that is.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810788/
It looks like Jeffrey Donovan in your image, thought it might be from something in Burn Notice that I had missed.

No, it's from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, though I suppose he does look a bit like Michael Donovan.

Ahh, yeah that show is unbelievably awesome too.  I just recently got turned onto it.

In that shot, yeah I guess he does a bit.


When you get to the episode my avatar is from... yeah, that's a funny line, I just can't recall the quote exactly.

The beautiful thing about this film was my wife turning to me after it and saying.  You can buy me fake diamonds if you ever get me jewelry.

Win!