Right, finally got round to watching this. Bought it on BD on one of the Profs earlier recommendations and I also read this thread before I watched it.TBH in the first ten minutes I wondered what I had let myself and my wife was of the same opinion, but then the film just starts to drag you into it. Its a really gritty down to earth film with a rather scary hunter who seems to have no emotion at all( "Call it", just love the way that line comes across)( And his haircut he just looks nuts). No happy ending but really life is like that anyway and in the end it was like a good book that you cannot put down. I thought all the characters were great.Picture and sound quality were superb, so all in all its a definate thumbs up from me and certainly one which I shall pick up again. Thanks to the the Prof for the recommendation.
I can see both sides, though I really like the film.
It IS slow and typical Cohen (more about dialogue and characters than the action).
Some of the shots are also beautiful and for me the performances were all fantastic. Javier Bardem practically redefines the Malevolent Psychotic villain. One word; relentless. He was almost as good as Felix in Collateral (underated film), I love his monologue about Pedro Negro.
For me its a real sit down and enjoy on my own film, my wife thought it was too violent and dark (which it is) but I just sit back and let the directors do the storytelling...which they do so well.
It IS slow and typical Cohen (more about dialogue and characters than the action).
Some of the shots are also beautiful and for me the performances were all fantastic. Javier Bardem practically redefines the Malevolent Psychotic villain. One word; relentless. He was almost as good as Felix in Collateral (underated film), I love his monologue about Pedro Negro.
For me its a real sit down and enjoy on my own film, my wife thought it was too violent and dark (which it is) but I just sit back and let the directors do the storytelling...which they do so well.
i have watched it and thought it was great one mans mediceine anothers poision
but one blu ray i thought i would not like blood diamond --i saw in my video music store
at £6.99 second hand at the price i bought it
i really enjoyed the film just goes to show you cant judge a book by the cover.
but one blu ray i thought i would not like blood diamond --i saw in my video music store
at £6.99 second hand at the price i bought it
i really enjoyed the film just goes to show you cant judge a book by the cover.
I recently watched both (Blood Diamond and No Country...) on blu-ray and found Blood Diamond very average and highly predictable (as I expected). Glad it was "only" a rental and I that I hadn't spent £10 or more to see it. Worth 2* IMO. Or half that I would give to No Country... which was really good, obviously the Coen brothers' movies are a bit like Marmite. They're worth the effort in one goes beyond the pretty photography and the slow action.
[as I was typing this Tevez just scored an amazing second goal for MUFC vs Fulham...]
[as I was typing this Tevez just scored an amazing second goal for MUFC vs Fulham...]
professorhat
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Wow, really? I thought Blood Diamond was really powerful cinema and not too sure what you mean by predictable - as in you guessed the ending? If so, I don't think you really got the point of the film - remember it's based on real events.
Up there with the best films I watched last year (along with There Will Be Blood).
Up there with the best films I watched last year (along with There Will Be Blood).
I loved blood diamond. Fantasic piture and great emotional acting it is up their with my fav films. I also got round to watching 'no country for old men' and it was good, refreshing storytelling and of course the ending which is very different to most films out there but this makes it stay in you mind. I liked blood diamond more but then they are totally different films so no comparision.
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