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We’re back on track and I hope, we’re weren’t gone too long ;)
While surfing around, I found this nice review of Blood Diamond. Sadly, as usual, not that much on Jen, but interesting, anyway:
Despite What The Critics Said, Leonardo Dicaprio Is In Great Form As A Diamond Smuggler In This Tale About Civil War In Africa.
There can be few more miserable creatures in the whole world than film critics.
They may get it right once in a while but essentially they exist to tell filmmakers where they went wrong and to instruct viewers what to think about what they’ve just seen.
So it’s a good thing that anybody who knows film knows better than to listen to them.
This epic polarised opinion when it opened in 2006, with reviewers whining about cliched sequences, one-dimensional characters and an over-simplified view of Africa.
They were clearly so busy sucking the arm of their glasses and trying to think of something pithy, they rather forgot to enjoy what is one of the most impressive films of the 21st century so far – and which represents Leonard DiCaprio’s finest hour.
Set amid the explosive civil war in Sierra Leone in 1999, it follows two very different men as they join together for two risky missions. Read more… »
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