Forest Whitetaker deserved the oscar that year. His performance was by far superior. Decaprio was nominated for the best actor and it's a big achievement.
That was a crazy year though going against Whitaker, Smith in Pursuit and Gosling was so fucking good in Half Nelson. Leo was amazing no doubt but Whitaker was epic.
@@KonradvonHotzendorf Probably because Rhodesia collapsed under pressure from the USA, USSR, Britain, China, Cuba, half of the continent and Israel. After that is was no place to live, and the SADF wanted professional infantrymen
@@KonradvonHotzendorf I haven't heard it went 'good' at all, and besides it was bound to collapse for the same reasons RSA is now. The people who inherited power are more suited to running a tribe than a modern advanced nation
@@pevebe Then educate them. The Rhodesian did, we taught them enough to not get run over in traffic Zimbabwean used to be well educated But 1980 to 1990 it seem Zimbabwe was going to be a success In 2000 we had bins at every Pharmacy to donate period pads as Zim girls where using tree bark and animal fur I got a trillion dollar note from my Rhodesian friend But the first 10 years it looked positive
Not the bit about Liberia not having any diamonds. Liberia does have diamond deposits, so much so that one of the county flags of the country has a giant diamond on it.
No. Muck like JFK was produced to throw people of the real scent. How many people figured out that the Kimberley Process was actually to cement the existing monopoly. ---s you lose.
@@desperateneedofscotch Yes, we do. Rhodesia exists only in the deluded minds of old, demented fusty white supremacists who can only circlejerk to something that will never exist again.
In this day and age, I feel like the diamond industry is no longer receiving clients thanks to Millenials, and as one, I support this. Were I to ever buy one, which is highly unlikely, I'd make sure it is not exported from Europe or Africa.
They cut it off before the best part of the scene. Right after this, Danny hops on the bar and yells "I'm the king of the world" and Maddy gets so upset she starts doing heroin.
for me dialogues is very important for movies and series because they add depth to characters thats why danny archer is one of my favorite characters and thats 1 of the reasons why i love blood diamond a lot
People hate wokeness and political correctness for a reason. They claim they know what is "right" and yet those same people do the complete opposite themselves.
@@Apelles42069absolutely he does. It’s like how Americans get addicted complaining about slavery and worker abuse yet they still buy the same piece of metal (phones) and cars every damn year.
I remember when this movie came out time magazine said we'll know if this movie had an impact based on how many diamonds celebrities would be wearing at the next Oscars. At the next oscars an actress was wearing a dress made entirely out of diamonds.
Mr. Archas protective instincts "You know in America it's Bling Bling but out here it's Bling Bang hah! I wouldn't want you getting in any trouble hah." Once he finds out she's a journalist. "Piss Off Hah!"
His acting is on par with Phillip Seymour, Cumberbatch, and Chimetel. Amazing performing. Amazing. And he mastered that accent especially at the end when firing at rebels from atop the mountain and he said “yah, yah”. That was so South African per my SA friend
It's South Africans like Trevor Noah that don't pay attention and think he's portraying a South African. He is Rhodesian and thays a brilliant Rhodesian accent. Terrible South African accent.
Then make yourself interesting and stop waiting for one to think being a “nice guy” is a turn on. Do something interesting with your life. Get in great shape. Fuck start a business. Women want the wallet my dude. Unless you’re dating women from the east, it’s all about the wallet so get crackin.
@@lightmeupacigarette She'd have been 34 here which means she was already 9 years over his dating limit, lmao. Recently watched her in Snowpiercer and god she's still so incredibly stunning.
I was on a cruise and i love accents. This guy i heard his accent from a ways away and i walk over and say "you are Rhodesian" he took mild offense and i corrected and said Zimbabwe. We chatted for half an hour. He hated mugabe but loved his country
I met a Rhodesian in a pub in Scotland. Had a nice chat about the Bush war and his role as a pharmacist meaning he was not conscripted. Happy to have met a Rhodie
A rare scene of political discussion in this particularly violent movie. But this scene does have good meaningful dialogue. Archer: "American?" Maddy: "Guilty" Archer: "Americans usually are." Archer: "You've come here to make a difference?" Maddy: "And you're here to make a buck?" Archer: "I'm here for lack of as better idea." Archer: "You come here with lap top computer, malaria medicine and little bottles of hand sanitizer and think you're going to change the outcome." "Were in business together; get over yourself darling." Maddy: "Yeah, it's a shit-shit world, but you know what? Good things are done everyday, just apparently, not by you."
Soon as he drops on her the truth bomb, she begins attacking him. Truth is Maddy would be wearing a blood diamond on her wedding day, or attending someone's wedding with people wearing blood diamonds. Archer is a businessman, Maddy is a hypocrite and a desperate careerist.
Until i watched this film, didn't know that Zimbabwe was formerly Rhodesia. Went to show me how much i needed to learn, & how much news was centred on Europe, America, & OPEC
@@wecandoit9370 It means that she might get killed if she's careless and asks too many questions. Also a larger reference to how American corporate interest and greed is deadly to people who are not as lucky and they're willing to kill their own brethren for mere crumbs of the pie which is showcased by the rebels treatment of the civilians and the human cost of civil war.
Right lol, her character is literally just being a stubborn white woman that works for a socialist publisher owned by people that went to capitalist universities and country clubs to give people non-nuanced information about what’s happening in a third world country that no one cares about. The peak representation of western journalism
What a bad take. She's a journalist trying to expose a multinational corporation for profiting from the suffering and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Africa, how is she the antagonist in your opinion?
@Funnymanphilly probably because she thinks it'll win her a Pulitzer or something, then she's off to her first world country to find another self aggrandising cause to champion.
This is the first movie where l felt that Leo played a MAN. Before this, his roles were more of the thin, young, pretty boy type of characters. Great film & story with some great acting - across the board!
Every time I think of Maddy played by Jennifer Connelly I always think my photojournalist professor Dr B. My professor is a photojournalist who have spent extensive time covering Mexico and Guatemala.
If only dialogue was this smooth and perfect in real life.
It can be if two intelligent smart savy adults meet
@@jarkachalmovianska7812 yea but how often does that happen
In your case? Never. Since you need at least 2.😂
@@obiwankenobi9439 Projecting much ? What an a-hole.
Duh wimminz always mess it up by showing 8 inches of cleavage in lieu of witty repartee! 😉
“Well off the record I like to get kissed before I get fucked huh” BEST line from Leo so far what the hell have I been doing all this time 😂🍻🙌
A line stolen from "Black Rain" a Michael Douglas classic.
And before that "A Dog day's afternoon" Al Pacino.
@@amafirenze-vi1uh O thank you, I was damn sure I heard this line somewhere else and I was just about to google it yk. 🤣
Don't know, tell us. Got fucked before you got kissed?
I used it a lot while doing business!
2:10 Leo When His Girlfriend is one nanosecond older than 25 years
Bro💀
You're 25??? Pi$$ off, huh!
ROTFL😂
Jealousy detected
Morning After her bday.
How Mr. DiCaprio did not win the Oscar for this is criminal. He really did his homework with the history for culture and heritage the accent etc.
Several South Africans commented on videos of this movie and said his accent was very convincing.
Forest Whitetaker deserved the oscar that year. His performance was by far superior. Decaprio was nominated for the best actor and it's a big achievement.
@@largol33t1 absolutely, my wife is Rhodesian and I a saffer.
That was a crazy year though going against Whitaker, Smith in Pursuit and Gosling was so fucking good in Half Nelson. Leo was amazing no doubt but Whitaker was epic.
yeah its perfect its like a australian and a dutchman fucked. and thats exactly how afrikaans sounds to me
Incredible chemistry between DiCaprio and Connelly.
He has an incredible chemistry with most of the actors/actresses he works with.
@@MoAlfaraj No, actually he doesn't. This is a unique case.
@@Ivy285
He had great chemistry with Robbie and winslet
I HATE love stories in action movies, but their story actually made me tear up.
@@Ivy285 nope he always has great chemistry with his leading ladies.
My father, Rhodesian born and served in the South African military said the accent and mannerisms were on point
Why would your Rhodians father serve in SADF 🤔
@@KonradvonHotzendorf Probably because Rhodesia collapsed under pressure from the USA, USSR, Britain, China, Cuba, half of the continent and Israel. After that is was no place to live, and the SADF wanted professional infantrymen
@@pevebe Actually the first 10 years went good. Then when Mugabe started loosing power he went lets 🔥 the place
The ones left didn't leave
@@KonradvonHotzendorf I haven't heard it went 'good' at all, and besides it was bound to collapse for the same reasons RSA is now. The people who inherited power are more suited to running a tribe than a modern advanced nation
@@pevebe Then educate them. The Rhodesian did, we taught them enough to not get run over in traffic
Zimbabwean used to be well educated
But 1980 to 1990 it seem Zimbabwe was going to be a success
In 2000 we had bins at every Pharmacy to donate period pads as Zim girls where using tree bark and animal fur
I got a trillion dollar note from my Rhodesian friend
But the first 10 years it looked positive
This is literally the most politically accurate conversation in all of cinema, everyone is guilty of everything lmao
Sadly true
Not the bit about Liberia not having any diamonds. Liberia does have diamond deposits, so much so that one of the county flags of the country has a giant diamond on it.
If I could *understand it, through Leo's *terrible accent..
Lol
No. Muck like JFK was produced to throw people of the real scent. How many people figured out that the Kimberley Process was actually to cement the existing monopoly.
---s you lose.
“We say Zimbabwe now, don’t we?” “ Do we?”
@@desperateneedofscotch Yes, we do. Rhodesia exists only in the deluded minds of old, demented fusty white supremacists who can only circlejerk to something that will never exist again.
@desperateneedofscotchRhodesia never dies
.. That dreamy girl wedding comment was spot on 😂😂😂
I forgot how much i loved this movie.
Materialistic shit show.
This is why I am careful what I do and what I consume.
In this day and age, I feel like the diamond industry is no longer receiving clients thanks to Millenials, and as one, I support this.
Were I to ever buy one, which is highly unlikely, I'd make sure it is not exported from Europe or Africa.
He gets a lot of hate for this based on his accent; but his accent is actually spot on! He was excellent in this!
His accent sounds like that of Trevor Noah so I think it's right
@@caniblmolstr452 Trevor Noah is about as South African as the Rock mate
@@ovs4744he's not playing a south African he's playing a Rhodesian
@@padraig6200 that’s a joke lol
@@ovs4744he was literally born and raised as a child in South Africa
Leo should have won the Oscar for this film, easily his finest performance.
😂😂😂
Aviator in my opinion was his best performance. But still, this is top 3 of his all time performances.
@@ghazyzafar307 That is another good one!
Yea if you exclude everything he did 15 years before this
nah he absolutely killed it back in man with the iron mask where he played TWO completely different characters
The mention of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe reminds of the conversion of Snake and Naomi from MGS1.
Zanzibar!!
I could not stop watching this movie when it first came out.
Why stop? Just finish watching and then you can have your ships and food.
Insanely accurate movie. And Jennifer Connolly... oof...my favorite performance for Leo.
PS: Clinton's could not be more guilty over African policy and genocide if they tried.
Yes, I have been to Africa, and not on Vacation either.
She's way too old for him. That's why it's great acting.
@nickwells1588 actually Leonardo looks old than his age😂😂😂
The little bottles of hand sanitizer shows an impressive amount of foresight
It should be illegal for any woman to look as ungodly beautiful as Jennifer Connelly 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
If thats the case. Throw me in prison right now
Right? Holy crap!
She hasn't changed much when I saw top gun 2.
@@vlun1215 But she looks so different back when she was in Career Opportunities
Serious? She was great when you but looks very average now. Wouldn't call her beautiful anymore at all. Age unfortunately...what can you do?
Maybe I should get over this movie but I don't want to. Well scripted, well acted, well edited, and an interesting story.
The dialog is ABSOLUTLY PERFECT :
- American ?
- Guilty
- American usually are.
- Says the white south african ?
“I’m from Rhodesia” further showing the American ignorance
@@LordWellington15 your are a Zimbabwean you damn ignorant f**k
P
@@LordWellington15 what? She corrects him-which shows she is NOT ignorant lol
@@vrcmf3172 he corrects her lol Rhodesians arent south Africans
"I from Rhodesia" RESPECT
Based!
"Rhodesians never die"
Why?
Because the white still can't accept they're losing grasp over the africans
@@aquibaquil2476 It's a song
Leo loves to say "huh" in a very rhetorical manner. It's in his character.
They cut it off before the best part of the scene. Right after this, Danny hops on the bar and yells "I'm the king of the world" and Maddy gets so upset she starts doing heroin.
This movie is truly a diamond in the rough
for me dialogues is very important for movies and series because they add depth to characters thats why danny archer is one of my favorite characters and thats 1 of the reasons why i love blood diamond a lot
2:44 that line cracked me up 😂
"Not all American girls want a storybook wedding."
LMFAO
I know what ALL American women want, women are after all a monolith - Polish incel 2023
🤡🤡🤡🤡😂
The ones who say they don't want it, want it the most.
Yeah, not all.
Only like 99% of them😂😂😂
@secretsix43 most likely
LOL. That's when we knew this was pure fiction
Excellent acting, a really great film and so accurate about Africa for anyone who has really been there as more than a tourist.
3:46 He got a really good point there
You done well there my friend ;-)
People hate wokeness and political correctness for a reason. They claim they know what is "right" and yet those same people do the complete opposite themselves.
O
No he doesn't.
@@Apelles42069absolutely he does. It’s like how Americans get addicted complaining about slavery and worker abuse yet they still buy the same piece of metal (phones) and cars every damn year.
I remember when this movie came out time magazine said we'll know if this movie had an impact based on how many diamonds celebrities would be wearing at the next Oscars. At the next oscars an actress was wearing a dress made entirely out of diamonds.
Mr. Archas protective instincts
"You know in America it's Bling Bling but out here it's Bling Bang hah!
I wouldn't want you getting in any trouble hah."
Once he finds out she's a journalist.
"Piss Off Hah!"
I always loved how DiCaprio says "Hahh" after some of his sentences
That’s unique South African
This is a good movie! :)
Rhodesia what a country.
Rwanda is quite a country too.
Karl Smith angola is where it is at
Namibia
Wakanda, what a country.
Can't believe that chick was still hot in that movie. She was hot in the 1990's ffs..
Shit, she was young but already hot back in the 80s. She was pretty much one of my first crushes back in Labyrinth.
Insane sex appeal
one of the most beautiful women
was still hot? boy she's still hot today, 51 and still got me feeling all lesbian like lmao.
This came out in 2000 not 90’s haha
His acting is on par with Phillip Seymour, Cumberbatch, and Chimetel. Amazing performing. Amazing. And he mastered that accent especially at the end when firing at rebels from atop the mountain and he said “yah, yah”. That was so South African per my SA friend
Yes Cucumberbutt is really a great actor
Rhodesian
Cumberbatch slave owner
@@davidzof Where did the Rhodesians come from, smartie-pants?
@@Apelles42069 From their mother's womb, same as everyone else.
This was an amazing conversation
Jennifer SO HOT! in this film..
Aryan Ranger you're stupid
acardosor looked better at 20
You need to get out more son. Not trying to put you down. Lots of girls that look better. Just leave the house.
Would you hit that ass?
@@jamesgarfoyle3188 He said she was hot not the hottest women in the world you gotta be gay or have weird taste if you don’t think so...
1:47 her eyebrows thing
Damn, I've seen this movie twice but I never noticed that!
The people who claim Leo did a bad job at the accent are idiots. He fucking killed it.
It's South Africans like Trevor Noah that don't pay attention and think he's portraying a South African. He is Rhodesian and thays a brilliant Rhodesian accent. Terrible South African accent.
@@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298 That’s why I didn’t say “South African accent”.
@@thomaskilroy4573 I agree with you. It's a brilliant accent. People don't bother to learn about the character first and just jump to conclusions.
"Im here for the lack of a better idea" 🤣
Brilliant acting!!!
I love his south african accent ❤❤❤
Such a great movie
Brilliant! This is art 😊
I really loved this movie.
Favourite movie of alllllllllllllll time 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Don’t know why, but this film is one of my favorite ones
"Get over yourself darling."...the way he says that. Gets me every time. Hot!
Wasn't my proudest fap 😢
I've seen this movie twice. There dialogue is so interesting to watch
They're both very good actors in this film
hmm might have to rewatch this movie eh
His best part. His performance here is amazing. Hugely talented man.
Just like the Ending of Titanic, Jack Dowson aka Leonardo DiCaprio broke our Heart 💔 And this thing Proves that he is the God of Acting ❤️
his one. of the best performances not much talked bout
I wish a woman could be this interested in me
Become a millionaire..... The gold-diggers will be clawing thru your walls.
@@DustinBarlow8P No need. I got a girlfriend now
@@joewhitehead3 You must have become a diamond smuggler in the meantime eh
Lmfao
Then make yourself interesting and stop waiting for one to think being a “nice guy” is a turn on. Do something interesting with your life. Get in great shape. Fuck start a business. Women want the wallet my dude. Unless you’re dating women from the east, it’s all about the wallet so get crackin.
He should've won an Oscar for this role.
I like the good approach
4:27 i didn't knew we could end a conversation by saying "Almost there my toenails"💀
Leo's acting was great in this movie, to think Russell Crowe was almost casted as Danny Archer.
This is my favourite scene. Love putting idealistic first worlders in their place. Especially Yanks.
Conelley is at her absolute peak here! Wow
Out here is bling bang .. loved that line
Connelly is so gorgeous in this scene I can’t even hear her lines. My eyes are so mesmerized.
She successfully worked the thicker eyebrows
2:10 the only acceptable way to speak to journalists
Straight outta Salisbury
Grygy COZ WEER OLL RHODEZIENS AND WE FITE THRU THECK AND THUN
Coco Kane WEAL KEP ARE LAND A FRE LAND STOP TE ENEMI COMEN IN
Most deserved Oscar movie for Leo
Greatest ever made
Those two would make the most perfect baby!!!!
Too bad she’s way too old for him
@@luisgonzalez1637 only 4 years older but yeah he likes them young doesn't he
@@lightmeupacigarette good for him :)
@@lightmeupacigarette She'd have been 34 here which means she was already 9 years over his dating limit, lmao.
Recently watched her in Snowpiercer and god she's still so incredibly stunning.
Thanks for mu civics teacher i know this movie
'Next effort' (lol) like man'll fall for 'that' (haha!)!
Good movie. Leo was great in this one.
I was on a cruise and i love accents. This guy i heard his accent from a ways away and i walk over and say "you are Rhodesian" he took mild offense and i corrected and said Zimbabwe. We chatted for half an hour. He hated mugabe but loved his country
So you met a cuck ashamed of his country, shame to hear it.
if he was white and over 40 then you were right, if he was any younger then zimbo is technically correct
I met a Rhodesian in a pub in Scotland. Had a nice chat about the Bush war and his role as a pharmacist meaning he was not conscripted. Happy to have met a Rhodie
“Im here for lack of a better idea” sounds oh too familiar!
'Hint hint'!
“Ah you twinty four or younga?”
A rare scene of political discussion in this particularly violent movie. But this scene does have good meaningful dialogue.
Archer: "American?"
Maddy: "Guilty"
Archer: "Americans usually are."
Archer: "You've come here to make a difference?"
Maddy: "And you're here to make a buck?"
Archer: "I'm here for lack of as better idea."
Archer: "You come here with lap top computer, malaria medicine and little bottles of hand sanitizer and think you're going to change the outcome."
"Were in business together; get over yourself darling."
Maddy: "Yeah, it's a shit-shit world, but you know what? Good things are done everyday, just apparently, not by you."
it's so typical yet so meaningful
If I had to write dialogue by the numbers, this is how I would write it.
You forgot every "huh" at the end of most of Archer's lines...lol....but I agree, very good dialogue!!
Ironically he's end up helping her and the fishermen.
Soon as he drops on her the truth bomb, she begins attacking him. Truth is Maddy would be wearing a blood diamond on her wedding day, or attending someone's wedding with people wearing blood diamonds. Archer is a businessman, Maddy is a hypocrite and a desperate careerist.
Until i watched this film, didn't know that Zimbabwe was formerly Rhodesia. Went to show me how much i needed to learn, & how much news was centred on Europe, America, & OPEC
South Rhodesia to be exact.
@@enod9746 Yup got to know belatedly
Research Cecil rhodes
Thats true romance
Underrated movie
Some9ne pls tell me what is the song playing when they're dancing. Been looking for years.
Those eyes!
My birth film
I always loved that out line, "Be careful, in America it is Bling-Bling, out here it is Nling-Bang!"
What does it mean
@@wecandoit9370 It means that she might get killed if she's careless and asks too many questions. Also a larger reference to how American corporate interest and greed is deadly to people who are not as lucky and they're willing to kill their own brethren for mere crumbs of the pie which is showcased by the rebels treatment of the civilians and the human cost of civil war.
It's a terrible shame what happened to Rhodesia. It could have been so different if it wasn't for greed and corruption
You mean it wasn't due to Marxists?
No not really
Rhodesia was a apartheid state go have it in Europe.
@@WhiteBoyTariq Lol Jamal, we would have known your opinion on it just by seeing your filthy skin
Blood Diamond
Leo lookin good in this movie!
Leonardo di Caprio is such a brilliant actor
Every scene has a dramatic walk away hahahah
The woman's character is absolutely insufferable. Really did a great job capturing the essence of a journalist.
Right lol, her character is literally just being a stubborn white woman that works for a socialist publisher owned by people that went to capitalist universities and country clubs to give people non-nuanced information about what’s happening in a third world country that no one cares about. The peak representation of western journalism
What a bad take. She's a journalist trying to expose a multinational corporation for profiting from the suffering and death of hundreds of thousands of people in Africa, how is she the antagonist in your opinion?
She was being insulting, judgemental and manipulative all the while knowing she was putting Danny Archer in harms way @@Funnymanphilly
@Funnymanphilly probably because she thinks it'll win her a Pulitzer or something, then she's off to her first world country to find another self aggrandising cause to champion.
Too right. Journalists aren't people
It's a little ironic that there was a ad for diamond rings before this edit!
Leonardo is a SICK actor
“We say Zimbabwe now, don’t we?” What an absolut ********.
Ok now I want to see this
Did you?
Yeah I ain’t seen this. Gonna watch it tonight
Should have won an oscar for this
1:53 this acting choice on Leo’s part is insane but oddly hilarious
This is the first movie where l felt that Leo played a MAN. Before this, his roles were more of the thin, young, pretty boy type of characters. Great film & story with some great acting - across the board!
>do we?
I love that line - "Piss off huh"
That's took a lot of balls, telling Jennifer Connelly to piss off. I doubt the average man could pull the off.
Coming from a white South African his accent is good.
Every time I think of Maddy played by Jennifer Connelly I always think my photojournalist professor Dr B. My professor is a photojournalist who have spent extensive time covering Mexico and Guatemala.