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Blood Diamond

Producer review

Blood Diamond The Rewatchables

Producer Craig praises lab-grown diamonds, the movie’s educational action form, and DiCaprio’s issue-driven stardom, while noting that similar stories have moved away from theatrical stars.

In the discussion (8)
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  • Lab-grown diamonds are added as the clearest thing that aged well.
  • The producer had not seen the film and responds positively to its mix of action and difficult subject matter.
  • Modern difficult-topic awards movies are contrasted as smaller and sadder rather than large star vehicles.
  • Kanye West’s Diamonds from Sierra Leone was the producer’s first exposure to conflict diamonds.
  • A modern Zwick might make a documentary because a hundred-million-dollar studio feature is hard to greenlight.
  • DiCaprio is praised for still using stardom to mount expensive issue-oriented films.
  • The Siege is used to show how quickly current-affairs films can be overtaken by history.
  • Global studios’ need for broadly marketable antagonists is cited as another constraint.
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Dumb and Dumber

Most Rewatchable Scene

Dumb and Dumber The Rewatchables

The airport limo and discovering the suitcase lead a long list

In the discussion (16)
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  • Lloyd’s despair over having no food, jobs, or intact pet is nominated
  • Lloyd selling the headless parakeet to a blind child is nominated
  • The boys-versus-Sea Bass diner sequence is nominated
  • Cam Neely is identified as the Boston Bruins star who played Sea Bass
  • The diner con is identified as a reference to Jeff Daniels in Something Wild
  • Lloyd’s fantasy dinner performance and fight are nominated
  • The hitman road trip and improvised “most annoying sound” are nominated
  • Harry learning Lloyd carried extra gloves throughout the freezing trip is nominated
  • The pair discovering the suitcase money is nominated
  • The Lamborghini, hotel, tuxedo-shopping, and hundred-dollar-bill spree is nominated as a leading stretch
  • The Snow Owl benefit is nominated
  • The snowball fight is nominated
  • The bathroom crisis is nominated as the famous scene
  • The “so you’re telling me there’s a chance” exchange is nominated
  • The airport limo conversation is selected as a favorite scene
  • Discovering the suitcase money and the following hotel-and-benefit run is another favorite stretch
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Dumb and Dumber

What’s Aged the Best?

Dumb and Dumber The Rewatchables

Character styling, visual gags, one-liners, and soundtrack

In the discussion (9)
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  • The two leads’ hair and Lloyd’s chipped tooth are praised as defining visual choices
  • The mut-cuts car is praised
  • Seabass’s hat is praised for its subtle slogan
  • The heart-shaped hot tub is praised as a durable movie-hotel image
  • The phone-booth punch is praised
  • The failed 10-to-1 gambling wager is praised
  • Rapid mistaken-word jokes about Aspen, the Monkees, soup du jour, John Deere, Samson, and “rapist wit” are praised
  • The fake nostril mucus is praised
  • The 1994-era soundtrack is praised for holding up
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Dumb and Dumber

The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Dumb and Dumber The Rewatchables

The confusing kidnapping plot

In the discussion (5)
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  • Mary dating Harry while her kidnapped husband is missing is questioned
  • The kidnapping plot is criticized for leaving unclear why the FBI was not called
  • Buying a ticket to Aspen after dropping the cash at the airport is questioned
  • Leaving cash unattended in a heavily surveilled airport is criticized as an implausible ransom plan
  • A suitcase swap is proposed as a more plausible exchange method
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Dumb and Dumber

What’s Aged the Worst?

Dumb and Dumber The Rewatchables

A Current Affair, Karen Duffy context, and Beck declining the theme song

In the discussion (4)
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  • The A Current Affair reference is judged obscure to younger viewers
  • Karen Duffy’s contemporary MTV fame no longer registers for many viewers
  • Beck reportedly declined use of Loser because the title felt insulting, missing association with a later classic
  • A counterpoint says staying out of Dumb and Dumber may still have been a sensible choice for Beck
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Dumb and Dumber

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

Dumb and Dumber The Rewatchables

Three enduring lines about a chance, redemption, and pets

In the discussion (3)
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  • The line about being told there is a chance is identified as culturally durable
  • The total-redemption line is identified as culturally durable
  • The pets’ heads line is added as a third widely recognized quote
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