Blood Diamond:gun stuff

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I was pretty impressed w/ the gun stuff in Blood Diamond.....DeCaprio's chamber check,instead of racking the slide everytime he drew...and in the beginning,when he hands his gun over,he unloads it and actually takes the round out of the pipe after dropping the mag!And he reloads too.....someone was a pretty good advisor....anyone know if Leo is gunny?He finally doesn't seem like 15 year old.....
 
I have serious doubts that anyone who stands up with Algore at the Academy Awards is a gun owner or enthuiast, but I could be wrong.
 
al says he grew up in the country and had a rifle and shot it. I could nt help, regardless of the movie itself, identifying with his story of priming tobacco and raising stuff on the farm, like me a nd my family, and same lung cancer deaths too. hard to grow up shooting and become rabid anti, although the quest for power can corrupt anything and anyone.

As for the movie, I JUST saw it last night. It was good stuff. Good gosh parts of africa are hellholes, I wonder if gangts rap artists feel proud when they watch that and look at the ULTIMATE outcome of their proposed lifestyles, the violence, anarchy, killing, money, drugs, absolute evil in power. The coolest part of the movie was when they ran into the militia patrol in the jungle, regular people protecting their families, heavy armament, ready to fight, invisible in the deep bush. Also some decent tactics employed throughout movie, I liked the doctrine of no hesitation when committed. Good stuff, sad story, I pray to God that USA will always have enough good people when we are no longer accountable to immediate policing, to keep our country out of that state. Keep arms in the hands of the good guys, and take care of your neck of the woods!

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Actors FREQUENTLY recieved professional training for 'parts' they play.
Firearms instruction among them.

The 2 guys who stared in 'Way of the Gun' trained at Gunsite.

Tom Cruse has also recieved equal training (Where and for what I forget)

This is fairly standard amoung hollyweard actors. After all, they are not against guns... just against you and me having them.
 
Tom Cruse has also recieved equal training (Where and for what I forget)

IIRC it was the same guy who did Dawn of the Dead. He was the gray haired
gentalman that shot the zombi on their TV news as a "how to" demonstration.
It might have been an extra on the DVD.
 
I think a fellow named Mick Gould with British SAS has worked with Mike Mann's movies as technical adviser for fight sequences and shooting tactics.

I wish I had the good life. being an actor, learning great cool skills for the movie on the movie budget's dime, traveling all over the country, meeting all kinds of people, and getting some screen presence and making rgreat royalties off movie ticket and DVD sales.

Here I am, laboring each day, as a regular guy. Makes me want ot make w huge lifestyle change tomorrw.
 
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