mike36799 Wrote:Critics are giving this movie a B-. Screw the critics! This movie is real, moving, and in your face. I was touched by this movie, and it may open up a few eyes. All I will say is I loved it, I will let you all digest it accordingly.
I agree, Mike, "Blood Diamond" is very moving. This is a movie with characters about whom I cared, deeply. A friend of mine criticized Leonardo DiCaprio as being just too young, cute and not rugged enough to be a soldier of fortune with a history of violence and murder behind him. I disagree. Leonardo has grown up.
The movie covers a subject about which I knew nothing. It took me to a part of the world that I've never seen up close like that. "TIA" was a repeating theme - "this is Africa" meaning anything goes in terms of men killing men, women and children; outsiders profiting obscenely from the riches of the land; Africans being turned against one another by outsiders and native warlords; in short, neverending hellish violence. Yet respites of quiet and calm do exist and perhaps, when the violence ends, as so many characters said, their world could be paradise. Africa has the potential to be just that. But how do we stop the violence, against man and against the land? How can the child armies be disarmed and demilitarized? How can that captivating continent be returned to paradise?
The action is non-stop and well done. There is a lot of violence, some against children. I had to look away a few times, though I don't think anything graphic was shown on screen, but the thought of what they were doing was enough.
I liked this movie a lot. Djimon Hounsou was wonderful, as was DiCaprio. It's a movie you should see, to learn from and to enjoy. It's a provocative film, one that will make you think, at least I hope it will.