Blood, tears and diamonds
Five minutes into the movie, a couple walked out of the room. Now, I ask of you: what do you expect when you walk into a movie called "The Blood Diamond"? Do you want it to be sweet and pure?As expected, the movie is a punch in the stomach. Children brainwashed into being assassins, people fighting for their lives, people just waiting for the problem to get to them, people that only see their side of the issue and just choose to take advantage of it - why even bother to help? the problem is just too big, too many people... so what do you do?
Leonardo DiCaprio gives an excellent, fantastic, oh-my-god performance, followed by Djimon Houston, who is always perfect in his parts, no exceptions. It's sad, long, violent - but worth it. even if just to see the actors and how does it work when all you do is use each other. Can you build something of it, learn? Or can you just hope to survive? Can a system so corrupt work any other way? Can hope and life survive all the blood, war and greediness? Can a movie about Africa surpass the cliches and the numbness we all have when going to the movies and actually mean something to a cause? I have no idea, but I have never felt guilty about a diamond before.
posted by Julia Moreira Leite @ 7:10 PM
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I still havent seen the movie... But the other day I was getting out of another session and I just heard this woman yelling that she would put a sign at the movie theatre saying that the movie was awful, and nobody should watch it. Ok... crazy people all around. Anyway, again, that's about the side of the truth, isn't it? Can corruption be a view of the truth? Some sytems just work by their "own truths", as the lives of some people. Dunno what I'm talking about... I'll stop, sorry...
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