I watched Blood Diamond with some friends1 on Friday night.
Wow.
If you haven't seen it, you should. You may find the first thirty minutes a bit disturbing2, but that's probably not a bad thing.
If you've seen it, please, share your thoughts.
- ↩Jonathan, Patrick, Traci, and other people without blogs, namely, Kim, Mandy, Daniel, Meredith, and Matt.
- ↩...or, you may find the entire thing disturbing.
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posted by Shannon Smith @ 5/13/2007
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Saw it when it was in theaters, and it was my favorite film from 2006. Really.
There's a lot of good themes in that movie; I particularly like the redemption story with DiCaprio's character Danny Archer.
Watch Children of Men if you haven't yet.
Actually, I guess there's several stories of redemption in the film. Definitely one of the main themes....
Do you know if any of the movie was based loosely on facts? Was it supposed to be historical fiction?
Well the Sierra Leone Civil War serves as the backdrop for the film. Specifically, the chapter in the film where the RUF invades Freetown is referenced in the Wikipedia article:
On 6 January 1999, the RUF launched another attempt to overthrow the government. Fighting reached parts of Freetown, leaving thousands dead and wounded. ECOMOG forces drove back the RUF attack several weeks later.
I don't know how true the story about the pink diamond is, but of course conflict diamonds are real things as well as the Kimberly Process which is mentioned at the end of the film.
Word. Thanks for the info.
I missed the first 30 minutes of the film, but still left feeling disturbed and feeling a bit frustrated that we quickly started talking about trapping mice after the movie was over.
I think its hard to cope with hard things in the world sometimes, and so we talk about what we can control.
I know that our friends do care and one of the reasons this movie disturbed me so much is because I have begun to open my eyes to problems like this as reality.
What do we do now ?
What do we do now?
With William Cary, we attempt great things for God, and expect great things from God :0)
I saw Catch a Fire the other night which is based on this man's life. The film could have been executed better, but I still recommend it.
Hey neighbor
We watched the movie recently, I was struck by how interconnected the world is-- and that the decisions we make that are normal such as buying a ring can be connected to a whole string of aweful events we don't even know about--- i think we have to ask questions about the values we accept as status quo-- where did we get the tradition of buying a diamond ring? why do we do that? how does my decision effect others around the world?
second thing-- how does the church respond to the hell we saw in the movie? some of those scenes were just disturbing--- as I've researched Africa over the last year, it seems just overwhelming at times-----one thing we can do is pray, and then one thing we can do is to establish trusting relationships based on partnership rather than just money-----we have got to help heaven overtake hell there in some way
third- i met God in that movie. the scene when the father is pushed away from His son, and yet continues to passionately pursue Him, call out the deepest longings of His soul, and evoke a connection at the deepest level through His hardened heart...wow
peace bro
look forward to living down the street from you
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