Woman's Best Friend

Just like any other woman in this planet, diamond is considered as something very precious as diamond is in the category of a precious stone. The shine that it reflects from every side seems to blinded everyone to race to get them. Perhaps because I live in a country without a huge diamond mines I don’t have to experience such brutality like the children in Africa who are taught of violence since they were at young age. The movie “Blood Diamond” shows the brutality happens in African diamond mine; the view of violence is everywhere. Ed Zwick’s movies always been a blast, and this time, he did it again. The set in Sierra Leone during the 1990’s civil war was made perfectly and which made this movie very captivating and it feels like I am involved in the real scene. My favorite character was actually Jennifer Connelly, because she was so eager to write and report about what is going on in the real world whereas people in the other side of the country might not really know what is going on behind their diamond jewelries. In terms of movie criteria, “Blood Diamond” is a movie that is packed with drama, action and adventure, thus, for the audience this is a very entertaining and educative movie. From this movie I learn of how people in Africa really suffers a lot from poverty until they are willing to risk anything to race for the price, just like how Vandy just want to live a simple life with his family. Again and again, I would say that this movie is a must see movie because of the actors, cinematography, the story itself and most of all is the main theme of the movie. Thus, as a woman who takes diamond as my best friend, perhaps now I would think twice and think that my diamond is more than just a precious stone.