Blood Diamond

I recently watched Blood Diamond, the highly acclaimed film that won a few Academy Awards in 2006. It starred Leonardo DiCaprio, and that other guy. After watching it, I can honestly say it is one of the few movies that has actually changed the way I perceive the world around me. There were moments in the film where I couldn't possibly believe what I was seeing and yet it was presented in such a way that was gritty and realistic, yet also strangely poetic and heartwarming at the end. All in all, its enlightened me in so far as how I think people value the world around them. So many characters in this movie seem to have no qualms in putting the value of a rock above the value of a human life. This desensitization is one of the most chilling aspects of our modern world, in my opinion.