Blood Diamond (2006)

A visually sumptuous, bullet-train-paced thriller with a really provocative theme.

As strong as Blood Diamond is in its best moments, I wish it had been even harder-edged. DiCaprio is remarkable - his work is almost on par with his performance this year in "The Departed."

There are times when his message threatens to overwhelm his story line, and the last 15 minutes or so of Blood Diamond demonstrate what happens when sentimentality wins out over style and grit.

For its flaws, Blood Diamond is a gem, if only for being an unusually smart, engaged popcorn flick.

Essentially a romantic adventure story with politics in the background--an old-fashioned movie, I suppose, but exciting and stunningly well made.

Not that Diamond skimps on the social commentary; far from it. But it makes its points without too much breast-beating, caching its polemic within a tough-minded entertainment.

Blood Diamond is a gem in a season with lots of worthy movies.

Zwick's narrative skills keep us hooked on the story, and the first-rate production values and imaginative use of locations (it was shot in Mozambique) give the film an enthralling scope and epic sweep.

Given that the movie doesn't have a single narrative surprise--you always know where it's going and why, commercially speaking, it's going there--it's amazing how good Blood Diamond is. I guess that's the surprise.

The production design is superb, and the actors deliver their dialogue in subtitled Yucatecan Maya, but despite all the anthropological drag, this is really just a crackerjack Saturday-afternoon serial.

影片并非毫无瑕疵，也确实不够深刻，但在同类题材中已是翘楚。非洲的种种深重苦难、内战和血钻的残酷来历都令人震撼，片中还借女记者之口自讽我们都在消费别人的痛苦，一语中的。剪辑和摄影都可圈可点，小李子演技好到让我第一次真正喜欢上他了。故事本身十分沉重悲怆，詹妮弗康纳利太养眼。（8.8/10）

对于这样的现实题材电影，真的是不好评价。明明是略显文艺的剧情片，却拍的和爆米花电影一样，就像机器加工出来的，煽情部分和动作场面被安排得严丝合缝，刚煽完情就打架，打架打累了再煽情。但是电影想要表达的东西是值得关注的，钻石行业的内幕以及非洲社会的军事安全，让人触目惊心。

在去南非的飞机上看的。本来觉得就不买钻石了，最后居然还是忍不住买了一颗。

钻石，是史上最成功的营销，也是最残酷的东西。

没有买卖就没有杀戮，这样的非洲是我不曾了解的！

小李一直在努力，非常非常努力，虽然冲奥之路很坎坷，但是这些历练一定不会白费。期待你的《胡佛》《了不起的盖茨比》

如果早拍10年并换个更有质感的女主，比如年轻时的梅里尔斯特里普，这部片应该能成为另一个走出非洲。除了探讨血钻主题，事实上影片也探讨了很多其他的宏大命题如战争、儿童兵、不绝对的正义与邪恶、生命的意义等。且并不显得突兀，很好的融合在剧情里。剧本有张力，Leo表演很赞。后半程配乐不错。

“几内亚，100万人的非洲第二大难民营，但在电视上，最多只能播1分钟新闻，在体育和气象之间。”

电影里有一句貌似“一个年轻人花三个月的薪水为爱人买钻戒，可谁知道背后间接的为苦难带来更多利益”其实钻石常常都不代表幸福。

很有力的人性片

但愿看过这片子的人以后都不再向往钻石

这部片子让我记住了leo的演技。

钻石，华丽的毒品。 迪卡普里奥，自从无间行者开始已让越来越多的人重新认识他，并知道泰坦尼克之后他一直在努力。 ★★★★

又是一个Leonardo适合的角色，彪悍的小混混。“几内亚，100万人的非洲第二大难民营，但在电视上，最多只能播1分钟新闻，在体育和气象之间。”

每个国家都曾经是非洲

基于背景值得一看；丹尼最后的选择有点突兀

抵制血钻~~~BS为了小破石头的虚荣而不惜以采钻者血的代价来实现的女人们~~~要是我吗，冰糖也能当钻戒

来昂非凡的演技，非洲大陆的美丽风景和血腥现实。

好题材，好风景，好音乐，好演员，普通片……

套着uncle sam一贯的假惺惺救世主外衣，其实就是纯popcorn片，看着挺娱乐的。