"Blood Diamond": Who is selling Africa

To shoot a Hollywood movie that is good at the box office and reputation, preferably with some Oscars, the topic selection is very important, and in the past two years, Hollywood has no lack of such critical business giants that have endangered poor countries driven by profits. Popular movies, such as last year's "The Immortal Gardener" and this year's "Blood Diamond" also belong to the category of similar movies. With a good proposition, the rest is to tell a good story. The plot design with twists and turns is also very important. Another important point is that you must not forget to explore human nature, compassion and sensation, so this film has everything. NS. I watched a lot of these kinds of movies. Although I would be touched at the time, I would feel like being played together afterwards. After careful consideration, I found that Hollywood is also pretending to be a wolf with a big tail. Using this usual routine to deceive the audience's emotions, it is still just a condescending alms, and there is not much true feeling left in it.



This film is stuffed with many practical problems, the cannibalism of poor Africa, the status quo of boy scouts under warlords, the greed of human nature driven by interests, the exploitation of Africa by the Western world, and the manipulation of the market by those monopolists. There are so many problems that the audience can think about one by one, but at the moment of watching the movie, a problem has not been thoroughly considered, and a new problem has come again. Yes, stop, the so-called "Blood Diamond" actually does not have so much space to explain these practical issues one by one. Moreover, there are a lot of popular scenes in this film. These seem deep and profound. What is worth digging is ultimately only used as an ornament to embellish a commercial film. In fact, all the problems only touch the surface.



This is Africa, where poverty is in extreme poverty, and the African beings that Hollywood looks down on are commonplace. Too many movies are entangled in the pain of Africa, but what exactly do they want to change? What can be changed? The purpose of "Blood Diamond" is to tell the audience that behind every beautiful diamond are the blood and tears of countless Africans, and then hope that they will not buy these small stones for money. The reality is that after the audience sighed and sighed in the movie theater, they turned around and willingly paid a lot of money for the little stone. Such preaching is weak and pale, just like the elders who have lived through hard times told the happy children that they should save. The same is not of practical significance. If the film has more than just this purpose, how much can we see in this film?



The protagonist Archer portrayed by DiCaprio is a white man born in Africa. He has experienced the tragic life of his father being dismembered and his mother raped and killed. He has also been a mercenary and has been engaged in smuggling arms and selling diamonds. Archer, who grew up from suffering, was not forged with great humanity, but was grind to become an egoist who lived only for himself. In fact, this kind of character design is reasonable, when survival is not guaranteed. Any moral preaching is all nonsense. In fact, each character in this film is a relationship of interest. Archer helped Solomon the fisherman in order to obtain the pink diamond from beginning to end, and Solomon also cooperated with Archer in order to save his family. Reporter Mandy initially helped Archer and Solomon to get news insider. All relationships are based on the exchange of interests. Although the subsequent development of the story begins to catalyze some noble sentiments, for example, Archer finally sacrificed himself to allow Solomon and his son to escape the sea of ​​suffering. Similarly, Archer and the female reporter Mandy Love also arises from time to time. But all noble births are also conditional. The reason why Archer finally let Solomon take away the diamonds is because he knew that he was at the end. As the saying goes, people are going to die. I'm afraid that egoism will still dominate him.



The relationship between the female journalist Mandy and Archer is also entirely due to the Hollywood story. Such love facts do not have a reliable foundation. In fact, she and most of the reporters in the same industry are the same. For the refugee group, the media’s sense of justice and sympathy seemed so meager, just as she blurted out: “So many refugees, why do I only help this one?” Perhaps only this sentence really speaks to the numbness of the hearts of the people. You will sympathize with a refugee, you will be surprised and angry when you see a group of refugees, and you can only turn a blind eye when you see countless refugees. Humanitarianism is mostly helpless in a land driven by profit.



"Blood Diamond" is a kind of film that is commercial packaging and sold. From the bottom of it, it is not a humanistic film in the true sense. It is full of a lot of bloody and violent scenes and has interlocking plots. Therefore, it After all, it is just a commercial movie. If the film does reveal certain truths, it also fails to elaborate a more correct point of view around it, let alone give any answers. This film uses only a good story, coupled with timely sentimentality, and this is also the strength of director Edward Zweik.



Text: Eyebrow Ruler

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