Please see this movie, for everyone's sake.

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2006)

I just recently saw this movie, and I must say that, even as a huge movie fan, this is an important film. It was not only grippingly entertaining, but pointed in its attack of the diamond industry's morally repugnant way of doing business. The relentless barrage or images of children soldiers, reckless violence and disturbing nihilism lend this film much credibility in its portrayal of the diamond conflict in Sierra Leone. I hope my future wife will forgive me for not getting her a diamond engagement ring, but i don't see how it will be possible with everything I now know, thanks to Blood Diamond.
(BTW: Leonardo DiCaprio is amazing in this film, this coming from a skeptic of his work. Most amazing of all is the accuracy with which he nailed the South African accent he was forced to adopt, one of the least-distinguishable accents in the world.) I would absolutely encourage everyone to see this movie if at all possible. It is not only entertaining, but informative in a disturbing makes-you-think sort of way. If this many people died for just this one diamond, imagine how many would die for ten diamonds.