Watching the movie "Blood Diamond". Should I finish watching it? Is it worth watching?

Answer 1

Yes, most definitely. Many of my friends could not understand why I refused to buy or wear diamonds (although they all agreed my hubby was very lucky). The ones that watched that movie said they understood now why I don't.
Although most diamonds do not come from such sources, i am not willing to take the chance that I would contribute to such suffering.

EDIT- I can only assume betyanne has not seen the movie and is judging it only on its title and that Learn is unaware that it is still going on.
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Answer 2

I watched it -It's got a wonderful ending, and it left me feeling that- Even though there are many injustices in this region,
(the story deffinently dipicts that!) the justice this man received for himself and his family, and the exposure,of what lengths some diamond company's are willing to go to just to make a buck!
Finish watching it-you won't be sorry, because the uplifting part is the end of the moive, and is the entire POINT of the movie!

Answer 3

It is always worth it to watch Jen Connelly's cleavage whenever the opportunity arises, so finish it.

Answer 4

lifeless Silence is between the superb horror movies interior the final 10 years. purchase that one do not lease it. you are going to adore it. Shutter replaced into only ok. i might look ahead to it to return out on dvd.

Answer 5

I thought it was a good movie....makes me not wanna buy any diamonds, though

Answer 6

I still haven't forgiven Leo for that crap pile called "The Beach"

Answer 7

I thought it was great movie.

Answer 8

No - The movie industry does not seem to be too concerned, however. Variety magazine reports that films featuring graphic violence and sex are on the increase, while wholesome, family films are hardly being made at all. Is it possible, then, that viewing unsavory films might affect you negatively?

The Assault on Your Eyes and Ears

Movies amount to a powerful assault on the senses. Jesus said that “the lamp of the body is the eye.” (Matthew 6:22) And what you see can have a profound effect upon you. As one encyclopedia put it, “the mind follows the eyes.” Normally, your mind controls what your eyes choose to focus on and see. But when you focus on the larger-than-life images that move across the big screen, you can virtually surrender your mind to the will of the moviemaker. Some become so engrossed in a film that they may need a firm nudge in the side to break the spell cast by a movie.

“The hearing ear” also strongly influences your thoughts and deeds. (Proverbs 20:12) The mesmerizing visual images and spoken words are reinforced by music that can stir the emotions, generating fear, excitement, anger, passion. As a result, films can convey such a sense of realism that some viewers have difficulty separating the real from the make-believe.

The Assault on Your Mind and Morals

The perspective or viewpoint of a movie can also greatly influence your reaction to it. Moviemakers thus try to make viewers identify with the characters portrayed—even when the hero is a criminal or a sadistic, power-hungry person. If you are not careful, you may find yourself rooting for a criminal!

Consider how one audience reacted to a recent horror spoof involving a razor-fingered maniac who slashed his way through a series of scenes. They cheered the bloodletting killer on! Led along by the mind-manipulating camera, the audience seemingly lost its sense of values—and all compassion for the victims.

How contrary this is to the Bible’s admonition not to rejoice over another’s disaster! (Proverbs 17:5) It is a direct contradiction of Jesus’ Golden Rule—to ‘do to others as you want them to do to you.’ (Matthew 7:12) Furthermore, can cheering on murder be compatible with the Bible’s urgings to be “tenderly compassionate”? (Ephesians 4:32) Does it not amount to aligning oneself with “the congregation of evildoers”?—Psalm 26:4, 5.

Subtle Effects

You might feel, however, that the effect of a movie is temporary, short-lived. And admittedly, you are not likely to begin slashing everyone in sight because this was portrayed in some movie. However, a New Zealand newspaper reports that there is “growing evidence linking violent films and videos with violent behaviour by some of those who watch them.” The book Adolescence likewise referred to many studies of the relationship between “TV violence and aggressive behavior” and acknowledged that there is “mounting evidence” of a link between the two.

There have also been news reports of gruesome and reckless acts committed in response to scenes in movies. One youth, for example, died from injuries suffered in attempting a handstand on the hood of a speeding pickup truck. He had recently seen this stunt performed in a popular movie. So it is not entirely unreasonable to suggest that a film might affect your actions.

More often, though, films exert a far more subtle influence. For example, do not many of your peers endeavor to talk, dress, and groom themselves like certain screen idols? Is this not evidence of strong movie influence? In other cases, watching the wrong movies appears to have an eroding effect upon a youth’s moral values. Researcher Dr. Thomas Radecki thus claims that prolonged exposure to violent movies “leads to an increased desensitization toward violence.”

The Bible says: “Jehovah himself examines the righteous one as well as the wicked one, and anyone loving violence His soul certainly hates.” (Psalm 11:5) Could a steady diet of violent films affect your attitude toward violence? Could you begin to find violence entertaining, even amusing? And is it even possible that you could find yourself more prone than before to settle problems and differences with force? Well did Proverbs 10:23 say: “Crime is the entertainment of the fool.”—New American Bible.

And what of your Christian morals? Could exposure to graphic sex and nudity push into the back of your mind the wrongness and sad consequences of premarital sex? Could it erode your ‘hatred of what is bad’?—Psalm 97:10.

Writer Jane Burgess-Kohn tells of the experience of a girl named Jeanie. After “watching a very sexy movie” with her date, Jeanie admitted to becoming “turned on” to the point of engaging in heavy petting. However, she was not able to stop there. “I’m sorry to say,” confessed Jeanie, “that night I was easy to persuade to have sexual intercourse. I still don’t know what happened that I lost all sense of reason. I didn’t even particularly like the guy!”

Unquestionably, then, movies have the power to influence your heart, your thoughts, and your behavior. Should you not therefore be selective about what you watch? A future article will discuss this.

[Footnotes]

In the United States, no one under 17 is supposed to be admitted (unless accompanied by a parent or a guardian) to any film rated R, or restricted, by the Motion Picture Association of America. Such films generally contain graphic violence, foul language, or graphic sex and nudity. All too often, though, the restrictions are not enforced, and youths are allowed admittance.

An experiment reported in Science News showed that viewers tend to be profoundly affected by what they see “regardless of how fanciful the show seems” as long as they ‘closely identify with a TV or movie character.’

Answer 9

I thought it was pretty good.

Answer 10

no cause it has that gay sissy boy leo in it