One of the little perks I get from work is good discounts at various businesses that belong to the Group. This time though being in this industry got me several complimentary tickets to starlight cinema because of our connection with the main sponsor of the event.
I have never been to any of the starlight shows in previous years but due to the free passes and coupled with the fact that the venue this year is practically at my door step, I decided to give it a go.
Sadly the weather has not been too kind and it had been raining almost every evening since the event began. Yesterday I wanted to give it a shot. Mainly because I had read the rave reviews of Blood Diamond and really wanted to see the movie. Yes, yes, it's an old movie but I somehow missed it-lah.
And what can I tell you – it was one of the best movies I’ve seen. Ok, yea, so I went on and on about Pursuit of Happyness, I know, but this one’s different. Yes, both movies were among the nominees for best movie at this year’s Academy and both the lead actors were nominated for best actor and best supporting respectively.
Blood Diamond is a story based on the issue of conflict diamonds from Africa. It was such a powerful movie and gave a whole new meaning to the word sacrificing for your family. The movie also explored the issue of child soldiers in Africa which was totally horrifying to me! I am not a big fan of Leonardo but his acting was great as was the other actor who played Solomon Vandy.
We so enjoyed the movie that when it began to trickle, we hardly budged. In fact everyone stayed glued to the ground – literally – and just snapped their umbrellas open. The concept of open air movie was something new to me since the closest we ever came to that was watching at Kahala drive-in back during our student days in Aloha land. But last night, it was fun. Not the most comfortable movie experience but it was a good reason to just lepak. Lying down under the starless nite (mana ada stars in the skies if you live in KL..!), enjoying the gentle breeze..and munching on pringles.
And if any of you have not had a chance to watch the movie please go get the dvd..I promise you, it’ll move you to bits. It can be quite unsettling to watch that kind of violence especially when it involves children. But watch anyway..
