Hotel Rwanda
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Movie Reviews of Hotel Rwanda
Movie Review: A Movie That Leaves A Mark On Your Heart
Summary: 5 Stars
The trailer of this film already got me into an emotional state. You could feel the drama and the emotion there already.
Then, when I first saw the film, I was blown away.
Knowing that what I was seeing on the screen happend for real, really made me feel emotinally touched.
The story is hard to believe: because you just don't want to believe it. But sadly, it did happen for real. One million people slaughterd within 3 months in Rwanda, 1994. It really breaks the heart knowing that.
All hope is gone, the madness and the anger are there. Everything seems lost.
But then, Paul Rusesabagina, the manager of the most luxureous hotel in Rwanda is there. As the posters and advertising for the movie said: "When the world closed it's eyes, he opend his arms"
He takes the people into the hotel and saves them from the terrible slaughter.
This gives very emotinonal and dramatic scenes. But also very tence onces that keep you on the edge of your seat.
The casting of this movie is superb. Don Cheadle is the perfect choice for Paul Rusesabagina. He acts with feeling and portrais the hero of the story, an ordinairy man with his heart on the right place, in a way only he could.
Also Nick Nolte, who plays a colonel from the UN, does a wonderfull job. They were the perfect choices for these rolls.
Hotel Rwanda is shocking, realistic, heartbreaking, powerfull, emotional, but a yet beautiful film that shows a terrible historic event of a country.
For example: a scene that really made an impression on me was when Paul and his wife are sitting on the roof of the hotel, laughing and trying to see a light at the end of the tunnel. To forget for a moment what is happening. In the distance you hear soft "bangs" When you see the people on the screen trying to make to best of it, having a couple of laughs, you expect that the sound you hear are fireworks. Something happy.
But no, you know it's gunfire. People are getting killed. That really struck me.
A movie that leaves a mark on your heart and makes you think about the question: Why do these things happen?
A beautifully done movie experience.
Movie Review: A Great Piece of Work
Summary: 5 Stars
Hotel Rwanda is an amazing movie that captures the drama of a real-life event in the African country of Rwanda. A conflict breaks out between two tribes and the world sits and watches as the Hutu militia massacre the Tutsis. Paul Rusesabagina, played by Don Cheadle, is a hotel manager that becomes an extraordinary hero by housing Tutsi refugees. His acting along with the dramatic scenes helps the audience realize just how bad the chaos was in 1994. This film is a vivid reminder of what can happen if the world turns its back on struggling countries.
Several scenes in this film are especially touching. One scene, for example, displays how millions of people were murdered in the streets without mercy. Don Cheadle and a hotel employee are riding toward the hotel with supplies for the refugees in the fog. As they stop after hitting a few bumps they notice that those bumps were Tutsi bodies that were murdered and left in the streets. Another scene that was touching is one that shows how the U.N. and the world turn its cheek of the situation in Rwanda. As all the non-Rwandans are evacuated a group of nuns and children from a church show up. Half of the group is Rwandan and the other half is not. The U.N. soldiers only take the non-Rwandans and leave the women and children of Rwanda to whatever fate that awaits them.
The film hotel Rwanda really hits home. Superpowers, like our beloved United States, cannot be content with the world we live in. Our country has to have a stronger role in foreign politics and help these countries around the world that are struggling. We can no longer sit idle as events like Rwanda occur.
This film captures the drama of a real-life event and displays it to the world. I give this film five stars. This is not Don Cheadle's first good drama however. Another film called Rosewood depicted a real life event just as horrifying as the Rwanda massacre. Rosewood was a black town in the south that was massacred by whites. Don Cheadle does not play the leading role in Rosewood, but still gives a great performance.
Both films are amazing pieces of work and I hope everyone gets a chance to view them for themselves.
Movie Review: Story of a Horrible Genocide
Summary: 5 Stars
"Hotel Rwanda", starring Don Cheadle ("Traffic"), is a highly emotional true story of horrific events that occurred in 1994 in Kigali, Rwanda. There was a clash between the races Hutus and Tutsis. Many militant members of the Hutus killed about one million Tutsis that year. This is one of the worst genocides in recent African history. This film desplists the heroism of Paul Rusesabagina, an assistant hotel manager, who saved more than 1,200 people during the massacre. Despite the film's main theme as the heroism, there are other storylines that correspond one another to expand the film meaning. This tells the story of Paul's determination, his love for his family, the people's turmoil, and the peacekeeper's struggle to maintain their heroism.
These stories offer new reference to this underreported event. Few Americans have heard of this event until this film was released. "Hotel Rwanda" shares these events without it seeming too factual. These stories fit amongst one another beautifully, sharing a broader perspective of the events and the motives. The writers obviously didn't hold back on the strong, graphic details. Those desplictions were necessary to offer audiences a glimpse as they were actually living it. Without them, the emotional impact wouldn't have been nearly as strong. Such scenes include acts of brutal murder, abandoned dead bodies lying on the ground, and other acts of graphic violence.
This strong, emotional film is wonderfully expressed through the actors in their equally emotional roles. Though everybody offers their full potential talents, Oscar nominees Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo stand out. Cheadle portrays Paul as a compassionate man who knows what he must do. This previously underrated actor finally received the recognition he deserves with his talent. Okonedo portrays Paul's wife beautifully. She expresses her character wonderfully as a family woman and as a victim. The two actors never lose the turmoil emotion.
Such high film quality makes "Hotel Rwanda" worth seeing. There will not be a dry eye once the film ends. This film makes a great educational speech for learning about racism and hatred.
Movie Review: Watch this movie for humanity's sake
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is a testament to the power of film to relate the agonies of the human condition and to touch us with them. It tells a gripping story that is both powerful and true. You end up thinking deeply about the value of human life and the impact of human action (and inaction). If I was in Paul Rusesabagina's shoes would I have had the heart to do what he did? As much as I wish the answer is `yes', I have to wonder, would I have been tempted to join the foreign nationals and left perhaps with an unmistakable expression of angst, sorrow and helplessness on my face?
This movie has often been compared to Schindler's list and it is not difficult to see why. Both tell the stories of affluent businesspeople in desperate times who were able to pull strings to help people in need. Both involved people reaching across cultural divisions and paying a price for it. The main difference lies in the awareness of what occurred. We are well aware of the holocaust of World War II because it is well documented in literature and it continues to haunt our moral conscience. The monstrousness of the Rwandan fiasco does not seem to have sunk in yet into our collective sympathies and this is for various reasons some of which the movie prompts you to think about.
Don Cheadle did an amazing job portraying Paul Rusesabagina's character. The movie was very well done from a director's standpoint. With a movie covering a catastrophe of this scope it's easy to think of how much more could have been crammed into the movie but by focusing on one person's struggles it gives us an orientation and a perspective. We can now begin to contemplate how bad it was, and to think that it was many times worse for a lot more people is painful to even ponder about.
The core message of this movie is badly needed since we were not vocal enough when the genocide was taking place and we are not vocal enough now that other atrocities are occurring. Watch this movie, you will not just cry, laugh, become awestruck and get educated --you will also emerge a better person. Moreover, please recommend it to your friends and help them become better people.
Movie Review: Brilliant!
Summary: 5 Stars
I shut the door of my room keeping my son and wife away so that I could prevent them from watching any graphic or violent stuff the movie may have but I am happy it didn't. Throughout the movie I dreaded seeing such stuff but even without them what a powerful and gripping movie Hotel Rwanda turned out to be. The powerful acting, screenplay and storyline compensates for all that.
Don Cheale exudes sincerity in his role of the Hutu Hotel Manager saving the lives of hundreds of Tutsis in wartorn Rwanda. His wife played by Sophie Okonedo also excels in a role that one cannot afford to ignore. Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix (in a small role), and the rest of the cast and crew also deliver with unforgettable and moving performances.
Amidst all this it is sad to know that this genocide took place. So many people were killed without any reason. What did the so called Hutu gain in the process is the question. And why did the west and other nations that could offer help turn a blind eye to the deaths of hundreds and thousands of Tutsis? What will they gain by offering help is enough to answer that question. Even the United Nations refused to authorize its peacekeeping operation in Rwanda. In one small scene in the movie Don Cheale enters a Hutu stronghold from where he buys provisions for the
Hotel and notices several young Tutsi women being held captive. What irony! The Hutus kill the Tutsi's but want their women?
Terry George who was also involved in the screenplay of the highly acclaimed 1993 movie "In the Name of the Father" starring Daniel Day Lewis, has directed the movie. A few days ago there was a hue and cry about the accuracy of the facts shown in this movie and another one about the war in Rwanda but the scenes of the film are enough to show the world what went on there in those tumultuous years.
The bombing of the World Trade center took about 3000 odd lives. The genocide in Rwanda took the lives of 800,000 Tutsis. Where did the world focus more? Search for "Rwandan Genocide" on Wikipedia for a detailed report on the genocide.
Hotel Rwanda, highly recommended.