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Considering the gravity and horror of the subject, and the critical acclaim it recieved, I found it emotionally sterile. Cheadle had a solid performance but I'm not sure it was Oscar quality. I thought Nolte was completely out of his element as the Canadian colonel. We had anticipated a powerful film; we got a standard, bland "true story" treatment of one man's heroism. Not to diminish the Paul Rusesabagina courageous actions, but the movie failed to extend any sense of the dread and terror of the events to the viewer. It had little more emotional punch than the evening news.Another other movie about the Rwandan Genocide, "Sometimes in April", about similar cross-tribe family, was a much more powerful, personal, and effective presentation of the Rwandan nightmare and the West's simply turning its back on the tragic victims. I think HBO is still aring it.
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My wife and I watched it a few weeks ago. They presented the people in their environment and day-to-day lives so effectively, that I became anxious and terrified. I could easily imagine it happening in my own country (the USA), and in fact it affected me so strongly that I kept thinking about it for days.Of course, it also renewed the guilt I had when the tragedy originally happened - the guilty feeling that we could have done something to stop the killing.
Doug
Its a much more powerful film on Rwanda with much deeper character development. By comparison, "Hotel" is pretty superficial treatment of a tragic failure by the world community.
Will do. My wife has seen it & recommended it. Maybe it'll change my opinion of Hotel...Doug
I was just discussing this movie and said the same things. It did not draw the viewer in to the horror of what was going on unlike other "genocide" movies like the Killing Fields or Schindler's List. That is unfortunate in that the events were horrific as described by the journalist in the link.
- http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-tm-rwanda24jun12,1,3435844.story?coll=la-headlines-magazine (Open in New Window)
It is an absolutely chilling film about what really happened over there... and the government officials who stood by and watched. Terrifying and heartbreaking. No Hollywood bullshit.
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