Hotel Rwanda. You Owe It To Yourself to See It.

[Solomon]

I won't say anymore. I'm devastated.

[Squatch]

1. I really want to see that movie.

Our country turned a blind eye to the genocides of sub-Saharan Africa, which sickens me.

[shoelace414]

3. no..

our country IS TURNING a blind eye to genocide happening right now.

[maveric]

2. I own the DVD

And its disgusting what the US, UN, and other organizations and developed nations DID NOT DO, to halt or ease the genocide.
I guess that black people arent as important as white ones???

[lebkuchen]

11. Germany and the Netherlands could have shut down the Iraq attack

Refuse to allow German/Netherlands airspace or ports to be used for the Iraq invasion.

Would have put a huge crimp in Rummy's big plans.

Money talks.

[Solomon]

4. I'm gonna keep it kicked. I can't say anymore.

[MSchreader]

5. I would also recommend "Sometimes in April"

The HBO movie on the Rwandan genocide. There are few movies I would consider disturbing; "Sometimes in April" is one of them.

Martin

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

8. I watched them both this weekend.

Rented Hotel Rwanda Sat. and then Sometimes in April was on HBO Sun. night. OMG

Both are well worth watching

"Never again" keeps going thru my mind.. but we are letting it happen again in Darfur

[Caoimhe]

6. I just watched it

with friends and there was not a dry eye in the room. I don't know why the Fristians don't watch Hotel Rwanda to learn about Christ-like behavior instead of a torture-fest like the Passion.

Please, if you haven't seen the movie, rent it or buy it. :popcorn:

[maveric]

7. If not for "Ray" and Jaime Foxx, Cheadle would have taken the Oscar.

A great acting job by a fine actor.

[Solomon]

9. My thoughts. This one should have gotten the oscar.

[bloom]

10. It is a powerful movie.... eom

[Solomon]

12. Kick

[JPZenger]

13. Great Movie, and Not Too Gory

Some people may avoid watching this movie because the subject is too gory and depressing. However, the movie is not. The movie purposefully avoided excessive gore and received a PG-13 rating.

After you see the movie, read the book "Shaking Hands With the Devil." It was written by the Canadian General in charge of the peacekeepers, who desperately tried to get more international help during the genocide. He suffered from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.

The only fictional character in the movie is the Canadian colonel, who is based losely on the General. A documentary has also been made, with the same title as the book.

[applegrove]

14. There was so much great detail about the emotions people were

going through. I didn't focus on the murder at all. It was about relationships. And so many cathartic points in the movie. And a scene with the general showed that a small amount of military leadership would have been enough to control the masses. With his training, he could scream down a mob to comply with his orders. The mobs of killers had machetes and were afraid of guns. The Rwandan army was just totally minding its business and not involved (directly in the massacres though they stirred the pot and are of course responsible in every way). The murderers were as vulnerable to strong leadership as children.

One gun could have controlled 50 machete wielders. The element of fear was never put on them. It would have been a cake-walk (unlike Somalia where the people had guns and anti-aircraft missiles) for the UN to go in and shut the genocide down.

The hero of the movie now travels the world and gives speeches. Thank god for that.

And the last scene in the movie... Skip if you do not want to know this..













One of the last scenes showed that a rag-tag bunch of teenagers (on the rebel side) put an end to the roving bands of machete wielders. Simply because they had machine guns.

It was very well written. And shows that even the victims of the genocide, like the hotel manager, kept sticking their heads in the sand and projecting their own humanity on the situation. They kept underestimating how bad it was.

[Solomon]

15. Kick