This wasn’t my first time seeing Hotel Rwanda but I feel that watching movies more than once, helps you better understand the beauty of a film and as well, notice things that maybe you didn’t really pay attention too the first time seeing it.
Hotel Rwanda emphasizes Paul Rusesabagina’s story during the Rwanda Genocide in 1994. The film displayed his courage, strength and love for his family and well being. He used his connections with people of power, to keep himself, his family and over a thousand Hutu and Tutsi refugees safe. He took people in and gave them a place to feel safe at the Milles Collines Hotel. Even when his family had the chance to flee Rwanda, he stayed behind because he felt sympathy for the people left at the hotel. He risked his life to save many others and definitely showed true heroism. I really liked Don Cheadle’s portrayal of Paul because I think he fully grasped the emotion needed to play the role. However, I feel that the representation of Roméo Dallaire was poorly showed. After viewing many other movies and documentaries about Dallaire, I feel that Hotel Rwanda did not truly show how important Dallaire’s role was during the Genocide.
Even though I really enjoyed Hotel Rwanda and I thought it was an amazing movie, I feel like after seeing it a 2nd time, I picked up on things that I didn’t notice the first time. I started to notice how ‘Hollywood’ and cliché the movie really was. After noticing this, the feeling I felt for the movie started to ware off and I started to be annoyed. Another thing I noticed is that the movie mainly showed Paul’s story, which was remarkable, but the viewer’s didn’t get the chance to fully understand and see what was happening outside the gates of the hotel. I feel the film, should have showed more of the genocide to have a stronger effect on the viewer and not as much focus on the ‘Hollywood’ aspect.
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