Excellent doesn't cover it

Rating: 10/10 (5 October 2006)

I think Hotel Rwanda is a movie in a category of its own. It was so well done that it sent chills up my spine. It made me sickened, seeing the roads scattered with bodies, seeing the callousness of everyone in it. The whole world turned their backs on the country when it was in need. The movie did show, what I think, is an accurate account of how people acted during the time. I've only read one book about the genocide between the Hutsus and the Tutsis and that was more about the groups in Sri Lanka so it can't really be compared.
The movie was very well done and I'm glad I saw it but I can see why some people wouldn't want to see it. It's so real that when you're done watching it you're disgusted with everyone. I especially feel like the few blurbs on the news and in the newspaper that glossed over the situation is a sick joke. Never had I heard about the gravity of what happened until I saw the movie. Millions of people died and it seems the rest of the world just didn't care. Even here in Canada (which is normally interested in world issues, not just our own) dropped the ball.
Anyone who failed to report the war and what was happening was almost as much at fault as people doing the killing. Because, if we had done something back then, then maybe so many people wouldn't have died.
After seeing the movie I was left feeling emotional and I think a large part was Don Cheadle's acting. He was incredible in it and I think he should have won the Oscar that year (even though Jamie Fox did do a great job too).