Powerful and moving....

Rating: 10/10 (16 January 2006)

Hotel Rwanda certainly lived up to its expectations as a 2004 Oscar winner. This is an emotionally charged drama that will ignite strong emotions within you; whether it be sadness, anger and disappointment.
The storyline itself is powerful and moving, and is portrayed very well in this movie in that every bit of the Rwanda refugees' suffering was depicted in it (e.g. drinking water out of the swimming pool because they couldn't get fresh water without attracting the Hutu militants).
In this movie violence plays a vital role in portraying the suffering of these Rwandan refugees; hence giving its MA rating. Bodies were depicted, killings were depicted; all to give the movie intensity and depth in portraying the horrors that occurred in Rwanda over 10 years ago. I have to admit, the death toll at the end it all was shocking.
This movie is perceived differently by different people. One may perceive it as an anti-war movie showing how war is a horrible thing; whereas others may think of it as a portrayal of our ignorance to poverty and human suffering. This movie really shows how selfish some of us can be. I cannot fathom such atrocities are occurring while we are sleeping, eating, drinking --- and nothing is being done about them.
10/10.