Robbed of an Oscar

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 2005)

This movie was quite simply the most amazing movie of the year. How it lost the Best Film Oscar to ... Million Dollar Baby?... is beyond me, and how Jamie Foxx won for Best Actor is also a mystery. Sure, Foxx is a great actor, but come on. Not one person who has seen both Ray and Hotel Rwanda has said that Foxx was better than Cheadle. He was robbed of the best actor Oscar in a big way. I almost threw up when I saw that the Academy had given the Oscar to Foxx over Cheadle, but then again, it is the same Academy that gave Titanic a sweep in the 1997 Oscars, so I can't give them much credit for recognizing good movies.
Don Cheadle does an incredible job in Hotel Rwanda: his acting is so emotionally charged that I almost cried during my first viewing, and trust me, I usually have tear ducts of steel. When I watched this movie, I felt ashamed for America and Bill Clinton, however much I can understand his predicament. But nonetheless, this is a must-see for everyone who cares about watching great pieces of film literature.