Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

JinRoz For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Rexanne It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

thmurphy-37414 This film is very different from any American film I have ever seen. Yes, the director is from Jaimaica, and learned his film style in America, but the movie is not an American film. The story line is nothing like an American film either. There's a certain time line that is always followed throughout the film in America, yet you can tell that even though the Director learned film in America, it is a different style. The movie is taking different cuts throughout the whole film, and it is going left and right. You must pay a lot of attention to detail to understand what is going on throughout the film. At one moment someone is being killed and then there is a jump to the end, and then when you least expect it, you are back at the beginning on the story. The main point for this, I believe, is the importance to express the view of everyone in the film. I believe that everyone you see in this film will have their story told. Now to talk about the difference between Hotel Rwanda and Kinyarwanda, Hotel Rwanda is an American film as it follows the same exact story line of sadness then happiness. Then the Kinyarwanda movie is exactly what I have already explained. A very odd story line, but it gets the point across. To give everyone in the movie that does not have a voice in the world, a voice. I recommend that you watch this film, but as you watch it be very attentive towards the series of events.

Pablo I have mixed feelings on this film. There were some things I really liked about it and other things I wasn't too fond of. I didn't really like how it followed so many different stories at once. The movie was very hard to follow for most of it and a lot of the transitions happened at the worst times in the film. It was an interesting approach for production however. It was a good idea, just slightly poorly executed in my opinion. Apart from that, the information portrayed in the film was very good. It showed may different perspectives. Unlike Hotel Rwanda, this film showed the Rwandan Genocide from the perspective of the Tutsi civilians and the Hutus and Muslims that were not involved. I liked the scene where all the high priority Muslims of the mosque got together and peacefully discussed what they should do about the current events. I thought this film was a lot more realistic and down to earth than Hotel Rwanda. I also really liked how the director decided to put in scenes from the Re-Education camps. I found it astonishing that most of the people that participated in the genocide were just normal human beings like us that had no grime on the Tutsis. They only participated because they jumped on the bandwagon so they wouldn't get killed.

Jack After watching Hotel Rwanda, this film gives you a different perspective. Hotel Rwanda seemed to show more of the rich people staying in the hotel trying to save their lives. Yes, they were being threatened but they did get to stay in a very nice hotel. Also, those people had very powerful friends who tried to help them. In this film it was different, the "average" person's life seemed to be on display. Some of the things that happened were really hard to imagine. Specifically, when a girl came home and both her parents were dead. She Left the house and never got to apologize to her parents. Then, later in the film she somehow forgave the people who killed her parents. Maybe killings are so common that people are just expected to not hold a grudge over that or something, but it seems like if someone had killed my parents I wouldn't have forgiven them just because they asked.

Mike B This movie had a somewhat different approach. It was an all-African cast. The flow of the film could be unpredictable – and would lead you into unexpected areas. On a number of occasions some of the scenes surprised me – and I mean this in a positive way. The dialogue approached the profound. This film makes you listen and watch with intensity. There is nothing superficial here.This film was about what different people did during the Rwandan genocide. As expected some behaved very badly – and others more admirably. The violence was there – but it was suggested violence. There are men with machetes – and you know very well what this will lead to as they enter a room or a building. Perhaps there was a religious angle in the film that was somewhat over-stressed, but I can live with that.