Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda is a Genocide type movie that shows all the conflicts, problems and the genocide of the country of Rwanda. It is a chaotic setting that gives the mood and the theme in this film. The main character, and the hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina(Don Cheadle), faces many conflicts and tries to gather up food and a place for the Hutus and Tutsis citizens who cannot protect themselves in his hotel. Paul uses his connections to get favours from people in authority. In exchange, people expect support from Paul in the future. This is a necessary social aspect of the culture. Paul's family is his priority, but there are a significant amount of people at the hotel to get themselves to the convoy and the help of the UN. However, this movie shows a lot about the problems and the pain the Tutsis have to go through during this period. After Paul becomes the manager of the Hotel Mille Collines, Belgian troops arrive at the hotel.
Furthermore, the audience realizes that the troops are not there for Rwandan. They come to evacuate the Belgian citizens who have Belgian passports. The audience can notice the fear in unarmed Tutsis' faces. The Hutu announcer on the radio calls Tutsis cockroaches and prompts the Hutus with machetes to kill unarmed Tutsis. The director of this movie (Teddy Goerge), uses a few useful narrative elements to display the theme and the atmosphere of this movie. He uses the Acting method mainly on the main character Paul to show the characteristics of Rusesabagina's family and the situation they are in at the hotel. The director also uses The movement element to show the genocide and all of the graphic scene's that the audience sees. This method shows the importance and the primary purpose of this film. Especially the scene that shows all the Hutus with machetes.
The audience age level of this movie is between 30 to 60-year olds. This film cannot be a film for teenagers or adults between 18 to 29 because of all the graphic scenes, and they wouldn't say this movie is one of my favourite movies that I watched. Still, the main reason is that the story cannot be enjoyable to watch for younger age groups. I enjoyed it and understood every aspect of this film and the setting of what is going on. The movie teaches audiences valuable lessons about Rwandese culture. One can learn the meaning of family values, bribes, tribalism and tribal acceptance. Furthermore, the movie demonstrates the significance of humanitarian values. What I do not like about this movie is how it has a Hollywood ending to it because it does not match the setting. This film has a sad and dramatic theme to it, so it makes the happy ending pointless. I would give this movie a 4 out of 5. The entire movie is excellent. It is just the end that I got confused because of where it left off the audience. I had to guess what happened. Rate: 4/5.