Hotel Rwanda

Last night I watched "Hotel Rwanda", which I had sent for through Netflix. It was about one man's efforts to save something like 1200 in a hotel during the Rwandan Genocide. I've heard it gained popularity actually directly through Netflix, where it's usually at the head of the "Top 100" list. So, with such buzz, it ended up being the third movie I received through Netflix.

Anyway, the movie itself...um...I didn't think it was that good...

And I sort of feel bad saying it. It's one of those movies, like "Schindler's List", where if you don't think it's good, it sort of makes you a bad person. I went online this morning to rate the movie and when giving it a low rating I was worried someone might somehow find out one day.

I still stand by my rating. Nick Nolte is like the worst actor and ruined the movie. There were some other low points...I think what was supposed to be moving in some places came off as dull.

I'm glad it gained such popularity though, because with so many people watching the movie, the story of the genocide will get out to a wider audience, many of whom I'm sure had no idea what happened (what did happened, by the way, is that a million people were killed simply with machetes in the fastest rate of genocide in history). Even if I didn't like the movie, if my request of the video helps it to stay high on the list so that others then view the movie and learn the history, I would be happy with that.