Best movie I have seen in a while. Great emotional powerhouse. Great acting, great picture, has one of the most powefull moments in history, african children chants guiding the scene when the white people leave with busses and the blacks -abandoned by the world- just watch their own death. Great cinema. Anyone elkse seen it?

its on my list of films to see. cheadle is a great actor.

its a good movie. very scary.

Preview looks great, I must get around to seeing this, but first things first, Old Boy tomorrow night! :RockOn:

[quote=Jibgolly]cheadle is a great actor.[/quote] Couldn't agree more.

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Best movie so far this year. Makes me ashamed i'm a westener sometimes. The UN didnt do anything, nothing to get there (oil or something). So sad.....

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cheadle has an interesting article in the Wall Street journal this past Thursday about DarFur, worth a read.

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It's amazing that this was based on a true story. I was blown away by the acting job by Cheadle, glad he got an Oscar nom for his work. The creepest scene for me was when in the fog he's driving back to the hotel after a food run, and it appears he's driving over a "rocky" road.

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amazing amazing movie, i have to watch it again sometime. [quote]Great acting, great picture, has one of the most powefull moments in history, african children chants guiding the scene when the white people leave with busses and the blacks -abandoned by the world- just watch their own death. Great cinema. [/quote]

agree, that was a awesome moment.

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Very good movie.

Very sad also, hard to believe all of that was going on and yet you heard hardly a peep about it out here in the States.

Absolutely riveting film. Cheadle put on a flawless performance as did Sophie Okenedo. A definitely must-see.

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Hotel Rwanda ? Where is it ? :lol:

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[quote=RaDoSZ]Hotel Rwanda ? Where is it ? :lol:[/quote] :smack:

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There is actually a better movie out there about the Rwandan Civil war. I couldn't tell you for the life of me what it's called, possibly Sometimes in April :unsure: but it was made before Hotel Rwanda, features no big names and goes into a lot more detail of the conflict including all the attrocities. I have seen it twice on PBS so keep your eyes open for it if you liked the Hollywood version

[url=http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:321524] Sometimes in April[/url]

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Gorgeous movie...sad reality though...It was for an Oscar Award in my opinion.

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just watched this last night, finally. i was honestly choked up through most of the movie. Cheadle gives an amazing performance. and watching the documentary style special features just added to my throat clogg. i'll be looking for that other movie threehills mentioned after i log out of this computer (at the library)

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Sometimes in April is an incredible movie

[quote=threehills;183156]There is actually a better movie out there about the Rwandan Civil war. I couldn't tell you for the life of me what it's called, possibly Sometimes in April :unsure: but it was made before Hotel Rwanda, features no big names and goes into a lot more detail of the conflict including all the attrocities. I have seen it twice on PBS so keep your eyes open for it if you liked the Hollywood version

[URL="http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:321524"] Sometimes in April[/URL][/quote]

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It was good. However, I felt there were moments when the acting left a little to be desired. But, nonetheless it is definately a must see.

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i havent seen this yet but eople need to learn about the whole rwanda situation that went on wasnt it 1 in 8 of the population that died?

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'Sometimes In April' was also a great film. i thought it was interesting how there was one scene that shows a clip from CNN announcing Kurt Cobains death, just letting you know this genocide was going on, and most of us had no clue. i'm not a bleeding heart or anything, but these two films are touching and it's a shame the american gov't did not intervene basically because they were afraid of having a Mogadishu type turnout.

no other genocide has ever had such a rapid pace of death, even the holocaust.

:(

i highly recommend both films.