Hotel Rwanda

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="06dd8c02dduajq.jpg"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><IMG SRC="0660b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1422b8130.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Judy & Lutz Perschon</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Judy Lutz Perschon"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >back to</FONT>  <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="At The Movies With Lutz"><U><B>At The Movies With Lutz</B></U></A></div> <div> Hotel Rwanda</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="783" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 287 WIDTH="771"><div> This is not a chick flick or a feel good movie.  If you want an evening of light entertainment, don't go to this movie.  But it was one of the most powerful movies I have seen in recent memory.   And although the ending is rewarding, the trip has some hard moments.  How true to reality is it?  No idea, but my guess is the war scenes are played down considerably, because if it were more real, I doubt audiences would go at all.  But the movie is really about a couple of men who saved at lot of people, in time of chaos.  Roger Ebert notes:  <I>"</I><I>When </I><I>Hotel Rwanda</I><I> premiered at Toronto 2004, some reviews criticized the film for focusing on Paul and the colonel, and making little effort to "depict" the genocide as a whole. But director </I><I>Terry George</I><I> and writer Keir Pearson have made exactly the correct decision. A film cannot be about a million murders, but it can be about how a few people respond. Paul, as it happens, is a real person, and Col. Oliver is based on one, and "</I><I>Hotel Rwanda</I><I>" is about what they really did."  </I> Col. Oliver is a Canadian as it turns out, and though at first we are a little disappointed, he comes through big time.  Nice to see.  This movie will not break any attendance records, although it may get a few Oscars.  If you want to see what sorts of things go on elsewhere in the world, this would be a great movie to see.  Although this genocide is mostly over, there's probably others like it going on right now in some form.   Obviously this movie is not for small children, but it would be suitable for 12 year old and over.  If you don't get to see it on the big screen make sure you see it on DVD.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 WIDTH="771"><div> Lutz's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Judy's Rating <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="0fb15150.gif" border=0 width="21" height="21" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="771"><div> Storyline From Yahoo:  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >Ten years ago, some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda; and in an era of high-speed communication and round-the-clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, almost 1 million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages. </FONT></div> <div> <B>Ratings: Critics B+    Users  A-</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>