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Hotel Rwanda

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Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hippyt a private message Print Post    
Anyone going to this one? My newspaper gave it excellent reviews. I guess it's only out in limited release right now.
Glad to see Don Cheadle getting some great reviews on his excellent acting skills. I have always liked him.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I want to see it when it comes out...

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 3:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hippyt a private message Print Post    
It just opened here today.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
It opened here too.....I just have to find time to go by myself, of find someone who would actually want to go with me out here. I like matinees, as the theatre is pretty empty. I haven't seen my work schedule for the week, but when I go, I'l let you know what I think.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 8:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
This movie has gotten excellent reviews. It will be a very difficult movie to watch, I don't know if I will watch it. I know the story and ...

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 9:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I saw the movie tonight. Fabulous performance by Don Cheadle.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Thursday, January 27, 2005 - 10:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
Ugh. I STILL haven't seen it. So Yank....does he beat Foxx for Best Actor??

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 12:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
No. Foxx is better. But it's a better film overall than Ray was.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 12:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
I should have said "I feel it's a better film overall" and all those IMHO things too.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Friday, January 28, 2005 - 4:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I agree with you on both counts, Tish. I'm still on the Foxx bandwagon, but Cheadle was fantastic.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Friday, February 04, 2005 - 7:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Very powerful film.

Sweetbabygirl
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08-31-2002

Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sweetbabygirl a private message Print Post    
AMAZING movie, and while I love Jamie, IMO Don should win Best Actor, hands down. He is such an underrated actor, along with Morgan Freeman and Larenz Tate.

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
( SBG - I am a HUGE Cheadle fan since seeing him in Boogie Nights. I can't wait to seet this movie! )

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, February 27, 2005 - 9:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I love Don Cheadle!! He can play any character and works as much as Sam L Jackson who I love too.

Newman
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09-25-2004

Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Newman a private message Print Post    
Finally saw it. Must see. How could the United States have done NOTHING when this genocide was happening?! How can Bush continue to do NOTHING when essentially the same thing is happening in the Sudan?

I wonder if Bush has seen the movie.

Cheadle was great. To me the movie was just as great as Million Dollar. I wonder how many people have seen it in comparison.


Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Hotel Rwanda is out on DVD today.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
I am getting it tomorrow, Netflix has shipped it.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i ordered it to own today!! cant wait to share it with people

Crzndeb
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07-26-2004

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Crzndeb a private message Print Post    
I had it first on my Netflix list so I got it yesterday. Watched it last night...What an excellent movie. It was heartbreaking just to see how cruel human beings can be to each other. I know the movie was toned down so that more people could see what happened. What a sad, sad event...

Maris
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03-28-2002

Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
An amazing movie.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
saw it again on dvd - watch the bonus features too - its great to hear Paul in real life.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Was the sound on the "return to Rwanda" documentary messed up on anyone's DVD? The sound mix was soooo bad on mine, but since I haven't seen anyone else complain, maybe it was just my disc.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
i didnt have problems with return to rwanda

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the heads up, Legal. I haven't watched the bonus stuff yet.

Tashakinz
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11-13-2002

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tashakinz a private message Print Post    
Powerful movie, well acted. It's truly sad what humans do to each other.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
Rented this last night and could not get through it. I think it may be the first movie that I turned off...I have even made it through Shindlers List and the Pianist. Perhaps because those issues were before my time and I could not have done anything about them.....

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
sillycal - that is a shame because you need to see the ending - it gives people hope and reminds us of how much one person can do to bring people together - even in the midst of the thousands that did die.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
I am going to try and get through the rest tonight. I can't leave it unfinished....I guess it was just too much to watch in one sitting. I am glad to hear it has a positive note....

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 3:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Silly, I hope you went back and finished it. I just watched it this morning. What an amazing story and cast!

It was wonderful to see the real Paul, and so powerful to see his and his wife's return to Rwanda.

Yankee, the documentary sound on the copy I rented was messed up too.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
Well, I finally finished the movie today. It was just soooo heartbreaking. I had to fastfoward a lot of it, but I made it to the end finally. I enjoyed watching the special features too.
My wish in life is that (soon) I will be in a position to adopt children. I had one of my own, which I never thought I would do-I have dreamed of adopting since I was a child myself. This movie only inspired me further to get my act together and soon because there are so many orphans out there who need a good place to grow up.
It's funny, after watching the rest of this movie I spent the day JOYFULLY cleaning my house. I honestly had a big smile on my face all day as I swept and mopped and did the laundry. I am just so blessed and thankful for all that I have and I am ashamed for ever feeling low.....My life is a cake walk compared to most....
Anyway, thanks to your encouragement I finished the flick and I am really glad that I did!

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
silly, that is great!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Powerful! and Hopeful!

Jen
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07-27-2003

Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 12:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
It is amazing to me that I live my life so carefree while people/children have to go through such hardships to stay alive or just not be killed. This movie was suppposed to be hopeful, I am guessing. It just made me devastated for the way people live and how ignorant I am towards what happens in other countries.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Thursday, September 08, 2005 - 5:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
jen, dont be devastated - be glad for what you have but also be glad for knowing what others go through because it is ONLY with more awareness that such things can eventually be stopped - and realize that even in the most dire circumstances people can fid it within them to survive and fight for others - think about Hurricane Katrina and those who never gave up clinging to the roofs or trying to save others while they very well could have just given up hope and let the water and wind overtake them - the people who survived Katrina did so because they had that same inner strength to hold on and not give up as the people who survived i Rwanda did - at least to me, as hopeless as it may seem in a situation, the lesson was to never give up.(as well as remembering what happened in rwanda so that next time we dont just say "how horrific" and turn back to eat our dinner.