brszasz Personally, I really liked the film. I found it really interesting how stories tended to jump around. It was interesting watching the same scenes over, but with a different perspective from many different people. When the movie started, we saw Jean finally come to a party. We, later, figured out that she disobeyed her parents and snuck out of her house. She later found her parents dead at her house. I thought it was smart how it connected the series of events together over time. Along with the parental discovery, we saw the walk home with a couple of different views to it. The whole movie was unique in a really good way. I did like the ending of when they were saved by the soldiers. It led to one of the quieter people in the camp admitting that he was the one that killed Jean's parents. It showed how people can be accepted when asked for forgiveness. It tied up a nice movie with a very solid ending.

magonzalez-15762 Kinyarwanda was a very motivational movie to watch. It went through the rehabilitation process of extremest Hutu's after the Rwandan Genocide and showed how people of different religions in the community came together in order to protect each other, despite their differences. There were some parts of the film that I did not understand however, and that made it somewhat confusing. The story doesn't progress in a linear fashion, instead, it jumps around to different periods of time and different perspectives. That made it very difficult not only to distinguish between characters, but understand what was happening. I did like it for its artistic choice however. It was very interesting to see the story through other character's eyes. I was also confused about the Rwandan Genocide. I know that this doesn't have to do with anything about the movie, but the Genocide confused me still. Why did so many people want to kill each other and hurt each other?

Jack After watching Hotel Rwanda, this film gives you a different perspective. Hotel Rwanda seemed to show more of the rich people staying in the hotel trying to save their lives. Yes, they were being threatened but they did get to stay in a very nice hotel. Also, those people had very powerful friends who tried to help them. In this film it was different, the "average" person's life seemed to be on display. Some of the things that happened were really hard to imagine. Specifically, when a girl came home and both her parents were dead. She Left the house and never got to apologize to her parents. Then, later in the film she somehow forgave the people who killed her parents. Maybe killings are so common that people are just expected to not hold a grudge over that or something, but it seems like if someone had killed my parents I wouldn't have forgiven them just because they asked.

rpm235 I went to a screening of this film with the director and cinematographer who did a great Q&A. It simply blew me away. It's full of incredible and moving performances by a cast of mainly first-time actors. It's a series of expertly interwoven short stories -- all based on true stories -- each of which will stick with you. It's a gripping, suspenseful tale that also does a remarkable job of showing the humanity, the hopes, the humor, and the dreams of Rwandans. Hearing how this film got made so beautifully at such a low budget was truly inspiring. Filmmakers should go see it to see what is possible to do on a low budget these days -- though really anyone with a dream would be well-severed to watch it.