Hotel Rwanda
Good plot to revolve the characters around. No wonder this movie was nominated for the Oscars.
Some of the best segments in this movie include:
i. The answer to a question as to 'who is a tutsi and who is a Hutu?'
ii. The way the protagonist bribes his way into getting things done in his capacity as a hotel manager was another interesting part of this story. And also, the way he escapes and allows his tutsi-friends in his hotel to escape the offensive of Hutu army was also nicely shot.
iii. The UN commander's reasons for why 'Americans and Europeans refused to stop the genocide' and the realisation part of the our protagonist was also interesting. But the protagonist's emigration to Belgium is hard to digest inspite of his realisation!
I remember listening to the African genocides in Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia, Bothswana, Congo, Rwanda but somehow it hardly got registered in the Indian news media(even the good old Doordarshan). There seems to be definite disinterest in following such events. One should really pity the protagonist's idea of showcasing the strife in his native country to the world-media, hoping for international-intervention.
It's quite true that like money interests all. If these countries could display economic-superiority, then nations around the world would have made a beeline to stop such atrocities, not for helping the people of this country but to protect their interests in this country! It sucks bigtime to know that the only thing that really matters is 'money'!
21 Grams:
This movie-style reminds me of another movie 'The Hours'(Nicole Kidman an Australian starred in 'The Hours' while another Australian Naomi Watts has acted in 'The Grams') which also had three-different characters and in the end the audience were allowed to figure out what connected these three characters. Amazing way to tell a story!
With great actors on screen like Noami Watts, Sean Penn and Benecio Del Toro also helping the cause!
Another sublime idea which seemed to run the whole story was the 'guilt' part. The best punishment one gets because of one's misdemeanour is 'guilt'. It is extremely difficult for one to lead the usual life with 'guilt' feeling always in one's head. The movie 'Closer' was also exceptional in exploiting this feeling.
Guess, Mahatma Gandhi or Gautama Budha were exceptionally intelligent to make use of this 'guilt' feeling to succeed in their pursuits.
100 Girls:
Ordinary fare. This movie is more of a 'wannabe' of the American Pie genre. But hardly reaches that grade.
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4 comments:
Wow you see alot of movies...
Geetanjali,
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I think this movie waa not entirely Hollywood-ish and it of course had some good plot in the making.
What disappointed me was when the protagonist decides to leave his homeland for greener pastures. Maybe, expecting a Gandhi out of him is asking for too much!
i think hotel rwanda was hyped. though it had a real story to tell, the acting was defn not to the mark it was hyped. The lead has underacted and his wife's role, over acting. Something's in the film didnt come off properly. but a scene that really stays in my mind was when children come as they load the bus. that was a good scene. it did remind of schindler's list in a very small way... not that level ofcourse.
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