Hotel Rwanda: Difference between revisions

* [[Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition]]: There's lots of bonus material if you buy even the [[Vanilla Edition]], though, including [[DVD Commentary]] by the real Paul Rusesabagina himself.

* [[Police Are Useless]]: The United Nations soldiers, but not by choice.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: According to the real Paul Rusesabagina, the level of violence was downplayed for the film, saying "You couldn't invite someone to watch the real thing."

* [[Rape as Drama]]: Happens to the Tutsi women and girls captured by Rutaganda and his militiamen. Unfortunately, this is very much [[Truth in Television]], since this often happened in real life during the genocide.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: Given the choice between shooting the Tutsi refugees or being shot himself, Paul instead {{spoiler|bribes the soldier holding him at gunpoint into releasing them.}}

* [[Take That]]:

* [[Thanatos Gambit]]: It's theorized that the assassinated President Habyarimana did this so it would give his followers an excuse for committing the genocide (which was pre-planned). The movie takes this angle.

* [[Wham! Line]]:

* [[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide]]: The UN refused to call it a genocide, despite obvious evidence that the Tutsi population was being massacred. Definitely a cowardly form of [[Loophole Abuse]].

** The [[Insistent Terminology]] on the part of the US government, the UN, etc. was a lot more cynical than it seems on face. International law on genocide requires all parties to intervene to prevent or punish genocide. If they called it genocide, they'd have to do something about it.