Shake hands with the devil

leafs4ever

I know i just posted this in the Moving Train Forum, but thought i'd post it here since some of you may not go into that forum much.

hey guys,
i just finished watching this movie which is about the Genocide that occurred in Rwanda during 1994. It is the story of General Romeo Dallaire who led the peacekeeping mission in Rwanda during this time and showed me a lot that I did not know about this incident. It is an absolutely amazing movie that i feel everyone should watch, it is easily the best canadian made movie i've ever seen.
I really can't believe how ignorant i was to this situation. I know i was only 12 when this occurred, but i had heard about what happened but never really paid attention to it. Needless to say this movie is extremely powerful and like i said, is something that everyone should take time to watch.

Be warned that it is a very graphic movie and that Roy Dupuis who plays Dallaire truly becomes his charter so it really brings you into the movie.

I'm going to ask for the book for x-mas, i can't wait to read it.

1 question, has anyone seen Hotel Rwanda? I haven't seen it yet but after watching this movie i think i'd like to see more on this incident and i've heard great reviews of that movie.

mookie blaylock 10

just watched the movie this morning, finally! it is fantastic, leafs. you're so right, roy dupuis did a phenomenal job. for me, this was better than hotel rwanda.

(same response from your other thread, but the movie is worth two threads! )

leafs4ever

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

just watched the movie this morning, finally! it is fantastic, leafs. you're so right, roy dupuis did a phenomenal job. for me, this was better than hotel rwanda.

(same response from your other thread, but the movie is worth two threads! )

lol, thanks mookie, i agree the movie is worth 2 threads

would you still recommend hotel rwanda, i think i'm going to add that to the x-mas list aswell and get both movies and the 2 books all together, save on shipping if i order them all together

mookie blaylock 10

leafs4ever wrote:

lol, thanks mookie, i agree the movie is worth 2 threads

would you still recommend hotel rwanda, i think i'm going to add that to the x-mas list aswell and get both movies and the 2 books all together, save on shipping if i order them all together

oh yeah, don't get me wrong...hotel rwanda was great and don cheadle was excellent. definitely check it out. i think i was surprised at just how good shake hands with the devil was. i'd heard good things, but it absorbs you into the movie. very powerful.

Heineken Helen

Hotel Rwanda is one of the best films I've seen... but I haven't seen shake hands with the devil. I READ shake hands with the devil though and it's a brilliant book... possibly a bit long but definitely worth a read.

Rygar

I haven't seen it yet, but Roy Dupuis does an excellent job in everything I've ever seen him do.

Fifthelement

Hotel Rwanda is excellent. I will def check out Shake Hands with the Devil

sourdough

Besides the motion picture version, there is a documentary of the same title which was released in 2004 and documents Romeo Dallaire's return to Rwanda to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the genocide. It is definitely worth a watch.

mookie blaylock 10

sourdough wrote:

Besides the motion picture version, there is a documentary of the same title which was released in 2004 and documents Romeo Dallaire's return to Rwanda to commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the genocide. It is definitely worth a watch.

thanks for that. i'm going to check that out.

mookie blaylock 10

Rygar wrote:

I haven't seen it yet, but Roy Dupuis does an excellent job in everything I've ever seen him do.

he does, very true. this performance is right up there.

mookie blaylock 10

Heineken Helen wrote:

Hotel Rwanda is one of the best films I've seen... but I haven't seen shake hands with the devil. I READ shake hands with the devil though and it's a brilliant book... possibly a bit long but definitely worth a read.

check it out if you can find it on your side of the pond, double h. i think i'm going to have to do like leafs and check out the book as well.

CHANGEinWAVES

Sometimes In April is another excellent film about Rwanda, I believe it's an HBO film...imo it was better then Hotel Rwanda. I will surely see the film you recommend.

patrickredeyes

Oh joy a thread to get us into the holiday cheer.

Byrnzie

I've finished downloading it, along with Checkpoint. I'll watch them this weekend.

Heineken Helen

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

check it out if you can find it on your side of the pond, double h. i think i'm going to have to do like leafs and check out the book as well.

will do... and definitely check out the book if you're interested in Rwanda... it's shocking.