The Last King of Scotland
Ding, Political, Thriller August 23rd, 2007
I finally watched The Last King of Scotland. We went to go see it once and got stuck in traffic and abandoned ever seeing the movie. Luckily, Netflix came through for us. When I saw it, I thought, “Wow. What a crazy story…” but then I looked it up and it ends up it is based on a novel. So… anyway… I loved Forest Whitaker as Idi Amin and I didn’t even mind that he delivered the ding.
(Image from http://flickr.com/photos/idealterna/405218076/)
Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, the horny doctor, was played by James McAvoy. Luckily he was good because it is going to take a lot from him for me to forgive that Becoming Jane trailer. I still can’t watch him in a movie without calling him Mr. Tumnus and asking about Lucy Pevensie once or twice. Lucy was from Spare oom, by the way.
August 23rd, 2007 at 11:14 am
i find these biopics that are completely fictional to be very confusing. i thought the acting was great, but as things got crazier, i just got annoyed. there is a real bio pic of amin (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071544/) that apparently has incredible footage of him. i may try to see it.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
We saw this movie on the plane on the way to sunny California, not exactly a plane movie, but what the hay–it was cheaper than a theater ticket. My plane “neighbor” got up to go to the bathroom just before the (spoiler alert) part when his lover is killed, so I was a bit confused and felt unsettled for the rest of the film. Damn plane neighbor. She apologized but I still haven’t forgiven her. I definitely want to see it again.