The Last King of Scotland- I must say it was an eye-opener for me, being quite ignorant about Uganda. The acting was good especially Forest Whitaker but i thought the Scot was pretty charming. The way the story was being presented to me was somehow lacking in continuity, the whole sleeping-with-the-wife i thought was a bit superfluous. The man's cruelty and madman-ness was not thoroughly presented except for some photographs of the inhuman deed he did. It just didn't bring an impact across to make a statement, to me anyhow. The man didn't struck as an intelligent person of extraordinare but more of a madman to me. And maybe the cast were of too-familiar for my liking-Kerry Washington etc... maybe it's just not my cup of tea. I wouldn't say that it had me mesmerized like Pan's Labyrinth, or 'teruja' like Apocalypto, or awakened like Sometimes in April..... Monday, April 09, 2007
The Last King Of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland- I must say it was an eye-opener for me, being quite ignorant about Uganda. The acting was good especially Forest Whitaker but i thought the Scot was pretty charming. The way the story was being presented to me was somehow lacking in continuity, the whole sleeping-with-the-wife i thought was a bit superfluous. The man's cruelty and madman-ness was not thoroughly presented except for some photographs of the inhuman deed he did. It just didn't bring an impact across to make a statement, to me anyhow. The man didn't struck as an intelligent person of extraordinare but more of a madman to me. And maybe the cast were of too-familiar for my liking-Kerry Washington etc... maybe it's just not my cup of tea. I wouldn't say that it had me mesmerized like Pan's Labyrinth, or 'teruja' like Apocalypto, or awakened like Sometimes in April.....
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Sometimes in April's about the genocide in Rwanda....
Forest Whitaker was brilliant. He deserved the Oscar. BTW, this is a true story.
BTW, thought Sometimes in April was crap. Preferred Hotel Rwanda. ;-)
yar...i know it's a true story..forest whitaker was great...but the story wasn't that enticing. Eh how can you hate Sometimes in April...argh
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