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PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:38 pm 
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Went to see this last night and it was pretty damn good.

If you don't know it's the "inspired by true events" story about the regime of Idi Amin. The real life President of Uganda from 1971-1979 who also happened to be a paranoid, blood thirsty tyrant who was reported to have killed around 300,000 Ugandans during his reign.


I'd give good odds that Forest Whitaker will win the Oscar for Best Actor for this in an all too rare leading role for him. He's pretty amazing as Amin.

It covers his reign from his seizure of power to his late 70's descent into paranoia and madness. The movie was inspired by a book that Amin's health minister wrote after escaping to Europe in the late 70's.

I've been thinking about Whitaker's performance all day today and I'm still impressed. There is one torture scene towards the end that is still making me cringe.


More proof that a good script and good acting can carry a movie by theirselves. Surprise. This movie was done for around 6 million.


Highly Recommended. Pretty sure it will only be in select theaters. At least until Oscar season.


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More proof that a good script and good acting can carry a movie by theirselves. Surprise.

Best way to endorse a movie. Thanks for the heads-up.


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Saw the long trailer for this before some movie and it looked good. Whitaker is sorta over-the-top as an actor sometimes IMHO (see his role on The Shield last year), but over-the-top will probably play well in a portrayal of Amin (a personal hero (along with Pol Pot) of Sen. LooGAR)

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Rick Derris Wrote:
I'd give good odds that Forest Whitaker will win the Oscar for Best Actor for this in an all too rare leading role for him. He's pretty amazing as Amin.


Whitaker's a fantastic actor, but wouldn't it have been even more awesome for Eko to portray Idi Amin?


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I've been thinking about Whitaker's performance all day today and I'm still impressed. There is one torture scene towards the end that is still making me cringe.


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Definitely planning on seeing this. I dig Forrest, even his bit roles, like the hustler in The Color of Money.

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i wanna see this.

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i thought it was a brilliant movie. and its very disturbing. its themes and imagery has stuck with me for weeks.


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There's only fifty screens in town but it's showing up by the airport. I haven't had the motivation to go up there yet.

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This is the number one movie I want to see right now.


Borat is now number two. :D

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I definitely want to see this.

Idi Amin was truly evil. I assumed he was dead until the mention of his death hit the news a couple of years ago. Amin found asylum in Saudi Arabia after embracing Islam and was never was held accountable. In my book, he's right up there with Hitler and Pol Pot.


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Just got back from this. Fucking amazing movie. I think my favorite part is the fact that it was shot on Oakwood/Bronsonvision stock to achieve that true seventies feel.

Whitaker is awesome. It seemed to me like he was playing a human being, but channeling what it would be like to deal with a drunk Grizzly Bear -- you could pacify for a while with honey or something, and then it would just go crazy for no reason.

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I want billy g to see this so he can tell me what the name of a song is in it.

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I had the book, and it gave me nightmares. Gave it away because just seeing it on the shelf was a downer. I don't think I'm up for this movie, but I bet it's pretty great.


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I'm probably going to see it this weekend at some point. A friend of mine saw it today and gave it rave reviews. Plus I've always been a fan of Mr. Whitaker.

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I'm probably going to see it this weekend at some point. A friend of mine saw it today and gave it rave reviews. Plus I've always been a fan of Mr. Whitaker.


Just got this at the local AMC, but saw it three months ago at the Landmark Cine (Downer). Will see it again, though, since I missed the first fifteen minutes (& I hate when I miss any part of a movie).


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Can someone explain the title? I know there is a fictional Scottish doctor in the film, but is there another connection?


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Can someone explain the title? I know there is a fictional Scottish doctor in the film, but is there another connection?


He served with the Scots and was generally enamored with their culture....and they both hate the english.

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Can someone explain the title? I know there is a fictional Scottish doctor in the film, but is there another connection?


I read something about Amin proclaiming himself "the king of Scotland".

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Watched all but the last 15-20 mins of this on the flight back from NZ, and then the wife had some sort of seizure, passed out cold for 10-20 seconds. In the aftermath, I never saw the ending. She was fine, and it seemed to have been a bizarre reaction to 7-hour-old cold medication and a jack-n-coke.

None the less, I missed the ending. Somebody PM me the cliff's notes, starting after DAT botched abortion.

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this movie was fucking BRUTAL. It was great but at times...man. We had to make up a silly song about idi amin in my living room just to trivialize it enough to deal with.


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wait, is this the movie where forest whitaker plays the guy with one fucked up eye?


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this movie was fucking BRUTAL. It was great but at times...man. We had to make up a silly song about idi amin in my living room just to trivialize it enough to deal with.


really?

i guess this means i've become more calloused than chase, which i would have never thought possible.


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don't be too impressed. He had to make up a song for the villain in Sky Kids 3-D, too.


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Finally saw it today myself (I had been wanting to see it for a while now), and like crack said this thing is pretty damn brutal. But at the same time Forest Whitaker was awesome in it. If he don't win the oscar for best actor, man...

Anyway, I walked away satisfied. But at times it is pretty damn brutal.

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it seems that the best joke i have in my repertoire has fallen on deaf ears. this is a said day for me indeed.

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Forest was awful on SNL. He's not funny. Sure can sing, though.


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