The Last King of Scotland (Possible Spoilers)

[oddjob62]

Anyone seen this?

I thought it was fantastic.

Whitaker steals the show with his portrayal of Amin. He is truly scary at times, and knowing the history makes it even more frightening as you see people celebrating his takeover at the beginning.

Well worth the price of admission imo.

 

[oddjob62]

Been meaning to go see this, what age is it?

Came out this week, or maybe last week

 

[oddjob62]

Yeah I thought it was fantastic, but at the same time agree that it's a bit lame how they resorted to putting a white face on black suffering, but I suppose it makes it easier to empathise.

Well the book is very loosely based on Bob Astles, a Brit who was one of Amin's closest advisors. Although from what i've read, he was far less innocent to what was going on compared to the Nicholas Garrigan character.