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The Last King of Scotland: Love Him and Leave Him

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Not a very quality looking film, indeed. In fact, I'm going to presume they wanted it to look that way to make up for lack of budget. The story of the Scottish doctor who "accidentally" became an Amin insider is intriguing. The problem is it confuses one into thinking Idi was an "okay" guy for most of the movie. We are not being consciously bombarded by the horrific but slipped into it little by little with the horrors coming on board at a faster pace near the end. I would be interested to know how much of this is grounded in the truth.
Whitaker did a great job but I wonder if he was on screen enough of lead?
Do you have the answer or are you part of the problem?

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Who possibly could care enough about Amin? Whitaker is always getting - tinear 04:57:48 02/04/07 (11)
these over-the-top reviews which, when one sees the performance, leave one scratching the scalp.
I actually find his persona mysterious and quite unresponsive, not exactly the stuff of deep portrayals.
- Maybe the innocent who lost parents, children. Why should you care? Drink your wine and enjoy the beach.nt - jamesgarvin 12:41:53 02/05/07 (0)
  nt
- 180 degree turn. This is another movie about a black person where - Duilawyer 12:34:35 02/05/07 (0)
  the money people said "NO WHITES WILL GO!!" so instead they made it about a white person who knew the black person. The movie about Bikos best white friend, and the other apartheid movies are the worst examples.
- He was a very interesting character . . . - mr grits 11:00:33 02/04/07 (0)
  And it's nice our best buddies, the Saudi's, gave him a home when he should have dropped through the door on a scaffold. Oh, well.
  
  Do you have the answer or are you part of the problem?
- "Who possibly could care enough about Amin?" LOL - Analog Scott 08:57:17 02/04/07 (7)
  You gotta be kidding. Right?
  - You think he's an interesting character, go ahead read up on him, study - tinear 13:57:00 02/04/07 (6)
    him. Why a two-bit thug who enjoyed torturing and eating his victims is "fascinating" is alien to me. We already know all we need to know about the man.
    Now Stalin, Hitler, or Mao? They're not interesting in and of themselves but in what they accomplished, both immense good and immense evil.
    Amin? A despot in a tinpot.
    - The Scot doctor remarked to Idi his most frightening quality was that he was a "child" . . . - mr grits 16:57:38 02/04/07 (0)
      That's the spin Whittaker put on his character. An all most innocent, wide-eyed exuberance counterbalanced by homicidal malevolence.
      
      Do you have the answer or are you part of the problem?
    - Oh Hitler is interestring because of what he "acomplished"? - Analog Scott 14:13:01 02/04/07 (4)
      Killing Jews is interesting where as killing Africans is not? WTF?
      - If Hitler had been just an exterminator, he'd be rather common on the - tinear 05:34:06 02/05/07 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Oh Hitler is interestring because of what he "acomplished"? posted by Analog Scott on February 4, 2007 at 14:13:01:
        
        stage of history.
        You forget WWII and all the years before wherein Adolph used German indebtedness and economic ruin to forge (okay, with the help of a lot of assassinations) a national unity and spirit. Yes, his military ambitions and adventures were extraordinarily destructive and caused a massive amount of loss of life, but would Germany be one of the strongest countries in the world today without having passed through that flame?
        Anyhow, you find Amin fascinating, I don't. But to equate them as historical figures is ludicrous.
        
        Your posts are simply disgusting on so many levels - Analog Scott 08:59:03 02/05/07 (1)
        
        In Reply to: If Hitler had been just an exterminator, he'd be rather common on the posted by tinear on February 5, 2007 at 05:34:06:
        
        I could write a book about it. Intead of wasting more time with such bile I'll just let your posts speak for themselves. WOW
        
        Ah, the last refuge of the intellectually impotent: ad hominem. - tinear 09:16:27 02/05/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Your posts are simply disgusting on so many levels posted by Analog Scott on February 5, 2007 at 08:59:03:
        
        You must enjoy swallowing bile.
        Ugh.
        
        Re: If Hitler had been just an exterminator, he'd be rather common on the - jamesgarvin 06:39:03 02/05/07 (0)
        
        In Reply to: If Hitler had been just an exterminator, he'd be rather common on the posted by tinear on February 5, 2007 at 05:34:06:
        
        Um, actually, you were the first poster to bring up the names Hitler, Stalin, Mao. Ludicrous? I'd say that fits.
        I guess the difference, when you really get right down to it, is that Hitler took his evil to a grander scale, involving the entire World in an effort to eliminate him, whereas Amin's evil was more limited to his own country. It appears that Hitler's scale of evil has awakened a modicum of respect in you. Would not be the first time that that World looked past evil limited to the African continent. And I thought you empathized with those who have no voice.

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