I'm sure Jon will have his indepth review of this up tomorrow night, but just reminding you all that the Galaxy is getting Last King of Scotland this Friday. Showtimes are 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, and 9:35.

1/17/2007 12:01:17 PM

IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0455590/
RottenTomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/last_king_of_scotland/
Official site: http://www2.foxsearchlight.com/thelastkingofscotland/
Trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/thelastkingofscotland/hd/

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

If you haven't seen the trailer already, go ahead and watch it. You'll want to see this one. The story of Idi Amin is absolutely brutal. He killed at least 300,000 of his own citizens in the 1970's (Amnesty International claims it's closer to 500,000 for what it's worth). His official title was "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular." So, yeah, he was a fucking nutjob.

"The Last King of Scotland is a parable shocking in its truth, jolting in its lack of sentimentality, Shakespearean in its vision of the doctor's catastrophic flaw."
-- Kyle Smith, New York Post

It's got an 8.0 on IMDB and a whopping 89% positive rating on RottenTomatoes. Whitaker's most likely going to get an Oscar nom for this one. Check it out.

As federal said, it's opening this Friday at Galaxy Cinema in Cary. Showtimes are 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, and 9:35. Come see it!

1/17/2007 12:32:17 PM

oh sweet! I saw this preview a looong ass time ago and have been really looking forward to it. I hope i can swindel a friend into going with me friday

1/17/2007 12:32:59 PM

Ehe

I'll try to remember to post my thoughts after I've seen it on Thursday.

1/17/2007 12:34:38 PM

and for those who didn't know, whitaker won the golden globe for best lead actor for this role.

1/17/2007 1:20:04 PM

I'm going this weekend, I do believe.

1/17/2007 1:28:41 PM

yea he totally broke down and started crying during his acceptance speech. it was neat.

1/17/2007 2:05:29 PM

Jesus Christ. Jesus fucking Christ.

What an amazing--and horrifying--film.

1/19/2007 1:32:53 AM

Agreed. An amazing movie.

1/19/2007 2:09:35 AM

a little disappointed that no actual cannibalism was filmed but ill take a crazy Whitaker any day of the week.

1/19/2007 2:11:52 AM

^ Is he not a man? He is DEVO.

1/19/2007 7:01:47 AM

they didn't even wear kilts

wtf

1/19/2007 7:31:32 AM

But there were bagpipes right? right?

1/19/2007 2:47:48 PM

There were both kilts and bagpipes in this film.

1/19/2007 2:48:30 PM

i know forrest whitaker is pretty dark skinned in real life

but he looks like he wore some makeup to look even darker in this movie

Mahktar Ndiaye style

1/19/2007 2:50:14 PM

i wish i was an african dictator

1/19/2007 2:56:10 PM

I want to see it just because this is the first time that I've seen him play someone other than Forrest Whitaker.

1/19/2007 3:21:52 PM

read the book. pretty good. plan on seeing the movie too.

1/19/2007 4:10:27 PM

Quote :

"they didn't even wear kilts wtf"

you didn't watch the movie, did you?

saw it tonight. best of the year, hands down. good god whitaker was brilliant.

1/23/2007 1:32:45 AM

awesome movie! i loved it.

1/23/2007 1:51:12 AM

This movie made me feel awful. I just have a terrible nagging guilt trip about existing in a world where these things happen.

It was, of course, well acted and well filmed. Forest deserves that Oscar.

1/26/2007 10:19:23 PM

what a rip off, I thought this was a sequel to Braveheart

1/26/2007 10:23:09 PM

great movie

forest whitaker is the bomb

super intense

crappy ending

1/27/2007 12:05:59 AM