Review - The Last King of Scotland

Activist, Pearl Jr. reviews today's blockbuster films from a Black perspective for BlackMediaReview.com

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[Pearljr]

You are suffering from the Arrogance of Ignorance because the man is real, but the incident of movie is completely made up. It is based on a book by a White man.

Do your research please!

[Pearljr]

Then why no tell a TRUE story? Something is vicious about the way they wrote this film.

[gakoniboy]

the review on the last king of scotland while candid,lacks perspective. Amin's wife cheating with the white Doc is one of the more plausable threads in the entire movie.the wife feeling neglected and a virile young scotsman appearing on the scene foretells the eventual fireworks.kay would have felt more secure with a foreigner than any ugandan.and yes Amin and his men would have reacted in a similar manner.people got killed for far less e.g bar arguments with soldiers

[Pearljr]

This is NOT a TRUE story. Of course, anything is possible, but ponder why the writer would write such a thing and then portray it as if it is true, because after all Amin was a real person. If he was so terrible, why not just tell a true story?

[pennywisekilledme]

who the hell cares if theres not that many blacks in the audience

[terratrema]

I turned this review off as soon as you put scare quotes around the word 'dictator' when describing Idi Amin.

Idi Amin was not a 'dictator,' he was a dictator. He fits the bill. And oh, he did some Very Bad Things.

However, in my opinion this movie was overwrought sensationalist garbage. And I could never believe the behavior of the young white protagonist. (He has come to learn that Amin is a mass murdering paranoid lunatic, and THEN desides to seduce the guy's wife. Come on!)

[123456cephiro]

ahhahah dammm this woman is so wrong is liek she see a movie and only se racism and black and with stuff is like every movie ofense her damm family guy should do a parody of her

[wensou]

This is a true story. You are the only person who thinks otherwise. Whenever you make a movie based on a true story small items are changed that do not effect the main story. For example the movie "Pride" that you love so much many, many, facts were changed for cinematic effect. That is how movies are made. You seem to only have a problem with it when it does not fit in to your little box from which you view the world.

[bgsmilesbg]

about her getting chopped up is not entirely a racial thing as you say it is. women in general always have been descriminated and suffered harder punishments due to no equality. even today in some cultures if a woman is not a virgin before she gets married they throw rocks at her until they kill her because she is concidered filthy. even if she was raped and its not her fault no body will want her. i think this has to do more with gender than race.

[ShaneFM]

It's funny how when you report that one of the wives cheated on Amin with a white man you quickly stated "now remember this is not true" hahaha-as if you had imply yet again of the obvious. Like you couldn't proceed without the audience knowing that in reality an African Wife would never do that. hahahaha!

[ShaneFM]

And you say this movie was really about a cheating wife? Wow! Did you happen to be present the first hour of the movie? Better yet did you see the trailer? [rolls eyes] You have to be delusional.

[ShaneFM]

I wish there was a way to rate this video half of a half of a star because it was just that sorry and sad. You must've skipped your history class in College because Amin was a ruthless "Dictator" that had a mind of a child. It seems like you have an under the skin disgust of a white man having hot sex with black women-if you do-seek help!

[ShaneFM]

This review Sucked balls and gross lack of information on the review frankly gives your opinion no merit. You have a "MYOPIC" way at looking at things while pulling the racist card and conspiracy theory's that it blows my mind. Next time you leave a review-get your facts straight and leave the bias & ignorance at home in the hills.