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Movie notes
Jun. 17th, 2013 10:19 pmNot feeling so good today. I watched two movies lately which I quite liked:
The Last King of Scotland 2006. Rated R. James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington.
While not happy nor easy to watch, this movie is very captivating and fascinating. McAvoy plays a naive Scottish doctor (Dr. Garrigan) who travels to Uganda seeking work and adventure. By happenstance he encounters the newly-in-power Idi Amin. The two men are charmed by each other; Dr. Garrigan becomes an adviser to Amin, and Dr. Garrigan doesn't realize what he's gotten himself into until it's almost too late. I thought about this movie for days after seeing it, because it is such a powerful, subtle movie that takes you along with Dr. Garrigan's conflicted emotions. There are a couple of very violent/gory scenes and we did fast-forward through one torture bit. Also the actors really sell it, and it was filmed in Uganda. I loved this film and it will stay with me.
Repo Men 2010, Rated R. Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga.
I'm not sure why I never saw this movie nor heard much about it: it's really my kind of movie. Law and Whitaker play Remy and Jake, company thugs for a corporation called Unity. Their work is to (legally) repossess artificial organs from people who can't make their payments. Remy's marriage is on the rocks and he is thinking about switching his career path, even though being a Repo man is something he is good at. After an accident, Remy finds himself needing a new heart, and with his new equipment he also gets a conscience, putting him on the wrong side of Unity and the law. This is a fun Sci Fi action movie. It's somewhat bloody. (I disagree with Remy's interpretation of Schrodinger's cat, but ymmv.)
The Last King of Scotland 2006. Rated R. James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington.
While not happy nor easy to watch, this movie is very captivating and fascinating. McAvoy plays a naive Scottish doctor (Dr. Garrigan) who travels to Uganda seeking work and adventure. By happenstance he encounters the newly-in-power Idi Amin. The two men are charmed by each other; Dr. Garrigan becomes an adviser to Amin, and Dr. Garrigan doesn't realize what he's gotten himself into until it's almost too late. I thought about this movie for days after seeing it, because it is such a powerful, subtle movie that takes you along with Dr. Garrigan's conflicted emotions. There are a couple of very violent/gory scenes and we did fast-forward through one torture bit. Also the actors really sell it, and it was filmed in Uganda. I loved this film and it will stay with me.
Repo Men 2010, Rated R. Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga.
I'm not sure why I never saw this movie nor heard much about it: it's really my kind of movie. Law and Whitaker play Remy and Jake, company thugs for a corporation called Unity. Their work is to (legally) repossess artificial organs from people who can't make their payments. Remy's marriage is on the rocks and he is thinking about switching his career path, even though being a Repo man is something he is good at. After an accident, Remy finds himself needing a new heart, and with his new equipment he also gets a conscience, putting him on the wrong side of Unity and the law. This is a fun Sci Fi action movie. It's somewhat bloody. (I disagree with Remy's interpretation of Schrodinger's cat, but ymmv.)
