Flower of Scotland

Flower of Scotland

Advantages: Review of Scottish Independence
Disadvantages: I wrote it!!?!?!?

The situation in the Balkan States is far more complicated, than that of Scotland. To give you an idea, it would be like Scotland wanting to splinter into many smaller Countries mainly on National and Religious grounds. e.g. a new Country called Glasgow, one called Dundee, one called Aberdeen. When Yugoslavia was one Nation, made up of different parts, these parts wanted independence. e.g. Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia Herzegovnia, Slovenia. But the powers that be did not want the Country splintering. This led to the atrocious war, massacres and genocidal crimes of which evidence is still being uncovered. The Former Yugoslav Republic consisted of Serbia and Montenegro, until June 2006, when Montenegro declared independence. Now Kosovo has declared its independence, against Serbian wishes and this has led to division of opinion in ...

MEISTER123 07.03.2008 (04.05.2008) · Read full review
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The Last King of Scotland

Advantages: Great acting, story to be told
Disadvantages: Gruesome

The Last King of Scotland is a story, inspired by real people and events about the life of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The film came out in 2006 and was one that I really enjoyed. In my opinion it's well portrayed, beautifully acted, tense and gripping and one you really have to watch. Idi Amin is played by Forest Whitaker and he gives a truly haunting portrail. He's really quite scary in this film at the same time as being really captivating and interesting and it's no coincidence that people fall for his charms. I think he actually bears a little resembalance to the dictator himself and so this definitely made the look and character more believeable. In fact, it's not jsut me who thinks Forest did a great job. He won the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTAs for his role ...

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Review of The Last King Of Scotland (DVD)

Uganda or Scotland?

Advantages: Great performances, Tense, Compelling viewing
Disadvantages: Factually inaccurate

One of the most misleading film/book titles ever in my opinion! So what is the film about? Is it any good? ------------------------------------------------------- This is the tale of how the films protagonist Dr Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) is taken under the wing of Ugandan president, Idi Amin (Forrest Whitaker). Amin just so happens to be a brutal dictator with a bit of a problem with trusting people. Garrigan had just finished university and felt like he was trapped into following on in exactly the same manner as his father, being a doctor in Scotland. He decided he needed to make a clean break and therefore flew out to Uganda for serving both the purposes of being great help to the health of the locals and also to gain some sense of adventure. On a chance meeting, Amin expresses his somewhat bizarre love of Scotland ...

shanediablo 19.06.2008 · Read full review
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