The Reader Travels

It took me just under three months to watch The Last King of Scotland. Netflix shipped it to me on July 3, and I mailed it back to them on October 1. As I look back on my journeys here, I found that I started my tour of Africa on July 7. Yes, it really is time to move on. And I’m glad I finally watched the movie.

You might ask yourself why it took me so long to watch this film. After all, I love Forest Whitaker, and from the first trailer I saw, I knew that Idi Amin was the part of a lifetime for him. Also, Mr. Tumnus is hot. Even as a paraplegic in Rory O’Shea Was Here, he was hot.

It’s just all that crimes-against-humanity stuff that’s hard to stomach, you know? Instead of watching The Last King of Scotland, here are some of the movies I did watch while I was waiting to find just the right mood for bloody massacre:

• Blades of Glory
• Running with Scissors
• House of Fools
• Hot Fuzz (twice)
• Knocked Up
• Hoodwinked
• Pootie Tang
• Let’s Go to Prison
• Fever Pitch (the British version)
• Stranger Than Fiction

Happy, happy thoughts. Now, let’s go to London, shall we?

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