Friday, February 5, 2010

invictus


when i first heard about this movie i couldn't wait to get my hands on it so when my movie guy ( i have all sorts of guys) called me announcing that he had it i dashed to his shop threw him his ka 1500 and headed home to watch this must watch at least those that have for those who put on those micro mini shorts, thick cotton shirts and ridiculously heavy boots and lost some sweat tackling and being tackled on the field it doesn't matter where. so when i read on one friend's blog about this movie and how da preview was done so badly and he was baying for the reviewers blood. i thought i should do a piece about this INVICTUS. i will not go into da genesis of the word, the poem i wanted to share some of the scenes that i really liked.

while every one else will shower Morgan Freeman with praise for doing a great job as Madiba and Matt Damon for his role as Francios Pieenar, as a Ugandan and a follower of Ugandan, i was awed by the role Chester William played or had in this whole rugby thing in South Africa. seeing all those kids calling out his name as was watched in the movie and Francios pieenar asking Him to say that prayer after that famous win over Jonah Lomu's Newzealand's All Blacks in 95 was amazing. i mean he was here in Uganda in 2007 as coach and successfully led us to the African cup some will say it was dat other guy i forget his name but oh yeah its Dobela but don't we always say Moses led the Israelite to the promised land even when he actually died on their way there and didn't actually make it? we hard Chester here in Uganda but i think we didn't appreciate him enough i mean this guy was much more than being the only black on the Spring Boks team he was and is still a HERO who deserved more than he got here( speaks a lot about the nature of Ugandans ignoring the important things and settle for the nonsense)its no wonder he left abruptly and there's nothing good to write about his return recently as we fell miserably to Tunisia. i have heard from those who were lucky to be trained by Him that he was more than just a Man but trust Ugandans we could water down Jesus' miracle. The union failed to grant him the simplest of requests and as such he couldn't take us to the world cup despite him being a winner of the web Ellis.

Aside from that as an All blacks fan those bloody Boks really tackled Lomu and put him out of the game. at the end despite having watched da real game many times i couldn't help but be happy for the new rainbow nation's win.
Chester Uganda owes u

2 comments:

  1. I remember the phrase "water down Jesus' miracle" from the great college.

    someone said that about our class and i'm sure they are regretting it now.

    otherwise great review!

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  2. oh i remember that hot afternoon in the library

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