Sorry, the offer is not to make a toast for a Happy New Year. It is a review of a movie sent in Scotland in the early 1950s. Stone of Destiny is a movie that I watched late last night through Netflix Streaming to my laptop. The Canadian movie was filmed in 2008 and is based on true events. The story tells of collage age Ian Hamilton and friends' efforts to return the Stone of Destiny to its rightful owner. Of course, the Stone of Destiny is sitting on a shelf under the coronation chair that sits in Westminster Abbey. So, the plot involves breaking into the Abbey during Christmas 1950 and returning the stone to its original owner, the people of Scotland.
Although I am not of Scottish descent but of Irish descent so I'm with Hamilton and his friends every step of the way. This is a movie well worth seeing although it begins with a slow moving pace. I also had so trouble understanding some of the dialogue because of the Scottish accent. However, the movie sucked me in emotionally and by the conclusion, I, too, wanted to run out in the street waving the flag of Scotland. I green light this movie. Also, please watch Stone of Destiny on your television screen and not on a laptop. The panoramic views of the Scottish highlands must be breathtaking and I regret that I missed out on the big screen viewing.
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