I have been wanting to see The King's Speech for a while now, and just got it in the mail from Netflix today. Let me just say it was an incredible movie. I can see why it won best picture.
While some may have found this movie a bit slow or dull for their taste, I personally thought the pacing was good. I also love that the film, being a biopic, focused on characters. Bertie, while still king, was very human. He was thrust into a lot of difficult situations he wasn't exactly prepared for and dealt with a lot of anger and anxiety. You could really tell how nervous he was every time he got in front of a microphone. Collin Firth and Geoffrey Rush both performed wonderfully as Bertie and Lionel Logue, respectively.
Speaking of which, I also really liked Lionel. He had a lot of guts. He addressed the king informally, wouldn't make exceptions for him, told him flat out "I will see you every day," sat on a throne and purposefully pissed off the king just to make a point...and it all helped Bertie out a lot in the end, too, in more ways that one.
There were a lot of great moments in this movie. I loved where, at the end, after the speech where Bertie announces war with Germany for the second time in a generation, Lionel simply told him "You still stammered on the 'w.'" It was just a nice, simple moment.
I also like the thought of the king cussing and/or singing to himself to get past the pauses in his speech. It's a pretty amusing inner dialogue to imagine.
While I hesitate to give out a full five stars, I think this is a film that's earned it. The cinematography was beautiful, the acting was great and there were just little things about this film that really seemed to make it work well.
Callie
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