The King's Speech

[Jack Nevada]

"It's true, I'm not a doctor. And yes, I acted. A bit. Well...I recited in pubs, I taught elocution in schools. When the Great War came, all our soldiers were returning to Australia from the front, a lot of them shell-shocked, unable to speak. Somebody said, "Lionel, you're very good at all this speech stuff, you think you could possibly help these poor buggers?" I did muscle therapy, exercises, relaxation, but I knew I had to go deeper. Those poor young blokes cried out in fear and n one was listening to them. My job was to give them faith in their own voice, and let them know a friend was listening."

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Loved this movie, Lionel is a boss. :)Plus I love historical films.

[ShouldIBeHere]

Re-watched recently and still great. 

 

There is no voyeurism about it - even in the very private moments shown, such as the two Princesses with their father.

 

It also is a great portray of those horrible days leading up to the outbreak of war in Europe. A very unique and narrow portray - but all the more interesting.

 

I tear up every time the declaration of war is announced.

 

Stellar performances.

 

A

[RobinHood26]

Its a damn good film, but it lacks the extra level of emotionally depth and investment for me.

Performances are great of course.

 

B (86)

[redfirebird2008]

Enjoy this movie a lot. Only complaint is the distracting camera angles chosen by Tom Hooper.

[narniadis]

One of my favorites from the last few years. Great performances and I have always liked the score.

[Lordmandeep]

A very well made but not a film for everyone.

 

I am quite happy it was more recognized then the Social Network which was a good movie but had little emotional attachment compared to this. 

[Blankments]

Just rewatched it for the first time since theaters. The performances are great, the script is pretty sharp, if formulaic, and the cinematography is cool. I like it even if I was on team Social Network. Good fun with an interesting structure makes this one of the better Best Picture winners in recent memory. A

[solaris]

Just rewatching this now. It's held up pretty well. That final speech is wonderfully staged and scored.

[Lordmandeep]

This is far more rewatchable then TSN.

I randomly get the urge to re watch this.

Seen it like 4 times

Its such a nice pleasant comfortin movie.

[greenhulk]

nothing need to say, and I love Colin Firth

[FTF]

TKS is a good movie, but it still drives me nuts how it won BP, and Tom Hooper won BD, over The Social Network/David Fincher and Black Swan/Darren Aronofsky.  TKS is such a typical, safe and paint by the numbers movie and directing pick by the academy...but TSN and BS are so much more memorable and arguably top ten of the decade so far.

 

The academy is known for picking the typical safe movie for bp, but the best director win is probably worse - every other director nominated did more and had more of an impact on their movie than Hooper did with TKS…TKS could have been directed by anyone and been just as good. Which is why no one knew who Hooper was before and no one knows who he is now.

 

Oh well…if this helped 5 years later give us Kingsman Firth and that church scene then so be it lol

Edited August 29, 2015 by FTF

[sumanth]

superb film 

[Plain Old Tele]

Just rewatching this now. It's held up pretty well. That final speech is wonderfully staged and scored.

 

It was "scored" by some dude named Beethoven.

[baumer]

It was "scored" by some dude named Beethoven.

 

[Goffe]

Loved it, Firth gave gave a powerhouse performance and his friendship with Lionel felt incredibly real. The speech scene was breathtaking and made me tear up a bit, just a majestic piece of cinema all-around. I was also surprised by how effective the humor was in the movie. 95/100