I have finally got the chance to see the King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper and I have to say that I loved it.
The movie is by the way nominated to 12 Academy Award this season and only won one Golden Globes for Best Actor, Colin Firth, whom happens to be my favorite actor. The rest of the cast, all of them, not only Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush were amazing. I just loved all of them, I wasn’t at all disappointed with them. But Colin, I had very high expectation before watching the movie and after I’ve seen his breathtaking performance I’ve realized that he has exceeded my expectations and I could never be more proud. The chance that Colin wont take the Oscar is only 1% I swear.
The movie was flawless. I’m trying to look for flaws in this movie as I always look for some flaws in some other movies and I have found that this movie lacks nothing, it’s actually perfect the way it is. When it comes to the plot it is perfect that there’s nothing dramatic, after all, it’s based on a real story, and dramatic plot is out of the question. As for Dramatic scenes, there were some real strong scenes, specially those between Bertie (King George VI, played by Colin Firth) and Lionel Logue (played by Geoffrey Rush). It was very important to see the relationship that grows between them, and how they develop their friendship through dealing with the stammer of the king.
The movie doesn’t evolve around the war and the relationship of the king with the nation and other nations, it’s not about the life of the king, but it’s all about the stammer of the king and how he overcomes it. It’s brilliant, one can compare it to the movie “The Queen” (starring Helen Mirren), for there the story is about the relationship with the queen and Tony Blaire. And the same in “The King’s Speech” it’s about the King and his stammer and his relationship with Lionel Logue.
The movie is very well made, it has the perfect direction, the perfect editing and score. Yes, indeed it looks like a BBC TV drama, and some critics turn not to like this fact, but I think it’s amazing. For me the movie was flawless… Perhaps not the best movie of the decade, but at least very much worth it, perhaps the best movie of the year.
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