Go and see The King's Speech.

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This is the best motion picture I have seen in quite a while.

ruveyn

Even though I love history, this movie sounds kind of boring to me, to be honest.

I just watched the trailer and I think I could enjoy that film.

Actually not. England was going through the great depression and war was brewing in Europe. It was rather a tense time for the Brits. All this was aggravated by having a pro-German king, Edward, who fortunately was forced to abdicate because he was determined to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced woman and a commoner. The English needed every political arrow in their quiver to stand up to the Germans. The Brits were so spooked by the horrendous losses in The Great War (WWI) they there was a real chance they would come to terms with Hitler and his buddies.

ruveyn

I'm so excited to see it. I'm gonna see it on Feb. 26th as part of AMC's Best Picture Showcase just before the oscars. I can't wait.

It really is a great movie, in fact I plan to see it again.

Diff'rent strokes.

I enjoyed the film very much. I have also read that the queen enjoyed it too, which is saying a lot since it was her family that was being portrayed.

I went to see it last night, on word of mouth recommendations, and I enjoyed it very much & more than I thought I would.

I understand why some would be put off by the 'history film' aura, but it's not like that. It's a genuinely 'humane' film about one man's struggle with his failings, when he's made a very public figure with no hiding place.

Some other things I liked :
1) Cinematography is not bog-standard. They use muted colours with natural light effects & use a lot of angled shots (eg brief glimpses of buildings looking upwards, or looking up at characters), shots with single character off-centre, gives more of an interesting feel to it. It looks at odd little details, which I can relate to.

2) Family conflict, in a very repressed-but-acutely-painful way. Anyone who's been there on any level can relate.

3) Didn't get boring - kept it moving.

4) Humour - dry, liberally applied. If nothing else, go to see it to see Colin Firth do a line in continuous swearing (this was part of the therapy btw!)

I found it a funny, sad film and made me think about the sort of lives those who lived through the two WW had. Makes me grateful once again for what they did.

I was in cinema on this movie recently and I liked it. It's a movie about Britain before WW2 in the other point of view. This point of view - of man with speech defect and his therapist - make this movie unusual.
It was also great to listen to British English. I got used to American.

I saw it too and liked it.

I didn't think I would like it but I did.

It was interesting to see how he overcame his stammer, although I am not sure how true some of the methology used in the film was. Did he really get the king to swear like that?

My mum cried through out the film as she has a stammer when she was a kid so could really relate to it.

Just won the Oscar!

I thought it'd be boring too, then watched it a few Sundays ago. They managed to make the action quite tense...for a slow-moving picture. I was really fascinated to learn what speech therapists do to help people with stammers. That was the most interesting part for me.

Sentimental BS. That's the vibe I get from it.