[78-L] The King's Speech

[Ron L'Herault]

It's a great story with good acting and it did it without in-your-face
violence and/or sex.  The costuming/settings were well done.  I didn't go
expecting to see a documentary, did you?

Ron L

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  The movie is entertaining, but the story is as "fictionalized" as most 
movies.  The film shows Prince 'Bertie' botching a speech in 1925, then 
waiting until 1934 to consult therapists.  In fact, he worked with Lionel 
Logue starting in 1927, so had 10 years to ready himself to be King. The 
whole "OMG! Logue is a Quack!" nonsense is just ...nonsense. They didn't 
even bother to make anybody look older after 10+ years. Why not, just lazy??

   Colin Firth, big flabby blob that he is, was a ridiculous choice to play 
a small shy man like Albert - especially at the start, when Albert was only 
30 & Firth's neck (50)  is hanging all over the place. The film did not 
deserve the accolades given, in my ohsohumbleopinion.




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