[78-L] The King's Speech

[David Lennick]

Yeah..if you want biographical accuracy and great acting, go see "Amadeus". No, 
go see "Rhapsody in Blue". I mean "The Benny Goodman Story". Er, "Night and 
Day"..."The Eddy Duchin Story"..sheesh.

dl

On 4/2/2011 1:54 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> 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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