tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post3450047237765735330..comments2024-03-08T03:14:02.855+11:00Comments on This Island Rod: The King’s Speech (2010)Roderick Heathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107539379079558068noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-7872845563922387452012-03-09T01:56:49.723+11:002012-03-09T01:56:49.723+11:00A movie with a few actors of 10, magnficos. Remain...A movie with a few actors of 10, magnficos. Remain with desire of more.Animaladashttp://www.animaladas.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-47249806562780855402011-12-24T00:45:07.155+11:002011-12-24T00:45:07.155+11:00A very good movie, I believe that it was happening...A very good movie, I believe that it was happening to be the classic one. Nobody to get lost itTiendas de animales Zaragozanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-50999664264820465442011-10-05T18:14:29.855+11:002011-10-05T18:14:29.855+11:00Discursive and elegant.
The king's speech does...Discursive and elegant.<br />The king's speech does not seem as attractive but its routing. The bonds of historical script allow one to skip the analysis of the idea. Beyond the script, the sympathy for the characters border on perfection and came on as battering rams.<br /><br />Nature supernally British humor makes the key in the development of the foundation. But the essence of the film lies in the performances, no doubt.<br /><br />Firth is again impressive after "A Single Man," is who sets the pace and pattern of the film, and accompanied by two large and Rush and Bonham Carter.<br /><br />Unforgivable viewing with dubbing, the original voices do so much for your sake and for the very being of the tape. The pace is amazing, humor, benevolent. The address is modern classical and interestingly in some planes.<br /><br />Great movie that Colin Firth has finally be rewarded as it deserves.Lidia - Nutricionistashttp://www.clinicasadelgazamiento.es/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-30652618416641270582011-06-02T15:11:38.372+10:002011-06-02T15:11:38.372+10:00I do somewhat think that the younger brother cryin...I do somewhat think that the younger brother crying was one more point against him though- this is the british aristocracy, they are supposed to uphold an iron mantle of control at all time, to be more than the average person. It might seem ridiculous to us, but thats their old school philosophy.jockonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-46204696430979596732011-01-15T18:53:17.435+11:002011-01-15T18:53:17.435+11:00Interesting perspective to bring to it, at least, ...Interesting perspective to bring to it, at least, Moray. Perhaps my tolerance has been broken down a bit more than yours, but I'd really like to see popular British cinema looking for new models rather than recycling the same three from fifteen years ago. Considering what a good year British filmmakers had, both at home and overseas, it's kind of galling that this sort of tired stuff is the one getting the most attention.Roderick Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107539379079558068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-76323364075801470492011-01-14T09:34:47.420+11:002011-01-14T09:34:47.420+11:00I see what you're saying here - and I really d...I see what you're saying here - and I really do feel these bloody stiff upper lip, flies undone films get done to death. But i found this to be amongst the best though. Colin Firth, damn his britches, is a damn fine actor and carries the film well. Yes, there's some blatant heart-string tugging and knowing, smart-arse comedy (yup, sick of these comedy montages on the whole though this one didn't quite tip me over the edge -one more "here's the ccccarrrazzy people who want to be our flatmate/join our group montages and I'll spew on the TV set), and I'm sure liberties were taken with history - that's cinema, there you go. But I do see it as a nice suitable swan song for the Film Council or whoever they are. My only worry was that having finished on a high, decisions might be reversed and we'd have to sit through dozens more not as good British theme park movies along with dozens more Danny Dyer gangster fests. So all I would say about this fil is good film, well done - now let's move on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-6911822711266846632011-01-11T18:58:00.106+11:002011-01-11T18:58:00.106+11:00Thank you Robert, and I like your own snappy phras...Thank you Robert, and I like your own snappy phraseology there. <i>Somebody</i> had to do it indeed.Roderick Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107539379079558068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-67384393441714090612011-01-11T15:12:28.839+11:002011-01-11T15:12:28.839+11:00Thank you for calling out the bizarre, modern come...Thank you for calling out the bizarre, modern comedy-ish montage, the use of David's tears to somehow convey disqualification for royalty, the cartoonishness of the Churchill impersonation, the watch-glance-ready credentials conflict, and the infernal drawing out of Bertie's listening to the record, and then whipping these moments properly. Somebody had to do it.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10667380722587782819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-9954702265373417782011-01-10T12:06:20.553+11:002011-01-10T12:06:20.553+11:00Well, Sam, when it comes to conveying strong emoti...Well, Sam, when it comes to conveying strong emotions, I found both this and <i>Rabbit Hole </i> to be films without an authentic grasp on them. I sensed their makers all the way through looking over their shoulders as if asking, "Is this how it's done? How about this?"Roderick Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107539379079558068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1137730880076755122.post-11816383008021454602011-01-10T11:38:08.772+11:002011-01-10T11:38:08.772+11:00"The King’s Speech is in most essentials a re..."The King’s Speech is in most essentials a remake of The Madness of King George (1995), simply shifted in epoch and visual texture from Enlightenment gilt to Depression drab.<br /><br />If this is true, I have no problem. Cinematic cannibalizing can be applied to many films we adore, and in this case the "model" is an exquisite one.<br /><br /><br />"The King’s Speech is one of those movies that pretends to be nuanced and stirring, but is actually cheaply reductive about the complexities of both its era and the milieu its set in."<br /><br />Well, no more reductive than other films, and for me it worked beautifully. You have qualified your position with scholarly heft and a sure sense of focus in every aspect, but it can be enthusiastically defended as well, and by the looks of the 'consencus' it appears that the film has more than a few fans. Your dislike of this film and of RABBIT HOLE is painting a picture of you as someone who is scrutinyzing when it comes to strong emotions and how they are conveyed. That's an admirable trait, but one that comes down to the old 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' argument.<br /><br />Firth, Rush, Carter, Jacobi, Desplat, Ludwig Van, British patriotism, a stirring speech and some undeniable character chemistry have consorted to produce a real audience pleaser in exquisite form. I was dazzled by it.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com