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Title: The King's Speech
Post by: MacGuffin on October 26, 2010, 02:47:53 PM
(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liveforfilms.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F09%2FTHE-KINGS-SPEECH_400.jpg&hash=29f5339e5a14fe317a8c7b767a9417856716e63a)


Trailer here. (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810124453/video/22074155)

Release Date: November 26th, 2010 (limited)

Starring: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce

Directed by: Tom Hooper 

Premise: George VI, also known as Bertie, reluctantly takes the throne of England when his brother, Edward, abdicates in 1936. The unprepared king turns to a radical speech therapist, Lionel Logue, to help overcome his nervous stutter and the two forge a friendship.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: RegularKarate on October 26, 2010, 05:19:48 PM
I was into this until the scene where:

"BECAUSE I HAVE A VOICE!"
"Yes, you do"
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Pubrick on October 27, 2010, 07:54:07 AM
yeah that was pretty hilarious.

i think geoffrey rush is overrated in a strange way. he's overrated in that everyone just assumes he's going to be great in whatever he does and it feels like he thinks that too. it's like he reads a script and says, "i'd be great in that, hell, i AM great in that" and then when it comes time to actually shoot the film he just sort of turns up and says "well hurry up, i've already been great in this. quickly, i've got other films that i've got to turn up in."

colin firth is still trying to prove that he's great tho. and pretending he can't talk here pretty much makes him a shoe in come award season.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Ravi on October 27, 2010, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: P on October 27, 2010, 07:54:07 AM
colin firth is still trying to prove that he's great tho. and pretending he can't talk here pretty much makes him a shoe in come award season.

Just send a crateful of Oscars to the people who made this film.  Clearly they're begging for them.  Inspiring story of a man overcoming a problem?  Check. England?  Check.  Period costumes?  Check.  Title screens for the actors stating they're either an "Academy Award Winner" or "Academy Award Nominee"?  Check.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Stefen on October 28, 2010, 03:29:49 AM
I ain't watching that shit!

Looks like a proper ass version of Radio!

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhollywoodjesus.com%2Fmovie%2Fradio%2F27.jpg&hash=c9077309823a05b3cab363cd893defbcae8c6fd3)
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: polkablues on November 03, 2010, 07:28:25 PM
Screw you, Tree of Life... this is what the poster of an Oscar winner looks like:

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi35.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd179%2Fpolkablues%2FKings-Speech-Poster-crop.jpg&hash=7f0b29a2c73a8c762c470407e2976ebbf88bae02)
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Pubrick on November 04, 2010, 05:20:39 AM
that looks fanmade.

by a really really boring fan.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: polkablues on November 04, 2010, 05:50:36 AM
Believe it or not, someone got paid actual money by an actual movie studio to make that actual poster. Meanwhile, Mod and I are making top-quality Ratners for free, like chumps.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Pubrick on November 04, 2010, 06:43:14 AM
early new years resolution: in 2011 we stop wasting our talents!

you with your awesome posters and me with my scathing judgments.

:(
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: modage on December 12, 2010, 10:48:23 AM
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from my blog (http://modage.tumblr.com/post/2186904956/the-kings-speech):

The King's Speech is one of those movies that I never would have seen if it weren't coming out in the middle of awards season on a minor tidal wave of "Best Picture" hype.  There are a few of these every year that I'll see, despite minimal interest, just because I just want to make sure.  It's Oscar bait through and through, but this one is actually pretty good.  I knew watching the trailer that this film would at least be a little bit different.  For one thing, it looks like it's been shot by a cross between Wes Anderson and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.  Even a simple conversation between 2 actors becomes strangely interesting when they're each in the lower corner of the frame.

The main cast of Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter are all great here, (duh).  And with the historical drama (check), playing famous figures (check) and speech impediment (double-check), there are bound to be awards reaped from this.  Though I preferred Firth's performance last year in A Single Man, this is a good film.  But it's also the kind of film that people will get really worked up over for the next 3 months, and will probably be forgotten about by this time next year.  The truly ambitious films of 2010, (Inception, Black Swan), will be the ones people are still talking about a decade from now, regardless of what Oscar says.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: RegularKarate on December 30, 2010, 10:49:28 AM
This was better than I thought it would be for sure.
Of the end-of-the-year Oscar grab movies, this is the best I've seen so far.  Definitely better than The Fighter.

I don't know that I'd want to see this many more times, but it's just so fucking charming and beautiful.  I want Geoffrey Rush to be my grandfather (even though he's my dad's age).

I think if I had read the screenplay, I wouldn't have thought this movie would be any good.  Somehow though, even the part of the trailer I laughed at was played out in a way that didn't make me snicker during the actual film.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Pozer on December 30, 2010, 01:30:58 PM
Quote from: RegularKarate on December 30, 2010, 10:49:28 AM
I don't know that I'd want to see this many more times, but it's just so fucking charming and beautiful.

Quote from: RegularKarate on December 28, 2010, 04:30:20 PM
I don't know that I'd ever see it again, but it was entertaining.

Quote from: RegularKarate on November 29, 2010, 11:37:19 AM
I don't know that I'd watch it again, but that doesn't take away from my enjoyment of it.

Quote from: RegularKarate on October 14, 2010, 10:30:04 AM
I loved Tremors when I was a kid, but I am pretty sure it wouldn't hold up if I watched it again.

RegualarKarate: he might not be much of a movie repeater but dammit if he doesnt enjoy himself a flick first go around!
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: RegularKarate on December 30, 2010, 01:47:30 PM
I've been nailed.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: SiliasRuby on March 15, 2011, 04:08:06 PM
Oscar bait at its finiest butbut overall I wasn't blown away as everyone and their mother in hollywood was. Colin definitely deserved the academy award but the direction (while straightforward and strong) wasn't particularly phenomenol. Still enjoyed it though.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Pubrick on March 15, 2011, 04:25:22 PM
next time just say "i watched this" and leave it at that.
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: Reel on March 15, 2011, 05:40:50 PM
go Xixax!! one page on the King's Speech, alllllllrrriiiitttteeee!!!
Title: Re: The King's Speech
Post by: polkablues on March 15, 2011, 06:18:57 PM
Oops.