Stammering could be normal for a kid, but it is not for a king. The King's speech (2011)is a story about a self-overcoming of King George VI who has a bad stammer problem, and since he cannot avoid speaking in public, this could become a very serious problem. Fortunately, there's someone who can help, but the King has to overcome another thing in his life, in order to get the help, and that thing is his heart.
To begin with, the visualization of the movie has its stunning points. The slow motion opening scene depict great pressure from the public who are waiting to listen to the king's speech. It helps the audience get the feeling of that pressure and put oneself in his shoes. This is clever, because normally it is hard for an ordinary people to imagine oneself as a king, the movie shows an aspect of the king as a normal people who can be afraid of such a great pressure, same as us.
King George VI, played by Colin Firth, nothing so new or so great in his acting except he looks like a real stammering person. On the other hand, Helena Bonham Carter who plays the role of Elizabeth, the King's wife, has changed from her devilish look into a high-status lady in this movie. She gave a sense of a true-friend kind of wife and also not a very snobbish nobility. She did a great job of being a fine woman, finally.
Nothing new has been told, it is a character-driven movie which tells the story of a man who finally overcome himself with a help from his friend and beloved ones. The audience can easily predict the end of the story which probably can be guessed right after watching the trailer. Has this kind of a feel-good movie become a recipe for the Oscars winner? May be it is because what's going on our world now is too cruel to be a story.
There is no heart wrenching scene, there is nowhere you can lose a drop of tear with.The moral of the story is not so deep. It is easy for everyone to understand, also can be easily forgotten in the next ten minutes.
I think that this movie is very touching and it has positive meaning to stimulate people. However, just like some points you mentions above, I don't think that this movie can win that many Academy Awards this year.
ReplyDeleteI do like its shots. The director uses different shots when the perspective changes. That makes this movie level up because of these details!