I just finished watching this today. For a best picture winner- what a disappointment. If you take out the fact he was a king (and not even that for half of the movie), What are you left with?
A guy with a speech impediment gets some life lessons from a speech therapist and goes on to deliver a good speech at a critical event.
This is a best picture? You have to be kidding me.
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Topic - The King's Speech. Blech! - rmilewsk 01:57:48 04/27/11 (29)
- Yep, no better than any number of BBC/PBS productions. - Mali 13:57:21 05/04/11 (0)
- If you weren't squirming in your seat when Firth delivered . . . - mr grits 20:22:29 04/28/11 (0)
- Weinstein Company Films are Hyped out the Wazoo! - barryb 14:05:00 04/27/11 (7)
- It sure wasn't. Blair was novel, exciting, a ground-breaking masterwork. nt - tinear 16:13:23 04/27/11 (6)
- Chris Rock has a good joke about Blair Witch - barryb 05:08:59 04/28/11 (2)
- It makes no sense. Try writing it again with more words spelled rite. nt - oldmkvi 09:32:58 04/28/11 (1)
- It makes perfect sense. Spelled as Rock said it. - barryb 13:57:05 04/28/11 (0)
- "masterwork"? Actually LOL. BW was a POS. - Tony D. 20:23:33 04/27/11 (0)
- BWP was a total piece of junk.. - Audio Pharaoh 16:28:22 04/27/11 (1)
- I was laughing so hard at its stupidity that I had to leave the theater.* - Mali 13:59:30 05/04/11 (0)
- Geoffrey Rush was PHENOMENAL...!!!! - Audio Pharaoh 10:20:48 04/27/11 (9)
- It's a melodramatic story, schmaltz, though because of the quality - tinear 12:18:00 04/27/11 (6)
- Schmaltz?...um...aren't you the one who believes Starship Troopers is one of the 10 best scifi films? - MaxwellP 12:50:02 04/27/11 (5)
- "ST" is an original parody. Is "TKS?" nt - tinear 13:19:24 04/27/11 (4)
- No, thankfully. Parody seems to be the only style Hollywood studios trust these days. - MaxwellP 17:30:01 04/27/11 (3)
- Troopers is almost 15 years old: "These days?" It not only mocked Star Wars - tinear 07:59:44 04/28/11 (2)
- To each his own I guess...I don't think Verhoeven has been an artist since Soldier of Orange... - MaxwellP 08:33:46 04/28/11 (1)
- Robocop, Spetters, Total Recall, Black Book. And Basic Instinct. Certainly, he has a feel - tinear 10:46:07 04/28/11 (0)
- I appreciated the others more... - mkuller 10:41:39 04/27/11 (1)
- RE: I appreciated the others more... - Audio Pharaoh 11:02:28 04/27/11 (0)
- A ridiculously weak year for English language (including handicap genre) films. nt - tinear 08:48:00 04/27/11 (5)
- Five and twenty reasons your'e wrong. - Harmonia 14:34:47 04/27/11 (4)
- I'll give you Winter's Bone. Forget the others, though some are very good entertainment. Now, - tinear 16:34:23 04/27/11 (2)
- So... - Harmonia 18:00:38 04/27/11 (1)
- I found "Fish Tank" trite. I'd seen a very similar film not long before. It just seemed - tinear 13:44:10 04/28/11 (0)
- You should be a certified film critic..:-) - Audio Pharaoh 16:34:05 04/27/11 (0)
- Au contraire, mon frere... - MaxwellP 07:04:49 04/27/11 (2)
- Me three... - Harmonia 10:29:38 04/27/11 (0)
- Agreed. - grantv 09:41:35 04/27/11 (0)