I’ve been told again and again over the past two months that I should pamper myself during treatment. So today, following my radiation therapy, I decided to treat myself to a movie and stopped to see The King’s Speech.
Treat is just not a good enough word for the 2 hours and 12 minutes in the theater. The King’s Speech was everything I’ve heard and more. Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter absolutely shine in this film. Plus it was a part of history I’ve only heard from the side of the King Edward’s abdication to marry the woman he loved. This time I got to see the story from the side of the brother, King George VI who would ascend to the throne and then guide his people through WWII.
The friendship that developed between “Bertie” and Lionel Logue was a wonderful thing to see. And it made me think, on the drive home, of the precious women in my life who I have the privilege of calling “friends.”
If at all possible, go see this in the theater. It’s so good it should be seen on the big screen.
~robin
That was my favorite movie last year. I had been waiting in anticipation for a couple of months, and then found out it was only going into a two city limited release on official premiere day! Rats!
But when it finally opened in general release a month later – well, it was everything I had hoped for! I’ve been recommending it to everyone.
I really think they need to give the ratings board more leeway in deciding on a rating – the R rating puts a lot of people off what is actually a really clean story. The UK was smarter – they decided that ‘Swear words in a therapeutic setting’ were not enough to warrant a restricted rating. The rest of the movie is so squeaky clean (I’d say 90% of PG-13 movies are a lot more offensive than this was!)
It was a hoot to see Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in the same movie again, even if they only shared one scene! :0)
Ah! I’ve wanted to see this movie ever since I saw the trailer. I will admit the R rating has put me off a bit. But still, dying to see it, and this makes me want to see it even more!
Sarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
Sarah,
Don't let the R rating hold you back. It is there because in the course of trying to overcome the stutter, it is proved that when Bertie is angry, he doesn't stutter, not even when swearing. So he does these strings of curse words. And it is strange. When I see a movie that is littered with foul language, I get very irritated. It is just cheap and lazy, IMHO. But in this instance. I wasn't offended or irritated. It made sense to me, and I even found myself laughing because of how it was put to use. That feels strange for me to admit because I don't swear and am not around people who swear and, like I said, I think people who do are just lazy or uneducated and not bothering to try to find better words to describe their feelings.
There is nothing else in the movie that gives it an R. No nudity or violence or anything. It is strictly language and that is limited to just a very few scenes.