“The King’s Speech” — Now THERE is a movie I do want to see! (altho I’ll wait for it to get to ‘on demand’.
Colin Firth is such a good, yet under-rated actor. The first time I saw him, in a Zelweiger movie, I wondered who he was. And every movie I’ve seen him in, he just stands out, in his quiet way. I hope this movie gives him what he deserves.
My problem is that I don’t like the female lead — Carter. I can’t put my finger on it, but she bothers me. There are movies I won’t see because of the actor — Sean Penn and others come to mind. But I think I will simply tune her out just to watch Firth in this one. I just looked at the trailer and now want to see it more than ever.
Helena Bonham Carter. I thought she would be grossly miscast as the Duke of Kent’s wife Elizabeth. But in fact she turned in a strong performance, alternately supportive of and sympathetic to her troubled husband. And she even looks a bit like a young Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.