If You Love All Things English, You'll Love 'The King's Speech' [Movie]

Fox News ^ | 12/12/10 | James P. Pinkerton

[T-Bird45]

Socialism already had a death grip on the neck of what was the British Empire and the war finished the job. Pretty much our story, too.

[La Lydia]

Best movie I have seen in years.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

IIRC, Winston Churchill recounts that he and King George in 1940 would practice shooting Tommy Guns....neither was going to leave Britain if the Germans invaded, and intended to shoot it out and not be taken alive.

That's an intriquing bit of history...

[Dilbert56]

Saw this on New Year’s Eve - outstanding. Not the typical Hollywood sanctimonious garbage.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Best movie I have seen in years.

I totally agree!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Saw this on New Year’s Eve - outstanding. Not the typical Hollywood sanctimonious garbage.

How true!!

[Dr. Scarpetta]

You’re welcome...

[SC_Pete]

Yes. Great movie too.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

British actor Colin Firth was named best actor at the Golden Globes last night.

[sneakers]

Oh I loved Colin Firth in Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice”. I am quite looking forward to seeing this movie as well! We rarely go to the movies, but this one sounds like it might be worth it!

[martin_fierro]

From the Sublime to the Ridiculous.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

We rarely go to the movies, but this one sounds like it might be worth it!

It definitely is. The audience applauded at the end.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Yikes!

[Squidpup]

bump

[EyeGuy]

Yes, I’m a big Anglophile, and numerous Freeper endorsements are certainly a highly respected source of further motivation.

Ultimately, I’m afraid however, that this will be a sad experience; representative of a great, courageous and civilized British culture, that is gone forever.

[martin_fierro]

it becomes obvious that the older brother is unqualified to be king.

Yes, there's quite the story there, eh?

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Ping

[Cheburashka]

Prince Albert (who later reigned as King George VI) had a stammer all his life, and he had to work to overcome it. That part is true, but the story has been “Hollywooded” to make it more dramatic. He had an unpleasant time giving his speech at Wembly in 1925, but after working with Lionel Logue he was able to handle adequately a speech at the opening of the Australian Parliament in 1927. The movie moves the timeline of his therapy much closer to the beginning of WWII.

No doubt he never felt comfortable with public speaking, but he was able to handle it, although his delivery was always awkward, as can be heard in his broadcast speech of September 3, 1939, the start of WWII.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAhFW_auT20

[dfwgator]

If it’s half as good as the last movie I saw about that era, the Made-for-TV “The Gathering Storm”, it should win the Oscar, hands down.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Look who plays Myrtle Logue, the wife of the speech therapist.