The King's Speech (2010)

I'm just going to be honest and say that I don't always like to go see movies that make me feel stressed or sad. This may sound like a reasonable statement, yet people go everyday to see movies that are terribly sad and stressful and usually make you cry. These usually win Oscars. You may be thinking, "what about feel good movies"? Well, these so called "feel good" movies are really a big sham. The make you feel so bad and depressed that you want to go home and eat an entire case of frozen yogurts while crying on the phone to your sister, and then they give you one tiny, little happy moment for the protagonist that you jump with joy that something finally turned out ok for that person. They basically punch you in the gut and then give you a candy. But sometimes I would rather just go and see a nice, relaxing film with interesting characters and not have to worry about having a heart attack from a shear overdose of drama in the middle of the theatre. The kind of film that you sit with your hands behind your head and a smile on your face while your watching. This is the kind of movie that "The King's Speech" is. Personally, I think the world really needs a movie like "The King's Speech". These days people seem to think that throwing your emotions over a water fall is the only way a film can be considered excellent. People seem to focus on the events surrounding the characters rather than the actual development of the characters. "The King's Speech" changes that. You may think that there isn't enough story to be put into a film about a guy's speech impediment, but the story isn't really whats important to the film. It's the characters that really make the film. Everything in the film is focused on bring the development of each character up a level. Rather than story being a series of events that distract from character, they are things that become parts of the characters and make them even more interesting. And these events aren't extremely stressful, they are actually interesting, something a few movies out now could learn a thing or to about being. But what really makes these characters interesting are the actors behind them. Everyone is talking about Collin Firth's Academy Award winning performance as King George the VI, but I think that Geoffrey Rush's role as Lionel Logue was just as good and maybe even better. he did a perfect job at portraying a regular everyday guy. The character wasn't anything special, but like every person he has his own special qualities. He also really brought out the interesting relationship between King George and Lionel. It made us ask questions about equality down to it's essence and what it really means to people. And of course, he was hilarious. At least 50% of the funniest lines in that movie came from Rush. He has fantastic comedic timing, but in a realistic sort of way that you usually don't find in comedies. It made the film generally interesting and pleasant to watch. Of course, Rush wasn't the only fantastic actor, the entire cast (which has 3 actors from Harry Potter in it, I might add) did a great job with the film. The only one I could think of being a problem was the guy who played Peter Petegrew in Harry Potter playing Churchill. He really overplayed the role, which somewhat surprised me because I didn't think that Churchill was a role you could overplay. But apparently you can. Still though, it hardly went noticed with the perfect formulation of the movie. Another thing I think should be noticed is the use of music in the film. In the final scene when they had the classical music playing, I found myself moving my hands like a conductor with the flow of it. The scene was like a waltz, except with words rather than feet. It is truly a fantastic film. I have heard people say that the film was a suck up for the Oscars. It was a period piece with British actors and based on historical events. But you know what, I don't care. I enjoyed it and thats all that really matters in the end. If you haven't seen it yet, then make sure to if you enjoy having a genuinely pleasant good time.