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22. "RE: Well, I think he's saying that he needs the exact historical context"
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>in order to care about what happens to the characters in the
>film...

I don't need *exact* historical context. But they throw a lot of historical context in there (Hitler, Churchill, war looming, soldiers listening attentively to the speech, Edward's fiancee allegedly fucking Nazis) and then don't really make it work.

Why not, for instance, hew closer to the real story--future George VI got his stammer well under control in the late 20s, a decade before the beginning of WWII?

It seemed like the filmmakers really wanted to add all this context. I think it didn't work. And contrasting with all these grand happenings, the personal crisis just doesn't seem that consequential.

Again, this was a nice film with some nice performances. But it doesn't really rise above the genre for me.

I prefer, for instance, Frears's The Queen, which seemed to fuse the personal and public crisis much better. And was shot better to boot.



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The King's Speech (Hooper, 2010) [View all] , ZooTown74, Wed Nov-24-10 03:21 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
everything I've heard about it so far makes me want to see it
Nov 24th 2010
1
Saw this shit 3 weeks ago....
Nov 25th 2010
2
love Firth as an actor so I will give this a shot .
Nov 25th 2010
3
100% agree, this film is gonna grab a few statues (deservedly)
Nov 27th 2010
4
Great movie. One of the best (if not the best) about royalty I've seen.
Dec 18th 2010
5
RE: The King's Speech (Hooper, 2010)
Dec 19th 2010
6
I liked it.
Dec 25th 2010
7
this was great
Jan 02nd 2011
8
Firth was awe inspiring. Rush was fantastic. Great movie.
Jan 03rd 2011
9
no way!
Jan 06th 2011
10
      RE: no way!
Jan 06th 2011
11
Haven't seen Blue Valentine, The Fighter or 127 Hours
Jan 08th 2011
12
I was surprised I liked this more than The Social Network
Jan 14th 2011
13
this will sound like an exageration, but its not
Jan 23rd 2011
14
joining the lovefest.
Jan 23rd 2011
15
Underwhelmed
Jan 23rd 2011
16
RE: Underwhelmed
Jan 23rd 2011
17
RE: Underwhelmed
Jan 23rd 2011
18
      interesting switch up there
Jan 24th 2011
19
           Well, I think he's saying that he needs the exact historical context
Jan 24th 2011
20
               
                     Kinda agree with you.
Jan 31st 2011
25
                          Stuttering is debilitating.
Jan 31st 2011
29
                               I had a speech impediment when I was a kid.
Jan 31st 2011
30
                                    Fair enough.
Jan 31st 2011
33
Did you / are you gonna see Weir's new flick?
Jan 24th 2011
21
      yep
Jan 24th 2011
23
It was enjoyable
Jan 28th 2011
24
dark horse no longer
Jan 31st 2011
26
Why was it rated R anyway?
Jan 31st 2011
27
He dropped the F bomb more than once in a non-sexual context
Jan 31st 2011
31
      that's lame. a 'fuck' here and there never hurt anyone.
Feb 02nd 2011
35
that movie is fucking awesome. period.
Jan 31st 2011
28
yup
Jan 31st 2011
32
Why The King's Speech is a gross falsification (Swipe)
Feb 02nd 2011
34

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