The King's Speech

I finally went to see The King's Speech last night in the nice art deco cinema in Ulverston. There were surprisingly a lot of people in the audience, no doubt some of them for the second time. Most of them in their sixties though and only a few in their thirties or forties. If it weren't for numerous Bafta and Oscar nominations I would most likely not go to the cinema to see it. Much rather wait and watch this kind of film at home on the DVD.

There was a lot of talk about this film in the media for quite a while now, so I was hoping it is not going to disappoint. The opening 10 minutes of the film were a good sign. King George about to give a speech couldn't have been shown better. When you think about the whole film there isn't really a huge plot in it. There's no action, CGI or sex scenes either. What this film was about is character development, from start to finish. Directing is very good but the film would have been a total failure if it wasn't for brilliant acting all around, especially Colin Firth playing King George VI, Geoffrey Rush playing his speech therapist Lionel Logue and Helena Bonham Carter playing Queen Elizabeth.