In ten days, the Oscars will be held in Hollywood, and it seems likely that Speech of King leave with a few statues, and not the least. This "small" British film (based on American standard, as seen from Europe, the film is nothing short) has become the must-see film, first overseas later this year, and since a few weeks in Europe where he visited the inevitable box office. France is no exception, and the film already seems assured of passing the two million tickets in the end.
If the film's success is such, word-of-mouth is not a stranger. I myself was one of the first to rush me, two days after the movie, ready to discover what promised to be one of the great films of the year. The promise of a great story, that of the British king George VI trying to overcome his speech problem to become the great leader that his people needed on the eve of entering World War II. The promise of excitement, laughter, great performances from actors. Yes the wait was great. For since the awards season has begun in the United States, The Speech of a King roundup almost everything. All prices before (and usually foreshadowing) the Oscars, Tom Hooper's film has collected. And the spectators seemed unanimously won.
The expectation was, however, too large. Of course it was too big. It was because of a Speech King is a good little film. Either there is nothing dishonorable to be only a minor film when it is assumed as such, but the campaign and the buzz of the film gives it airs it seems to assume. What do I
of speech a King? I expected a nice little story written in the largest. I was waiting for this movie rooted in a historic fort - the legacy of the Kingdom for a prince who does not see himself king but must overcome his modesty, the entry into the War of Britain in the war against Germany - is ambitious. But I did not find the height of ambition in the work of Tom Hooper.
I saw a nice little story, that of a man wearing a severe stutter, which will rely on unorthodox methods of a professional to address this defect. That aspect of the successful movie, surpassing oneself. It is the heart of the film. But that's about the only depth that the film is consistent with the Tinted relationship of friendship between the stutterer and his speech therapist. The weight of the paternal inheritance of the royal princely son? The difficulty of finding legitimacy housekeeper? England's place in a Europe faced with Hitler and the outbreak of Nazism? The transcendence on the very function of the new king? All that is scanned, the background is sketched, is virtually absent. Tom Hooper chose not to make a film about the era depicted, or very little. He preferred to focus on human relationships within it. He preferred to settle a theme going on almost everywhere, almost trivial, not relying on the historic fort before him. Yes, Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush both interpretations deliver rich and wonderful. Yes, Colin Firth will win the Oscar he should have received last year for A Single Man . But the figure is disappointing. It lacks a breath, the size of battles that the man had to carry other than the stuttering. We lack the richness of the political context. Was there nothing to say about what man has thought and done? England came to the time periods in a the strongest of the century, and here's a film with his king at the time the hero is never shown that it has been thought or done. Thinking. Even what to think.
It would be easy to sweep such criticism, arguing that this is not the purpose of the film, it's human relations is essential, and the king's personal struggle cons his stuttering, but this excuse is too easy, and can not convince if the commitment in the film suffers. When King delivered the famous speech of the title, I would be swept away by the word of this man by what he said, he expresses what he has to say to his people. But it is not. For the king, then, has nothing to say to his people. It only reads. It does not express his belief, he does not top his words. He read what he wrote, and nothing in this that the film has shown us so far does not tell us really what this good king thinks about what he reads.
emotion How can she be born that way? While the Beethoven symphony resonating during those few minutes gives grandeur to the scene, but the credit goes to more than Beethoven film itself. Despite that, yes, the movie looks with some fun, easy, trouble-free (no real surprise). It's a film enjoyable. A good little film. Who will triumph over might Toy Story 3 , Inception , The Social Network and Black Swan Oscars. And I do not think it is deserved.
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