My belated one and a half cents worth

I saw The King’s Speech a couple of weeks ago now, with Soph. I thought it was a superb film. I’ve totally missed the wave on web reviews but Nicole and Mikey have written things about it I nod my head to, and Ben has written a review as a stutterer himself. So, I won’t go on, but mostly, I do just like best films about people and their stories and I thought this one was beautiful. I also like a little subtlety and stoicism in cinema on occasion and so I appreciated and admired the King’s character, the way he persevered in doing his duty and the good despite the personal cost and humiliation to himself. I found tears rolling quietly down my face for most of the film, starting with the King’s first speech, when the camera pans out to his wife and her eyes are all watery as she watches the man she loves struggle to do what’s been asked of him, knowing how difficult it was for him. Very moving.

Helena Bonham-Carter is also one of my all-time favourite actresses, and if you haven’t seen her in Lady Jane, a film about Jane Grey, who was the Queen of England for nine days, then you must (she’s also the reason I have watched and own A Hazard of Hearts, a Barbara Cartland film – yes I own it! – which is good for a laugh at the outrageous melodrama).