King George VI in "The King's Speech" is a shy, introverted, bad-tempered stutterer, most of the time he's just a slightly uneasy husband, a fearful son, a younger brother overpowered by his older brother, and a deeply loved one. the father of his own children. He is the same as ordinary people, but he is an extraordinary ordinary person. He has the majesty of the royal family, but his heart is fragile, anxious, and lacks self-confidence. The film builds the character by describing his experience of inheriting the throne and his psychological struggles and struggles with stuttering. The film does not have the sense of oppression and heaviness of ordinary historical biopics. The whole film tells the story in a relatively relaxed and bland rhythm. Many times in the film, George VI is removed from the king's crown. The average person has more pressure, and these pressures make him cowardly, fearful, and angry, but in the face of the public, he must be confident and strong. In the struggle with the ego, the king gradually grows, as Rogge said, he will be a good king.
The pace of the film is easy and the story is relatively straightforward. It seems bland, but it is actually calm and powerful. It is not difficult to see the profound skill of its script. The poster of the movie expresses the main theme of the movie very well: a mouth that speaks into a microphone. It indicates the spiritual growth history of George VI's struggle against stuttering, and also reflects the magnification of the king's image in the era of mass media. The whole film does not focus on sensationalism, nor does it have a fancy expression mode. The film is plain and well-proportioned, gentle but slowly accumulating strength, just like a beautiful, delicate and short prose, which is worth scrutinizing slowly.
In the media age, a person's voice can often be amplified, and as the spiritual leader of the country, the king's role in the national belief is supreme. Facing the mass media, this image is often amplified. The biggest hostage kidnapped by history, George VI is also an ordinary person, he lacks self-confidence, shyness, and stutters. But his position does not allow him to present these things in front of the people, he has to overcome it, the kingship and the mass media put him in a position that is extremely embarrassing for him, the pressure on him is enormous, but he has to do A role model for his people, he must conquer his own heart, who will go to hell if he doesn't go to hell? This film does not stick to history, but focuses on people, and highlighting special individuals under the big history often makes the film more powerful. Most of the time, "The King's Speech" will be labeled as history The label of the drama, but for me, I prefer to see it as an excellent struggle inspirational film, because what it conveys is not limited to the macroscopic whole, it is a research report about a microscopic individual, and Elevating a micro-individual to a macro-whole is what makes this film different from ordinary inspirational films.
The United Kingdom is a country with a constitutional monarchy. Today's monarchy is largely spiritual in the Commonwealth of Nations. In the media age, this kind of monarchy, which has been weakened to the extreme, also shows its popular side. As a spiritual leader On the one hand, the status of this spiritual leader is challenged by the mass media, and on the other hand, the power of the spiritual leader is magnified. The enlargement requires the royal family to pay attention to their own image. They are the representatives standing in front of the country. They must demand themselves more strictly and convey their belief and strength to the people. This is related to the popularization of royal power at a certain level. Pressure will be reflected in special individuals, and George VI in "The King's Speech" is the person standing on the cusp of this storm. The contradictions and struggles of George VI's individual soul are both a manifestation of this conflict and pressure.
With its historical background, outstanding performance, and its special educational and entertaining ideological expression, Oscar certainly won't miss this movie. Colin Firth's performance is impeccable. He is not shackled by the historical status of George VI or the established superficial image. He does not symbolize this character. On the contrary, he endows this character with a human soul, which I personally think can be Comparable to Helen Miller's performance in "The Queen". Helena Bonham Carter's performance in this film is just right, neither overshadowing Colin Firth nor turning herself into a vase-like character, it can be said that her excellent performance is a wife , a queen, a mother. Throughout the whole film, the performances of both the supporting roles and the protagonists are extremely high-quality. To a large extent, it is the superb acting skills of the actors that have made this film, and the Oscar's favor is a necessity. This year's another biography The movie "The Social Network" also has similarities and similarities to this movie. If you compare it carefully, you can find many similarities, and Uncle Oscar eats this set the most. If this movie wins the best picture in the end, it will deserve its name. All in all It's a good, Oscar-worthy movie, but not necessarily the best.
The king is also human, and he also has his own cowardice, anger and lack of self-confidence, and it is with the emotions and inadequacies that ordinary people have that he will be a good king.
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