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The Kings Speech (Patreon)

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djKENTO

I think this is a fine movie... but is it better than The Social Network, Black Swan, The Fighter, True Grit or fucking Inception which were also all nominated for Best Picture? FUCKING NOPE

OddThomas

Tagline: "Something about Windsor"

djKENTO

It might be subjective to some degree, but I think we can all admit that of all the films nominated that year, the King's Speech is by far the least culturally impactful. Which can happen... like The Artist or Green Book

OddThomas

More Helena Bonham Carter: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)

blerbaberpaterb

dont forget, up until recently, oscar judges didnt even watch the movies. so they probably voted for it base entirely on "oh half of us here are friends with the royals so vote for that". im not saying that means one deserves it and others dont or whatever, but rather that which film wins an oscar has zero bearing on its quality. its meaningless.

Lloyd Franklin (edited)

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2026-09-13 17:00 Colin Firth needed speech therapy after this film to help him return to speaking normally.
2026-01-24 13:19

Ste Rawlings

I needed actual therapy after this film beat The Social Network and about 6 other excellent films to best picture and best director.

Ste Rawlings

Tom Hooper winning Best Director is equally egregious

Jeff K.

Well that thumbnail is just a picture of how Simone always records her reactions, hat and all.

djKENTO

Tom Hooper should have to give it back for Cats...

Jeff K.

The “Hindsight Oscar” would 100% go to Social Network at this point, especially given what’s proven to be legitimate historical significance with everything that’s occurred with Zuck and Facebook. (Hence why they’re making a sequel to deal with the consequences we’ve faced from its growth.)

jmundt33a

Put down the shovel. You just dumped a load of manure on my shoes.

jmundt33a

He then wanted it back and thought Germany could help him with it. NOT a good or honorable man.

Matt O'Keefe

My parents did not go to the movies often because my mom got easily annoyed at all sorts of things in the theater. This was the last movie we all saw together about a decade before my dad died. They loved it very much. We maybe saw a movie all together once every 5 years or so. My mom was very much someone who loved watching movies at home.

beecroft adams

King Edward VIII would've been a terrible king during WWII. He was a traitor who would have of appeased Hitler rather than oppose him. The government even stopped giving him official documents because they didn't trust him.

Divinerights

Cultural impact is such a nonsense reason for anything

michael denny

Aren't the Windsors your monarchs?

Stephanie Bedworth

What constitutes as the "better" movie is almost always going to boil down to personal preference. What spoke to you the most. Which one interested you more.

Tom Hess

In the thumbnail I thought Simone had a racing wheel in front of her. "Why is she driving a car in a top hat?"

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

George asked who my favourite Churchill performance was, and of those I've seen, I'd have to say John Lithgow, in the Crown. He's actually American, or a Brit American. I think he's half English. He's going to be playing an iconic role in the New Harry Potter series too. Though I won't say who, in case you consider it a spoiler.

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

I'm not a monarchsist, myself. I would prefer Scotland to become a republic, but I am a bit of an history nerd, and I enjoyed this, and some other things like The Crown, which, while being focused on the royal family, featured a lot of historical moments and figures.

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

I actually admired King Edward, for putting his personal life, and his relationship above an archaic tradition, I'd personally see gone (I'm a democrat in the true sense of the word). Then I learned about him being a fan of Hitler and was in cohoots with thw Nazis. And that put an end to any respect I had for him.

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

"Think we can all agree." No, we can't. It's fine to have a preference, but don't speak for others.

Matthew S

How did you know about my laundry!! The shame 😳!!!!

OddThomas

From what I remember, history (and this film) paint Wallis Simpson as a bit of a harlot, but I think the truth is she was [edit] a nazi. Madonna actually made a film about Wallis called 'W.E'

Black Heart Games

Ah man, every time that "I'm not a King" scene makes me absolutely ball...

blerbaberpaterb

i think its just commonwealth title only. like theres zero influence or any actual meaning in it.

Alex Leach

Lithgow was good, but for me it’s got to be Albert Finney’s Emmy-winning performance in The Gathering Storm (2002).

Twiska Brand

I think Darkest Hour, the Churchill movie would be a good follow up to this.

blerbaberpaterb

the funny thing about the oscars is that its both the most important and least important/overrated award at the same time, entirely depending on whether you personally agree with the winner or not. having 12 people decide for everyone whether something as subjective as a movie is dumb to begin with. however, we all somehow still care about the prestige despite knowing that until 2025, the judges arent even required to watch the movies. the fact that if a movie we like wins, we feel its deserving, but when a movie we dont like wins, we think the award is wrong or overrated shows exactly how pointless it all is. at the end of the day, why the fuck does anyone of us care what those 12 geezers think. it really is a meaningless award. its just rich people patting themselves on the back. and what you are actually all getting upset over is which studio paid the most.

Alex Leach

She did have numerous affairs during her marriages - including in 1925 with Mussolini’s later son-in-law, by whom she fell pregnant and had an abortion which prevented her from having children. There was later strong evidence she was having an affair with the German Ambassador von Ribbentrop, and was leaking state papers to him which ended up in Berlin.

djKENTO

I don't know if it's the best, but my favorite Churchill performance is Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour. But I'm a sucker for all of Joe Wright's films.

Erik D

Shine (1996), which won him an Academy Award as best actor, is the absolute must-watch Geoffrey Rush movie. Just throwing it out there.

REDR58

Charles III is the King of Canada (among a number of other countries) and the Head of State of Canada. However, the Canadian Prime Minister is the head of the Canadian government. Canada is Constitutional Monarchy and Canadians are subjects of the Crown, in this case, King Charles III but they are not British subjects. Canada is part of The Commonwealth comprising 15 countries, but is an independent country.

REDR58

Helena Bonham Carter’s first film is “A Room with a View” (1985). She was in “Howard’s End” (1992) with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. Both *excellent* films.

REDR58

George, the porn parody of “The King’s Speech” would be “The King’s Piece.” Erm. I didn’t know this. I just looked it up. Apparently it was filmed at the same locations and here is Geoffrey Rush discussing the parody: https://youtu.be/ebYeyP8CuIQ?si=-6W7QjRB111GdYdH

Pam Nail

I'm always amused by the scene where George meets Myrtle. Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle rather famously played Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett in the 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice. (They also used to date.)

Thomas Hilbert

John Lithgow, my absolute top 1 Churchill.

REDR58

The 1995 Pride & Prejudice is very much worth a watch!

James Pugal

This is a great movie but it’s insane that it beat The Social Network for Best Picture

Jose Robles

you may want to check Netflix show The Crown based on the life of Queen Elizabeth, is a good show

Zedarion

you guys need to watch "the crown" series, it portrais the life of Queen Elizabeth II Georges VI's daughter.

G P

Echoing calls to watch The Crown

G P

She was a fucking Nazi dude. And was fucking Nazis.

OddThomas

Yeah I read up after this and...ew

Patrick - Excelsior

Queen Elizabeth II reportedly approved of the 2010 film The King's Speech, which portrayed her father, King George VI. Following a private screening, she found the film "moving" and "enjoyable," according to reports. The Queen was touched by Colin Firth’s portrayal of her father.

Matt O'Keefe

I think Queen Elizabeth requested this movie not be made while the Queen Mum (Helena Bohnam Carter in this) was still alive. Because the reminders of that time gave her too many painful memories.

REDR58

I would recommend “The Queen” (2006) directed by Stephen Frears and starring Helen Mirren.

Alex

Why? This is much better than The Social Network

Alex

You should watch The Best Offer with Geoffrey Rush. Great film

Jonathan Eaton

Now that you've seen The King's Peach you should watch James and the Giant Peach (1996)

Twiska Brand

They have already done Dunkirk.

rictus grin

the funny wave is to help prevent RSI as the reigning monarch spends a lot of time waving

John

Colin Firth went to my high school. True story.

Drew Acheson

Might I suggest you guys watch The Darkest Hour, in following with the WWII theme.

Marcus Hicks

He is also, in my opinion, one of the best parts of Shakespeare in Love.

Some Guy Some Where

What gets me is the moment he meets his children and wants to hug them, and they formally curtsy to him. Such a feeling of alienation.

Kelly Pickard

I'm so glad you guys liked it! It's a fav of mine, and one of my recurring recommendations. Just a lovely story.

gfixler

It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss, with all these marbles in my mouth...

Dorran

A rather amusing followup recommendation would actually be The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare! Yes, it is a bit of an action movie, but it _is_ actually based on then recently declassified documents from Winston Churchill's records about covert operations during World War 2. It covers an unsanctioned operation to criple Germany's Atlantic U-boat fleet, so that supplies and personnel could be brought to England. And, yes. That's the "what" of the movie. The rest is the how, and that's where it all gets _very_ good!

Glenner7

The Madness of King George has a similar kind of vibe to this film - I recommend it highly.

maikeru

Willy, shit and fuck! And tits.

James O'Sullivan

If you fancied another royal film with Geoffrey Rush, then Elizabeth (1998) is pretty good.

JBK405

A bunch of people put individual points in other comments, but I'll collate them together to address the bigggest oversight of this film: King Edward VIII didn't abdicate so he could marry Wallis Simpson. He was forced to abdicate by parliament because of his political activities (Namely his sympathy for Nazi Germany, his handling of secret government records, and other such improprieties), and they used the marriage as a public excuse to avoid a political scandal. He continued to have inappropriate contact with Germany during the course of the war, including passing along information. He was made governor of the Bahamas to PHYSICALLY separate him from any German contacts. There are also some more extreme rumors -- like plotting with Germany to reinstate him as king after they 'won the war' -- but there's no concrete evidence for these more wild stories There IS, however, corroboration of several remarks he made after the war about how Hitler wasn't such a bad guy, and it was the fault of The Jews for stirring up trouble in the first place and causing the war. So for him there's no romance or "choosing love over his position", he was a slimy, creepy, fascist who was ousted by his own people when they saw he couldn't be trusted. Other than that, this is a quitewell-made film. I saw a ranking online of "74% accuracy", and I won't dispute that.

Opti_Frog

Colin Firth did an amazing job sounding like the real George VI in this film. Just look up "The Real King's Speech - King George VI - September 3, 1939" on Youtube.

Brandon

Great reaction, guys. I've always loved the performances, but only liked the movie overall, if that makes sense. Since this was a poll winner, I'm sure a lot of people disagree with me. 😅 It felt like one of those really "safe" Best Picture winners, considering the company it was in that year. 'The Social Network', 'True Grit', 'Inception' and 'Winter's Bone' are all better films, IMO. That last one didn't really have a chance, but it did put Jennifer Lawrence on the map. All in all, a pretty good year for Best Picture nominees and I only mentioned half of them.

Michael L.

The next time you're looking to start a series, I think you two would really enjoy The Crown. It's a look at Elizabeth's time, from start to end.

Donna Castellano

I recently watched a documentary on George the Third and he's an extremely interesting man. Definitely smart and well ahead of his time in his way of thinking, dealing with politics as well as his worsening mental health. As an American, we don't usually get to find out about that aspect of him. I'm currently looking for books about him to learn more.

REDR58

That is Derek Jacobi, as William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury. You saw him in Gladiator as Gracchus and needless to say he’s been in many excellent films. When the Duke‘s wife first enters Lionel‘s waiting room, you can see a poster on the wall that says “Australia is calling…Sunshine Happiness Opportunity…Sydney Bridge celebrations, March 1932.” That’s a hint that Lionel is Australian! Helena Bonham Carter was about 41-42 years old in this movie. She plays Princess Margaret in “The Crown” series. The black model airplane that the Duke notices when he comes into Lionel’s consultation room is a 1918 Fokker Dr.I (“Dreidecker” or “triplane”) which was used by the Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Combat Forces) in the First World War and is perhaps one of the most famous fighter aircraft of World War I and flown by Manfred von Richthofen aka “The Red Baron.” “Making drowsy” is sex! Sort of self-explanatory. You know sleepy after sex? George, the movie was not filmed in the actual locations such as Buckingham Palace. Here are some of the other filming locations: https://movie-locations.com/movies/k/Kings-Speech.php Notice the X-shaped tape on the window panes of the room where George VII broadcast the wartime speech. That was applied to keep the glass from flying around if a bomb exploded outside and you will often see that in WW2 movies and shows.

XeonAlpha

So speaking of Guy Pearce, y’all should watch “The Time Machine” from 2002 based on the iconic HG Wells story. Got pretty panned by critics but I really think you’d enjoy the ride.

Rob Parry

As someone with a stutter this movie does a good job of showing the anxiety, fear, and shame associated with stuttering

Alex Leach

Also the theatre director who turned down Lionel Logue’s audition as Richard III was played by leading character actor David Bamber, who played the oily parson Mr Collins in the 1995 P&P. Another of his WW2-related roles was as Adolf Hitler opposite Tom Cruise in Valkyrie.

photos_by_geoff

So glad you reacted to this masterpiece of a film. Some wonderful scenes with acting and set production that could be the focus of acting school teachings for decades to come. Thanks for bringing this movie to light for so many who may need to see it with their own voice yet to be heard.

Brandon

The very brief mention of Hitler's foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop makes me wish for a movie about him. He was a total shit show. Very unqualified and did nothing but constantly boast about the power of Hitler and Germany to the annoyance of everyone around him... including Hitler and the Germans themselves. Basically, nobody liked the guy. A real bootlicker that puts other bootlickers to shame. A movie with a 'Death of Stalin' darkly comedic tone about what a disaster he was during WW2 could be great.

TechPriest

Can not second this strongly enough. Would very much like to see Darkest Hour on the channel.

Matt O'Keefe

Shillings and pounds do not mean the same thing.

Stefan Daniw

I love this movie, it is in my top 5 films. I had a stutter growing up and everything you see in the movie is very accurate at least in my own personal experience. The one line I used to get repeated to me all the time was spit it out!” The one piece of dialogue in the film that makes very emotional is the line “Because I have a voice!” because it so true living with a stutter not many people want to listen to what you have to say they just like to talk over you or don't have the patience to hear what you have to say.

Roddy Hutchinson

So happy you watched and enjoyed this movie!

Angela D. Mitchell

This is such a lovely, gentle film, and so superbly written and acted. I especially adored Helena Bonham Carter in this -- she makes Elizabeth the most lovely, charming person, and Firth is just incredible. The way he makes us feel the torture and pressure of simply getting a word or syllable out is palpable. He's so coiled and intense -- he rarely plays characters with this much tension, so it was fascinating to see him Bertie's hidden pain and tension to life. I felt so much for him by the end, and that final speech is incredibly tense! I loved the beautiful accent work by Firth, Carter, and especially Guy Pearce as Edward. The unfortunate reality of course is that Edward and Wallis's relationship wasn't all that romantic, they were both creeps and Nazis, and it's pretty widely accepted that if Edward had remained King, he may very well have compromised Britain for Hitler in a variety of ways without hesitation. Geoffrey Rush is so warm here, and so much fun to watch. I love the kindness at his character's core. He really sees the King's pain and I felt like Simone did -- it's so moving when he tells the Archbishop that Lionel will sit in the box with them (as "family"). It was fun to see Jennifer Ehle in a small role as Lionel's wife when I still remember her as Elizabeth Bennett with Colin Firth in Pride & Prejudice back in 1995 (where they had amazing chemistry). I always love seeing her as an actress whenever she shows up. I don't really like Tom Hooper as a director -- he tends to just put his actors center frame and then zoom in all the way to their pores as a directorial choice. He did it in Les Miz even more than here so we got lots of closeups of grimy peasant teeth and tonsils in the process. I just think he's a very unimaginative director visually. BUT -- he did do a great job here. The settings are all so beautiful -- I love the room with the scarred/peeling wall and that beautiful sofa, which is such a superb backdrop for Firth and Rush. And that final 25 minutes and the way the tension builds is just incredible, as is the tension of the final, beautiful speech by Bertie.

Marcus Hicks

Sounds a bit like Trump's Press Secretary 🤪

Marcus Hicks

Came here to mention that. Edward and Mrs Simpson were both Nazi sympathisers, and were a constant source of embarrassment for the UK even after Edward abdicated.

Marcus Hicks

IIRC, Edward, George, Charles and Henry were the most popular names for English kings.....with the occasional William, Richard or James.....just to keep things interesting. IIRC, England almost had a King Arthur during the Early Rennaissance, but he died young, before he could take the throne, leaving Henry the 8th to do so.

Maeve1667

This movie was one of my favorites. You should check out Iron Jawed Angels. It is a HBO original movie with Hilary Swank that is about how women got the vote in America. Really good film.

Josh

Andrew Roberts released a great biography of George III that's really good a few years ago. It's called George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch.

Alex Hyrule

Regarding the greatest portrayal of Churchill I would recommend 'The Darkest Hour' where Churchill is played by Gary OIdman :)

MacGuffinStuff

I couldn't comment on this at first because I couldn't process it for a while. It's, I love it. I just related too much too it, not a stammerer, I am a mumbler, stammering I would say is a much tougher impediment, mine is mostly confidence, fatigue, lack of interest, it's situational (I just don't hear it, I have this thing where I see words in my head when I speak, I had to learn to listen and FEEL myself speak correctly, actually makes me good at doing accents now). But I didn't learn that until I joined the Army and they were basically, in Basic, "Get the marbles out of your mouth and SOUND OFF PRIVATE!" Seeing the Duke with mouth full of marbles, I related lol, and so much more I'd just be here all night. So many things to relate to it kind of overwhelmed me, but in an amazing way. Through the relationship of these two friends.

MacGuffinStuff

Side story: My Lionel was Drill Sergeant Bibbo (I'm still convinced he was a literal psychopath; Ranger, then Green Beret Sniper, after we graduated Basic he finally told us some stories; yeah this guy killed people in Colombia for sure, when Delta and all them were down there as "advisors" helping the Colombian Army hunt Pablo Escobar, I checked later and the timeline and his SF team matched, he was there, got Yellow Fever for a month he said). I feel like I'm telling this story like George C Scott talks about Patton. He was a bad Drill Sergeant, those who can do, that whole thing, luckily we had Drill Sergeant Barahona, Infantryman from the Bronx, he was the one who actually taught us things, he loved being a soldier and he loved teaching, Bibbo hated being a DS and the day they pulled him to go back to his team he literally did a weird flip into a combat roll, the day we were at the Gas Chamber (it's CS gas/mask confidence test training). Barahona was my real Drill Sergeant. I'm just reminiscing you guys.

ImpishMisconception

In my opinion, this movie is the best portrayal of a disability. I call stuttering and stammering a disability as it disables one from talking like most other people. I have seen a few movies where disabilities are portrayed, and in my opinion, this is the best portrayal of a disability, as it shows the real struggle of having a stutter/stammer. There’s no glossing over it or trying to make stuttering/stammering look like it’s some gift. As someone with Autism, Dyspraxia, and Dyscalculia, I am sick of disability portrayals where the disability is made to look like some gift and all the person with the disability has to do is just smile and accept it and everything in their lives just magically works out, when life isn’t like that at all. I also really like that with the speech therapist, it’s not just some montage of speech therapy, and then like magic, King George the 6th no longer stutters/stammers. He struggled with that for the rest of his life, and I like that the movie mentions that his speech therapist was there for every single speech. I like that the stutter/stammer is portrayed so naturally; if I didn’t know any better, I would think Colin Firth really did have a stutter/stammer. I just love this movie; it’s in my top 10 favourite movies.