Took me long enough to get to writing this, perhaps because like most fans I’ve spend my time crying into my pillow that the adventure is over. Ten years out of all our lives were given a more worthy ending than I had expected. I was worried that they won’t do the final book justice and that we’ll have too many special effects, what with the “magic”of 3D and forget the actual story. It wasn’t the case, each effect perfectly complemented the storyline, making it quite possibly one of the best movies of the franchise and most definitely one of the best films I’ve seen recently. I am not sure the rest of this review might contain spoilers, since most people have read that “big encyclopedia of spoilers”we like to call the book series by J.K.Rowling. However, for those that didn’t read it, SPOILERS might follow. The film picked up where the first part left of, the search for the Hocruxes in a last, desperate, attempt to destroy Voldemort’s link to the mortal plane. Hogwarts and the magical world had been turned into a land of fear and prejudice, all with Voldemort’s blessing, but our heroic trio hasn’t given up [...]
The Kings Speech, 2010, Trailer
The King’s Speech is an Oscar Nominee for ‘Best Picture’, ‘Best Writing’ by David Seidler, ‘Actor in a Leader Role’ by Colin Firth, ‘Actor in a Supporting Role’ by Geoffrey Rush, ‘Actress in a Supporting Role’ by Helena Bohnam Carter, ‘Best Director’ by Tom Hooper, as well as ‘Art Direction’, Cinematography (Danny Cohen), ‘Costume Design’ (Jenny Beavan), ‘Film Editing’ (Tariq Anwar), ‘Best Music – Original Score’ (Alexandre Desplat), and ‘Sound Mixing’ Oscar Nomination Nominee Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
The King’s Speech
**SPOILERS BELOW** We have a running theme this month and next month, Oscar nominated movies. Some of them I loved, some of them I hated. The King’s Speech is one of the movies I have adored, don’t let the title fool you, this is a story of self discovery and friendship not just a story about the power of words. Let’s see what happens in this movie. Colin Firth is Albert, Bertie, King George’s younger son, suffering from a speech impediment. This ailment has made him see countless speech therapists with no success, until he meets Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) who lends him a friendly ear and helps him get over the countless childhood traumas that have led to his current problem. The acting is superb, the settings as well, while watching I felt myself transported 75 years ago, to interwar Britain. I admit I am quite biased when it comes to Colin Firth, I would probably watch a shampoo commercial if he was in it and call it Oscar material, however he shines in his role, as he does in all of his performances. He makes Albert into a likeable character without even trying. For the first minutes of [...]
