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I'm 49 so only heard about King Edward's abdication due to the divorced Mrs. Wallis Simpson after the fact, and it was interesting to see it play out. It was also fascinating to see The Queen Mom portrayed, as well as the current Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret as a child. I guess I am just old enough to find this incredibly cool, having followed them for most of my life. It was amazing to watch the family think they will be safe in the shadows, knowing what is to come.
The Queen Mom was always a lovely woman; very kind to the newly married Princess Diana, knowing what it is like to marry into the royal family. She lived to be 101, only recently died in 2002.
Does anyone else think it is a shame that this movie got an R rating. I know it was for the few bad words, but this \movie should be PG13 and teenagers shiould be encouraged to go see it
I know for most adults they don't pay much attention to the rating, but I know people in their twenties and older who simply won't go to R rated movies.
I'm 49 so only heard about King Edward's abdication due to the divorced Mrs. Wallis Simpson after the fact, and it was interesting to see it play out. It was also fascinating to see The Queen Mom portrayed, as well as the current Queen Elizabeth and her sister Margaret as a child. I guess I am just old enough to find this incredibly cool, having followed them for most of my life.
Does anyone else think it is a shame that this movie got an R rating. I know it was for the few bad words, but this \movie should be PG13 and teenagers shiould be encouraged to go see it
I know for most adults they don't pay much attention to the rating, but I know people in their twenties and older who simply won't go to R rated movies.
Yes. It was strange that it got that rating. Cussing certainly shouldn't put the rating at that level. I think PG13 would have been more appropriate. But, it is an independent film and frankly it caters to those who wish to see films with some meaning, that didn't cause a billion dollars to produce and that aren't advertised every five minutes. So, I think the rating didn't hinder anyone interested in seeing the movie. The theatre was completely full when we saw it so perhaps the award nominations it received acted as a driver to get more people to see it.
I am tired of seeing the same movies over and over and over and it is movies like this that make spending all that money going to the movies more worth it.
I'm guessing that the only reason they gave it an R-rating was because of the language -- when Albert goes off on his cussing tears. Lots of f-words. I'm not saying I agree with the rating or the reason for it, but that's the only "adult themed" content I can think of.
The movie is supposed to be difficult to watch. It shed light on the rare, but debilitating condition known as stuttering. I can relate because I stuttered mildly, but briefly as a child, then had cousins that used to stutter severely up to age 10 before it went away so I know what the business is about it. Anyone that ridicules someone for this is a real jackass, seriously.
It was a little difficult to watch at times. I just felt so bad for him as he strained to get the words out, and the more he strained, the harder it was. My take on watching him -- or rather Firth's portrayal of him -- was that he felt mortified and ashamed, and he seemed to feel deficient, especially as the events turned and put him on the throne. But not only deficient as a king. There was one scene with him and his daughters, when he was telling them a story, and you could see how much he loved them and how good a parent he was, but it also seemed so sad that even with his own children, he couldn't help the stammer. He also came across as intensely lonely and even isolated. He had the love of his wife and his children, but he didn't have any friends, and didn't seem to have much of a connection with his parents. I think that's why the movie felt so triumphant at the end. By the time the story was told, I was rooting for the MAN, not the KING.
It was a little difficult to watch at times. I just felt so bad for him as he strained to get the words out, and the more he strained, the harder it was. My take on watching him -- or rather Firth's portrayal of him -- was that he felt mortified and ashamed, and he seemed to feel deficient, especially as the events turned and put him on the throne. But not only deficient as a king. There was one scene with him and his daughters, when he was telling them a story, and you could see how much he loved them and how good a parent he was, but it also seemed so sad that even with his own children, he couldn't help the stammer. He also came across as intensely lonely and even isolated. He had the love of his wife and his children, but he didn't have any friends, and didn't seem to have much of a connection with his parents. I think that's why the movie felt so triumphant at the end. By the time the story was told, I was rooting for the MAN, not the KING.
That's why it's a very powerful movie. I will definitely get it on DVD when it comes out.
I loved the movie. Collin Firth could make anything attractive, even a stammer.
Touching portrait of a lovely family. I love Geoffrey Rush's character too.
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