For movie 26 I tagged along and watched The King's Speech. The King's Speech is rooted in history and deals with King George VI's speech impediment and him overcoming that to rally his country. I wish I could tell you who was in this, the only person I really know off hand is Helena Bonham Carter. King George or Berty (thanks TJ!) as his family called him has quite the stuttering problem. He also has a problem in that he's on the short list to become king after his father dies, who is in poor health. His brother is next on the list but his lifestyle doesn't really fit with what a king's should be so no one really expects him to be king for long. So that means Berty has to try to fix his speaking problem. He's tried many people and no one is helping until he starts with a man named Lionel. Lionel has a more therapeutic approach that at first doesn't sit well with the royal family. The cinematography in this movie is sometimes really pretty and sometimes kind of artsy fartsy feeling. There are also parts where it kind of feels heavy handed, in particular the part where they are watching a little 8mm recording and it conveniently has a completely different thing on the same reel and the characters get to say a little something about it. This is a pretty good movie, it's not something I'd watch again but it was decent enough for one viewing. It didn't really grab me like I would have liked but that could have been the crappy theater and I audience I had to work with so give it a shot on your own.
3.3 fuck fuck fucks out of 5
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