Saturday, September 3, 2011
The King's Speech
When I heard the title The King's Speech I assumed that it would be about a speech the king would give, but even though the title was self explanatory the movie was a deeper issue than just about some speech. From the beginning of this movie it shows the conflict right away, which was that one of the King's sons, Bertie, had a speech impediment. I thought that the second brother, Bertie, was portrayed as rude and mean with anger issues, but when he explained later in the movie about how he was brought up and treated, which remotely was why he had a stammer as an adult, it made more sense why he was the way he was. The complication of this movie was almost the entire film. Bertie had a lot of unresolved issues or internal conflicts, a speech impediment, his father died, his brother was then taking over the thrown, but ultimately threw it away for some girl, and then Bertie became King, which he did not want. When he started going to see the speech therapist I was so surprised that when he would distract Bertie with music his stammer would disappear, and I was more surprised when I found out he was not an actual licensed therapist for as much as he knew. In the beginning I felt sorry for Bertie and how his life had turned out, but in the end, the denouement, he became king, could speek without his stammer, he had a true friend that cared for him, and had worked through all the remanding issues he had. Bertie was a more confident man at the end of the movie, and most of his internal conflicts had been resolved.
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