The King's Speech2010

“Over and over again we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies. But it has been in vain. We have been forced into a conflict. For we are called to meet the challenge of a principle which, if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilized order in the world. Such a principle, stripped of all disguise, is surely the mere primitive doctrine that ‘might is right.’ For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, it is unthinkable that we should refuse to meet the challenge. “ I just went on and on the other day about how modern cinema is fake and we are living in a never-ending spiral of mass-marketed shit constantly being shoved down our throats to the point where we are expected to praise or enjoy any tiny morsel of art that the great evil overlords of our society deem trivial enough not to upset their grand plans of complete and total world control. And while that is all true… I still enjoyed this movie.  Obviously, one could say “poor little Lord Fauntleroy, he has to be the king, boo hoo.” But any story can make any character relatable if it’s told well enough.  And I think this story is told quite well. The performances are great, and Geoffrey Rush is fantastic (obviously). It was a passion project for the writer who had been working on it for decades. I’ve seen people say that this movie is an unfitting winner for Best Picture, which I guess in its own way is fitting. What should have won instead? The Social Network?  Somebody once said that being kind is the real punk rock, and that is an ideology I buy into. And I think this movie supports that idea.  “I guess when all was said and done, I was nothing more than a God-damned, trendy-ass poser.”