A serious Oscar contender!!!

Rating: 7/10 (19 January 2011)

This is the first year i've had the pleasure to screen all movies as to which i think will be top contenders for this year's Oscar awards. I have been disappointed by some IE; The Social Network, but overall i think the Academy have done well in their decision making. Yes I know its a little early as the Oscar noms haven't even been delivered as of yet however The Golden Globes have and they are usually a pretty good indicator of whats to come. When i originally saw the trailer for this i had thought that this looked utterly boring as i am not a fan of the time period represented in this film although I am definitely a fan of historical true life stories and thats why i gave this a chance. I will start by saying good thing i did as I was presented by yet another favourite trait in movies i see and that being power house acting. Out of the 5 nominees in this years golden globes (for last years movies however) I have seen all but 1 in the best acting category and thats Ryan Gosling's performance in Blue Valentine and that is next on my list to do. I don't agree with two of the nominees Jessie Eisenberg and James Franco however the rest are so deserving of a win. The man who won the Golden Globe was The King's Speech's own Colin Firth. I had originally only seen Firth in a handful of things IE;Mamma Mia and the Bridget Jones movies and unfortunately have not seen his 2009 also nominated for an acting nod film The Single Man but plan to do so also. He is one of the reasons that i choose my top 5 actors and that he can damn well do a good job of making you believe he is the character in which he is portraying. Firth in this portrays King George VI who since the invention of the radio has now been forced to deliver his ailing father's speeches to the citizens of England all the midst of having a stuttering problem. His wife finds him a speech therapist Lionel Loque (Geoffrey Rush) in a bid to finally cease this impediment unbeknowst to her that Lionel and Bertie (King George's pet name given to him by his closest family members as to which Lionel insists on calling him nothing but) would not only deal with the pending speech problem but also start what will be a lifelong friendship. This movie not only shows you the value of a good strong friendship it also shows you the pressures one faces while being a royal family member.