Just saw The King's Speech last night. It was brilliant. It certainly deserved an Oscar. Colin Firth played brilliantly, as well as J. Rush. For a film that has so little action, no sex and basically just dialogue and a lot of stuttering, it was never boring. Well-written, unpretentious and just an all-around feel good movie.

I heard on SkyNews this morning that it is being re-edited for American audiences to take out the swearing sequences.

As an American ( 50% ) all I can say to that is "what the **** !"

@olygirl - I agree with you completely. I saw it last Friday and came away feeling touched, uplifted and inspired. It's an excellent and well acted film all round and funny too in parts. I only wish it had gotten more Oscars.

That's a pity. It's an important part of the film and one of the amusing parts as well.

We saw it last night. I don't think I've ever been in a cinema where no-one wanted the 'break' in the middle for an ice-cream and popcorn session. Fascinating. Actions speak louder than words.

Of course, the wife and kids went to see it when I was away gallavanting in Zermatt with the boys .

We saw it last Friday and both my husband and I thought it was absolutely superb. I'm a huge fan of Colin Firth anyway and the way he portrayed George VI's stammer made me want to hold his hand, make him a cup of hot cocoa and say "there, there, everything'll be just fine"

Sorry I'm sure it's a great movie, but I keep getting choked up at the first reply. Look at him there- it's like watching The Bad News Bears, knowing that Walter Matthau is gone forever !

It was ok - over hyped , well acted ...
But in normal Hollywood fashion, everyone has gone over the top. And as the rest of the film industry could only put forward lame efforts it won.

But, c'mon guys, get a grip!
PS - it's also not very historically accurate - chronology , settings and realtionships have been strongly altered for impact. So please view it as a story ...

I agree, it's one of the best movie that I watched recently.

The characters are well played and the plot and dialogue is way stronger than other movies (no need for video effect and superb actions), it's really refreshing.

Well, it's a movie though, I'm not surprised if they altered things there, I mean.. if they didn't it would be a documentary rather than a movie.

I'm a fan of historical movie myself and yes every single one of them is altered slightly or greatly for audiences

Yawn............has it finished!

You might like the American version of it then. Trailer below...

The movie is being edited so that it has a PG rating- to maximize distribution, I guess.

If it is for the American audience, then they will have to edit it to make all the Brits in it conceited, cruel villains that muder the peasants and mistreat the Irish .... and die deserved deaths in the end

And it will need Leonardo DiCaprio, as the King, and Jessica Alba, as the Queen mum, and Justin Bieber as Lionel's kids ....
Robert Downey Jr will be Lionel, Harrison Ford , as Bertie dad, and the corgis will be voiced by Eddie Murphy and Sharon Stone

Or was that just Hollywood films for the last 15 years ....

Great movie indeed, but for a dialog I found "The Sunset Limited" with Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel Lee Jackson pretty good as well
In this one, they never even leave the room ... !

My wife and I watched it last week in Basel. No break in the middle, which is nice.

I very much enjoyed it - I thought the child playing Princess Margaret was brilliant. It's difficult to tell, but it could be one of those films that will be considered a classic, in twenty years or so.

As far as the swearing goes - I was more shocked by a bloody colonial lounging on the throne!

I went last night to see it also. I was at Corso on the upper balcony which gave it perhaps extra gravitas. A great movie.
Afterwards we went to Odeon (to meet Dougal as I wanted to make peace with the enemy) and I practiced the kings's stammer by proclaiming to my girlfriend that, "I.I.I.I'm g.g.g.oing t.t.t.o the t.t.t.oilet"

I just want to make it clear to anyone who reads this that I have not made any arrangement to meet Higgybaby, to "make peace" or for any other purpose, and have no intention of doing so either.

Regarding the film: Is there a lot of bad language in it, and if so, of what nature?

I already expressed my disappointment here:

Ready to watch the Oscar Award Ceremony tonight?

As I recall, the..er..four letter word starting with "f" and ending in "k" is used at times but I have to admit the delivery was funny and the whole cinema roared with laughter at these scenes.

Seriously, DB don't let that put you off going if you are interested in seeing it. My friend and I are still aglow with the lovely feel good factor we came away with after seeing the movie last Friday.