MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

The King’s Speech

Deb 9 Me 10

At the end of this one I said, “Why can’t all movies be like this?” It’s a movie about meeting challenges, friendship and personal growth. It’s good looking, well acted and very well written. Here's a movie that's set in England, made in England with English actors. I usually have a hard time understanding English speech, but here I acclimated quickly and only missed a few words or sentences. There is comedy, drama, highs and lows and all the stuff I want in a movie experience. There were three or four shots, totaling less than a minute, where I thought the cinematographer was nuts, but the other 110 minutes were beautifully crafted. Go see it.

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