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The King's Speech Reviews
The King's Speech Reviews
| 62 of 65 people found the following review helpful  Desplat's music gives the king a voice, By Jon Broxton (Thousand Oaks, CA) - See all my reviews This review is from: The King's Speech (Audio CD) The United Kingdom suffered one of its worst constitutional crises in living memory in the early 1930s. Following the death of King George V, his eldest son David ascended to the throne as King Edward VIII, but his insistence on marrying Wallis Simpson - a commoner, a divorcee, and worst of all an American - brought criticism from the political and religious leaders of the time. Forced with a choice between his kingdom and the woman he loved, Edward chose the latter, leaving his younger brother Bertie to reluctantly take over as King George VI. However, suddenly becoming the monarch of over a third of the world's population did not sit well with the new king, who was forced to deal with two issues at the beginning of his reign: firstly, the growing influence of German chancellor Adolf Hitler threatening peace in Europe, and secondly the King's own terrible stutter, which often rendered him literally speechless on important occasions. To counteract the latter, the King sought out the... Read more 23 of 23 people found the following review helpful  Beautiful Story, Beautiful Music!, By Joy "JS" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The King's Speech (Audio CD) I just saw this film a week ago, and I was so impressed that I immediately bought the book and the sound track. It just arrived yesterday, and I immediately started listening. The remarkable thing is that I could see the various scenes in the film..as clear as day. You don't find that very often in contemporary films. Just listening, I could "hear" the spirit of this quiet, diffident and honourable man. As the score built, I could "hear" the King finding his voice. When the Speech was read...(To the glorieus music of Beethoven) I could "hear" both triumph and release.It was truly magnificent...to hear a man painted in notes of music. 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful The King's Speech Soundtrack Rules!!!, By Arthur Shoates (USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: The King's Speech (Audio CD) I recently purchased this soundtrack, even before seeing the movie. I was astonished at the beautiful songs. They are all quite short, graceful, and melodic, but with a definite drama about them!!! You will not be disappointed. Alexandre Desplat is a very talented composer. |
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