Comments on: Oscar Moment: “The King’s Speech” http://marshallandthemovies.com/2010/09/22/kingspeechom/ "[Bloggers] like you give me hope" - Roger Ebert Tue, 14 May 2013 22:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andreas Moser http://marshallandthemovies.com/2010/09/22/kingspeechom/#comment-3978 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:59:44 +0000 http://marshallandthemovies.com/?p=5246#comment-3978 “King’s Speech” is indeed very good, and the acting by Colin Firth phenomenal. But the film should not be taken as historically accurate: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/the-kings-speech/

]]> By: Mad Hatter http://marshallandthemovies.com/2010/09/22/kingspeechom/#comment-2814 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:37:25 +0000 http://marshallandthemovies.com/?p=5246#comment-2814 So interesting tidbit: “The People’s Choice Award” isn’t quite the democratic voice of the movie-going people that it would seem to be. It is designated by TIFF programmers based on buzz and buzz alone.

Furthermore, don’t put any more stock into it than a passing glance. Sure Slumdog took it two years ago and rode the wave all the way into an eventual win…but The Audience Award was also given to PRECIOUS, WHALE RIDER, and HOTEL RWANDA none of which went on to set The Oscars on fire.

For my money, it is w-a-a-a-a-a-y-y-y-y too early to tap something as a frontrunner. You and I have both seen September frontrunners fizzle much later than this in the past.

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