Film: The King's Speech

My thoughts on the King's speech.

Well it's a great film and it all about Colin Firth's performance. Thinking about the film in terms of a technical performance, I'm blown away by Colin Firth because I have no idea how he achieved that stammer so convincingly.  I read an interview he gave which explains just how the stammering affected him.  http://www.stammering.org/colinfirth.html

Geoffry Rush was fantastic as Lionel a perfect foil for Bertie. the dynamic between them really made the film. Lionel was always trying to get to the bottom of why Bertie stammered and how Bertie struggled to get to the point where he was able to make a speech and manage the stammer.  One thing that really struck me was how frustrating and debilitating a stammer can be. And how amusing it was to hear Colin Firth let rip with a stream of expletives.

I really liked Helena Bonham Carter as the person who became the Queen Mother and it was strange to see her without shed loads of make up or CGI and she painted a very likable character.

Also props to Jennifer Ehle turning up and being awesome as Lionel's wife and looking pretty good. I know it seems like an age since I last saw her in anything.

The film was full of worthy british actors like Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill (which made me and my chap chuckle) Also Ramona Marquez from Outnumbered as Princess Margaret.  Ooh and Guy Pearce - aka Mike from neighbours.

Its a fantastic film and well made, definitely an enjoyable evening.


A mini squee, Jennifer Ehle tweeted me. :D

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

Well last night my chap and I went to see the Scott Pilgrim. It's directed by Edgar Wright and it's so much fun.

Its mucho fun. It's edited in such a way that it plays almost like a dream sequence, then there is the video game references. Someone whose a gamer could probably tell you where the reference were from, I;m not a gamer so I can't. Didn't stop me enjoying the film, its a hell of a lot of fun and so slick it hurts.

Not sure what else to add. Other than go see it, its very clever and lots of fun and I need to get the soundtrack ASAP.

Reaction to Toy Story 3.

Well thank the gods for Orange Wednesday. Firstly for making the cinema affoardable again. We have gone on other days but frankly for two grown ups to go and see a film these days costs 20 quid and that's before you've been mugged at the concessions stand. So glad I trotted down to Wrexham odeon at lunchtime for tickets.


The evening brought Toy Story in 3D. And I'm not going to spoiler here. It was an incredibly moving narrative; so much so I think I cried throughout the last fifteen minutes of the piece. It's a story that resonated with me on quite a deep level. It deals with themes of loyalty and moving on and like almost everything else Pixar do they got the story spot on.

Go see it, because it's fast paced, it's action filled, its kind of the ultimate buddy movie. What I would say is that if you don't want to bother seeing it in 3D then don't. In my humble opinion it didn't add a whole lot to our movie going experience apart from having to shell out another £2 for two pairs...

My blog manifesto

Well hello, glad that you've managed to drop by.  This is going to be my blog for talking about TV, Film and Musical Theatre. I'm an enthusiastic consumer of all three and I'm going to try and talk about my loves in an entirely coherent and hopefully entertaining way.

Right I'd better come out of the closest, I'm a fangirl, albeit not a rabid one. I'm not necessarily comfortable within fandoms because of the bad kind of insanity that lurks within them. I've seen what happens when rabid fangirls get mad and if I'm honest I really don't want to be a part of it.

What you will find here is honest opinion on the TV, films and theatre that I'm watching.  If you're (un)lucky you'll get to hear how the musical theatre group I'm a member of is getting on too. What I'm hoping to talk about are my favourite shows, films and productions past and present.  That and the fact that I'm heading to Dragon*Con this year. I warn you know I will become unbearable about this fact.

I think that's enough for now.

Keep buggering on.