Comments on: ‘The King’s Speech’ & ‘The Fighter’ Top The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

By: piotr

piotr — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:12:11 +0000

cirkusfolk, you have to calm down.

By: Xian

Xian — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:12:10 +0000

My WFT should be WTF?!?! darn fingers… I need a typing coach in the mold of Geoffrey Rush.

By: Xian

Xian — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:12:10 +0000

\”The King\’s Speech\” was a charming British dramedy and nothing more than that. Not quite sure why it\’s suddenly getting Best Picture love (and Best Director?!?! WFT?!?) except for that old snootiness the Academy sometimes displays toward films from across the Pond.

It\’s not a game-changer or blazingly original like \”Inception\”
It\’s not as impressive in terms of technical skill \”The Social Network\”
…and, well, I\’m failing to see why this is the film that\’s going to win Best Picture. It was nice, it was funny, but it\’s hardly a film that people will be talking about for years to come or have any of the impact through the years that a film like Inception surely will.

So, yawn… wake me when the Oscars have finished their tea time celebration for The King\’s Speech.

By: twf

twf — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:12:10 +0000

One would assume that the actors voted on the best acting, not the most popular or who has the most \”friends,\” in this case. The Social Network actors are basically one-note actors throughout the film — even though I did love the film. The award went to better actors.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:12:10 +0000

You know, I don\’t recall this site making any predictions for The King\’s Speech to win Best Picture/Director a month or so ago, when The Social Network was winning every award possible. I guess it\’s easy to wait until late in the race and then act like you declared the winner a long time before. Besides, until the Oscar noms came out, you would just be stupid to not bet on The Social Network. Like I said, it was winning everything, and will still make history by being the film to win the most precursors and then not Best Picture. I am glad you guys are so happy though that basically a BBC original movie is soon to become a multiple Oscar winner. I bet you were glad when Shakespeare in Love won too. How\’s that working out for your street cred?