Comments on: ‘The King’s Speech’ Wins The 2011 Best Picture Award; Film Takes 4 Oscars Including Best Director

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:56 +0000

When i look at films I\’ve been happy to see win in recent years (The Departed, No Country for Old Men) they share sensational elements that the Academy responds to: violence, nutso performances (in a good way). The Social Network–for all its comparisons to TV movies and court room procedurals–can be agreed upon here as far superior to The King\’s Speech, right? It had a sharp script, great performances and a real ambivalence to its characters\’ morality–the third element being is what killed it. These old sacks who vote for the Academy Awards want to know how they\’re supposed to feel–that was the whole campaign for The King\’s Speech (\”Some films you see, others you feel.\”)

It\’s one thing to argue that a film\’s job is to entertain–few films this year entertained me as The Social Network did. What disappoints me is that when a film requires us to think (but not even–just leaving open the possibility of Thought), it is derided as a film for critics and not audiences. I hope in the future, something can win Best Picture not for encouraging sympathy or sensationalizing anything from violence to speech therapy, but for evoking moviegoers and inspiring not emotion, but discourse about our society. A movie like that doesn\’t have to win every year–I love a good crowd-pleaser–but once would be nice.

By: Corsiva

Corsiva — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:56 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, Trent Reznor is now an Academy Award winner. That was pretty fuckin ninja.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:56 +0000

I was on a set with the director of \”God of Love.\” Very cool, down to earth guy. Glad he won.

By: Abinas Jagernauth

Abinas Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:56 +0000

Great reporting!

By: Michael Bay

Michael Bay — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:56 +0000

fail

king kong kin ka kin king kong you can see the KINGS SPEACH before ya hear it

By: Jackie

Jackie — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:56 +0000

Ode to Oscar, old and new
For 83 years you’ve made dreams come true!
A gilded knight, crusaders sword,
You compel the contest to unfold.
On top of a reel of angled spokes
You represent the many folk
Who make us dream and laugh and cry
And let our troubled worlds pass by.
Now Colin, Natalie, and the rest,
Have bared their souls and joined the best.
How much this little statue means
To everyone in the world – it seems!
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