This is a good movie. I'm glad I've been watching good movies for a while, Black Swan, True Grit and this one.
Geoffrey Rush is awesome. And of course, Colin Firth is good, too. The description of their relationship--how they developed their friendship--is really good and somewhat funny.
This king (George VI) grew up in the shadow of his great dad (another king, George V), his brother, and nanny who bullied him. He is traumatized by experience in childhood, and that's why he stammers. His wife and Geoffrey Rush (and the nation?) support this wimpy king to be a real king ... This is a good story, right?
The ending of the movie is that the king delivers historic speech (war declaration to Germany) to the nation. After his speech, he is applauded by his aides, family, politicians, and the nation (people gathering around the Buckingham Palace). Everyone says, "Congratulations, your majesty," to the king. And I thought, mm, should making a war declaration be celebrated? It is great that the king gets over stammering and gets confidence in himself, and I assume people honored his confident speech. He becomes the king, the leader of the country. But the war ... It could be something else that he shows his confidence as the king.