Friday, 4 March 2016

A Royal Night Out.

I missed this one when it came out. I wasn't of the right generation to really understand what the film was really about until I had seen it but now that I have my British history has been greatly improved.

Rupert Everett was superb as King George. Seeing Colin Firth turn into him was actually relatively easy. You would think that because the King's Speech and A Royal Night Out were not made as follow ons from each other and weren't really intended to have very much in common with the other that you wouldn't be able to see Colin Firth looking like Rupert Everett but you kind of can.

Rupert Everett has the right voice for the part of a king but he doesn't over use it. In this film we see a more authoritative figure than we had seen from Colin Firth but I liked it like that. Emily Watson is a completely different wife to Helena Bonham-Carter and it allowed the king's character to become more of a leader than we had seen before. Although Emily Watson was controlling and very strict she had times when she was simply just the woman by the side of the King.

The filming took place in Hull and the bus scene was just fantastic. It was possibly the hardest thing that they had to film and it was done perfectly. Everything about it gave it a feel of Central London, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. Nothing was over-complicated and nothing was only half done. Everything was done to the highest standard and that includes to upper class British accent from the American lady staring as Princess Elizabeth.

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