Going to see The King's Speech tonight, a film where Mr Darcy plays a king and has to do a talk. Tipped for awards galore, but I'm not convinced I'm going to be taken by it. Why not? Is knowing (or thinking you know) too much about a film a bad thing?

It's very rare I go and see a film where I have no idea what it's about. Peter Jackson's District 9; aliens causing bother. Jaws; a shark causing bother. Lord of the Flies; kids picking on a fat lad. Which is fine, because although you might have an idea of the general gist, you don't know the whole storyline. Now, I don't confess to know a lot about King George VI, in fact I'd go as far to say as I know nothing. I didn't even know he had a stammer. But having seen the trailer, what else is there to know about the film? George becomes King, but bugger, he's got a stammer. People think he's a baffoon. He has therapy for the affliction but then double bugger, we go to war and people are looking to him for leadership. Has his therapy worked in time for him to address the nation? I'm guessing, probably yes. THE END. I don't go a bundle on dramas anyway so I'll report back later and probably find there is much more too it than Mr Darcy not being able to speak properly (YAWN!).