The King's Next Speech: Oscar Acceptance

Well I finally saw The King's Speech yesterday, just in time to confirm the popular opinion that Colin Firth will be crowned this year's Best Actor at the Oscars. What a performance. I just raved about how great James Franco was in 127 Hours, and was a big fan of Jeff Bridges in True Grit, but I have to grant that this is Firth's year.
The key of this film to me is the interplay and relationship between Firth's 'Bertie'/King George VI and Geoffrey Rush's Lionel Logue. This is the perfect casting of two fantastic actors at the top of their games in roles perfectly suited for them. Helena Bonham Carter's turn as Firth's wife (and future Queen Mum) Elizabeth is also quite impressive, as she gives a very nuanced and subtle, yet entirely affecting performance as the loving wife concerned for her husband.
The film is funny, touching, moving, and, based mostly on the real story (just some tweaks to make for more of a filmgoing experience).
The film is up for 12 Oscars, and is well deserving of them. But Firth is just so good in the role, such a powerful performance, such a chemistry between he and Rush, that it's impossible not to love.
Steve made some good observations about the film on his blog as well, and I must agree, when it started to examine the very nature of leadership and Divine Right of the Monarchy, it became so much more than just the story of George overcoming the stutter.
Highly recommended.