当阅读了一本名著后，你心中有什么感想呢？记录下来很重要哦，一起来写一篇
初中生英语读后感1
Lord of the flies , William Golding’s first novel, was published in London in 1954.
This novel shows the internal evil in people’s minds. It is deliberately modeled after R.M.Ballantyne’s 1857 novel The Coral Island. That novel shows the external evil out of people’s minds which has great differences between Lord of the flies.
The story of Lord of the flies took place in an imagine World War. A group of children landed in a deserted island .At first , they could get on well with each other but then the internal evil started to grow which made children believe that there was a beast nearby. Then they began to kill each other and were finally rescued by the navy officer.
Golding tried to make people believe that evil is internal in minds for that human was evolved from the beast and remained lots of wilderness.
Golding’s father doesn’t believe in religion but believe in science very much. Golding was influenced by his father and had a rational thinking before World War 2. But his dream broke when WW2 started. He joined in army and was a navy during the War. By being influenced of this crazy bloody war he wrote his novel Lord of the flies which is a word from baalzebub （Hebrew language） which means the biggest evil.
In his novel, we can see a very very cruel story. The four main characters or five of them show us how the evil in people’s mind grow. Ralph is the leader on the island who is tall , fair-haired and handsome. He makes an obvious choice to lead the band of children. In fact, Ralph is far from the ideal leader. He did not do anything when Jack wanted to get his power. Jack is the leader of the band , the hunter or the killer. His spear is the meaning of the wilderness. Piggy is the symbol of civilization and his glasses is the most important tool of making fire. His mistake was depended on science too much. Simon is a mysterious man of them. He may be a symbol of religion and being a far seer. He made a lot of great prophesies which were all correct. And the last of them is Roger, a helper of jack who was a shy boy at first but was the most important helper of Jack at last and killed Piggy with his hands.
This novel shows at last the wilderness beat the civilization. It shows that when people were in the worst circumstance they will become a beast. And a beast has less rules, they just fight against each other with the body. In my opinion , I think Golding is too realistic that is become not such more reality. I don’t think this will happen if this is a true story. But it could happen if everyone was exactly the same as the one under the describe of Golding. If Ralph can be smarter, if piggy can be more stronger even Jack can be weaker, the things will change. But it really take place during the second WW. I think in most of the circumstance rules is a good thing for the whole group. But when a lot of people disagree with that for their interests , that would be different. Jack isn’t danger at all, the things which worried Ralph was the group of hunter. I believe that Jack made his government a quite sure thing, for he is the most strongest child and he isn’t stupid ,he just couldn’t control his wilderness just like Hitler. If he can be more self-collected he can lead the children much better than Ralph. Piggy is smart but he doesn’t know how people’s mind think. When Jack came to get his glasses he still thought that they are going to steal the conch. That we can see his stupid. Simon is the far seer which has everything as same as all far seer in every book . Ralph didn’t make a good rule that he didn’t think of the need of the meet. Jack get that and use the need and the wilderness to make the children became more original. Then his strong body can use as the weapon to get the leadership. Violent may be the best method to rule the island ,for the children was like a lot of slaves without education, but no one find that.
Will it be much better? We don’t know. Golding believes that adults are the same like that, but I don’t think so. Maybe they could do it much better. Who knows?
初中生英语读后感2
This summer holiday,I made a good friend --- Robinson though ‘ROBINSON CRUSOE’. ‘ROBINSON CRUSOE’is a classical masterpiece which attracted me very much,and brought me much enlightenmet.I really lerned a lot of things from the eternal opus.
The ‘ROBINSON CRUSOE’have been authored by famouse English writer---Defoe. It’s about dramatis personae Robinson who met a frightful wind while he sailed on the sea. He was the only survinal, but he drifted to a uninhabited island. He bravely struggled, industriously worked and combated with barbarians. Robinson lived alone on the island for 28 years. He experienced many difficulties and dangers.
Robinson was a great person, he conquered countless and unimaginable hardships. If I stayed on a lonely island, I absolutely couldn’t vanquish dangers. I maybe would lose confidence for life. I respect Robinson very much, he is a real hero in my heart.
He lived on the island for about 30 years without any food, tool or habitation. He must depend by himself. Robinson wasn’t afraid of hardships, he had the fortitude spirit .He was brave in adventure and was good at labor. He used his head and hands to struggle all the time. I admire his courge very much, because these were not easy, work at all.
In fact, we also need the spirit of being undefeatalle indefatigable.
Like Robinson. If we believe in ourselves, never give up and do we best, we must be successful!
Robinson was a great miracle, he achieved mumerous. ‘impossible things’。 ‘Robinson Crusoe’ was an immortal novel, because it gave us a courageous, intrepidity, diligent, indefatigable and wise ordinany person, a vanquish nature, a hero who exploited nature. The book is a really excellent adventuresome novel,
There is no perfect life in the world, but we can change our fate. If we have confidences and work hard, we absolute will be victorious, and the most important thing is ‘Never give up’！
李智华演讲观后感 篇1
“不知道我摔倒了多少次，但是我仍选择站起来。”这是从小失去双臂的智华老师含着眼泪用坚定的语气讲述她学走路时的话。智华老师小时候在一场大火中失去了双臂，由于家里非常贫穷，没能让她重新拥有双臂。对于智华老师的灾难，她的悲惨身世深深触动我而泪流满面，深感同情，却又为她取得的骄傲成绩而欣喜，更多的则是敬佩。当她的命运经过惨烈打击后，依然不屈不饶，勇于面对困难的精神值得我们学习。虽然智华老师失去了双臂，但是她却拥有一双充满力量的‘隐形翅膀’，带着她克服困难、战胜困难。我被她这双“隐形翅膀”所感动而震撼了。
听了智华老师讲她非凡经历后，情不自禁地想到了自己，能否像李智华老师那样，遇到困难也应该勇敢地面对而不逃避呢？是否像李智华老师这样，面对挫折却永不放弃呢？和智华老师相比我的学习和生活环境实在太优越了，可我遇到许多困难，却并没有像李智华老师那样努力去克服并战胜它们，我太缺乏智华老师这种精神，我现在非常的惭愧，因为我拥有一个健全的身体，但面对困难和挫折时，却为自己找各种各样的借口去逃避。
是智华老师让我领悟了勇于面对困难的本质含义，让我也看到了我会为梦想而奋斗的动力。我应该学习智华老师那永不言败的精神，遇到困难时勇敢的面对，永不退缩、勇于向前，少一分懦弱和胆怯，多一份勇于面对的精神。突然觉得自己很幸运很幸福，以前在遇到困难的时候，总常常抱怨这不公平、那不公平，但现在想想，其实也没有什么，就算不公平又能怎样，只要勇敢面对，也能战胜。因为人生的道路不是平坦、一帆风顺的，而是崎岖坎坷的，所以我要以平常心对待每一次挫折，这样才会越挫越勇。而我自己也要快乐地生活着，即使生活抛弃了我，我也要勇敢的面对生活。自己的命运也只有自己才能把握、也只有自己才能做主，所以我要让我的生活过得很精彩。我也知道半年后的实习中，肯定会遇到很多困难和挫折，但现在我认为不管以后会遇到多大的困难，我也会像智华老师那样，在受到挫折后依然要选择面对困难，不被困难给吓倒，而要用自己的聪明智慧去勇敢地面对困难，战胜困难，把困难踩在脚下，始终保持一种乐观向上的心态，把困难当成一次次锻炼，只有这样才会有新的希望出现。这样成功的大门才会为我而敞开。
智华老师的每一个故事，每一次经历都让我看到了她的坚强。智华老师用她的经历感动着我，让我一次次为她鼓掌，同时也激励着我，让我面对困难不会退缩。所以我们要相信，不管你的命运如何，只要勇敢面对，勇于向前我们就能掌控自己的命运，也就能成功！因为上帝是公平的。
李智华演讲观后感 篇2
随着岁月流逝，又到了星期六，今天早上学校开办生命、力量的演讲会。
为我们演讲的老师是无臂天使李智华老师。在漫长的人生成长路上，她拥有双手的时间仅只有100天。但她却凭着坚定的信念和顽强的意志，用她的双脚，踏出了一条辉煌的人生之路。
李智华老师在小时候，那时她还是一个百日婴儿，这个百日婴儿被烧得面目全非，浑身像一块黑炭。这场火灾使智华老师失去了双臂，在她没有双臂的生活下。她学会了写字、做饭、缝补、弹琴、开拖拉机……
李智华老师没有双手，但是她却有如此坚定的信念。智华老师失去了手也就失去了平衡，在失去了平衡下，她学会了走路。对于一个失去平衡的小孩要学走路是多么困难，李智华老师真是令人敬佩不已。
智华老师写了一篇作文《我最幸福》。让智华老师写这个作文，简直是一种残忍，但她写得自己真的很幸福，更让心酸。有许多人问：长大后有怨恨过妈妈？智华老师说，没有，从来没有。
李智华老师曾经说过，她宁可没有脚，也不能没有母爱。今天这场震撼人心的演讲，让我重新思考了什么叫命运。李智华老师出生在一个极度贫困的家庭，母亲患有严重的精神病，又在一百天时，家中一场火灾失去了双臂……这些都是她的命，非常悲惨命。
从李智华老师的演讲中，从今往后不管遇到什么困难、挫折，都要坚持到底。要相信自己的生命以最好的方式展开。
李智华演讲观后感 篇3
前段时间，我们学校来了一位充满传奇色彩的人物——李智华老师。
当时她的演讲对我们每个人来说都依然记忆犹新。只因她的坚强与勇敢带给我们的事非一般的震撼。这足以让我们产生共鸣。一场无情的大火。李智华老师永远地失去了她的双臂，命运却没有折断她飞翔的翅膀；一场大雪，带走了李智华老师至爱的母亲，但却没有夺走她生活的勇气；一句残酷的否决，李智华老师便与梦想中的教室失之交臂，但她却依然想象着命运的转变。是啊！只因她拥有着乐观向上的态度！多么残弱的身体，多么伟大的力量！
虽然李智华老师在无情的大火中失去了双臂，可老天又在无形中给她增添了一双隐形的翅膀！在她的梦想中无限地飞翔，在梦想中，她碰到了天、抚了天上的云，在那里，她就是天空的主角！
可她不只是在梦想中当主角，她在不停地攀登。
没有了双臂的李智华老师，想尽一切办法让其他的部位代替手臂。
她试图让双脚来代替双臂，便拿起杯子来挑战。她用脚趾夹起杯子的把手，杯子刚刚颤颤巍巍地起了一些，又马上落了下来，可她并没有气馁，就这样，衰落又端起地重复着，三个月的时间内，她终于可以毫不摇晃地将杯子中的水送入口中。接着，经过李智华老师的努力与坚持，她不仅端起了“沉重”的杯子，还学会了自己叠被子、用脚写字，自己吃饭。是她，让我懂得了什么叫做真真正正的自食其力。
“在我三个月的时候，我就与死神进行了一场顽强的搏斗，在搏斗中，我是一个胜利者！”这句话是李智华老师发自内心的感言，也是我印象最深、感触最大的一句话。这不是一个失臂者发出的感言，而是一个强者所发出的贯穿人心的呐喊！可见，李智华老师的内心是多么地强大，在困难面前不服输的态度，让我不禁心生敬意。当我面对困难时，我应该会不时想起这句话吧！它会使我坚强，它会使我振奋，它会使我带着满满的希望向前进取！
李智华老师的精神定会陪我走过人生的道路，它教会我勇敢、坚强、自信，使我明白人生没有过不去的事，没有跨不过的坎儿，只要坚持，相信一切都是浮云，一切都将会过去。
李智华演讲观后感 篇4
那天下午我们听了李智华老师的演讲，心里感触良多。
当身穿红色外套的李智华走进师生们视线的时候，大家无法想象这个看似瘦弱的女孩是以怎样超凡的毅力一路走来。虽然没有了双臂，但她脸上始终洋溢的自信笑容却感染了在场的所有人。
“我的父亲是位憨厚的农民，母亲患有间歇性精神病，常年服药，我是喝小米粥凉开水活过命来的，出生一百天的那个晚上，患病的母亲再次从家门前走失……”李智华娓娓地讲述着自己童年时的悲惨经历。
就是那个晚上的一场大火，使尚在襁褓中的她失去了双臂，也使她的头和左脸颊留下了永久的伤痕，成了一只折断翅膀的“丑小鸭”。然而从懂事的那一天起，她就在练习着用双脚代替双手，克服了许多常人难以想象的困难。靠着一双小脚，她学会了拿筷子，学会了穿衣戴帽，学会了写自己的名字，学会了缝缝补补、切菜、做饭、开车、绘画、操作电脑……讲到这里，在场的同学们纷纷为之动容！尤其是她为了学习永不放弃的精神赢得了现场同学们热烈的掌声。“我做不了什么大的贡献，就想用我自己的经历来让同学们在面对任何困难的时候，能够坚强……”
李智华以自己超乎常人的毅力一路走来，如今，她大学毕业了，有了一份工作，有了自己幸福的家。
报告会上，李智华还以脚举笔，写下了“行胜于言”四个大字。她的现场表演，让到场的每一个人激奋不已。
李智华报告结束后，主持人说：“有的人经常把自强一词挂在嘴边，可是又有谁能够理解“自强”的真正含义呢？在今天，一位年仅26岁的女孩，用她的双脚，用她的意志，用她的人生向我们诠释了“自强”的真正内涵。在李智华老师身上，我们感受到了人生的疼痛与渴望，我们看到了梦想的美丽之光，我们听到了她用脚敲响的`顽强之歌。我们要向李老师学习，当我们遇到困难时，要少一分懦弱和胆怯，多一份勇敢与自信。只有敢于直面命运的考验，经受得起磨难的人，才是一个大写的人，一个成功的人。同学们，加油！”
之后，康杰中学正式聘请李智华为学校的校外辅导员，为她颁发了聘书。
报告会结束后，同学们纷纷表示，听了报告深有感触，李智华老师发自内心的演讲很感人，她的每一个故事，每一次经历都让我们看到了她的坚强，所以我们没有理由放弃自己，我们以后也要用最大的努力完成自己的梦想，作为有手有脚的健全人，以后在生活中一定要珍惜时光，把自己的人生打造得更美好。
李智华演讲观后感 篇5
今天下午，我们学校特地从西安请来了号称“无臂天使”的李智华老师为我们开展《生命·力量》演讲活动。
李智华老师讲到，在她出生100天时，因为父母亲不在家，她的双手就被一场大火夺去了，听到这儿，我被她的凄惨人生所感动，但李智华老师并没有被不幸的人生开端所打倒。
在她还不到5岁时，就学会了用脚叠军被，在这过程中，她付出了很多。为了叠好被子，她曾经对自己立下誓言:“不叠好被子就不吃饭，不叠好被子就不去上学”。从凌晨不到5点就起来了，一只脚站在地上，另一只脚专心的叠被子，一直叠到8点，终于叠好了一个方方正正，像豆腐块一样的被子，她的脸上也露出满意的笑容。听到这，我感触很深，像我这样双手健全的人，平时都懒得叠被子，而她一个残疾人却学会了用脚叠被子，我感到愧疚，也对李智华老师那种坚忍不拔、顽强的精神所感动。
在李智华老师6岁时，自己还学会了用脚写字。现场李智华老师还认真演示了写毛笔字，写得是那么的工整，那么的漂亮，我从心底里佩服。心想；“用脚写这么漂亮的字，平时不知付出了多少心血和汗水，我们应该好好向她学习”。
李智华老师因为残疾，不能上学，一、二年级时就从教室后面的窗户看，太矮就拿两块砖头踩在脚下，到了三年级的一天，教室里的老师看见她，把她领进教师，还用课余时间和放假期间给她补习功课，这个老师就是陶老师。她说：“如果没有我的陶老师，就不会有我的今天”。她这种感恩的行为感动了我，同时也让我体会到，社会需要多一些关爱，我们要像陶老师一样去关心别人、帮助别人，特别是要帮助那些有残疾或有缺陷的人。
李智华老师的经历很凄惨，但她那种乐观的人生态度和坚强的意志却值得我们学习。她的事迹让我体会到自己是一个很幸福的人，我们应该好好学习，学会感恩、学会关心别人、学会帮助别人，让我们的社会充满爱。
李智华演讲观后感 篇6
俗话说得好：没有绝望的处境，只有对处境绝望的人。1984年出生在一个乡村小镇的李智华，在出生的第100天里，就被大火残忍地夺取了双臂，长大后，每每她看到别的小朋友都能自由自在地玩耍，而她——只能坐在一旁看着他们玩时，心里便特别不是滋味，但她并不自暴自弃。
8岁——对于许多孩子来说是个正式踏入学校的年龄，但对于李智华来说，她只能每天站在学校外面看着别的孩子上学，她搬来一块砖，垫着脚，趴在窗户上组建了一个自己的“小课堂”教室里的孩子写字，她就趴在地上用树枝写字，教室里的孩子吟诵诗歌，她就在外面学着吟诵诗歌，她的刻苦学习感动了校领导，她终于如愿以偿地当上了一名小学生。
想想吧！她是一名研究生她没有任何先天优势，更是失去了双臂，她要付出比我们多千百倍的努力，而我们-我们这些四肢健全的人，总是自以为这些本来我们就应该拥有，我们拥有健全的四肢，我们拥有父母的支持连李智华在没有双臂，没有任何人支持下依旧能考上研究生，何况我们！我们这健全的人就是缺乏李智华老师那种毅志，在日常生活中遇到一点困难和挫折就想逃避，而没有勇敢去面对，这与李智华老师相比真是天壤之别。在我的身上可以找出许多害怕困难，逃避困难的事。今天听了李智华老师感人肺腑的讲座，使我明白一个道理：天下所有的事都难在坚持，贵在坚持，成在坚持，过了这一段，就是痴迷。
我们应当以李智华老师为榜样，刻苦学习，勇敢地面对挫折与困难！
李智华演讲观后感 篇7
故事的主人公是一个失去双手的女人。讲述了她一生的脚涯，从起初的艰难痛苦，到以后的幸福生活。
每个人身上赋予生命和力量，让生命活起来，让力量动起来大起来，需要好多方面。第一：需要志向和动力，就像李智华小时候，学校不收她这样的残疾入学籍，她想她自己除了学知识别无选择。老师不让到教室里去学习，她就在窗外趴在窗台上听，由于离的黑板太远，只有听得份没有看的份。既是这样智华还天天到学校来听课。直到有一天感动了一个才分配到这个学校不久的一个大学生，给她破例办理了学籍；第二：还需要坚强的毅力和勇气，就像是李智华，别的学生都用手写字她用脚，一开始还不习惯用脚拿笔，她就让别人帮她用绳子把笔绑在脚趾之间。可是她把字就是写不到田字格里面每次都写那么大，当时智华就恨田字格为什么设置的那么小。以后慢慢的就习惯了。每次老师布置作业就不让智华写，为的是她没有手。可是，智华最烦老师这句话。
为了证明自己不比别人差，既是老师叮嘱千万遍不让她写，她每次都把作业完成的很完美，一遍遍的练，铅笔用没了头，为了不麻烦别人就自己练习削铅笔，有时不小心削破了脚趾，血止了就再写。每次做完作业都到晚上12点以后，智华心想我比别人差我就要多吃苦多练习；第三：更需要刻苦的努力和勤奋的学习，就像李智华，母亲去世后，在她心情最低谷时。
她天天寡言少语，低头用脚在地上写‘脚涯’这两个字。渐渐地她爱上了书法，可是学校里没有书法这个专业，和书法类同的有绘画这个专业，她就报考了绘画这个专业，到了绘画课堂上老师见了她很惊讶，别人用手，她用脚，老师说教不了她，她哀求老师留下她，她说她会努力的去画，去学！老师无奈勉强留下了她。在这个描绘自己脚涯的校园里，她的坚强，她的勤奋，她的质朴感动了一个人，从此以后她有了依靠，就像是阳光唱的那首歌《你是我的眼》，他就是她的手，他和她从感动到相识相知，从相知到相恋，结为连理，成为一对恩爱的夫妻，现在已是一双儿女的四口之家。
李智华的故事感动了很多人，她经常出差到处演讲，她的每一句话都那么铿锵有力。听了她的演讲，也许那些有残缺的人不再自卑，不再消沉，不再堕落；那些身体健全的人，不再懒惰，不再走下坡路。在这物欲横流，经济发达的大好时光里，我们都振作起来，去奋斗，去拼搏吧，不要再踌躇满志，让梦想成真吧！就像智华说的，我相信你们会比我做的更好，活得更阳光。
李智华演讲观后感 篇8
2017年2月14日上午，在我们德化县实验小学的操场，电影《隐形的翅膀》的主人公原型李智华老师用她不平凡的人生经历给我校全体师生上了一堂生动的励志教育课。
在音乐《隐形的翅膀》的伴奏下，李智华老师追述了自己从出生100天到现在走过的艰难坎坷、自强不息的历程。李智华老师以自身求学的经历告诉学生只有知识才能改变命运，只要有1%的希望，就要付出100%的努力。以生动的“1分钟鼓掌你能鼓几下？”的互动让学生明白自己的实际能力比自己料想的要强得多，要想成功就要坚持。
李智华老师对生命的热爱和对事业的不懈追求，点燃了师生们心灵深处最宝贵的激情，让在场的全体师生接受了一场生命的洗礼，让大家认识到了生命真正的意义。为激励我校师生，李智华老师现场用脚写下“自强不息”几个大字，与同学共勉。最后，罗校长要求全体同学向自强不息的李智华老师学习，做自强不息的自己，敢于挑战自己，为中华之崛起而读书！
李智华老师虽然没有了双臂，虽然承受了生命中不能承受之痛，但她脸上始终洋溢着自信的笑容。李智华老师不断与命运抗争的精神极大地震撼了我们的心灵。自信、自立、自强、阳光、开朗、乐观，充满爱心的无臂天使传送来了人世间最美好的品质、最坚强的毅力、最伟大的力量。她将感召着一代莘莘学子不断前行，做自己命运的主宰者，努力成为各领域的杰出人物。
最后，李智华老师现场献上墨宝“自强不息”赠予学校留念，学校也聘请她担任我们的校外辅导员。李智华老师用她的经历教会了我们“生活需要勇气！每一个困难就是一个新的尝试。每当这个时候，我们就要勇敢地去面对它，一直走下去！”
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I was entirely moved by the king in the film. The king used to stammer severely. Specifically, when he was a little child, he was abused by his step-mother, which gave rise to the stammer. Growing up in the family, he had no alternative but to deliver numerous speeches in public. Nevertheless, he made a painstaking effort to practice pronounciation in order to alleviate the stammer. And eventually he fulfilled his goal. So this movie essentially motivates me to conduct things in our daily life as well as we probably can.
《国王的演讲》观后感(The king's speech in English about it)
It is a quite inspiring story about a man, psychologically scarred, and trapped in a situation from which he could have no escape and facing it with immense courage. The movie starts off with a stammering speech and signs off with a staggering one, with hardly any glitches in between. The basic premise of the movie is fairly simple. A king with a stutter is helped by a maverick speech therapist to overcome his problem and become an inspiring orator. That sounds like a very known territory to most movie goers. But few minutes into the movie, and you realize that this one simply pushes the bar a notch higher.
The film conveyed very powerfully in the opening scene, the enormity of what was required of him. As the film develops, the complexities of the character are revealed. The acting is superb, especially from the three principals, and the development of the troubled and spark relationship at the heart of the film is a joy to watch. The film is very funny and the characters have warmth and humanity. The film is well paced, and carries you along to the emotional climax, so that, even though I knew the story, it had me holding my breath. If you don't need lots of action or special effects in your film, and enjoy seeing top-notch actors at the very peak of their craft, this will be for you. You might also, as I did, gain a bit more insight into the human drama behind a significant, but relatively unexplored period of British history.
国王的演讲英文观后感(The king's speech in English about it)
This is a biopic about how King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II, overcame his stuttering problem. Widely considered by all but his father unfit to be king, George is reluctantly thrust unto the throne and into the spotlight after his brother is forced to abdicate. Overshadowed on the global stage by powerful orators like Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini, the King relies on the help of a little-known Australian speech therapist named Lionel Logue to find his voice and courageously lead his people into the most devastating war humanity has ever faced.
This is a powerful, hilarious and deeply moving story, told against the backdrop of a critical juncture in modern history, of the emergence of a deep friendship out of a professional relationship between two men who would otherwise never have socially interacted. The screenplay, written by David Seidler (who also wrote Tucker: The Man and his Dream), is excellent. The dry British wit is hilarious. I was literally slapping my knee during some of the scenes. Tom Hooper (Elizabeth I) does a superb job directing this movie. The buildup to the climactic finale is skillfully executed and prompted the audience to erupt into spontaneous applause. (Apparently, this also happened at the Roy Thomson Hall premiere.) Geoffrey Rush (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) does a fantastic job as Lionel Logue and Colin Firth (A Single Man) is excellent as King George VI.
I saw the second public screening of this movie at the Ryerson Theater during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Tom Hooper was present to introduce the movie. He was joined by Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush after the movie ended for a brief Q&A.
It turns out that David Seidler also had a stuttering problem as a child and drew inspiration from the king's struggle. Early in his career he wanted to write a screenplay about it. He dutifully asked the Queen Mother for permission. She agreed but told him "not in my lifetime". Little did he know she would live to be 101 and he would have to wait another 30 years.
Another interesting tidbit we learned was that near the end of the shoot, the crew finally located one of Lionel Logue's grandsons, who just so happened to live about 10 minutes away from the director. They got access to Lionel's diaries and correspondence and managed to incorporate some of it into the script.
This movie is an unqualified must see.
