What Kind of Person Actually Likes a Movie Like This?

To start with I would like to state that I liked 'The Social Network', '127 hours' and 'Inception' from the same year too.

Why some people like a certain movie and not others?
There are many factors in play here which people don't even consider while arguing. Among the most important ones are - 'Your mood at the time of the viewing.' and 'The types of movies you have been watching lately.'

I actually loved the Premise. Loved it so much that I even thought, how beautiful it was, when it got over. In these days of high drama, heavy climax movies, ' The King's speech' was a breath of fresh air for me. Had someone else made a movie about a king what would the premise be? Some kind of Power dynamics or maybe his love life. But here is a movie telling us about a king's speech impediment. I found this Idea very beautiful, along with the Cinematography and many other things in the movie.
Most movies that you watch these days are very draining and formulaic. Most movies try to grab attention by some major crisis. I am so used to these 'tricks' (for lack of a better word) that It makes me self aware that I am watching a movie. And movie after movie you see the same way in which almost every filmmaker is trying to get you interested. If the major number of movies being made today were subtle, 'The King's Speech' would be just another movie but most movies these days are bombardment to the senses - full of formulas.
And I understand one thing - There is a natural inclination of most people towards movies that have strong climax. This is another thing I have gotten bored of lately, most probably due to it's ubiquitousness.

I assure you on one part though - "I don't think I am smarter than I actually am or try to pretend liking something when I don't."
Every movie has it's own perks, and the problem arises when we try to look for things that it does not offer. Some movies are made to make your adrenalin rush others like this one, are subtle.
I believe that you cannot judge the true worth of the movie by viewing it just once. So get a DVD and watch it again.

I wrote early on in this reply that I liked 'Inception' too but here is a thing - I won't watch 'Inception' again and again but 'The King's Speech' needs and deserves multiple viewings on my part. (If I remember right I have rated both the movies 8)

P.S. - Why won't I repeat Inception?
Mostly because the movie has nothing to offer once you know the premise and also because it lacks silence - The background score is there in almost every scene whether required or not.

I guess the kind that likes Dramas as opposed to, as you put it, "explosions and digital effects",
I read all your post here, and you throw the phrase "pretentious" around a lot. Do you even know what that means? Not in the truest sense, I guess. Because, to me, a lot of your replies to other posters come across as pretentious.
You have every right to an opinion, but to headline your post with "What Kind of Person Actually Likes a Movie Like This?" seems to me to be insulting to others.

Well, there are a lot of things that can appeal to people, but I'll just mention a few.

I'm going to disagree with your claim that a king who stutters is a bad idea for a movie, because to me, the fact that a king stutters makes him more relatable to people. This is called out towards the end of the movie, when George is talking with Churchill, and Churchill says, "You know, I had a stammer when I was young." (or words to that effect.) It's an endearing moment, because it causes the two men to connect with each other. A lot of people have speech impediments, and for many, it's a humiliation for them. For someone who has stuttered his or her entire life to watch a movie about one of the most powerful people on earth stuttering just like them can be very empowering. And while you clearly don't care whether the movie was a true story or not, many people may. Especially if they themselves have a speech impediment. Again, it makes a real life king more relatable to the common person.

It's a movie driven by character and dialogue rather than action or special effects or drama. The movie could have focused solely on his relationship with Elizabeth and his courtship of her. Or it could have centered on the war. Or the abdication. But there have been loads of movies already made about those aspects of George's life and reign. This was something different. That's refreshing to a lot of people.

And lots of people like British humor. You clearly don't, and that's ok. But this is not the only movie that contains it (it runs rampant in The Queen), and there are many tv shows that include it as well. I would suggest watching the occasional episode of Doc Martin, Are You Being Served, or Murdoch (which takes place in Canada, but the humor is still there) for additional doses.
And since it's a story about a British king that takes place in Britain with British actors, it would make since that it would contain British humor.

The kind of person who isn't an edgy cunt trying to be contrarian.

What kind of person actually dislikes a movie like this?

An asshole with no sense of humor, apparently.

I bet you like DC comic films!

people who actually don't know anything about cinema, but film has been in decline since the 70's, so there is no hope, the question is what films do you like? do you know about cinema?

I have been a high school dropout, a grease monkey in a motorcycle shop, a janitor, a dishwasher, a forklift operator in an industrial warehouse, a phone booth repairman, a truck driver, a motorcycle racer, a house painter, and a ditch digger, among other things. I don't watch PBS or listen to NPR because they're pretentious. I don't patronize Starbucks. I don't watch superhero/comic book movies. I don't use idiotic phrases like "white privilege" or hang out with pompous twats who do. I drive a thirty-two-year-old pickup truck, and I do my own oil changes and tuneups. I liked "The King's Speech".

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