I wasn’t very excited at first to watch The King’s Speech, but I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the movie.  The plot follows King George VI’s rise to power and his struggle to overcome his stutter.  I thought Colin Firth did a great job of giving the viewer an idea of how a person’s speech impediment—even a world leader’s—can make public speaking even more difficult and intimidating.  He had many people, including his own father, attempt to impose their ideas on him on how to fix his stutter, but all of them were not helpful.  He finally meets a man named Lionel who uses unconventional methods to help him speak without a stutter.  I especially liked how Lionel utilizes music—making him speak while listening to classical music and sing out his sentences—to help him achieve his goal.  By the end of the movie, King George does still have a slight stutter, but now he is able to speak much more succinctly and keep his composure in front of other people.  What I liked most about this movie, besides the historical significance behind it, was the idea that King George was willing to do whatever it took and exert a lot of time, effort, and mental fortitude into achieving his personal goal of beating his stutter.  His determination with regards to his personal life inspires the viewers of the movie to face the challenges in their lives with the hope that they too can overcome them.