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re: Elvis thoughts
Posted on 6/24/22 at 11:03 am to Skip Winkman
Posted on 6/24/22 at 11:03 am to Skip Winkman
If reviews look good, I may see it early next week.
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Posted on 6/24/22 at 11:26 am to theunknownknight
quote:Watching Pythons Holy Grail
Stories like how he got into sun studios the first time, his relationships with other stars, behind the scenes as he’s making movies, his attempts to protect his daughter at all costs, his “karate training”, his “FBI work”
Posted on 6/24/22 at 11:29 am to athenslife101
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I’m sure it’s good. I just can’t find any want to go see it. Biopics in general are boring and we’ve had to many singer ones over the past few years.
Dewey Cox is great though.
Posted on 6/24/22 at 11:45 am to athenslife101
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Ok. Are movies able to really extrapolate what made them great? Haven’t seen one successfully do it yet.
Maybe X and/or Ghandi did this but that is about it. Most biopics only work because the subject lived through a very exciting historical moment like Our Darkest Hour and Patton. The lives of Elton John and Freddy Mercury just aren't that interesting. Hell Great Balls Of Fire wasn't either and that's the frickin' Killer. Did they have a seen w/ Elvis meeting the Beatles and Elvis and Lennon singing to each other down the hotel hallway?
Posted on 6/24/22 at 11:53 am to athenslife101
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Are movies able to really extrapolate what made them great?
Lincoln and Patton both did pretty damn good jobs at that.
Posted on 6/24/22 at 12:16 pm to RollTide1987
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Lincoln and Patton both did pretty damn good jobs at that.
Disagree. They were interesting men living through extraordinary times. You don't get a feel for what made them great especially in Patton. Patton's counter attack at the Battle of the Bulge was his great achievement but the movie doesn't give many details on it.
Posted on 6/24/22 at 2:10 pm to GeauxAggie972
Aren't we all since potato took over?
Posted on 6/25/22 at 12:40 am to athenslife101
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I don’t dislike they but they are boring
Musical biopics are extremely formulaic...across the board but they can be very fun like Walk the Line.
You're really going to see the performances...
In between there's just...
1. Bad childhood or struggles
2. Talent then discovered
3. Fame
4. Lots of drugs
5. Tragedy
Posted on 6/25/22 at 12:48 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
I wish they did a second movie on Cash. It should be his later days with American records then ended with hurt.
Posted on 6/25/22 at 1:51 am to Shotgun Willie
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Do you think a 9 year old could see it? My daughter really wants to see it but thought it might be a little rough with drug usage, etc.
Should be fine tbh. He quickly pops a few pills thru the film and there's not a single curse word in the movie from what I remember. It was pretty entertaining especially the Memphis pieces
Posted on 6/25/22 at 4:48 am to Skip Winkman
I wanna go out like Elvis
Fat, Rich, Famous, Stoned, sitting on a toilet bowl.
Fat, Rich, Famous, Stoned, sitting on a toilet bowl.
Posted on 6/25/22 at 9:06 am to GamecockUltimate
at the theater frick nuts
Posted on 6/25/22 at 12:36 pm to rebelrouser
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Patton's counter attack at the Battle of the Bulge was his great achievement but the movie doesn't give many details on it.
Because the movie had already established what made him great: his love of war. The scene prior to the Battle of the Bulge sequence pretty much lays his character out for all the world to see:
"I love it more than my life."
Posted on 6/25/22 at 1:56 pm to John_V
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Should be fine tbh. He quickly pops a few pills thru the film and there's not a single curse word in the movie from what I remember. It was pretty entertaining especially the Memphis pieces
Elvis dropped quite a few GD’s. I only remember it because I thought he sounded a lot like Hank Hill when he said it
Besides that, it should be fine for your 9 year old. Doesn’t show much drug usage at all. IIRC the only time it shows him taking pills was one brief scene and it was as casual as someone taking ibuprofen
Posted on 6/25/22 at 8:37 pm to rebelrouser
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Did they have a seen w/ Elvis meeting the Beatles
No.
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Elvis and Lennon singing to each other down the hotel hallway?
That was Elvis and Robert Plant.
Posted on 6/25/22 at 9:02 pm to rebelrouser
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Did they have a seen w/ Elvis meeting the Beatles and Elvis
I’ve listened to all four of the Beatles recount that story and pretty much the most incredible thing they all took away from the exchange was that Elvis had a remote for his tv.
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:20 pm to Wayne Campbell
The start was too chaotic for me. Just the way it was shot. Felt like a cartoon and musical at times. With Hanks narrating as the Colonel.
The middle and end make up,for it. Did not know that the 68 Christmas special was supposed to be a sweater wearing fireplace cheese fest. Old carols etc and he turned it into something else. Wonder how true that was?
The editing of the end was perfect IMO.
The middle and end make up,for it. Did not know that the 68 Christmas special was supposed to be a sweater wearing fireplace cheese fest. Old carols etc and he turned it into something else. Wonder how true that was?
The editing of the end was perfect IMO.
Posted on 6/25/22 at 10:55 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Great movie. Screenplay and directing was a bit different, but made Elvis even cooler for the younger generation.
Really good movie
Really good movie
Posted on 6/26/22 at 11:05 am to Dodd
Butler gave an outstanding performance.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 11:12 am to Skip Winkman
It’s a biopic w/ a hint of ‘Moulin Rogue’ vibe
Dune > Batman > Elvis > Top Gun
Dune > Batman > Elvis > Top Gun
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