UnowPriceless hyped garbage

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

bluesman-20 I Remember when Elvis died. And the Effect it had on the world. My Sister was devastated. And so was her friend. We Watched Elvis give his last ever show done in June of 77. And afterwards Elvis took on a more mythic status. We heard the stories and the myths that sprang up around him. When this movie came out in 1979. My Sister and my brother and I watched it. It got a lot of things right. Some wrong. but it did so with style. Kurt Russell delivers hands down what is the Greatest performance of anyone doing Elvis. John Carpenter hands in one of the best ever bio pics Ever made. The story opens in Jan 8th 1935 as Elvis is born and his twin Jesse Garon is still born. The film chronicles the dirt poor beginnings of the Presley family as they moved to Memphis and Elvis trying to find himself. Elvis isn't widely loved at first. his style of dress. The way he combs his hair and everything about him makes him a target of bullies. Until he uses his guitar and voice and becomes accepted. The movie moves at a breakneck pace so there are things omitted and things glossed over. Given the time line that's understandable. Pat Hingle does a good job as Col. Tom PArker. While Shelley Winters steals the show as Elvis Presley's mother Gladys. The Film adapts the many legends of Elvis. And considering that Before his death Elvis was untouchable. It's understandable that the film didn't dwell on any of the darker aspects of the King's life. But it drives home the point of Elvis being so lonely. trapped by his wealth and fame. But it also touches on the wild side that Elvis had. Any other Elvis Bio films that came after were not as good.. They simply missed the mark. This one hits the mark in every way possible. And it's captivating . If anyone wants to make the definitive Bio pic of Elvis they would do well to check this one out first and see how it's done.

robert-259-28954 There's two words that explain why this low budget TV movie of the week was so good. Kurt Russell. Like many, I didn't think that he'd be the best choice, after all, there were many actors who looked more like The King... but I was very wrong. Yes, there may have been actors that looked more like him (like a tepid Rhys Davies), but NO ONE encapsulated the true spirit of the man better than Kurt. The rest of the cast was superb as well, like an excellent Gladys Presley, played by the legendary Shelley Winters, or Bing Russell as his father (who I just now realized was Kurt's actual dad!). Kurt's mannerisms and voice was so good, that I used HIM to emulate my entire Elvis act (Google: "Yoshi Suzuki, the Asian Elvis")! It was quite ironic that Kurt began his screen career actually sitting on Elvis' lap on "It Happened at the World's Fair," as a child. I met the two makeup artists that did Kurt's makeup for the movie, and they didn't think he was the best possible choice, either. But after they did his hair and sideburns and he donned the jumpsuit, they stood back, took their first look at their handiwork, and exclaimed: "Jesus, IT'S ELVIS!!!" Jesus, they were right.

slapstck2000 I saw this movie when I was 14, im 45 now the one thing I found out is in this movie Elvis brings his parents(Vernon and Gladis) to the home he just bought and excitedly tells his daddy that its called Graceland and he thinks hell keep that name!!! I have since learned thats not true, thats not the way it happened, actually Elvis was in Hollywood filming the early scenes of Loving You when Vernon and Gladis Presley found the house that was to be Graceland, Elvis had a break in filming and went back to Memphis and looked at the house and liked it, caurse it needed work done to it in his opinion but he went ahead and bought it, yes he kept the name Graceland but Vernon and Gladis were the ones that came across it!

blanche-2 This magnificently produced biop of Elvis Presley contains an eerie, almost frightening portrayal of Presley by Kurt Russell, who literally seems to be inhabited by Elvis' spirit. Physically, the movie is perfect in casting and location - you could see a freeze of any frame of this film and know it's about Elvis.All that being said, die-hard Elvis fans will be left frustrated by the movies' gaping holes and unnecessary inaccuracies, the biggest of which is that the film stops in 1970 when Elvis lived until 1977. One can understand having to leave out parts and truncating others but this film went too far. There is nothing indicating Elvis' drug use, which began in the army; nothing that touches on the other women in his life while he was with Priscilla; he and Priscilla seem to be talking divorce in 1969; Elvis' Vegas opening is combined with his later touring - and the concert opens with "2001: A Space Odyssey" - no way; Elvis rants and raves about the movies he has to make, but it's 1968, he's supposed to be doing his comeback special and he's just about free of the films; and on and on. For dramatic effect, the circumstances of his mother's death were changed so that Elvis is present in the hospital room - yet the true description of Elvis learning of his mother's death in the Peter Guralnick book is much more harrowing. Interestingly, however, the film does touch on Elvis' lethal enmeshment with his mother and the "twinless twin" syndrome, showing him often talking with Jesse. If they could draw on those elements, the producers certainly could have come up with a more accurate script.