ELVIS Starring Tom Hanks Directed by Baz Luhrmann

[SpeedBash]

First trailer

[coppernorks]

Wow, Hanks looks unrecognisable as Elvis.

[Ivo Shandor]

This looks brilliant.

I have a silver dollar Elvis gave a relative, or used to have it, I've not been able to find it recently.

[Kevin Cozner]

Ivo Shandor said:

This looks brilliant.

I have a silver dollar Elvis gave a relative, or used to have it, I've not been able to find it recently.

I bet that's left you all shook up. Is it always on your mind?

[jurbie]

Looks great but way too much CGI, some of it looked like a cut scene from a video game and the lad playing Elvis looked like a character out of a video game. Maybe just me but it all looked a bit odd.

[V8covin]

Looks nothing like him,given how many Elvis impersonators there are in the world who resemble him and sing like him that's a negative from the off

[FourWheelDrift]

Kevin Cozner said:

Ivo Shandor said:

This looks brilliant.

I have a silver dollar Elvis gave a relative, or used to have it, I've not been able to find it recently.

I bet that's left you all shook up. Is it always on your mind?

With renewed interest from the film it's the right time to sell it, it's now or never.

[PBDirector]

Whatever they’ve done to the Elvis actor’s face, I find it hard to watch. Uncanny valley or whatever.

[PBDirector]

V8covin said:

Looks nothing like him,given how many Elvis impersonators there are in the world who resemble him and sing like him that's a negative from the off

I can’t decide if I’d prefer this comment was sarcasm or serious

[sixor8]

I think it looks interesting. A straight biopic would be pointless, his life story is well known. Colonel Tom Parker's role and his own as a star that integrated what American audiences called 'race' music is a good angle.

Edit: Tom not Top....

Edited by sixor8 on Saturday 19th February 17:08

[SpeedBash]

Trailer 2

[Evolved]

Looks ok I guess. The effects detract. Hanks just plays the Hanks.

Probably pass.

[hmg]

Went to see this on opening night..anyone else?

I was 11 when ELVIS died and remember vividly the shock of my parents when it was announced…although Baz Lurhman can be a bit devisive I really enjoyed it.

Austin Butler absolutely nailed it..a quite remarkable performance..

[shih tzu faced]

Planning to go and see this because apart from all the obvious stuff that everyone knows (GI then rock n roll megastar, few films, disappeared, returned, white glittery suit, Las Vegas, fat, died on the bog) I don’t really know much about him.

If it’s accurate it should be interesting and the trailer looks good.

EDIT I know something else about him, quite the PH factoid if it actually happened: apparently he had a DeTomaso Pantera and it wouldn’t start. Instead of swearing and randomly spraying WD40 he fetched his gun and shot it rock n roll!

Edited by shih tzu faced on Wednesday 29th June 08:07

[LeadFarmer]

I understand his manager didn't have a passport and because he was very controlling over Elvis he refused to allow Elvis to tour outside USA

[belleair302]

Col Tom Parker was not not an American citizen and was not a Colonel. He was a circus performer. If you an get to Memphis the tour is an epic few hours and a great way to enjoy the Elvis story. The film will generate interest but alas doesn’t begin to really explain Elvis and his complex relationships with his entourage TCB and his manager who tied him into Vegas to pay off his massive mob debts. Elvis deserved better.

[Eric Mc]

Going to see it on Saturday - I shall report back.

I was 19 when Elvis died and remember thinking at the time - I'm surprised he made it to 42.

[cuprabob]

I saw it on Monday and really enjoyed it. Austin Butler and Tom Hanks were both excellent in it.

[extraT]

Might go and see this tonight, but the lack of excitement in this thread for the film is putting me off a bit (?)

2h45 mins is a long time for a film (Titanic had around the same run time). Does it feel that long, or is it more a case of “the time flies by”??

[Halmyre]

belleair302 said:

Col Tom Parker was not not an American citizen and was not a Colonel. He was a circus performer. If you an get to Memphis the tour is an epic few hours and a great way to enjoy the Elvis story. The film will generate interest but alas doesn’t begin to really explain Elvis and his complex relationships with his entourage TCB and his manager who tied him into Vegas to pay off his massive mob debts. Elvis deserved better.

I think one of the few times (the only time) Presley stood up to Parker was the 1968 comeback. Parker wanted a show of Christmas songs with Elvis in the style of Perry Como.

Parker was no different from a lot of managers who exploited their charge as a meal-ticket. It was most notably Peter Grant who changed all that.