Comments on: ELVIS, THE MOVIE – The DVD Review http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/08/elvis-the-movie-the-dvd-review/ All things movies... as noted by geeks. Mon, 20 May 2013 07:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ace http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/08/elvis-the-movie-the-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-485264 Ace Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:59:34 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=134945#comment-485264 As an Elvis fan this was rife with complete and utter BS. I understand why though, he hadn’t been dead 2 years and they romanticize nearly every aspect of his life. My only complaint is they left out some really good stuff; like his hatred of his step-mother, but adored his step-brothers. His being offered the co-starring role in “A Star is Born,” with Babs Streisand, he was interested, was going to say yes, but was told NO by the idiot Colonel Parker. Imagine Elvis getting a boost from what would have been one of the most fascinating performances of his career. It would have saved his life as he wouldn’t have died from boredom.

This movie needed a villain and Col. Parker should have been exposed, but its understandable again as he was still alive and lawsuit happy.
Still Russell is perfect, Shelly Winters is awesome… A great love letter to one of the best humans ever…

]]> By: DJX http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2012/08/elvis-the-movie-the-dvd-review/comment-page-1/#comment-474735 DJX Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:17:38 +0000 http://wearemoviegeeks.com/?p=134945#comment-474735 Although it wisely focuses on the sunnier aspects of Elvis’ life, the film does foreshadow the darkness in his later years–this is Carpenter, after all! I remember one scene in a hotel room involving a pistol that is particularly riveting. Russell delivers one of the truly great performances in TV movie history.

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