Elvis
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:22 pm
OK, slightly off topic, but if anyone fanclies joining in...
I just went to see Elvis.
So many things really well done, including some excellent acting, but ... it did nothing for me at all.It felt about an hour too long and I didn't really get drawn in at all. Whilst I enjoyed the early Sun Records era stuff, I couldn't help feeling this was more fantasy than reality (did Elvis really befriend BB KIng on Beale Street and later go back and see Little Richard performing in the tiny club there?).
This is the problem with biopics as opposed to documentaries. I only realised this when watching Bohemian Rhapsody - which covered a period of Queen with which I was very familiar and so immediately picked the total innacuracy of the premise (that Queen hadn't played together for a long time and were persuaded to get together for Live Aid). But if you're going to play fast and loose with the facts, then at least make it an interesting story and bring in some drama. Bo Rap did, this Elvis film didn't. One possibly moving bit was Mrs Presley senior dying, but that's about it.
Disappointing. I'll guess I'm have to watch Rocket Man as my third and final chance for biopics.
I just went to see Elvis.
So many things really well done, including some excellent acting, but ... it did nothing for me at all.It felt about an hour too long and I didn't really get drawn in at all. Whilst I enjoyed the early Sun Records era stuff, I couldn't help feeling this was more fantasy than reality (did Elvis really befriend BB KIng on Beale Street and later go back and see Little Richard performing in the tiny club there?).
This is the problem with biopics as opposed to documentaries. I only realised this when watching Bohemian Rhapsody - which covered a period of Queen with which I was very familiar and so immediately picked the total innacuracy of the premise (that Queen hadn't played together for a long time and were persuaded to get together for Live Aid). But if you're going to play fast and loose with the facts, then at least make it an interesting story and bring in some drama. Bo Rap did, this Elvis film didn't. One possibly moving bit was Mrs Presley senior dying, but that's about it.
Disappointing. I'll guess I'm have to watch Rocket Man as my third and final chance for biopics.