MOVIE #2163 "ELVIS" (HBO) Baz Luhrmann films are always entertaining and busy to me ---with rapid editing --- lots of music, camera busy and sets decorated , big and bawdy... but as a result, sometimes the story telling comes across a bit scattered (that happened in "Moulin Rouge" with me, too) -- Then, there's Tom Hanks; I get that his character is important, and the film suggest he's the Satan, but not sure it was the best casting --- he certainly wasn't the best thing in the movie, and sometimes he was kind of a distraction because he seemed fake to me --- at those times it reminded us we weren't watching the real Elvis, and that's too bad because this kid was great! He really, really was. And it didn't look like he was mimicking Elvis, either. He did his own rendition of Elvis, and I greatly appreciated that interp. The movie made me feel very sorry for Elvis, and that's a big deal because I never really cared for him. I'd give this a 4.
"ELVIS' 2022 PG-13 2 HOUR AND 39 MINUTES
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie str in the 1950 while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker
Director: Baz Lurhmann
Writers: Baz Luhrmann, Sam Bromell, Craig Pearce
Actors: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJong
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