norton Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Took Mrs. N to the matinee for the new Elvis movie today. All I can say is. Wow. The actor who played Elvis really nailed the character. Tom Hanks put in his usual workmanlike performance as the some times evil Colonel Parker. Great supporting cast and some outstanding musical performances. I give this one a solid 9 out of 10. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, norton said: Took Mrs. N to the matinee for the new Elvis movie today. All I can say is. Wow. The actor who played Elvis really nailed the character. Tom Hanks put in his usual workmanlike performance as the some times evil Colonel Parker. Great supporting cast and some outstanding musical performances. I give this one a solid 9 out of 10. today, I saw it listed on one of the movie houses close to me. My wife and I both love his songs and grew up with him so we have an interest. I thank you for your post and I will see if she wants to go to it with me. Together of course. I wondered at the time what it would be like and left it hanging! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Great to hear. Saw a documentary on the making of. Elvis’s family was impressed and honored about how good and accurate it was. Both the good and bad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Yes it's pretty even handed. I think Mrs N was concerned that chubby Elvis might be featured, but its only at the end. Great back story-don't know how much its Hollywoodized-about his love of Black Gospel Music as a kid and Black performers on Beal St. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, norton said: Took Mrs. N to the matinee for the new Elvis movie today. All I can say is. Wow. The actor who played Elvis really nailed the character. Tom Hanks put in his usual workmanlike performance as the some times evil Colonel Parker. Great supporting cast and some outstanding musical performances. I give this one a solid 9 out of 10. Thanks! LostWIfe is an Elvis fanatic. Plum gaga over him, and always has been. Will be sure to treat her to this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 56 minutes ago, norton said: Yes it's pretty even handed. I think Mrs N was concerned that chubby Elvis might be featured, but its only at the end. Great back story-don't know how much its Hollywoodized-about his love of Black Gospel Music as a kid and Black performers on Beal St. His music was very influenced over it. His Gospel music is renowned, and his only Grammys IIRC. Hard to believe, but true. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Was well know from the start of his career. He got his training in Gospel. Many country singers did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 8 hours ago, janice6 said: today, I saw it listed on one of the movie houses close to me. My wife and I both love his songs and grew up with him so we have an interest. I thank you for your post and I will see if she wants to go to it with me. Together of course. I wondered at the time what it would be like and left it hanging! I'm sure the two of you would enjoy it. This past weekend the wife and I saw it and enjoyed it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Colonel Parker is not portrayed in a positive light in this movie. According to the script he took 50% of Elvis's earnings. He was also a fraud, and could not leave the country because he did not have a passport. Assumed identity. Still you have to wonder if the Colonel had not seen Elvis and promoted him, would he have really ever been heard of? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Alternate days I have alternate views of that 50%. Some days I think it was outrageous. Other days I think 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfost11 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 A friend of mine is a big Elvis fan. He said if you've seen his live performances, you can appreciate how well the film nailed that part. I read an article about how a lot of the Col. Parker stuff isn't quite accurate but, it is just a movie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 36 minutes ago, jfost11 said: A friend of mine is a big Elvis fan. He said if you've seen his live performances, you can appreciate how well the film nailed that part. I read an article about how a lot of the Col. Parker stuff isn't quite accurate but, it is just a movie. I don't remember ever seeing, hearing, or reading about Parker in a real positive light. Not the shiniest nickel in the drawer, but he saw the potential, marketed the man, booked the shows, and managed (well) a legend. Did he hold Elvis back in some areas as has been portrayed? Dunno. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Tom hanks did not gain weight for the movie. He wore a "Fat suit" and prosthesis's on his face He had to spend 2 hours every day having the makeup applied and then about a half hour removing it. In earlier movies he would gain and lose 30 or 40 pounds for a role but after he got older and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, drastic weight gain would have posed a serious threat to his health. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfost11 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, LostinTexas said: I don't remember ever seeing, hearing, or reading about Parker in a real positive light. Not the shiniest nickel in the drawer, but he saw the potential, marketed the man, booked the shows, and managed (well) a legend. Did he hold Elvis back in some areas as has been portrayed? Dunno. I don't recall hearing positive remarks about him either. What I read was by someone who interviewed him several times in the 90s. The inaccuracies they mentioned were little things about his accent, how Elvis died not knowing about the illegal status and no passport, and things like that. Not that the real Parker was a better person than Hanks' portrayal. If anything, he was possibly worse. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silentpoet Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 17 hours ago, jfost11 said: I don't recall hearing positive remarks about him either. What I read was by someone who interviewed him several times in the 90s. The inaccuracies they mentioned were little things about his accent, how Elvis died not knowing about the illegal status and no passport, and things like that. Not that the real Parker was a better person than Hanks' portrayal. If anything, he was possibly worse. To be fair the real Hanks may be a worse person too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Interesting how so many performers were taken advantage of... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 14 minutes ago, DAKA said: Interesting how so many performers were taken advantage of... I get to work with celebrities on occasion. It is unbelievable how bad their management abuses and steals from them. I’ve seen an agent just steal cash from a weekends work right in front of the actor. He was pissed but it was just part of the cost of doing business in the industry. Most of the actors I’ve worked with are wonderful people. Most agents are lower than whale ****. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuteTheMall Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Although Elvis was certainly talented, would he have been as successful without being managed? Most artists become failures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Batesmotel said: I get to work with celebrities on occasion. It is unbelievable how bad their management abuses and steals from them. I’ve seen an agent just steal cash from a weekends work right in front of the actor. He was pissed but it was just part of the cost of doing business in the industry. Most of the actors I’ve worked with are wonderful people. Most agents are lower than whale ****. I get the impression most of them are no better than pimps. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 It sure is popular. We were going to go tonight but there are no good seats in any showing at any theater in town. And I’m not going to see it from the end seat in the front row. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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