Mojo Request At the Movies with Smurfco: ELVIS

[smurfco]

Just got back from seeing this absolute piece of shit. The kid playing Elvis did a pretty good job, but it wasn’t enough to overcome incoherent direction and ridiculous dialogue.

But my biggest gripe? They didn’t even show him dying on the toilet. Two hours and 40 minutes and they didn’t even show him dying on the fucking toilet. What a rip off!

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

So it was basically an Elvis movie about Elvis?

 

[Chicken Man]

Did they have fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches? Or a blitzed-out meeting with Nixon about being deputized as a narcotics officer? If not, Walk Hard is still my favorite Elvis movie.

 

[Tiltsta]

Did they mention his passion for raping 14 year old girls, or is this a boomer generation vision of Elvis?

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

Did they have fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches? Or a blitzed-out meeting with Nixon about being deputized as a narcotics officer? If not, Walk Hard is still my favorite Elvis movie.

Look out man!

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Did they mention his passion for raping 14 year old girls, or is this a boomer generation vision of Elvis?

Silly man. It’s not rape in Mississippi.

 

[xStonr]

The Twilight Zone did a interesting Elvis story when the show rebooted in 186/87.
A modern day Elvis impersonator somehow goes back in time and takes Elvis's place

 

[B Valley]

The best movie about Elvis is this one from 1979 starring Kurt Russel.

 

[tiger roach]

Bummer, it seemed promising.

 

[smurfco]

Bummer, it seemed promising.

It was an assault on the senses. And not in a good way. It’s getting decent reviews though so maybe I’m all wet. But I couldn’t wait for it to end.

 

[Gary Blanchard]

I am not a fan of docudramas. I remember seeing Your Cheating Heart way back in 1964 when the local theater paired it with A Hard Day's Night. In my mind, the genre hasn't improved over the years.

 

[Tralfaz]

I'm not surprised the movie skipped the toilet scene. The Elvis toilet mafia has worked hard to suppress that story.

 

[jp_nyc]

Is it remotely accurate or just making up new bullshit like Amadeus did?

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

I thought Walk the Line was pretty good as music bio pics go.
Cant say much about any thats come out since then. I've missed the Queen and the Elton ones.

 

[smurfco]

Is it remotely accurate or just making up new bullshit like Amadeus did?

I don’t know enough about Elvis’s history to comment on the accuracy but I am sure they took some dramatic liberties.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Read a review that notes a lot of the focus was on Parker.

 

[Andrew Sak]

I saw the trailer for this and I was done.
Like the Incubus song, dude's no fucking Elvis.

Val Kilmer, there was an Elvis. He was a Jim Morrison too.

 

[Honkridge]

I saw the trailer for this and I was done.
Like the Incubus song, that dude's no fucking Elvis.

Val Kilmer, there was an Elvis. He was a Jim Morrison too.

Yeah, that Doors movie was alright

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Mrs DCF is going to see Elvis with her sister on Wednesday.
They’re seeing the UltraAVX/Atmos version. So, the sensory overload will be that much more overload. :P

I will see it at some point, but not likely in a theatre.
My sticky seat outfit doesn’t fit anymore.

 

[Peen Simmons]

Okay, are you guys saying a Baz Luhrmann docudrama about Elvis might be a bit campy and stylized and play fast and loose with historical accuracy and/or reverence for source material?!? This seems quite unexpected given Mr. Luhrmann’s track record as a filmmaker.