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Got a favorite Elvis movie?

Postby Megaterio Llamas » Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:27 am

If so, post it here if you can find it and let's discuss.

Hell, let's discuss anyway, nothin' better to do :D \

I'll start it off with a favorite of mine; 1965's Harum Scarum:



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Postby Megaterio Llamas » Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:36 am

Hmm. No response yet eh.

I'll just go ahead and keep the ball rolling with Girl Happy then :D





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Postby Megaterio Llamas » Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:41 am



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Postby Canuckster » Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:00 am

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Postby Masato » Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:25 pm



[spoiler]
Elvis is dead, Elvis is dead
The big fat guy is dead, dead, dead
Elvis is dead, Elvis is dead
The big fat goof is dead, dead, dead

Millions of assholes mourned his death
I'm gonna steal his body from the place of rest [x2]

Give him back in pieces when the ransom's paid
Leave his hypodermics where the moneys laid

Elvis is dead, Elvis is dead
The big fat goof is dead, dead, dead
Elvis is dead, Elvis is dead
Spend your money on our records instead

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Postby Masato » Wed Aug 15, 2018 12:28 pm

I did like this one though, not bad. Keitel is excellent in it. He plays a guy who claims to be Elvis, and you know the hook they string a thin benefit of the doubt in the audience the whole way because he seems so sincere and likeable






Honestly I have never watched an elvis movie. They always looked ridiculous to me, clearly just making the film to showcase a singer. Was he any good of an actor?

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Postby Daglord » Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:33 pm

Masato wrote:Honestly I have never watched an elvis movie. They always looked ridiculous to me, clearly just making the film to showcase a singer. Was he any good of an actor?



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Postby Megaterio Llamas » Wed Aug 15, 2018 10:34 pm

Masato wrote:I did like this one though, not bad. Keitel is excellent in it. He plays a guy who claims to be Elvis, and you know the hook they string a thin benefit of the doubt in the audience the whole way because he seems so sincere and likeable






Honestly I have never watched an elvis movie. They always looked ridiculous to me, clearly just making the film to showcase a singer. Was he any good of an actor?


No, he wasn't a great actor. His manager Colonel Tom Parker got these movie deals purely to make money and they made a lot of it. He'd pump out five, six of them a year at very little cost and most of them were quite popular at the box office.

As for movies featuring an Elvis character, Bubba Ho Tep was my clear favorite in that category:


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Postby Lester Burnham » Thu Aug 16, 2018 1:47 pm

It's been so long since I've seen an Elvis movie I can't remember which ones I liked.

But on this subject, I like the Elvis version they did in Walk The Line. The Johnny Cash movie had a guy that played Elvis and he was pretty good. They made him seem friendly and supportive of Johnny Cash and pretty familiar with June Carter.


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