Elvis

The poor and expressionless performance presented by Buttler shows a dark and depressive Elvis far away from reality of the Star. The tentative of a fast and surreal rhythm to the movie makes it just a confusion sequence, and there was no respect for Elvis' career, the happenings were just thrown around and the songs are performed years before they were even written! Elvis' mother is portrayed as a n unbalanced drunk, his father as the brainless hillbilly, and Elvis himself as a puppet! But the worst of all, it was seeing Priscilla as the loving devoted wife, the only woman in his life, the loving mother that is always carrying his daughter... And they have only ONE SCENARY, just international, so all shows are portrayed there, and the most depressive scene is Elvis, drunk (he did not drink) discussing with Parker ON STAGE! Hanks, reasonable in the role, present a Thomas Parker who was a good nature old man, just thinking of money, and the whole movie is about it: show a nonexistent Elvis and discuss the financial life of Parker. Buttler sings so badly it was unbearable to hear. By the poor production, the lies and the invented situation, besides the disrespect by his life and history, the only moments worth seeing are the 5 minutes or so, in the whole movie, where we have glimpses of the REAL Elvis.

I really liked the perforrmance of Austin Butler as well as Tom Hanks' transformation of Colonel Parker. I think the stylished language of the film was also special and even though it's not the biographical movie we would come to expect, it throws an alternative version of the great artist that Elvis Presley was. The music was electifying and the legacy of the great idol was also respected. In regards to the protagonism of Colonel Parker, I found it a little too far from the expectations that most of the audience would have. I just wish that we'd have another more intimate movie about the king of rock'n'roll soon.