sbrobin
Joined Apr 2001
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As a fan of Campbell, I was thinking about just buying this movie straight out, especially with all the good reviews I had seen of it, but ultimately, I decided to rent it first, which turned out to be a good decision.
"Bubba Ho-Tep" looks remarkably well made for an independent film, but it suffers from one major flaw: a bad script. I just found the whole Egyptian mummy storyline really boring, and the movie kind of drags on in certain places. I found myself fast-forwarding through some scenes, a practice that I HATE doing with movies. The mummy storyline felt like an awkward back-story to the focus on Elvis and his life, and I felt the movie would have been more interesting without it, even though this is the major plot line of the film.
Although it's not a movie I'd want to see again, it does have some redeeming qualities. Foremost, it contains some very strong acting by everyone involved. From the trailers, I was prepared to be annoyed by the Elvis impersonation and having to listen to that accent the whole movie. However, it came across naturally, and I found myself believing this was actually Elvis. It wasn't too overdone, and the movements and familiar catchphrases were very subtlety done. This was one of the best performances I've seen by Campbell.
"Bubba Ho-Tep" looks remarkably well made for an independent film, but it suffers from one major flaw: a bad script. I just found the whole Egyptian mummy storyline really boring, and the movie kind of drags on in certain places. I found myself fast-forwarding through some scenes, a practice that I HATE doing with movies. The mummy storyline felt like an awkward back-story to the focus on Elvis and his life, and I felt the movie would have been more interesting without it, even though this is the major plot line of the film.
Although it's not a movie I'd want to see again, it does have some redeeming qualities. Foremost, it contains some very strong acting by everyone involved. From the trailers, I was prepared to be annoyed by the Elvis impersonation and having to listen to that accent the whole movie. However, it came across naturally, and I found myself believing this was actually Elvis. It wasn't too overdone, and the movements and familiar catchphrases were very subtlety done. This was one of the best performances I've seen by Campbell.