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Post by politicidal on Sept 13, 2022 0:50:16 GMT
Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising; Bad Times at the El Royale; The Craft: Legacy) will play the lead while Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) is playing Elvis Presley.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Sept 17, 2022 15:49:57 GMT
But who will play Leslie Nielsen?
"Nice beaver..."
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Post by politicidal on Dec 16, 2022 1:52:54 GMT
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Post by pennypacker on Nov 4, 2023 5:30:57 GMT
Often times when portraying an age-gap relationship (specifically an older man/younger woman) the older partner is shown as confident, and more composed. In my experience - they’re a lot like how Elvis was portrayed initially in this film: more timid, and fidgety.
I think I prefer Baz’s film - but I’ll revisit this more.
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Post by forca85 on Nov 5, 2023 17:54:33 GMT
Lisa Marie Presley was not a happy Camper with the screenplay. Allegedly being a Hatchet job on Elvis's character. I enjoyed the Baz film. And I'd be interested in watching this when it comes to Streaming.
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Post by pennypacker on Nov 5, 2023 18:32:38 GMT
Lisa Marie Presley was not a happy Camper with the screenplay. Allegedly being a Hatchet job on Elvis's character. I enjoyed the Baz film. And I'd be interested in watching this when it comes to Streaming. I mean, I get it. He was her beloved father that she lost at a young age - and I believe she’s had a complicated relationship with her mother. But this is Priscilla’s story, and I don’t think there’s anything here that was unusual for the time or the context. |
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Post by forca85 on Nov 5, 2023 21:06:39 GMT
Lisa Marie Presley was not a happy Camper with the screenplay. Allegedly being a Hatchet job on Elvis's character. I enjoyed the Baz film. And I'd be interested in watching this when it comes to Streaming. I mean, I get it. He was her beloved father that she lost at a young age - and I believe she’s had a complicated relationship with her mother. But this is Priscilla’s story, and I don’t think there’s anything here that was unusual for the time or the context. She was fairly young when he (Elvis) passed on too. So she probably had a version of him built up. It's Sad she and her young Son died. Plenty of tragedy. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Nov 12, 2023 21:50:43 GMT
Lisa Marie Presley was not a happy Camper with the screenplay. Allegedly being a Hatchet job on Elvis's character. I enjoyed the Baz film. And I'd be interested in watching this when it comes to Streaming. I bet she loved the Baz movie with it switching the focus of him stealing black music to a made up narrative of him being a social justice war for civil rights - in between hanging out with Nixon, of course. |
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Post by Nora on Nov 19, 2023 21:15:21 GMT
i enjoyed it a lot. it showed how much elvis affected her life and how she had very limited agency in what happened once they got together without making him into the outright villain.
also the actress is incredibly beautiful so that helped too. Along with the amazing camera and set and makeup it really was a feast for the eyes.
I like it much more than Buzes film.
8/10.
ps: of course it was also creepy and offputing to watch the 14yo get hit on by aman of 10 years over her and a fame and power to his name, but it was done tastefuly without pushing anti Elvis hate. It just focused on her instead of him, which I appreciate.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Nov 22, 2023 5:51:25 GMT
i enjoyed it a lot. it showed how much elvis affected her life and how she had very limited agency in what happened once they got together without making him into the outright villain. also the actress is incredibly beautiful so that helped too. Along with the amazing camera and set and makeup it really was a feast for the eyes. I like it much more than Buzes film. 8/10. ps: of course it was also creepy and offputing to watch the 14yo get hit on by aman of 10 years over her and a fame and power to his name, but it was done tastefuly without pushing anti Elvis hate. It just focused on her instead of him, which I appreciate. It's not as scatching as I would have thought, though I guess his abuse is mostly shown through a more modern lens. The movie is all about grooming and gaslighting, and old fashioned abusive moments like him outright throwing a chair at her or whatever are few and far between. |
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Post by hi224 on Nov 22, 2023 17:29:27 GMT
I immensely enjoyed its first half much more than the second half, which teeters on feeling less interesting and its progression feasibly never entirely organic, however Spaeney is great within first half, not as much second half and Elordi is a very ambiguously and somewhat benevolent sort of an Elvis but needed to capture Elvis appeal a bit more.
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Post by Nora on Nov 22, 2023 17:51:15 GMT
i enjoyed it a lot. it showed how much elvis affected her life and how she had very limited agency in what happened once they got together without making him into the outright villain. also the actress is incredibly beautiful so that helped too. Along with the amazing camera and set and makeup it really was a feast for the eyes. I like it much more than Buzes film. 8/10. ps: of course it was also creepy and offputing to watch the 14yo get hit on by aman of 10 years over her and a fame and power to his name, but it was done tastefuly without pushing anti Elvis hate. It just focused on her instead of him, which I appreciate. It's not as scatching as I would have thought, though I guess his abuse is mostly shown through a more modern lens. The movie is all about grooming and gaslighting, and old fashioned abusive moments like him outright throwing a chair at her or whatever are few and far between. yeah exactly. if u think about it, from 30-50 years perspective it would have been PROBABLY seem as normal, its us now in 2023 that see it as incredibly abusive. but i still felt like they didnt go for Elvis’s jugular and didnt try to “make him look bad”, jusr showed what it was and lets face it, what was probably somewhat common for wives everywhere during those days… not the fame and drugs but the “you need to compiant, you need to be here whenever i need and i make most of the decisions for your live including what you should look like” |
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