 Time certainly goes by so slowly that you really don't even get to see Elvis being that fat That's a hot mug guys. Hey guys, this is my review for Elvis. You know what actually I think Baz did a decent job this time I'm not entirely the biggest fan of his. I really enjoy Mulan Rouge It's his best movie in my opinion, but that's because he really dips into that Extravagancy that over-the-top over emotion Almost like a stage play if you want to put it that way but put into a theatrical setting with over-the-top camera movement over-the-top effects and stage work and acting He does that with Elvis but a little bit more Tone down if you can almost say he keeps the same over-the-top transitions and Artistic movement between one scene to another Very much in the kin that he's done over the years with his work, but unlike films like say great Gatsby He actually keeps himself in the realm for the most part There's maybe one song that appears at one point that it's like what is this doing here But otherwise this is a really very admittedly formulaic, but very entertaining Retelling of Elvis's rise to fame Austin Butler Jaws goddamn kills it. He is Incredible as Elvis this kid no wonder. He's hot shit right now. He's gonna be in Dune part two. He's He just forms into Elvis. He forms into this character that you've seen in TV movies awful Christmas movies on stage plays everything he makes you believe Why Elvis was such hot shit and that is also in terms of how Baz shoots the reactions Especially the women particularly the women's reactions to Elvis's wobbly knees You see why he was as big as he was you see why people loved him the way that they loved him You see the reaction he had because of what he did Now immediately for us in the 21st century seeing a man wobble his legs maybe a little bit Tame and compares to what we have for music nowadays But like I said this film really captures and really illustrates what made him so huge what made him so iconic At the time not just from the music But his personality and how he handled certain things and then there is the other element of The Colonel played by Tom Hanks now admittedly before this movie came out I did not know who the Colonel was and I always kind of wondered why Elvis made certain decisions that he did through his career and the Colonel is why we see that he is a snake oil salesman He is able to latch his hands into someone successful And Jeremy Johns had actually a very good point about whenever there are successful people There are those who will attach themselves to these people to leech off of them And that is exactly what the Colonel is the Colonel being played by Tom Hanks is actually a really good casting choice Because we're so used to Tom Hanks being the lovable person that he is so to see him as this leech as this Viper that sinks his fangs into the wallet into the wealth into the success that is Elvis to Prosper himself. Maybe there was a few more elements of his treachery that I would have liked to have seen But there is a moment in the film where Elvis tries to leave the Colonel He actually tries to and the Colonel is able to rack up a bill of every Single thing that he has paid for in Elvis's name all the way back to when he was part of this traveling circus group And that is when you see just how much power that the Colonel had over Elvis. This man was a nickel and dimer With everyone else's money, but his own but obviously this is a movie about Elvis and his music, right? So how is that? It's fantastic They did a bunch of work with Austin seeing a lot of Elvis's songs and then slightly towards the end of the film They start to mix the two voices a little bit of that AI algorithm stuff that they did with Rami Malek and Freddie Mercury For the Bohemian Rhapsody film. I really I did enjoy Elvis. I think it's a fun movie I think that those who are enthusiasts of his will enjoy it those who never knew who he was you should are I also could Suggest the John Rides Mathers Series that he did I think it was for HBO or Showtime did those years back But that's like a six-episode series that you should watch it was very well done Just to see the rise of this guy To see how he became just the icon the legend The absolute powerhouse that Elvis was and to see him die in his 40s Just to illustrates the effect that he had on the world and there's a very very beautiful ending where they show Apparently this was lost footage and it got found a couple of years ago of his last performance of Unchained Melody And I've been listening to it almost on non-stop for the last few days Like it's such a beautiful song and to show that even when this guy was fat as fuck very very unhealthy He could still bring the magic and the love for music that he had to his performance Now in terms of complaints if there are any to have with this film Maybe it's probably just really formulaic to say it's by the numbers is maybe a little bit too simple of a wording But it is very formulaic in terms of other biopics you've seen You're not gonna see anything different in terms of what you've seen from others like rocket man And this movie are very similar in terms of how they come across, but it's basses artistic directing and Chauvinistic sort of style that will keep you entertained if that's something that you enjoy So in the end I'm gonna give Elvis a five out of seven. This is basses best movie But I do think that's heavy-handedly in part due to the source material and the character that talking about and Austin Butler and Tom Hanks's performances Still think it's fun though. Anyways guys, what did you guys think about Elvis? Let me know in the comments below Otherwise if you guys like this review leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe until then see you guys next time