 Crazy how we've got two movies about Elvis. Two very different perspectives on Elvis in the last two years. Ooh, that's a hot mug, guys! Hey guys, this is my review for Priscilla. This is a film written and directed by Sophia Coppola, and it follows the life of Priscilla Presley from her first introduction to Elvis up until the relationship fell apart and she left him. I was very interested in this movie because while the Elvis film directed by Baz Lazarum had an absolutely amazing performance by Austin Butler, it did kind of just stay pretty close to what I already knew about Elvis. It was very grandiose, sure, but it didn't really do anything different for me and so when I saw that Priscilla was coming out and it was being written by Sophia Coppola, I knew that I was going to get a little bit of a different experience and you do with this movie. Most people would probably be wondering if this is going to be entirely a negative movie about Elvis because there are some things that you just cannot deny. He met her when she was in grade nine, when she was a minor, and he was in his 20s. Obviously there's a saying that it was a different time. I have friends who can say that their grandparents met and basically got married before they were 19, in some cases even before they were 17. It happened back then. That's an undeniable fact and I like how Sophia doesn't shy away from that. She doesn't shy away from a lot of things. The film does very much give an even footing about why she loved him and why she left him. One of the very big things you got to talk about first off is Jacob Elrodi. Apologies if I said his name wrong. His performance as Elvis was very subtle, very swagger, very good. But Kaylee Spaney, apologies if I was wrong about that. I really liked her as Priscilla because she gave a very authentic, a very soft, a very nuanced performance about this lady that I've always seen to the side but I've never really gotten her perspective. And this is based on her book. Don't hold back from a lot of the bad, they also don't shy away from the good. That's something that I know some people went in and kind of came out a little bit confused because they didn't know how to feel and I liked that. Yes, there were moments where you're like, and there are also moments in their relationship where yeah, Elvis looked like a bit of a dick. He definitely was a bit toxic and a lot of the things he did but you also can see where the love for each other stemmed from. It wasn't just a fascination with him. It might have started as that but it did become genuine love but you also can see how it fell apart and a lot of that was Elvis's doing and just the lifestyle he lived in. And it does exclude a lot of what we got from the Elvis movie. I could say that maybe by having that movie in the background I can know what's going on at certain points in the time because it is a bit kind of just here and there with elements that happen. There are these really cool references and pieces of memorabilia that they were able to get Jacob's version of Elvis on it. There are elements that can be interpreted in different ways because they are just spelled out. There's a moment that I had several feelings about and I could see that it changed my perspective just in how the scene was enacted and Elvis is in his office and he calls Priscilla in and he talks to her about like maybe I think we need to just kind of be apart from each other. He's basically saying hey we need to break up just after she's had the fucking kid and then she doesn't beg him to stay. She doesn't beg to stay with him. She's like okay sure and then she walks out and it's a power move for her because he then you can hear him begging wait wait maybe come back come back. Liked that moment because it was these subtle little drops of her independence, her resilience, her taking hold of what she wanted from the relationship because Elvis wanted to do all these things and he kind of did I guess see what you would call the end of Greece where he told her how she should change her hair what she should wear the makeup she should have on. You kind of see where he thinks he's coming across this from a perspective of like oh it's better for her. I feel that that's better so it should work but not really letting her live and that's what you get from the ending of the movie is as the relationship does fall apart you see those moments of her taking her own independence and eventually becoming herself and being her own woman. Not to say that there aren't a little bit of faults with this movie I would say that maybe the pacing in some sections could have been better. How the movie ends is great I like how it ends and I like what leads up to it but I feel like there's like 5% that was on the floor that could have just given you that full explanation that full resolution. That's probably the better word the full resolution for it. If you want to watch a video let me explain where he talks about it there's a lot of things that they left out Priscilla had a few affairs of her own well of course because Presley was having God knows how many affairs. The symbol that Presley had that was all over the marketing for the Baz Lazer movie that was made by Priscilla. She drew that up while on a plane flight and kind of felt weird that those parts were omitted there's a few more personal moments that I think could have been in but the movie was already running a like what was it running like a 2 hour run time it almost was at 2 hours but otherwise I liked how this movie was put together I liked the cinematography liked the music I liked the performances I liked the subtle nuance to it and the kind of time capsule sort of setting of it and from what I'm correct to this movie was made with a lot of money that I've heard the budget was not very high and this is Sophia Coppola movie her movies sometimes don't are really big box office draws but I'm very happy that she got to make this kind of movie and I'm happy that we got to have this kind of story so while there are some narrative flaws some pacing kind of critiques here and there I still think it's a solid movie and I very much like what its purpose was its intention was that it gives an equal balanced interpretation of their relationships not leaning to one side or the other its just saying what happened so in the end I'm going to give Priscilla a 5 out of 7 it's definitely going to be on my honorable mentions for the year I liked it and kind of wish like I said I got a little bit more I would have liked even more from this movie so that's something to be said anyway guys I hope you enjoyed this review if you guys saw this movie let me know what do you think about this one compared to the Baz Lazer movie very interesting to see what you guys have to say otherwise hope you enjoyed this review if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe and I'll see you all next time