Elvis [DVD] [2022]

Good film

Great film

Excellent DVD of an Excellent film. Austin Butlers amazing portrayal of a true legend.

Elvis looks at the life and rise to fame of Elvis Presley, told through the eyes of his manager Colonel Tom Parker. All of which is told against the backdrop of incredible social change in America during the time of Presley's life.I thought it was interesting to have this story told from the perspective of Colonel Parker considering that he is essentially the villain of the piece. The man was instrumental in the rise to fame of Elvis but he was also the cause of a stalemate in Elvis' career which he profited massively from, unbeknownst to Elvis until some years later. I thought Tom Hanks did a great job as Parker, a man swimming with sharks, sinking in debt, using his new found star to maintain his lifestyle. However it is Austin Butler as the man himself who gave the stand out performance. I felt that he took on the persona, mannerisms and energy of Elvis perfectly.The story itself plays out in an interesting style. With this being a Baz Luhrmann film I was expecting a lot of interesting visuals, music and filming styles. I would say this was true of perhaps the first half of the movie. The film mixes modern and old music together, the visuals show an eccentric mix of filming styles and it is all tinged with the colours and style you would expect from one of Luhrmann's films. The second half of the movie, this seemed to have been toned down somewhat. The style and colours will still very obvious but the general filming techniques seemed to revert back to your standard biopic.Overall I thought this was a brilliant biopic, I really enjoyed the music, I thought the cast was spot on and the life of Elvis was a very entertaining one.

I’m am watching at the time of writing, hopefully it plays perfectly.I bought the disc because I liked it so much I keep watching it. I was able to watch it in Greece on hol but Netflix does not have it in the uk and Amazon prime are now charging to view it.I am old school so buying the disc was a no brainier.The film is by far my fav for this year. It tell the story of Elvis from childhood, his rise to fame and his sad death.I knew nothing of Elvis growing up and didn’t know what all the fuss was about but this film has given me a new respect for him.Austin Butler was superb as Elvis and at the risk of coming under fire from Elvis fan, I think I like Austin as Elvis more than the man himself.I’ve told everyone I know that they should watch this film.

Great film.

Bought as a present

great film