The Reel Rejects - ELVIS (2022) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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I must say, like, first and foremost, I think this is the obvious thing to say Austin Butler was...
Oh, yeah, it's terrible.
Sucked, dude.
I hated the performance.
Awful performance.
He is not convincing at all his Elvis.
It's just like a caricature, a bad impression.
I kept on seeing Austin the whole time.
I could not see out.
He was phenomenal.
I really like,
I mean,
you could tell how much he seemed to do this performance.
I mean,
not to get into a compare game,
but like I would say I would put him on the level of,
it's been a while since I've seen the movie,
but the film The Doors with Val Kilmer.
Sure.
He, I mean,
Val Kilmer like just took it to another level in that film.
And I would say,
same thing with Austin Butler in this film.
I'm like, I mean, he's Elvis.
He's just phenomenal.
I love the journey we go through with this character, you know, just from.
And again, it took me a little bit at the beginning, just the style of editing and the nonlinear
storytelling.
But once the film, once we got a little more into the film, was like, okay, I'm a little
more on board here.
Because Buzz Larman, I mean, to his credit, he's got a specific style of how he likes to make
films, which again, let's see, Richard Roxburgh, he's got a specific style like how he likes to make
films. And again, I respect that. I want all filmmakers to make films the way they want to,
you know, not to be beholden to, you know, studios. We don't want them to be like what happened
to Elvis here, you know, how he was, unfortunately. And, you know, is interesting, too, because
I didn't know, and I know people are going to be like, how do you not know this? I'm sorry,
I'm calling me ignorant or whatever. I just knew who Elvis was. I just knew how great the songs are.
I didn't know any of this. Colonel Parker, I had no idea any of this stuff. So, like, I mean,
I was grateful to find out about all this, although also, too, like, that sucks.
Like, I mean, and that's like, that's, that can be the horrors of humanity, too, of just, like, people using you for personal and financial gain.
And it was awful. And obviously, there were times like, you know, the, oh, I thought we're, oh, is this Shazam?
What's going out of here? Oh. It's just the logo? Sure.
I mean, there were times, obviously, where, like, the colonel did help him in terms of financial gain, but overall, like, he was using him, and it was awful how he used him. And obviously, like, you know, that's a big part of, like, you know, just what led out of his heart and just like, he didn't give a damn about him. He just, what he brought to the table is all he gave a damn about. And, you know, I just, what I love to about Elvis was just like, you know, he was a good person at heart and, like, you know, he didn't see color and
terms of like when there was such racial divide when there was such racial divides in the country and
all that and like and also too because he grew up at it you know in the neighborhoods and um i appreciated
that and um i love that like at the end of the day like his soul and his life was music and that's
what he could come back to at the end of the day and that's where he spoke his soul and his voice through
and i love that i thought that was just such a beautiful message to carry through i got more to say but
jean what do you got to say about the film yeah man i agree uh i mean absolutely this
movie when it was first coming out and everything and they were dropping trailers like
that was the first i had ever heard about colonel tom parker uh in any yeah like i i only knew
the the bare basics about elvis's story in general you know i've seen a couple of his old
movies on turner classics or whatever i've heard some of his biggest songs but i don't have
any deep cut knowledge of his catalog.
I don't have any knowledge of his history, really.
So this, in a lot of ways, is a big primer.
And there are a lot of Elvis movies.
This made me curious to check out.
Me too.
And, yeah, I mean, I think it's an interesting story they draw here
because obviously Tom Parker is the Salieri presented in this, you know, iteration.
And I think there is something interesting to that.
Like, yes, I think it certainly seems that he was an opportunist
and he was a bit of a huckster.
But at the same time, I don't know.
Like, it's a fascinating little thing to ponder
because, again, I don't, again,
I'm going to have to go look at footage of the actual guy
and kind of, you know, read further into that
because it's one of those things where I believe
that there is some kind of, like, affection there or something,
but it is tainted by the leverage and the greed
and the, that snow business that he,
keeps on talking about like i think there is a part at least as illustrated by this of tom parker that
does you know kind of crave some kind of love and admiration and gratitude for what he's able to do
and like it poses the question of what would elvis's career become if he hadn't had tom parker
if he had other people if he was making his own decisions if it like this is so many
it's one of those fascinating chronicles of like so many points of no return where you know if he had just left and you know started working with these other people at this time solely or if he had taken full control of this you know this time solely what would that have looked like so i think it's a very fascinating portrait here and yeah elvis does get a lot of criticism and culture for being a culture vulture as they say and that's something that i also don't know a heap ton about and i think the movie here
like that's something that I still would like to, you know, examine some kind of deep dive into compiled by somebody who obviously, you know, has researched this fully. I like that the movie at least acknowledges. And like I didn't know at all that he grew up in like a black neighborhood and, you know, like they were, you know, poor enough his family that they had to move out of, you know, white society into black society. And that certainly, to me, speaks to a greater authenticity.
in terms of where that inspiration comes from because there's a lot of appropriation in
rock and roll music and a whole bunch of other styles of popular music that is stemming from
the blues and gospel and soul and and rhythm and rhythm and blues and all sorts of other things
a lot of black music and and jazz definitely and you know I thought they did a nice job of
at least acknowledging that that's part of his roots you know I think it would have been
interesting to spend more time with some of those like we we spend a little with b b b king we see
sister rosetta tharp a few times but like to actually spend some intimate time with them would
have been interesting and i think you know they they do at least touch on the idea that you know
here and there he does sort of directly acknowledge the culture that inspired him but i think
there are also arguments on the other side that he could have probably done a whole bunch more in that
respect you know to really elevate those musicians and to aid in the pursuit of civil rights
So, like, in that sense, I feel like the movie is a bit glossed or a bit vague.
It's just it's not doing that stuff so much.
It's not about the racial, cultural, socio-impact of Elvis so much as it is.
Yeah, about the rise, the fall, the life, the times.
And as such, yeah, I thought this was fascinating.
And it definitely smoothed out as it went along because I think Bazlerman, the more we go.
Like, I like Bazelerman style generally.
But, you know, as time goes, he definitely has a unique.
and very sort of breakneck kind of style about him the way shots are cut and composed
and just like these swooping camera angles and like the immense glitz, glamour, and opulence
of everything.
And I think that easily suits this person, this character, this figure in history.
And yeah, like as a movie, like when we first started, because Baz Luhrman is almost like
Wes Anderson to me in that
their style is so particular
and specific that it can easily
fall into parody if it's not careful
and at the beginning I was like
whoa we are fucking rocking
rocketing through this
yeah yeah it was hard for me
yeah this movie is on Coke right now
and and
and I thought as it went along
and especially as you get into act two
it started to have actual scenes
and breathe
appropriately in
counterbalance to its sense of kineticism and its sense of glitz and all that stuff.
Yeah, no, I feel you.
You know, you brought up an interesting point, you know, about if Colonel Parker had never
come into his life, you know, how would it all have unfolded?
And we still did see that he kind of, he really had a spending problem, you know, like with
the pills and the women and all that and the entourage that he took care of.
So I still think that would have been.
an issue because I think, you know, as not to get too much off topic, but like I think like a big
thing in our education system that would help is like having a financial understanding of how we
should, you know, take care of our money. But we spend so much time in school on stuff that
it's not. We ought to at least trade a little bit of that time for like the basics of how to
get by in society. Right. Of course. But so I mean, but you know, from, but I think you did pose an
interesting question like how would his career have turned out. But it would have been.
nice that if he would have had like a manager that really gave it like I know you said it was
kind of like you know he did get to care about him but it was more opportunist type of like
it seems like he wants a son um like he seems like a lonely guy who again is like divorced he has
no country yeah he has a dubious pace kind of like Tommy Wiseo I was so I swear really quick
before you go on I swear as a joke and I was like I don't know if this is appropriate to say I
I was going to say, he's Tommy Wiseo.
I was going to say it like two or three times during the film because he's got no identity, but I'm sorry.
Continue on.
He's got no identity.
He's got like the mystery sort of like Eastern European, but like from everywhere kind of accent.
And that's another thing is I've heard a lot of criticism about Tom Hanks's performance.
Sorry, I'm doing my Elvis costume.
My dad did not like his performance.
He actually told me yesterday when I told him we were going to react to this.
Yeah.
And that's, I think, a.
common thing I hear about this movie is that what were they thinking with Tom Hanks in this crazy makeup and and this it feels like the most caricatured aspect and I don't I don't completely disagree but I actually I was he blended more I was less distracted by him than I expected to be it felt less of a meme than I expected it to and I think the height of Baz Luhrman's style helps the performance along and I think a lot of the makeups are
pretty good. The most obvious
one is in the wraparound when he's in the
casino palace of the mind reflecting on all this
stuff. But yeah, like he's a guy
with no ties to anywhere
and in a certain way, I feel like
he's living a unique American dream
of this place in time where he's not even
like on the record
but he's traveling around.
He knows showbiz. He knows how to hustle
and, you know, growing from the
carnival into, yeah,
like there's certainly tons of
exploitation and conniving, but I think the tragedy and the interesting thing is that you do get
to sit there and wonder, you know, and I think posing him as the unreliable narrator is an
interesting choice because, yeah, I'm sure a lot of people do directly, as he says, you know,
blame him for all of this. And I think what they're getting at in the ending monologue there is
kind of that all of it, you know, in life, it's probably all these factors are, you know, contributing.
And I, yeah, think that Tom Parker, especially with the debts,
especially with, like, trapping him in this residency and, you know,
not only assuage debts, but of limited lines of credit.
Like, there's definitely exploitation, but I also get the sense,
or at least from how this movie's playing everything,
that he does want to be a father figure to.
Like, he seems to get something, whether it's, like, genuine.
I think he thinks it's genuine, that he wants this father's son.
and you trust me like I protect you I provide for the both of us you trust me more than anybody
and I'm just here to empower your talent and there are yeah bits and pieces of that that
feel authentic even though the whole thing is yeah yeah to your point like after Elvis's mother
passed away when he spoke to him in the way he spoke to him in the closet I mean like the dad even
said like Richard Roxburgh his actual dad said I can't talk you got to talk to him like he trusts you more
than he trusts me.
Yeah, and so much of your life has been in business,
has been in performance, has been on stage.
Like Tom Parker, Colonel Parker, the Admiral,
where everyone will call him,
is in a better position to guide and mentor
and understand this kid than his actual father.
Right, right.
Yeah.
And also, too, he was also able to, you know,
manipulate him at any which way.
I mean, every time Elvis thought that he finally was able to get rid of him,
he's like, okay, I'm going to tell him at the hospital.
All right.
I'm going to just show him up at the international.
I'm done with this guy.
You get the, you know, well, after he was done at the hospital,
then he comes up with the deal at the international.
And when he was done with him at the international,
then he gives him the $8.5 million.
It's like he could not get rid of this guy.
It was literally a parasite for him.
So, yeah.
Yeah, it was, again, I don't know how exact,
because obviously we know in films,
like even when it's a biopic,
there's going to be certain things that they Hollywood eyes.
Yeah, of course.
So I don't know.
exactly how accurate this is, but if it's pretty accurate, it's interesting and crazy at the same time.
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Oh, for sure.
And I appreciate of all the biopics I've seen recently.
I mean, yeah, there is structure certainly.
but I wasn't, and I know I made a good amount of walk hard jokes,
but I wasn't too distract.
Like, it's hard to make a biopic in a post-walk-hard world
because especially music biopic, like walk-hard just left no stone unturned.
And so I think nowadays, especially you have to almost run yourself like,
like I remember the Russo brothers said that thing about like,
we try to make our Marvel movie is honest trailer-proof.
I feel like for a biopic, you have to make your movie walk-hard proof.
And, you know, I'm not going to say that this fully reinvents the wheel.
But this did sweep me up into its atmosphere and its world.
And I thought that Baz Luhrman was a solid choice for this figure and the aesthetics that, you know, he would eventually embody, especially as he gets to Las Vegas.
Yeah.
And, and yeah, the cast across the board did a great job.
The costumes are terrific.
The way they transport you back in time.
the blending of, you know, stock photos and stock footage with, you know, what is being recreated on screen and all that stuff.
I thought that was nicely chosen.
And, yeah, like, again, Austin Butler, as far as, yeah, as far as these kinds of performances go, you know, it's such a towering thing and it got so much praise and recognition.
But I do feel like watching this, I forgot, I was, I didn't fully forget, because obviously you're aware that you're watching a historical thing.
But, like, there were times when I wasn't focused on or even thinking about how this translates as an impression or impersonation.
I just, yeah, I lost myself in watching the character.
And I think that's a good thing.
And I think that's what you need in a role like this.
And I think this is a particular, like, I think there are two paths of difficulty when it comes to portraying a real life figure.
And it's like you have certain figures that are very subtle in their mannerisms.
And that's hard to nail down.
And then you have other characters who are very specific in their voice and mannerisms, such as Elvis.
And I think he towed the line really nicely of like, you got to sound like him.
You can't do one of those things where it's like, you know, a spiritual portrayal rather than like a direct portrait.
So like, yeah, I thought that was nicely handled.
And I would be curious to hear Tom Parker like receive footage of him just to see what the representation is there.
Because that's the thing about this movie, I think, is you have.
this weird yin and yang of like you have such an immersive portrayal of one historical figure
and then one performance that again saved for me largely by just i don't know tom hanks's
natural charisma and the you know overwhelming nature of the style of the movie but at the same time
yeah it's this really real natural performance pit it against this like off the wall almost
like it is like more of a cartoon than anything else and you have yeah this huge
makeup and you're so aware that's the funny thing is like i lost austin butler a lot of the time
yes whereas tom hanks you're kind of always aware of like it's tom hanks with the makeup and i don't
know if this is the guy like in the moment i'm sitting here going well you know he's we don't know
exactly where he's from they say his actual name at one point you know clearly he's he's from elsewhere
in the world and trying to make it in the american dream and so i could see how whatever his natural
accent would have been would be sanded down and maybe intentionally so to appear more
all-American or whatever. So like, a jury's out in terms of that aspect. If we were to hear
real footage and be like, damn, the voice is nothing like that, then, you know, I would have more
reservation. Right. I mean, then I have never heard real footage of the real Colonel Parker,
so I've had nothing to judge it or base it off like you. I think when my, when I spoke to my dad yesterday,
like he knows the history. He knows Elvis very well.
in terms of, again, the history.
And he has heard Colonel Parker,
so I think when he watched the movie,
that's where the criticism came from when he said,
because obviously my dad is upset.
It loves Tom Banks.
It's so weird because, yeah,
I didn't hate the performance
and it didn't wreck the movie for me,
but I couldn't really argue anybody out of those feelings.
Yeah, yeah, of course, of course.
It's understand, like, I totally understand the criticisms,
but again, have he not heard Colonel Parker for,
not knowing him, or like,
it was less, yeah, without that content.
It was less distracting and I thought it would be based on what I'd heard.
And two, sorry, I know we're going all over the place.
But I also liked, and this is something Baz does, and I think it riles people or people object to it a bit more in situations like this when it is a period piece or it's directly historical.
But I did appreciate the music flourishes both in how they incorporated Elvis's music between the songs you really know, the songs that were re-recorded from other artists, and the songs.
that are just in his deep cuts catalog, but also the way that they would mix in, in true
Baslerman fashion, modern music flourishes at times or score elements at times, taking certain
songs that you know for being one mood and then adding score elements so they're a bit uneasy
or a bit more tense to draw out that irony or, you know, needle dropping in and kind of mashing up
like, I think there's like a doja cat needle drop at some point in there.
You know, there, and that is something I could see people being pulled out by, but in that
particular scene when he's, again, I think he's like going back to the part of town where
he sees B.B. King and all that stuff. And, you know, the people are out in the streets and
there's a vibrance and there's a livelihood. And I think using modern touches like that, actually,
I can, I get why people object to it and I still couldn't fully argue you out of it.
I think in a situation like this
or I'd be curious to go back and look at
his great Gatsby
because like yeah
when the modern music touches come
in I thought they enhanced
a mood and
did a nice kind of tangential thing
of like this is sort of the vibe
of now as it would have been
then or here's the vibe then
and here's something to kind of
give you a touchstone or evoke
how it might be now
with some you know current popular
music or whatever. It did take me a moment to
catch up. I'm like, oh, we're
contemporary music. Yeah, you hear some trap beats
and you're like, what's going on here? But also
again, in the mood of that, I was like, but I kind of get it.
Yeah, no, no, no, for sure, for sure. But
yeah, and again, last thing,
I just again, I thought Austin Butler,
great job. I love that. He was also
able to embrace not only the sounding like
Elvis, but the way he moved. Just
really like showing the beautiful side
of Elvis and also the tragic side. Just really
appreciated his wonderful performance.
do you have any final thoughts you want to say good golly this was so much of a movie yeah if we forgot
anything let us know we'll just go in the comments and write an essay for you exactly but uh let us know
in the comments section what did you think of this film uh i don't know how many other buzz larman
films you have seen i have not seen too many i've seen romeo and juliet now i've seen this one
i can't think of uh anything else i've i guess i've seen the ending of moulon rouge at that count
i know i've seen moulon rouge that's the one i have not seen australia but if there's any other
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And I have not also seen Great Gatsy.
So if there are any Buzz Larman films that you'd like John, myself, anyone on the rest of the Real Reject team to react to, or any other films, let us know in the comment section on what did you think of this film.
What did you think of Austin Butler's performance and more importantly Tom Hanks' performance?
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Oh.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
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the grid you could be dead you could be like living in a seminary somewhere as a monk they say ignorance is
bliss so as long as your family does not notify us we will
gladly keep accepting the Patreon Pledge every single month.
Because I just imagine that you're out on an island somewhere like, you know, kicking back,
sipping some umbrella drink.
Money is no object to you.
And this is just a drop in the bucket that you use as a tax write-off.
That's exactly what I'm thinking.
I think it's just a write-off.
Somehow you're able to write off this pledge is like a charity donation.
Sure, yeah.
Well, you know, he's made YouTube videos before.
So that means we're in a similar lane and thus this is supporting his industry by contributing.
I hope so.
Yeah.
So at this point, man.
Make it work for you.
Something's up.
I have no idea where you've been.
One of us definitely didn't steal your identity.
Remember when we met him and he was like, like he said he was short, but he was like really short.
Yeah.
Like, oh, you didn't actually prepare me for how short you were going to be.
Spent 20 minutes just yelling his name and not seeing where he was called back from until I finally realized.
I thought that you were lost in the woods when you were responsible.
responded to me from my knees.
Yes.
What is the spirit who speaks to me now?
There was a haunting happening.
Yeah.
I met your mom and I was like, oh, she's just as tall as him.
So I was like, okay, that makes sense.
But is your dad also really small?
I'm very curious.
I thought about that.
I haven't asked you.
Maybe his dad is like really, really tall.
Maybe he's like six foot 10.
Well, it's like, you know, they're locksmiths.
And I imagine that he's probably good at like picking locks and figuring it out because
It meets his eye line.
Sure.
Definitely it's that.
It's definitely that.
He gets the best view.
You're cut out for this work.
I is just right there.
You are made for this.
I don't even know if we've fed of you
because you probably have no idea you've gotten this shoutout.
And then watch,
Andrew now has grown like a whole foot and a half
and has put on like tons and tons of muscle.
Yeah.
And then he could like beat the shit out of us now.
He probably just sits there working out
and like that giant room
of like his office chair
and like 45 computers
which is just playing
shoutouts
he's just collecting shoutouts
call me short one more time
say the thing about my card
being on filing me
for getting one more time
in all seriousness though
I hope you're well
and I hope you never unplge
even if we shut down
this page you're out
I hope so now you find a way
to stick around
we love you
you're a part of the fabric of this
have been to your buddy
Thank you.