I grew up near Fort Hood, which is where Elvis was sent for his basic training.

I've always been an Elvis fan, and I even like his movies.

Elvis Fan forever!

That voice!

I watched the clip.....SUPER GOOD! I had a neighbor growing up, 10 years my senior who idolized Elvis. The guy who plays Elvis has an AMAZING voice! Great casting!

Thanks for the heads up. I hadn't heard about this...but I think ya need to go to movies to have a clue what's coming??? Sent trailer to my mom who is a HUGE fan.

Wow. I liked his music growing up, but can't say I was ever much of a fan. So I probably would have ignored the movie had you not shared the trailer. Looks really good.

It looks great but I can't believe they are going to hype it for 2.5 years before releasing it! I suppose they are hoping people will be back in theaters to watch movies again by then.

Bad. Elvis is gone and no matter how many want to still make money off him, that isn't

going to change. Let him RIP... And....the person doing the imitating of his voice doesn't

have it. There are better imitators out there... If you want to hear Elvis...listen to his

albums. What joy do people get out of raking up all his pain and sorrow and wanting to

see someone imitate it? Colonel Parker was a Pig...and Tom Hanks should be ashamed.

Even to show him for what he really was...as I guess the movie intends to do.

Now...our little Flagger...before you flag this, this is my Opinion only, and I'm entitled too.

Olychick, it is due out 6/25/22, June of this year.

"6/25" ("yoo- ghee-oh" in Korean) to folks in the Republic of Korea (the southern part) is as infamous to them as "9/11" to U.S. folks, and others.

It was the date in 1950 that the Korean "War" - "Police Action" began.

I was in university at the time and when some left-wing sympathizers/adherents claimed that South Korea started it, it infuriated them when some listeners laughed at their claim:

"Get out of here with that story - you say that South Korea started it ... and within a few days ...

... they lost their military headquarters ...

... and their capital city ...

... and they were the ones who started it??"

"Yeah - pigs (or elephants) might fly ... but I haven't seen any do it! How many have you seen pull off such an escapade?? Let us know when you see it, O.K.?"

If there is anything that serious supporters of autocratic regimes can't stand ... it's to have listeners to their serious stories laugh and make fun of their claims.

DPRK - The "Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea" ... that's had one family in charge for, what, three generations?

ole joyful

P.S. Does one dare say "fat chance"?

He does seem somewhat able to play trump cards, though.

o j

P.P.S. sorry for highjacking your thread, sushipup ... but, then, my story may not be around very long o j

Haha Sushipup- when you wrote 6/24 in the OP I thought it meant June of 2024!

I did not really enjoy the trailer, especially the latter part of it. The beginning was okay. I'll probably skip this movie, but I did enjoy the biopic about Jerry Lee Lewis.

I love Elvis' early music, until about 1965 or so - I did not love Viva Las Vegas (although I liked it) or anything after that very much. I don't like any of his ballads or hymns.

I never was an Elvis fan, as I think I was a few years too young ( that reads pretty funny to me now at 68) . I did love Bye Bye Birdie back then ( and still now) and it was always explained that it was roughly based on an Elvis star .

Anywaya few years ago we went on road trip through parts of Tennessee and when in Memphis, I figured how can I be in Memphis and not see Graceland? So we went, and I was really so taken with it. I think some of it is how widespread and strong his appeal was.

I am not a big movie goer ( like pre Covid I was good for 1 to 2 movies a year ) but I will probably seek it out. I didn't even know it was in the works. Thanks for sharing.

Those that watched the trailer---what did you think of the way Hanks LOOKED? His weight gain is crazy. Do we think it was real or a fat suit and make up??? That was crazy.

arcy, it was definately fat makeup in Tom Hank's neck going on.

Huge Elvis fan here-hope I like the movie. Hubs and I brainwashed my son into loving Elvis LOL Kids don't know much about him now. He was the greatest-but in the end, couldn't handle the fame. I've always believed he was a small town country Christian-raised boy, trapped in a body the whole world wanted a piece of. Everyone remembers where they were when they heard he died, don't they? I remember exactly.

Curious how these celebrities made all these movies during Covid though. Rules for Thee and all...Most movies out now aren't that good, because they seemed rushed and half-a$$ed. Hope this one is good!

If it featured a good deal of Tom Hanks, I would watch it. I am not an Elvis fan and an imitator of him I would like even less.

Ugh -- just watched the trailer and no thank you. Looks way over-dramatized, which is why I don't enjoy Tom Hanks' movies. But you are free to hold your own opinions :-)

I saw the movie a couple of days ago & loved it. I expect it to be nominated for the Oscars.

I'm an Elvis fan. I thought the movie was dreadful. Horrible, horrible editing. Occasional 3-way split screens thown in for no obvious reason, except perhaps to induce headaches. Repeated flashbacks added nothing. (Yes, we get it. He saw a gospel tent show a young boy. How many flashbacks of the same scene do we need, thrown in at random times?) Nothing at all about Pricilla's age and in fact nothing about her personality either. The briliiant musicians who were his influences were depicted as generic black guys, playing at a club that Elvis deigned to visit on the other side of town. No mention at all of Otis Blackwell, who wrote some of his biggest hits. And if you like Elvis' songs, too bad. You'll get to hear ten or fifteen seconds before they cut to another scene.

Just saw it and both my 26 year old daughter and I really enjoyed it. I think Austin Butler's performance was Oscar worthy. Not often that Tom Hanks plays a bad guy, but he was super in this role.

I saw this movie a couple weeks ago and although it is a sad story, Austin Butler did a wonderful job in his portrayal of Elvis.

My sister's and I took our 87 yr old mom--super fan. She was not looking forward to it--given the trailers. We all agreed it was an excellent movie. It was not a biography in the pure sense and ya there were parts (the flash backs etc.) that were silly and distracting given they were FALSE but it was Hollywood after all. Frankly Hollywood is not a bastion of truth let alone art. Austin was amazing and the real footage mixed into the new was amazing. If you knew the names of the artists they portrayed as influencing him then the movie gave them their due! In the end it was a sad sad story, if the influence/control/lies of Parker were accurate.

Elvis died on August 16, 1977.

We found out about it when we were making funeral arrangements for our 7.year old son, who died the same day.

Scott was killed by a falling tree at Jedediah State Park in northern California .

A very difficult day for our family and

still is even after all the years.

So sorry, roy. What a tragedy. May you be comforted by your treasured memories of Scott.

Oh dear God, roy4me, the pain you must have in your heart and soul. No words can I give you. I can pray though, and I will.