Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Rapid City ‘77 Special: 810
For a compilation of shows given just weeks before his death, this was great. I liked how some songs you wouldn’t normally expect to hear at an Elvis concert were played, that was a really fun aspect. Though it was hard to rank this at the same level as Aloha or On Tour just because of his health state in this special. He looked tired after just walking on and around the stage at points during the show, but of course that didn’t stop him from giving that audience 100% every single time.
Aloha From Hawaii: 9/10
For the first worldwide broadcast concert he did in 1973, this was really good! The setlist was full of hits and great songs, but also some new ones that weren’t in That’s The Way It Is or On Tour which was nice so it didn’t feel like Elvis or whoever made the setlist performed for concerts was choosing the exact same songs all his life in the 70’s. The emotion was put 100% into each and every song, even in the few songs he seemed less energetic while singing. I really enjoyed this one - The snowman strikes again!
That’s The Way It Is: 9/10
First of all, I would like to mention the serious dedication the director put in by spanning this concert documentary with 6 shows and choosing the best performance of each song. Second, every second of this film was amazing. I liked how opposite to the Comeback Special showing JUST the performances, That’s The Way It Is shows rehearsals of songs that were shown and not shown in the actual film. I myself as a…
Viva Las Vegas: 7/10
Not knowing at all what to expect going into this, I can say with 100% certainty that I enjoyed the story of this movie. For a while I was wondering how ‘Las Vegas’ was going to fit in but remembered as Lucky(Elvis) said the Las Vegas Grand Prix again midway through the movie. The end race felt just a bit too fast, but it was still a good competition. I enjoy this movie as much as I do the title song!!