Elvis 2022 review ! Dramatic movie with documentary flavor

Elvis, Elvis Presley, Austin Butler

Mr. Vernon Presley did not know that his new son, Elvis, would be such a big deal; Perhaps he considered him good news after the death of his second twin during their birth on a cold morning on the eighth of January 1935.

But certainly the death of one of his two children made him surround the other who lived with the care and attention that he could provide despite his simple condition in a society still suffering from the effects of the Great Depression. Thus, Elvis Presley, the child who will become the king of "rock and roll", grows up in a loving family despite its modest and poor conditions.

Elvis was raised as an only child in a poor family. His father, Vernon, worked a series of simple jobs, and in 1938 - when Elvis was three - the father was sentenced to three years in prison for forging a check, and for this he spent less than a year behind bars.

Because of poverty, the family was always on the move, and yet Elvis was surrounded by love from all those around him in his small community in both Tupelo and Memphis.

From a young age, Elvis was passionate about music, and in his middle school he was nominated for a number of competitions and received his first guitar as a prize in a competition in 1946.

In 1948, the Presley family moved from Tupelo to Memphis in search of better opportunities. There, Elvis attended Humes High School. He graduated in 1953, becoming the first member of his family to receive a high school diploma. After graduation, he worked as a mechanic and truck driver before launching his music career with his first recording of "That's All Right" in July 1954 at the age of 19.

Recruit King Elvis Presley

In 1958, Elvis Presley was drafted into the US Army and served for 18 months in West Germany as a military jeep driver. During his enlistment, he was allowed to rent a separate house so that he could work and produce during his draft vacation periods, and he was able to keep American youth saturated with the recordings Presley made before he left. All five songs he released during this period eventually sold over one million copies.

After completing his enlistment in 1960, Elvis changed his style of singing, coinciding with his falling in love with the young woman who would become his first wife, Priscilla Beaulieu, focusing on romantic dramas such as "Are You Alone Tonight?" Are You Lonesome Tonight? He retired from concerts to focus on his musicals, and made 27 films during a period in the 1960s, including Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas 1964) and Frankie and Johnny (1966). In 1967, he married Priscilla Beaulieu, and the couple had a daughter, Lisa Marie, in 1968.

Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in new Elvis movie!

 The release of the fun biopic Elvis by Baz Luhrmann, the director of Moulin Rouge, is just one example of the fact that even in 2022, Presley is still able to attract audiences. Earlier this month, the Las Vegas Symphony Orchestra performed "The King's Symphony: The Music of Elvis Presley" in London for the first time, while Westminster's Proud Galleries is currently hosting a photographic exhibition entitled "Elvis and the Birth of Rock". Unexpectedly, Sony last week released the first stills of the soon-to-be Netflix series Agent King, an "adult-oriented" animated series that presents Presley as a secret spy working for the government. , for reasons that are still unclear. At least he will employ his skeptical mind in a good way.

The movie Elvis, which revolves around the life of the king of rock, "Elvis Presley", won the admiration of a large sector of critics and everyone who watched the work, who greatly praised the film, which was presented at the last session of the Cannes Festival, where the most prominent response was from the family of the king of rock, whether his daughter Or his granddaughter, who confirmed that the family was feeling great disappointment with every work exposed to their father, but during the last film, its makers managed to show it in the way that suits it.

Austin Butler, in particular, the hero of the movie, won the admiration of everyone who watched the film, but the latter emphasized that it was not as easy as some imagine, as he suffered from great pressure throughout the scenes, which prompted him to make a call with his friend Rami Malek, who won the Oscar for his role in the movie. About another singer is Freddie Mercury.

Austin confirmed, according to statements published by foreign sites such as popsugar, that the famous actor, when he asked Rami Malek for advice, told him that he was suffering from what is like a panic attack during the scenes of his performance as Freddie Mercury, and in the end he won the Oscar, so what he feels is fear It is very natural, and there is no need to worry, adding that he has to get rid of his pressure during filming so that he can put all his energy into it.

And for his wonderful and complete performance of the role of Elvis Presley. Actor Austin Butler is likely to be nominated for an Oscar in 2023.