Elvis
The performance of Austin Butler just became even more impressive to me after seeing the side to side comparisons between the scene and the actual performance of Elvis. He nails almost every single little detail and when you hear about the preparation he put into the role it makes you admire it even more. Now I haven’t been able to see the whale yet unfortunately due to it not being released in the uk yet so I haven’t been able to see the performance of Brendan Fraser so for me Austin Butler is without question my pick to win best actor at the Oscar’s and it would take a truly remarkable performance from Fraser to change my mind.
On this rewatch I even noticed some things that I didn’t notice in my first watch which just made me discover more things about the life of Elvis Presley that I didn’t know before.
I said something similar in my original review but I just feel it has to be said and that is that I feel this movie so perfectly captures the unpredictability and chaos involved in the life of Elvis which was really quite tragic as he lost nearly everyone and was even betrayed by one of the men he thought he could trust the most in the world In Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks.
Overall I’m very pleased that this movie held up even better than i expected on rewatch and I’m sure I will revisit it once again sometime soon.
9.6/10 for 5 stars.