This is one of those movies that feels longer than it actually is, we swore it was well over two hours when it was done. The strangest thing that stuck me is that there was zero concern whatsoever for a 14 or 15 year old girl hanging out without her parents at adult parties and then alone with a man 10 years her senior. And why she stayed with him after his treatment of her is also a mystery. Although not entirely his fault, I'm sure partly because of his daily abuse of prescription drugs, Elvis is shown to be a real ass at the drop of a hat over and over. Also kind of amazing that they could make the life of Elvis at his peak so boring, albeit spiced up with constant frat boy behavior with his buddies, which they neglected to point out was named the Memphis Mafia. Since Priscilla was a producer on the movie, one would assume the stories shown are accurate, at least from her perspective. They also almost completely ignored the constant philandering by Elvis, which was probably the last straw that ended their marriage after only 5 years.
On a personal note, a friend of ours actually lived in a house behind Graceland when he was a kid in the 60s and he remembers them riding horses and shooting guns at all hours of the night. They had the guns in the movie, but not horses.
On a personal note, a friend of ours actually lived in a house behind Graceland when he was a kid in the 60s and he remembers them riding horses and shooting guns at all hours of the night. They had the guns in the movie, but not horses.
