What a strange movie, and not in a good way. The acting and story are fine. But the editing style is really annoying. You know how they make really fast cutaways when they do a montage? Now imagine almost the entire movie being edited like that. It's frustrating to try and watch.
Another strange thing was the music choices. I'm trying to watch the life of Elvis Presley in the 1950s and I keep hearing rap music. RAP music! You've got to be kidding. What on earth was the director thinking about? It was completely jarring and took me out of the movie. In fact I gave up trying to watch it.
I understand they were trying to show that Elvis got a lot of his musical ideas from the black community at that time. Fair enough. But for goodness sake, don't try to shoehorn some of today's lousy rap music into a biopic about the 1950s.
Another strange thing was the music choices. I'm trying to watch the life of Elvis Presley in the 1950s and I keep hearing rap music. RAP music! You've got to be kidding. What on earth was the director thinking about? It was completely jarring and took me out of the movie. In fact I gave up trying to watch it.
I understand they were trying to show that Elvis got a lot of his musical ideas from the black community at that time. Fair enough. But for goodness sake, don't try to shoehorn some of today's lousy rap music into a biopic about the 1950s.