Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?

On 2022-06-24 18:43:37 +0000, T987654321 said:
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> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?

There have been lots of others. Once Hollyweird gets on a bandwagon,
it's difficult to get them to stop. :-(

T987654321 wrote:
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> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?

I was ready to go see it in a movie theater until I saw this review...

https://observer.com/2022/06/baz-luhrmann-elvis-review-austin-butler-rex-reed/

Movie theaters are just Big Trailers for Streaming platforms.

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On Friday, June 24, 2022 at 11:43:41 AM UTC-7, T987654321 wrote:
> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?

Grosses
DOMESTIC (60.4%)
$30,500,000
INTERNATIONAL (39.6%)
$20,000,000
WORLDWIDE
$50,500,000

Guess not.

I thought it was as entertaining as could be expected for a story that's
been told many times.

I thought Butler did a good job with '50s Elvis but he was a little too
gangly to play Elvis in Vegas and later. They should have added a little
padding and makeup/prosthesis for those scenes.

I think the only time they bothered with that was when he did the
"two-weeks-from-death-Elvis" playing "Unchained Melody" in concert.

The Starmaker wrote:
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> T987654321 wrote:
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> > Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
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> I was ready to go see it in a movie theater until I saw this review...
>
> https://observer.com/2022/06/baz-luhrmann-elvis-review-austin-butler-rex-reed/
>
> Movie theaters are just Big Trailers for Streaming platforms.

A movie theater today is just like a Youtube trailer showing...

they say it will be on HBO Max in August, but I bet they will move up that date
somewhere in July before it dies...probably next week.

I guess Hollywood forgot about torrents...

wac-a-mole don't work.

and already streaming at fmovies.co

Is it worth the download if rex reed gave it two stars????

(don't forget the chink subtitles)

Why chink subtitles anyway???? wat chink watches movies with chink subtitles??? i don't get it? don't they speak chink???

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On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:43:37 -0700 (PDT), T987654321 wrote:

> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?

Nope. I did do some clamoring, but that was *against* an Elvis biopic.

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The Starmaker wrote:
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> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > T987654321 wrote:
> > >
> > > Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
> >
> > I was ready to go see it in a movie theater until I saw this review...
> >
> > https://observer.com/2022/06/baz-luhrmann-elvis-review-austin-butler-rex-reed/
> >
> > Movie theaters are just Big Trailers for Streaming platforms.
>
> A movie theater today is just like a Youtube trailer showing...
>
> they say it will be on HBO Max in August, but I bet they will move up that date
> somewhere in July before it dies...probably next week.
>
> I guess Hollywood forgot about torrents...
>
> wac-a-mole don't work.
>
> and already streaming at fmovies.co
>
> Is it worth the download if rex reed gave it two stars????
>
> (don't forget the chink subtitles)
>
> Why chink subtitles anyway???? wat chink watches movies with chink subtitles??? i don't get it? don't they speak chink???

oh wait a minute...if the movie is in english then they need the chink
subtitles for chinks.

So English films are ...foreign movies???

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On Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 10:43:39 PM UTC-5, The Starmaker wrote:
> T987654321 wrote:
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> > Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
> I was ready to go see it in a movie theater until I saw this review...
>
> https://observer.com/2022/06/baz-luhrmann-elvis-review-austin-butler-rex-reed/
>
>
> Movie theaters are just Big Trailers for Streaming platforms.
>
>
>
> --
> The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
> to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable,
> and challenge
> the unchallengeable.

The multiplexes need inventory, Avatar 2 ain't here yet. New Cruise MI is in 2023.

T987654321 <qwrtz123@gmail.com> wrote:
> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
>

FWIW after less than four weeks in theaters, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis has
grossed more than $106 million in the U.S. and Canada, according to
boxofficemojo.com. The film, starring Austin Butler as the King, Elvis
Presley, is already the fourth-highest-grossing music biopic since the
mid-1970s.

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On 6/24/2022 1:43 PM, T987654321 wrote:
> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?

The movie was interesting, I learned a lot of things that I did not know
about Elvis. Both good and bad.

Lynn

On 7/18/2022 4:30 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
> T987654321 <qwrtz123@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
>>
>
> FWIW after less than four weeks in theaters, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis has
> grossed more than $106 million in the U.S. and Canada, according to
> boxofficemojo.com. The film, starring Austin Butler as the King, Elvis
> Presley, is already the fourth-highest-grossing music biopic since the
> mid-1970s.

What was the number one music biopic, Queen or Elton John ?

And I am wondering what was the third one ? Maybe "The Song Remains The
Same" by Led Zeppelin.

BTW, there is reputedly a David Bowie biopic on the way if it did not
get derailed by the Koof.

Lynn

On 2022-07-19 00:02:11 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
> On 6/24/2022 1:43 PM, T987654321 wrote:
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>> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
>
> The movie was interesting, I learned a lot of things that I did not
> know about Elvis. Both good and bad.
>
> Lynn

According to many people, including some who where there at the time, a
lot of the movie is fiction (like most history movies/dramas), so I
wouldn't believe everything you learnt from the movie. There are
already many websites going over some of the made-up bits of the movie,
for example
<https://variety.com/2022/film/news/elvis-fact-or-fiction-film-colonel-tom-parker-presley-baz-luhrmann-biopic-1235302026/>

On 2022-07-19 00:04:57 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
> On 7/18/2022 4:30 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
>> T987654321 <qwrtz123@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Was anyone clamoring for an Elvis biopic?
>>
>> FWIW after less than four weeks in theaters, Baz Luhrmann's Elvis has
>> grossed more than $106 million in the U.S. and Canada, according to
>> boxofficemojo.com. The film, starring Austin Butler as the King, Elvis
>> Presley, is already the fourth-highest-grossing music biopic since the
>> mid-1970s.
>
> What was the number one music biopic, Queen or Elton John ?
>
> And I am wondering what was the third one ? Maybe "The Song Remains
> The Same" by Led Zeppelin.
>
> BTW, there is reputedly a David Bowie biopic on the way if it did not
> get derailed by the Koof.
>
> Lynn

As always, it depends on which list you want to believe, as well as
whether or not they include America, worldwide, and home video ... plus
of course "Elvis" hasn't even finished it's run yet.

According to Billboard.com's top 25 list, the current top 5 are (US$
for US domestic / worldwide gross):

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Queen $216,668,042 / $910,809,311
Straight Outta Compton (2015) N.W.A. $161,197,785 / $201,634,991
Walk the Line (2005) Johnny Cash $119,519,402 / $186,797,986
Elvis (2022) Elvis Presely $106,200,000 / $170,400,000
Rocketman (2019) Elton John $ 96,368,160 / $195,320,400

<https://www.billboard.com/lists/top-grossing-music-biopics-movies/the-buddy-holly-story-1978/>