Elvis & Nixon reviewed by Mark Kermode
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- Опубликовано: 22 июн 2016
- Mark Kermode reviews Elvis & Nixon. The untold story of the legendary meeting between the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and the President of the United States.
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Surely this should have been called "The Pres and Presley".
hoyoohh!!
Boom tish
President meets “the King”?
Neither actor looks remotely like the person he's playing. Nor do they sound like them, either.
I really thought I would hate this but I loved it. It’s an interpretation of their meeting with wild artistic licence but it’s great fun
Mark is the doppelganger of the great and fabulous Johnny Burnette. Love the programme xxxxx
Frank Underwood can time travel, I see.
I thought the same thing
They're gonna cast Kevin Spacey as slimy politicians till the end of time...
@@nitzky8920 not anymore...
I look forward to check this one out, 2 fine actors that I like very much. Great review Mark.
The answer to why he wanted the badge is this: it would give him the right to carry a gun over state lines which is what he wanted to do when he went on tour.
film reviews should always end "...but that's probably just me."
How long have you got....?
Well, just a couple of seconds....!
Classic.
I was hoping this would be great. Kevin Spacey and (only recently) Michael Shannon are 2 of my favourite actors. Seems a silly premise. But it's a quirky bit of history in reality. Now realized on film, though quirkily, I hope.
It was born on January 8th and Nixon was born on January 9th like myself and Muhammad Ali on 10th.
Elvis was allergic to chocolate. A fact tat is brought up in the better movie Elvis Meets Nixon.
That's what makes the M&M's line funny.
I love. this pic
Michael Shannon is such a bizarre choice to play Elvis.
That's why I never worked up any enthusiasm to see it, and still haven't. Michael Shannon was around 42 -- not a lot older than Elvis was (37) when he met Nixon. Still, I couldn't get over how old the "Elvis" character looked in the trailer. So there was that, plus the entire trailer had that familiar feel of a disrespectful parody.
The badge was not an honorary badge, it is a bona fide badge which made Presley a legitimate federal agent. The position of 'Agent at Large' was a real position although unsurprisingly Nixon and Halderman are not familiar with it. Brits do not understand the implications of such a badge - it empowers the holder with the credentials and all powers of a federal agent and allowed Presley to cross state lines with firearms and drugs and be virtually untouchable by local police forces. I have seen the badge and it very impressive - the film is nowhere near as good as the original with Rick Peters as Presley. Although intended to lampoon Presley it is fairly accurate as a piece of docudrama.
lol i like how most of this isnt actually a review
i feel like the "funny" parts didnt actually happen
besides those scenes it was good
first
Let me Eat cake yes
Elvis wanted to be a nark and took a 14 yr girl to be his wife?Him and M J would of gotten along well.
Who's Nixon? Who's Elvis? Who thought today's audiences would care?
Two of the most famous men of the last 100 years.
Fame is fleeting. I mentioned Bob Dylan to a 28 year old a while back and they looked at me sideways and asked, "Who's that?" Go poll two dozen average 18-24 year olds about Elvis and Nixon and see how "famous" they are. And throw in Art Carney, Gertrude Stein, Lauren Bacall, Lech Walesa, Golda Meir and Niels Bohr for an even bigger reality check.
Solution: stop conversing with stupid 28-year-olds. Also, none of those other people you mentioned are as widely known as Elvis or Nixon. And you know that.
Paul Whitelaw: No need to be racist, my friend.
@@tolar9 Fame is not important (Chaplin). Their work is what matters.