Bill Maher Rants about Elvis Movie
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Bill Maher and "Weird Al" Yankovic randomly riff on why Bill moved from his first house, Al’s birthday gift from his wife, the most common joke in a writers’ room, the famous people who went to Al’s high school, the making of the new Weird Al biopic “Weird,” Sacheen Littlefeather’s awful treatment by the Hollywood establishment after she accepted the Oscar for Marlon Brando, the movie Quentin Tarantino has to make, and Al’s strict rules for life on his tour bus.
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I was 12 years old and got to see Elvis at Madison Square Garden, and was blown away. To this day nothing and no one affected me like Elvis.. I'm a heterosexual man, and i have to say, I love Elvis. In the 70's he was love, humility, generous, humble.. We have none of that today. The Greatest Ever!
Englebert Humperdinck has stated publicly that it was Elvis who taught him humility as a performer.
I saw Elvis as well. Concert in May of 1977 at the Capital Center in Maryland. Mom went and took me with her. I was 13.
The hopeful, uplifting "If I Can Dream" marked the rebirth of Elvis' career after he spent most of the 1960s recording mainly soundtracks to the movies he was appearing in. It was the last song he sang on Elvis, his 1968 NBC comeback special in the USA, which was his first live performance in seven years. The song was written at the last minute by the show's musical director, W. Earl Brown, at the request of the producer Steve Binder to replace "I'll Be Home For Christmas." He wrote it as a response to the assassinations of the famous dreamers Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, which had happened a few months previously.
Once they started playing hip hop music in the movie when he was driving in the city...I was out sorry 😂
same.
Ugh did they?? Disgusting
It was the worst mostly made up events
It was a GREAT movie
I wrestled with that, and I concluded that it was to make it relatable to modern audiences. It's kind of a timeless story, and with a little modern music you can see how it could happen even today. Plus Elvis and the Colonel were gangsta af in different ways. It's a challenge to get that point across using Doo Wop (Thurston Harris being a rare exception).
It was a surreal representation of Elvis' life. I liked some details, others didn't (actually pretty divided on the Memphis avenue scene with BB King), but one thing's certain: Austin Butler was PERFECT as 50's 60's Elvis.
Elvis was known to hang out at Club Handy and even sit in on jam sessions according to Calvin Newborn and we know B.B. performed there and had hung out with Elvis at the all black show for disabled black children, as well as at B.B.'s studio. Baz sort of bring things together for time purposes. Elvis Presley The Searcher documentary in regards to MLK assassinated mentions that Elvis said exactly what he does in the movie about Dr. King always speaking the truth. In relation to the RFK assassination, no, it didn't occur during the recording of the NBC Special in late June, but it did happen during rehearsals for the show on June 6. Rehearsals had begun on June 3rd. Elvis was indeed watching it on a small TV with Steve Binder and immediately spoke about the times they were living in and how they needed to understand each other. The movie doesn't really take that much liberty in that regard by making it during recording vs rehearsals, and having Binder make a comment about the times instead of Elvis.
Also, there were riots at Elvis concerts and threats of being arrested, even if not that exact one. But again Baz has to bring it together. Elvis was persuaded to not go into Special Services for the military but to be a regular soldier to help his image and Parker had been in correspondence with the Pentagon in relation to Elvis possibly being drafted, which may have had an impact on the Pentagon's decision. Elvis didn't fire Parker right on stage but did have a shouting match back stage and fired him in the suite upstairs
weird Al is anything BUT weird. Most normal person as they come.
:) That's exactly what Tom "Reno 911" Lennon says about AL.
He's 63 years old now. People get a lot more mellow as they get older. Watch interviews of Al from the 80s. He was completely different.
he aged really well...he looks the same for 40 years
Weird Al seems like a cool guy to hang out with.
He should call himself Cool Al Yankovic. He's not really that weird.
@@Nathan-gd7xq Maybe 1980s weird doesn't seem so weird now?
Agreed. Bill tho, not so much. Pretentious douche.
Promised Land is such an incredible album. For anybody trying to get into some great Elvis, bloated Elvis and released 2 years before he died. It's an AWESOME album
Elvis wasn't really bloated until 77, yeah sometimes in 76 he was big but then he went in and they drained a body fluid off of him.
I agree! He committed the mortal sin in show business of becoming fat. But he NEVER lost his voice. People love to talk about the caricature of Elvis but do they even realize he did this 8 months before he died? ruclips.net/video/0SemIarWczA/видео.html
@@dennydeckerful He's fat as fuck on the cover of the album lol so not sure where you're getting your sources
He was never bloated.. he just had a little bit of a belly in the end. Let’s stop with the bloated/fat shaming.
@@no1nestandsalone387 I am sick of it too, it is spoken in a disrespectful way about him. Died on his toilet is another thing they love to bring up too. I don't understand their problem with this wonderful man, kind and talented beyond belief. They won't let him rest in peace, but whatever unkind things they say it will never be able to stain his great talent.
I also saw "Elvis" in the theater and came out feeling ("WTF?") that there were way too many important matters ignored and other things included that never happened or were grossly distorted or inaccurate. But later, I came to realize that the movie was not trying to be a biography of Elvis, but a warped view of Elvis' life and career through the lens and imagination of his mentor/parasite, Colonel Parker. The movie is more chaotic delusion than historical. I think the title and marketing on this point were somewhat deceptive.
In all due respect you're being way too picky. The movie showed the Charisma and the magnetism and the talent of the man and the impact he had that's what the movie was about. There was no other performer like Elvis Presley. The day after Elvis died they sold more flowers in this country than any time before or since that tells you everything you want to know the most loved performer in the history of entertainment
Bill, on this very video, discussed the inaccuracies surrounding If I Can Dream! And other items of inaccuracy. To Bernie’s point the truth matters. The truth and a visual representation of someone’s Essence are not mutually exclusive. A well told story can captivate an audience with the magnitude of someone’s cultural impact and force and still maintain a fidelity to history. That should be the minimum standard!
@@martinconde9537 no he’s not, he’s not picky enough, I couldn’t stand the movie, all that glamour and jumping all over the place, the movie was frantic and immature, designed to keep the attention of small minded knats that couldn’t watch a thoughtful deep movie if you paid them.
They did a huge disservice to the memory of Elvis with this terrible childish movie .
@@martinconde9537 exactly, it's not a documentary. Some people want "all facts and no flavor" as said in the movie "Big Fish"/
I know. It should have been 20 years long and exhumed his body. It’s story telling! Like the Bible. It’s made up to fit the writers needs. It’s Hollywood 😂
This is exactly my perspective on "Bohemian Rhapsody." I love Queen and I knew they all were friends/roommates in college when they formed what would become Queen. Freddie wasn't always the trouble in the band. He wasn't the first to do a solo act. And he did Live AID long before he knew he had AIDs. He did it because he was a charitable guy.
But drama sells movies. As much as I want biopics to be more accurate, I get why they do it.
they did live aid because every major act was doing it and they needed a popularity boost
@@goncalodias6402 That too. (I was trying to be more kind in the reality haha)
Supposedly the story is that the ONLY reason Freddie agreed to do Live Aid is because Bob Geldof (one of the organizers and member of The Boomtown Rats) kept asking him to do it. Freddie agreed to do it in order to get Geldof to leave him alone.
Yeah, Freddie lived another 6 years after live aid. Look up Howard Stern Sacha Baron Cohen Queen Movie Snippet
If you’re looking for accuracy, it would be called a ‘biography’. That’s where the accuracy would come in. This was a biopic.
This might be the first time I have seen Maher totally without cynicism. Thanks, Elvis.
Movies are works of art. They aren't formal documentaries to be viewed with a literal eye. Relax and enjoy/don't enjoy it for what it is, not what you would have it be.
Absolutely you are correct a thousand times over. Especially with a biography because there's still making an entertainment movie. So they take some Liberties big deal. Did they show the magnetism the talent and the impact Elvis had absolutely that's what counts. The most loved Entertainer the history of the world. Here's a fact most people don't know the day after Elvis died more flowers were sold in this country then any day before or since. Simply an incredible statistic which shows the love of the man
Well said. The Elvis movie is a work of art
The problem is though dopes believe everything these movies. I myself had to explain to countless people all the things that never happened in real life that was in the movie. People still won’t go their research and just take the movie as gospel! They think because the Elvis estate endorses it, it has to be all true! Then I have to explain the Elvis Estate is getting huge fat checks from this movie, you really think they are going up trash it??
I loved the Elvis movie, I respected the the way they told his story. They showed what was important, and Austin Butler did a fantastic job.
That's cause you didn't grow up with Elvis like Bill and I. Those who lived through that period know the facts and have so much respect for Elvis, his music, and the social changes which were brought about by him can't even bear to see anyone even attempt to be "Elvis". As John Lennon of the Beatles said: "Before Elvis there was nothing". While not meant to be taken literally, Lennon's statement sums up what Elvis meant to world at that time.
@@mrtruthforever am a huge Elvis fan first of all I know all the facts as well, I actually impersonate Elvis too he is one of my favorite singers/entertainer of all time. I still respect the way they told his story. I know the parts they fabricated for the movie. Austin Butler did a fanatic job even singing all the 50's music himself. Was the movie perfect no. Would i of liked to see more of Elvis's country influence , and more of his gospel side of course. They chose to focus on his history with blacks, but am glad they did cause it showed Elvis was no racist. Which is something as a fan I've been fighting to show younger generation who have all the wrong facts for awhile now. Everyone I showed the movie too wanted to know more about Elvis and listen to his music after so that's huge.
I actually feel the same as Bill. This was my angry reaction to the Dutch accent Tom Hanks adopted to play The Colonel: ruclips.net/video/kLiGDKRSms8/видео.html
@@understandingelvis2675 to each their own but if you didn't see the movie I still think any Elvis fan should watch just to see how well Austin Butler did honoring Elvis with his performance.
@@derekottaviano I don't understand what you mean by HONORING Elvis with his performance. Butler had a paid job to fulfill --- how is it HONORING Elvis to play him in a movie? I never thought of Kurt Russell as HONORING Elvis by playing him in a movie in the 1980s.
Plus, I honor Elvis every day --- I don't any need to witness anyone else do the same.
I went into the movie with an extremely open mind. Baz said in an interview that the estate gave him access to the Colonel's private files and archives.
The estate obtained the archive by court order. After Elvis passed, Priscilla asked the Colonel to handle Elvis' estate. Because Lisa was underage by law, her interest needed protection, so Judge Joseph Evansy of the family court took her case and assigned Blanchard E. Tual to investigate the Colonel. Mr. Tual discovered malfeasance and the Colonel's illegal status.
The judge ordered Elvis Presley Enterprises to sue the Colonel. The Colonel countersued and lost. The judge allowed the Colonel to remain in the US if he severed all business ties and turned over all materials related to Elvis Aaron Presley.
I have heard the points raised in the film, but they were triggered by other events.
I've listened to Weird AL since the 80s and been to a concert of his in 2000. He puts on an EXCELLENT concert. With his costumes and walking through the crowd
Literally first concert i ever went to
I've seen footage from his concerts, looks like an amazing show. Been listening to him since the doctor demento days in the '70s.
Same
Born in 84. Had my first weird Al CD in 92 loved him as a kid
I met him in an airport as a kid. Great guy, super patient and accommodating. I still have his autograph somewhere in my parents house.
That's what make the new Weird AL biopic so great... how hard it leans into the absurdity of most of these biopics. Love it!
Daniel Radcliffe is 5’5. Get out
The best biopic is the parody Walk Hard. John C. Reilly was hilarious and the music was very well done.
I know, I love it
@@IcyBandicoot EXACTLY, that's the point lmao. He's making fun of ALL OF IT.
@@CaptanF0rever fictional biopic*
Bill does have points when it comes to the context which they framed some moments of Elvis’ life but once again the movie would probably be 5 hours if they made the timeline accurate to a tee. The movie birthed a new generation of Elvis fans and really made him appear as the “hero” which was Baz‘a intention when he directed it. Overall Austin’s performance was amazing and he dedicated his whole life to becoming Elvis which is rare today when actors just dive into a role aimlessly
Elvis was known to hang out at Club Handy and even sit in on jam sessions according to Calvin Newborn and we know B.B. performed there and had hung out with Elvis at the all black show for disabled black children, as well as at B.B.'s studio. Baz sort of bring things together for time purposes. Elvis Presley The Searcher documentary in regards to MLK assassinated mentions that Elvis said exactly what he does in the movie about Dr. King always speaking the truth. In relation to the RFK assassination, no, it didn't occur during the recording of the NBC Special in late June, but it did happen during rehearsals for the show on June 6. Rehearsals had begun on June 3rd. Elvis was indeed watching it on a small TV with Steve Binder and immediately spoke about the times they were living in and how they needed to understand each other. The movie doesn't really take that much liberty in that regard by making it during recording vs rehearsals, and having Binder make a comment about the times instead of Elvis.
Also, there were riots at Elvis concerts and threats of being arrested, even if not that exact one. But again Baz has to bring it together. Elvis was persuaded to not go into Special Services for the military but to be a regular soldier to help his image and Parker had been in correspondence with the Pentagon in relation to Elvis possibly being drafted, which may have had an impact on the Pentagon's decision. Elvis didn't fire Parker right on stage but did have a shouting match back stage and fired him in the suite upstairs
I think it's more that we got zipped to a momentary look in his final years rather than an accurate timeline to a tee. It would have been better if they spend more of the movie on his 70s period and cut out all the Tom Parker BS which in reality was background drama that took away from a more personal view of the later period in his life, I doubt most people were even aware of Tom Parker before this and it certainly didn't deserve the attention it received, I mean you go to an Elvis film for Elvis not his manager. I wonder if a lot of it had to do with his family and whatever they felt was responsible for his demise
The movie was different and not what I expected but it was produced very well and the acting was great! I always knew who Elvis was but before watching the movie, I knew nothing about him! The movie is an interpretation of his life, kind of like a work of art. It might have inaccuracies but it definitely made me an Elvis fan!
Totally. Nitpicking the facts is a ridiculous approach for any biopic
It's a million times better than the bohrap movie. Atleast Austin Butler plays a very convincing Elvis who actually looks and sounds like him. And the distortion of the timeline and events isn't anywhere nearly as bad
The movie 'Elvis' didn't seem to me to suggest that Elvis wrote the song 'If I can dream' it did show Elvis learning the lyrics though.
Actually Elvis turned 40 in 1975 the picture of Elvis on the cover of people magazine is from the Madison Square Garden press conference 1972. Awesome i didn't know Bill was an Elvis fan.
He only Google's things to disprove the movie. He states that. Whack
Had no idea Bill Maher was an Elvis fan - that's awesome. Would have loved to see him roast the people that are always trying to "discredit" or "cancel" him.
Discredit 🤨 he did NOT WRITE ONE SONG.
What are you giving him credit for? He’s a glorified karaoke singer.
The definition of "uncool" is being a fan of 70's-era Elvis. 😂
@@Detroitraised he's the best-selling solo artist of all time, invented modern rock n' roll, is maybe the biggest celebrity of the 20th century, and is universally recognized as one of the greatest vocalists and performers of all time (the "best" is obviously subjective).
Elvis chose and arranged the vast majority of songs he performed, especially later in life. You are correct that he didn't "write" music, but many of the best vocalists don't and he never claimed to have, I am not sure what your point is?
Bloated or Not Bloated Elvis could sing Great, Always
One correction here is that the picture of Elvis on the People magazine Bill is talking about here was taken in 1972, so Elvis was actually only 37 at the time.
I'm surprised he didn't mention that it wasn't even known that Tom Parker lied about his origins etc. until AFTER Elvis died yet in the movie it was a big plot point that Elvis found out about it and called out Tom Parker on stage.
Before Elvis there was nothing.
-John Lennon
A quote from and about people both influenced by Chuck Berry.
@@dianapevtsov all artists are influenced by those that came before them. The quote has to do with the enormous fame of Elvis. Nobody was famous like Elvis before Elvis.
There was Frank Sinatra and before him Bing Crosby (the original crooner)....
@@Telluwide
And Al Jolson before Bing
@@kubagalinski8724 The arrogance of the Post-Boomer generation. 😆.
Elvis was the 2nd highest grossing music biopic in history. The movie was outstanding. No other Elvis biopic was more accurate than this. This movie made a lot of new Elvis fans. Millions of new young Elvis fans
The timeline is all over the place it’s very inaccurate in places
@@Rocketman10057 The timeline moves around the storytelling. Its NOT a documentary... its a phenomenal movie which keeps the attention of todays generation right up to the elderly and thats brilliance!
@@Rocketman10057 Elvis was known to hang out at Club Handy and even sit in on jam sessions according to Calvin Newborn and we know B.B. performed there and had hung out with Elvis at the all black show for disabled black children, as well as at B.B.'s studio. Baz sort of bring things together for time purposes. Elvis Presley The Searcher documentary in regards to MLK assassinated mentions that Elvis said exactly what he does in the movie about Dr. King always speaking the truth. In relation to the RFK assassination, no, it didn't occur during the recording of the NBC Special in late June, but it did happen during rehearsals for the show on June 6. Rehearsals had begun on June 3rd. Elvis was indeed watching it on a small TV with Steve Binder and immediately spoke about the times they were living in and how they needed to understand each other. The movie doesn't really take that much liberty in that regard by making it during recording vs rehearsals, and having Binder make a comment about the times instead of Elvis.
Also, there were riots at Elvis concerts and threats of being arrested, even if not that exact one. But again Baz has to bring it together. Elvis was persuaded to not go into Special Services for the military but to be a regular soldier to help his image and Parker had been in correspondence with the Pentagon in relation to Elvis possibly being drafted, which may have had an impact on the Pentagon's decision. Elvis didn't fire Parker right on stage but did jav6a shouting match back stage and fired him in the suite upstairs
Wrong the Elvis movie with Kurt Russell as Elvis was pretty accurate. The recent movie was more flash than anything and approved by the Elvis estate.
@@joshuaturnage5243 The Kurt movie ignores Elvis' Blues and R&B influences and being raised around southern black culture. It has Elvis performing a private audition at the Grand Ole Opry when it was an actual live performance. It also has Parker set the audition up and sitting with the Jim Denny when Parker didn't meet Elvis until after Elvis was told by the Opry not to come back. It makes it look like Elvis' family were kicked out of the Memphis housing complex which never happened. His girlfriend's name was Dixie not Bonnie. It totally skips the 68 special and goes straight to Vegas as his first comeback. People have complained about Trouble being performed in 56 in the new movie when it wasn't recorded til 58 but the Kurt film has Elvis singing Burning Love and the Wonder of You in 69 when he didn't record them until 71 and 72. They have Sullivan film him from the waist up on his first appearance when it wasn't until his 3rd appearance. As for the new movie Elvis' black childhood friend confirmed him and other black friends gave Elvis the nickname E.P. and Elvis would sneak into black churches and sing and dance and Elvis himself stated he watch Big Boy Crudup as a kid in Shake Rag. Elvis was known to hang out at Club Handy and even sit in on jam sessions according to Calvin Newborn and we know B.B. performed there and had hung out with Elvis at the all black show for disabled black children, as well as at B.B.'s studio. Baz sort of bring things together for time purposes. Elvis Presley The Searcher documentary in regards to MLK assassinated mentions that Elvis said exactly what he does in the movie about Dr. King always speaking the truth. In relation to the RFK assassination, no, it didn't occur during the recording of the NBC Special in late June, but it did happen during rehearsals for the show on June 6. Rehearsals had begun on June 3rd. Elvis was indeed watching it on a small TV with Steve Binder and immediately spoke about the times they were living in and how they needed to understand each other. The movie doesn't really take that much liberty in that regard by making it during recording vs rehearsals, and having Binder make a comment about the times instead of Elvis.
Also, there were riots at Elvis concerts and threats of being arrested, even if not that exact one. But again Baz has to bring it together. Elvis was persuaded to not go into Special Services for the military but to be a regular soldier to help his image and Parker had been in correspondence with the Pentagon in relation to Elvis possibly being drafted, which may have had an impact on the Pentagon's decision. Elvis didn't fire Parker right on stage but did a have shouting match back stage and fired him in the suite upstairs.
I love Elvis ever since I saw the miniseries back In 2009. Didn’t know Bill Maher was a huge fan
I brought my daughter’s and was amazed at all the liberties they took in the movie. My youngest asked me which movie she should watch and I told her my favorite “This is Elvis”
This is Elvis is the best documentary on Elvis ever.
Elvis was known to hang out at Club Handy and even sit in on jam sessions according to Calvin Newborn and we know B.B. performed there and had hung out with Elvis at the all black show for disabled black children, as well as at B.B.'s studio. Baz sort of bring things together for time purposes. Elvis Presley The Searcher documentary in regards to MLK assassinated mentions that Elvis said exactly what he does in the movie about Dr. King always speaking the truth. In relation to the RFK assassination, no, it didn't occur during the recording of the NBC Special in late June, but it did happen during rehearsals for the show on June 6. Rehearsals had begun on June 3rd. Elvis was indeed watching it on a small TV with Steve Binder and immediately spoke about the times they were living in and how they needed to understand each other. The movie doesn't really take that much liberty in that regard by making it during recording vs rehearsals, and having Binder make a comment about the times instead of Elvis.
Also, there were riots at Elvis concerts and threats of being arrested, even if not that exact one. But again Baz has to bring it together. Elvis was persuaded to not go into Special Services for the military but to be a regular soldier to help his image and Parker had been in correspondence with the Pentagon in relation to Elvis possibly being drafted, which may have had an impact on the Pentagon's decision. Elvis didn't fire Parker right on stage but did jav6a shouting match back stage and fired him in the suite upstairs
Al is a great entertainer! So much talent in a weird package 😂😂😂
The crime is that when a movie is made about any historical event or individual eventually, as time passes, people will believe it as historical fact. That happens all of the time.
Morons will never pick up a book. You can't blame a movie for that.
The ridiculously one-dimensional portrayal of Morrison in that shitty Doors movie is a case in point.
@@termsofusepolice Exactly. People won't remember Jim Morrison, they'll remember Val Kilmer - they don't remember George M. Cohan, they remember James Cagney playing George M. Cohan, etc.
Braveheart is probably the most famous example of this
Even in his last two years, he had periods that he looked absolutely fantastic. The «Elvis is fat»-joke is really boring. In 99% of his life, he was one of the most beautiful human being ever walked this earth. Too bad the general public doesn’t get this.
I love the Elvis movie, it was the 1 movie that made me a huge Elvis fan. No one, not any movie has made me this obsessed or fanatic over anyone ever. Only this Elvis movie. I've seen a couple of musical biopics and aside from the music, most are generic, the only 1 that I can compare this to for it's magnificence is Amadeus. Since this film, I've been listening to Elvis daily, watched all 31 of his films, watched countless documentaries and interviews of and with him, and have read 4 Elvis books so far and still going
My life story; can't get the guy out of my head either
@@berrrgster the more you learn about him, the more you get obsessed because he is just so intriguing.
Huge Elvis fan for 50 years. No desire to see this movie Bill speaks of.
It's terrible
Huge Elvis fan for all my life, I heard after the movie came out that it wasn't a bio pic. Went in with an open mind and thoroughly enjoy the movie and have seen it over 20 times.
@@dennydeckerful interesting.
How can you not love Elvis Presley’s early work!?
Imagine having a musical "taste" that thinks Elvis's 70's era songs were better than his 50's songs. Bill is a dweeb.
@@termsofusepolice exactly!
Some people prefer when actors or singers are more gruff and experienced. His Vegas stuff on another level. I look at Robert Redford for example and his work when he was younger was good but it's when he got older in his 40s and 50s is when I liked him the most. There was a flair about him older that just worked for him.
Because Bill Maher is an idiot...in more ways than one
I have to agree. I enjoy his comeback and beyond stuff more
Al is right about how in Biopics they take events that happened days, weeks, years, and months apart..
and they have them happen all in the same night(or day) because it makes more sense from a storytelling perspective.
It's kind of like how in the movie Rocketman when they depict Elton meeting Bernie for the first time, because in a interview I saw later Bernie had mentioned that he had met Elton prior to the meeting depicted in in the movie.
The biggest thing that I hated about the Elvis movie was the fact that they had rap music playing in the background as a part of the soundtrack to the movie during certain scenes. The whole time I'm watching I'm like what the fuck is going on here? Because if you're going to have an Elvis movie that depicts the '50s, '60s and '70s you either play music that came out of those three decades or play music in the style of music that would have came out of those three
decades or both at the same
like they did in the movie
Not Fade Away and The Identical .
Elvis's earlier records were bomb bud !
Really?
@@Valkonnen The Sun Sessions are required listening/owning if you're a rock n' roller!
@@kitano0 I was joking . My Mom would play Elvis records in our house, all through the 70's and 80's.
@@Valkonnen That's a good life soundtrack!
Love The Weird Al Biopic. The first clip of the guy playing Elvis, I shouted out loud, WHO PICKED THIS TOOTHPICK, Elvis was a Southern boy, eating Southern cooking, he was plush. Don't give me a toothpick and call it a meal. It's also why I was pissed trying to watch the James Brown biopic, they start off with him firing a gun and that never happened. Ray was a good start but then studios decided to keep cranking them out like it's a new genre of film.
There's a movie called Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox story. It's a parody of music biopics and nails them to a tee. Another really good biopic is Control about Ian Curtis of Joy Division.
Maher ranting about the Elvis Movie sounds like me ranting about the Queen movie anytime anyone brings it up 😂😂😂
It’s not an Elvis documentary it’s movie. I liked it.
I'm older than Bill Maher and I thought the Elvis movie was outstanding. I've also read the biographies and I just didn't care about the liberties they took.
Elvis was known to hang out at Club Handy and even sit in on jam sessions according to Calvin Newborn and we know B.B. performed there and had hung out with Elvis at the all black show for disabled black children, as well as at B.B.'s studio. Baz sort of bring things together for time purposes. Elvis Presley The Searcher documentary in regards to MLK assassinated mentions that Elvis said exactly what he does in the movie about Dr. King always speaking the truth. In relation to the RFK assassination, no, it didn't occur during the recording of the NBC Special in late June, but it did happen during rehearsals for the show on June 6. Rehearsals had begun on June 3rd. Elvis was indeed watching it on a small TV with Steve Binder and immediately spoke about the times they were living in and how they needed to understand each other. The movie doesn't really take that much liberty in that regard by making it during recording vs rehearsals, and having Binder make a comment about the times instead of Elvis.
Also, there were riots at Elvis concerts and threats of being arrested, even if not that exact one. But again Baz has to bring it together. Elvis was persuaded to not go into Special Services for the military but to be a regular soldier to help his image and Parker had been in correspondence with the Pentagon in relation to Elvis possibly being drafted, which may have had an impact on the Pentagon's decision. Elvis didn't fire Parker right on stage but did jav6a shouting match back stage and fired him in the suite upstairs
The biggest superstars in music were frank Sinatra, Elvis and the Beatles. And always will be probably
I'm not really a fan but Michael Jackson belongs on that list
Maybe. I think he’s slightly below those 3 though
@@strategery101 not in popularity
@@strategery101 I mean Michael Jackson has the greatest selling album of all time by a wide margin. He certainly belongs on that list. Honorable mention Whitney Houston as well.
Ok. I guess MJ could be on that list too
I loved the Christmas special scene even though it was completely exaggerated. It made me laugh. I think some of it was symbolic. I didn’t take it literally. I did hate that they acted like Elvis went into the army to escape prosecution for lewd behavior. People that don’t know anything about Elvis are going to think that is true. Drafted.
Sure but he was offered special treatment as an entertainer which he turned down..
I think they implied that the colonel railroaded him into going into the army when he could have just done it as an Entertainer and not really been a real Soldier.
So what they exaggerated on something here or there every biography is like that for entertainment purposes. It showed the Charisma and the talent of the man the movie did very well in that respect. There's never been an Entertainer like Elvis Presley the impact teammate nobody could touch. All of you are just echoing what Bill said give me a freaking break think for yourself. Everything this man did broke a record. On Ed Sullivan the most watched show in TV history 82% of the viewing audience. His Comeback Special 68 the most watched show of all 1968. Is historic 1973 satellite show from Hawaii viewed by over 1.5 billion people on various recordings. To this day no single performer has ever done that. So if they took a liberty here or there so what
@@dennydeckerful True. Elvis could have gone into Special Service and entertained the troops, but then his music would have been heard for free. The colonel couldn’t have that happen because he wouldn’t have gotten his cut. The colonel always cared about the money first, sadly.
@@martinconde9537 Saw him twice in concert. Both performances were amazing. Saw the movie in the theater 5 times.
The verbiage and facts that Bill uses makes it clear he is an incredible Elvis fan. Great insight.
Yes but Bill was a little too picky all biographies take some Liberty. But the movie showed who the greatest entertainer was of all time and the impact he made on people throughout the world was like nobody else
Too bad he didn't like the rockabilly stuff
@@martinconde9537 I agree, the movie wasn't made for Elvis fans exclusively, they had to appeal to the larger audience and I think the Director Baz's goal was to capture sentiments and emotions rather than historically accuracy which might be to difficult to expand with the general population.
@@psychobillynumbnuts1 True, but its not uncommon for people to like some phases more than others, but what makes Elvis great is the he HAD multiple phases in life, so he had a lot more to offer than his peers.
I like that Al was truthful about his Bio pick after Bill spoke on Elvis’s Bio pic being fabricated. Honest guy.
you do realize that weird al never drank, did drugs, or date madonna right?? so just as fabricated, if not more than elvis
@@Bob-Sacamano314 I do like the movie VHF. Lol
@Mary Jane agreed
It was a tough movie to watch if you're a fan and have read or seen everything there is to read or see or hear about him
They tried WAY too hard to glorify blacks for “making” Elvis who he is. Lol that was the stupidest part of the movie. I still enjoyed it despite that nonsense tho.
There would be no Elvis without black music, Elvis innovated the peanut butter sandwich more than he innovated music
@@samrainnie2104 that’s one stupid way to look at it.
The only good music biopic I've seen is The Doors by Oliver Stone. Every other one has been mediocre or just plain terrible. I hear 'What's Love Got To Do With It' with Angela Bassett as Tina Tuner was pretty great, also from the 90s
Especially how wrong they got Elvis’ relationship with Priscilla. Of course, we all know why they told that part of the story they say they told it. Priscilla is still alive and in control of Elvis’ estate. They stood to gain a lot of money by gaining her endorsement and what better way than to make it appear as if Priscilla left Elvis due to the drugs and Elvis always thought of her as his one true love. Not true in the least. None of it.
I had the pleasure of hanging out with Elvis a few years ago. I'm schizophrenic, and it causes "psychotic breaks". I also thought Al Pacino was living in a secret room under our lawn. I also hung out with others (Justin Timberlake, Vladimir Putin, Nicola Tesla, even Emperor Nero).
Sometimes I miss those guys. I finally had some friends, you know?
Did you live those encounters are completely real or part of you knew it wasn't real?
I'm late to the party on the 70's Elvis stuff. I heard An American Trilogy 😳 and my mind was blown. I'll be a fan for life now.
Maher is spot on here. The Elvis movie was entertaining, but NOT accurate.
Well, he seemed to dislike it, so, I can’t completely agree. But, it was more entertainment than anything. A beautiful movie.
It was hugely overrated
I didn't love it or anything, but I dont think anyone would believe it was accurate. It's like a cartoon. Baz Lurhman is incapable of making anything that feels even slightly realistic.
Austin Butler was quite good though.
Wow, a biopic thats NOT accurate to reality? Film at eleven!
Not accurate ? The whole movie was made to fit todays narrative for the kids who never knew of him they just reinvented him to fit these idiotic times, and nothing was true so the kids think this is the real story- sad that Pricilla allowed it- and that kid who played him sucked
I loved the movie because I think that Austin did a great job at portraying Elvis charisma and love for music! Also because it has brought Elvis music to younger people... I am 36. I knew Elvis Presley as a caricature, but after the movie I dived into his music and career and learned more about him and his life. I absolutely love him now. He was truly one of a kind! A generational talent and truly one of the greatest entertainers! Not to mention the most handsome man I've ever seen 😍 🤭
Said no one ever..
I agree. I feel like the overwhelming reception of this movie was great. There is a minority in this comment section that hate it. It’s not supposed to be an accurate biopic.
good for you, and that's what the movie's intent was - to bring the Elvis story to a wider and younger audience; Elvis would have loved it.
I love Baz Luhrmann's idiosyncratic "fever dream" style and I think that's why he jumbled some things into one day in the movie. Also, the manic pace he chose may fit the mega-fame of Elvis.
Because you would really need a 6-hour movie to do the whole story on Elvis. In this movie they didn't show his unbelievable generosity and is unbelievable sense of humor. But they did show the talent of the man magnetism and greatness and that's what counts. When Elvis walked into a room he owned the room it didn't matter what other celebrity was in the room he was the main person in the room
It's so nice to see someone rant about something they are passionate about
In the movie they did not say he wrote the song. Someone gave him the lyrics and he took them home and learned the song.
Exactly that was the wrong statement by Bill. But it did show the impact that song made at the time. In the movie show the overall magnetism and talent of Elvis Presley and that's what counts. There was no other man like him bar none
I agree with Bill. If you are an Elvis fan, and you even sort of know about Elvis, then you know this movie was a piece of.....
Yankovic listening to Maher's complaint about Elvis movie's inaccuracies led him to think- "Ok Bill, you will HATE my own biopic movie."
They gotta cater to the crowd that doesn’t know Elvis like Elvis fans do. And they did a great job.
How can you love Vegas Elvis, but not 50s Elvis?
Haha I was like: Is that Bill Maher and Weird Al?! YES it iiiis?! 😂😂😂😂
my problem was the adhd editing, it all felt like buildup, then the credits roll.
Remember distorting history is part of what these activists tend to encourage. For dramatic effect---or sometimes for politics: to send " the MESSAGE" to the audience they want to craft.
Drinker fan?
Elvis has been dead for 45 years, 600K a year (before COVID) visit Graceland each year, the latest movie on him was #1 for several weeks and we're still talking about him, his name might be the one name that almost everyone in the world knows - amazing legacy.
People can hate the US for whatever they want but no one can deny the music we birthed
BM:
Cashier: sir this is Denny's
There's so much the Elvis movie could have gone over. As a matter of fact just go ahead have 3 sequel movies. Talk about the women he dated. The drugs, the time Tom petty met him on a movie set . The multiple movies Elvis missed out on. The time Bruce Springsteen went to Elvis house and got turned away. The time when Elvis tried to get a copy of the star wars film for his daughter and couldn't because it was a popular film. The time he went to the church of scientology and turned them down. The time he met Alice Cooper Chubby checker and Liza Minnelli and Linda Lovelace. Jerry Lee Lewis shows up at Elvis house drunk. Elvis appearance on Ed Sullivan show. Elvis appearance on Frank sintras show
But stuff like that wouldn’t really have contributed anything to the film’s story and themes; it’s more supplemental than anything else.
It wasn't bodyfat. It was bloat from drugs.
💯
Steroids and blocked colon.
A combination of the two, not one or the other.
Well in the 60s he didn’t get fat the way he did in 76-77..
But he would get puffy. The bloating started in 74 and would fluctuate the rest of the way. There were times in 75 he looked really good and times he didn’t, even in 77 there are times he looked 20 pounds lighter, the water retention would come and go
True, Pittsburgh NYE was one of his best shows ever. Vegas concert from December 1976, looked great and put on a great show. It's on RUclips.
@@dennydeckerful they are both on youtube?
@@awakentotruthmichaelsmith4698 Yes
@@awakentotruthmichaelsmith4698 ruclips.net/video/H2BLU2tiVlM/видео.html
@@awakentotruthmichaelsmith4698 ruclips.net/video/FrFtNi0DzR4/видео.html
I saw Elvis too and I hate this movie. I will never understand the hype around this movie. It's not even about how they dramatize everything more in these biographies now (even if they flat out lie in some of them, like Queen movie) it's the fact that these biographies movies are now mostly flat, they avoid exploring controversial topics, not really showing the complexity of the man's story, and only complexity makes a good biography because life is simply complicated, not black and white, and complicated makes interesting.
This movie was even worse because director Baz Luhrmann is known for putting style over substance in his movies. Most of his films resemble a colorful carousel in an amusement park - fireworks over content. And that sucks. The only Luhrmann movie worth watching is Romeo&Juliet with Di Caprio because you can't really ruin Shakespeare, especially if the only thing you change is put on some modern decorations, and so that movie turned out surprisingly wonderful, even poetic. But this is the only Luhrmann film that deserves all the praise. The rest of them, as I said, resemble spinning, empty carousels in an amusement park, and unfortunately, so is Elvis. The whole movie is a mess, plus annoying Tom Hanks (he is a disaster in Parker's role), and the editing is as if the editor had epilepsy while working. Finally, the lead actor looks nothing like Elvis. But of course, it's going to get the Oscars because Hollywood has such low standards today.
The xmas special scene is some bullllshit. The entire movie reeks. I don’t get the hype.
I hated all the surrealism it was like the Colonel Parker dropped acid
Aloha From Hawaii (1973) was his last hurrah
Weird Al is a comedic machine and genius.
I thought most ppl preferred pre army Elvis. Elvis is back is a great album too.
Not at all. Older Elvis' voice is mature, his music is more broad and varied. When he was young it was very poppy and kind of facile.
@@sfmc98 -- Mystery Train would beg to differ.
I know kids are not ur audience, but Bill would make an awesome and cool af history professor.
Then he would actually have to KNOW history.
@@TheNancypoo and would actually have to put some work in
He would keep putting the students down. Bill is best at being Bill.
Exact same problems with bohemian rhapsody film making up bull shit needlessly
I'm an Elvis fan, but I will not watch the movie. Because it is like Bill said, too many things get twisted when hollywood tells a story.. Elvis and the Beatles changed and shaped history, because their music had real power.
When Elvis died, somebody asked John Lennon, who idolized Elvis as a young man, what his thoughts were regarding Elvis' death.
He replied, "Elvis died when he joined the Army".
Great groundbreaking music before the Army. Bland pop hits after that.
That's because Lennon was a dick
The director should take note that the first shot makes it look like Weird al is blowing bill.
You know a movie is bad when you can’t even get through twenty minutes of it.
The lead actor would have been perfect for an Engelbert Humperdinck bio-pic; he didn't look at all like Elvis.
What’s the world coming to I totally agree with Bill. I have also studied Elvis life the real story and event were great why make things up.
They didn't really make things up that's being exaggerated yes the army thing was exaggerated. But the movie showed the greatness of Elvis Presley the magnetism and his impact was greater than any other Entertainer who has ever lived and it still is.
Yes but the main part of the movie showed the magnetism and talent of the man and that's what counts not every biography is going to be perfect. But the charisma the talent the man was different from everybody else. When he walked in the room he was the only person in the room it didn't matter what celebrity was there
Weird Al get gave me Alfred Molina Boogie Nights vibes in this interview 😂😂😂😂😂
I slightly like Bill a bit more now that I know he is an Elvis fan 😄👍 I get creative liberties are usually made to fit the Hollywood formula of movies, but I’d rather have something be strictly accurate when it revolves around such a historical figure that is Elvis Presley.
I really liked this movie after a few times watching.
Honestly, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is the only music biopic I can stand to watch 😀
"You don't want none of this, Dewey!".
I want Al to know this: I saw UHF in the movie theater!
bill liking football and elvis makes me like him more.
I am getting to like Bill Maher more and more ....he is right on about the Elvis movie. Me being a conservative and a big Elvis fan, Bill has different political beliefs than me but this last year tells it like it is...and anybody who is an Elvis fan are good people!
Bill Mahers style of interview is monologuing while a guest patiently listens
These aren’t interviews. It’s just him talking to people he’s interested in. And we can listen.
Always amuses me when ppl say interview. This pod is NOT Real Time. 🤷🏼♀️
What's really funny is that 15 years ago we had Walk Hard The Dewey Cox story a feature length parody of the musical biopic genre. Yet here we are doing the exact same cliches in movies that were skewered in that movie.
Bill just likes to hear himself talk.
Elvis at his worst still looked better than either one of these guys.
Elvis is a legend, his music will still be remembered by future generations long after Maher is dead.
I thought, "If I could Dream" was written after Kings Death??
The Weird Al Biopic was the best ever. Super silly and fun, loved it.
I thought I told you to shut up!!! Don't make me contact Madonna..
If I Could Dream is the best thing about the Elvis 1968 comeback special. Well, the dancers were pretty awesome too.
The best thing about the 68 Comeback Special was Elvis singing his old songs in the black leather suit. In my opinion.
Me: Uh, yeah - thanks for the buds, gotta run, we'll listen to some Elvis sometime - later, Al - you cool, bro?
Way too much focus on the manager and too much modern hip hop put in throughout the film..
I never agree with Bill, but he's 100% dead right about this movie, I'd say over 80% of it is not true.
I agree 100%! In fact I’d go as far as to say the recent Weird Al movie had more real facts than the Elvis one!
I'm with you Garrett, just another Hollywood fantasy
The actor would have played a better John Travolta in Grease than Elvis for me!
Well, it is a dramatisation, so yeah, they’re going to make it more dramatic. No one complains that Shakespeare’s Henry V or Julius Caesar aren’t exactly historically kosher