Director Sofia Coppola is known for her slowburning character portraits and this movie is no different, but this being a lovestory I missed something quite crucial:
The bad: I truly tried to give it a chance, to not be too critical about the likeness of the actor who played Elvis. Because he didnt impress me at all with his looks, nor his accent, nor his (lack of) charisma.
The real Elvis had instant charm and tons of charisma, this actor has not enough character to personify the great Elvis, but let's forget about that for a moment, there is something else really wrong with this love story:
More bad: there is no true drama or fiery romance! This being a love story and all I was expecting fireworks, but none of that. This entire story just toddled along gently, with several tedious lovey dovey meetings between Elvis and Priscilla, but it never elevated to something worth getting excited about. A definite lack of chemistry between these 2 lovebirds.
Not terrible for sure, but quite uneventful and a bit boring to be honest, not at all what it was hyped up to be. It's basically not much more than a girly movie about puppy love, with mediocre acting performances and a definite lack of true drama or any drama or romance at all, to be honest!
The bad: I truly tried to give it a chance, to not be too critical about the likeness of the actor who played Elvis. Because he didnt impress me at all with his looks, nor his accent, nor his (lack of) charisma.
The real Elvis had instant charm and tons of charisma, this actor has not enough character to personify the great Elvis, but let's forget about that for a moment, there is something else really wrong with this love story:
More bad: there is no true drama or fiery romance! This being a love story and all I was expecting fireworks, but none of that. This entire story just toddled along gently, with several tedious lovey dovey meetings between Elvis and Priscilla, but it never elevated to something worth getting excited about. A definite lack of chemistry between these 2 lovebirds.
Not terrible for sure, but quite uneventful and a bit boring to be honest, not at all what it was hyped up to be. It's basically not much more than a girly movie about puppy love, with mediocre acting performances and a definite lack of true drama or any drama or romance at all, to be honest!