I really can't understand the high reviews for this film; the characters were all one dimensional, and I say one dimensional because I can't say zero dimensional. Cartoon caricature personas. C Montgomery Burns has more character arc than Maxie, and Danny is literally not possible as a person. Dropout/failure due to a violent nature, yet he just wants to make things good for his Dad, talks to women in a way only a script writer could imagine would come across as intriguing, and of course goes from threatening the all powerful killer mob boss to being sought after by everyone because he's so talented yet sensitive? Good grief. Then there's Nellie, who watches him help his buddies rob her place of employment blind without saying a word, only to latch onto him like a rusty old bear trap. The only thing missing that would have put this in the Rocky Horror zone would have been her asking "Danny, am I coming on too strong?" Lol! Just don't invite her to your hotel room.. Then there's Jailhouse...oops excuse me DIXIELAND Rock which is literally Jailhouse Rock with slightly different lyrics and phrasing.. This is an Elvis movie, not Legends of the Fall... It's like all of them: Elvis HATED doing them, and he hated the assembly line music written solely as a vehicle for having his character sing. Having said all that, I love being able to see a young Elvis in his prime. It doesn't need to be great, it just needs to be Elvis. But let's not let the kindness of time and sentimentality cause us to lose our minds and call this a 8 or 9 out of 10 movie.
Review of King Creole
King Creole
(1958)
Elvis is dead; you're not getting a lunch invitation for your 9 out of 10.
28 November 2021