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Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated Elvis (2022) in Movies

Sep 4, 2022

Elvis (2022)

2022 | Biography, Drama, Musical

7.8

(8 Ratings)

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Interesting look at the man behind Elvis, Colonol Tom Parker. It became more and more obvious as we went through the film how much Elvis was manipulated by him. He was with Elvis from when he was just starting out and was there when he first became famous meaning that Elvis trusted and relied on him. It was only later in life after he married Priscilla that he started to see that Colonel Tom Parker wasn’t as supportive as he first seemed.
I know a lot of people weren’t keen on this film because it glossed over Elvis’s life quite a lot, but to me it was obvious that Elvis wasn’t the sole focus of this film. It was beautifully shot, although it did jump around quite a lot, but I think this was to make the film shorter otherwise it would have been over 4 hours I think. It was 2 and a half hours long, but it absolutely flew by!

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Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet

Edward Dusinberre

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'They are not for you but for a later age!' Ludwig van Beethoven, on the Opus 59 quartets...

Symbiogenesis: A New Principle of Evolution

Boris Mikhaylovich Kozo-Polyansky, Victor Fet, Lynn Margulis and Peter H. Raven

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More than eighty years ago, before we knew much about the structure of cells, Russian botanist Boris...

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu and Ken Liu

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1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution....

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Missing Rose

Linda Newbery

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It was the day when everything stopped...At quarter past two on a hot summer afternoon, Anna's...

Dave Mustaine recommended A Night at the Opera by Queen in Music (curated)

A Night at the Opera by Queen

1975 | Metal, Pop, Rock

8.8

(10 Ratings)

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"I get all the Queen records mixed up because there are so many neat songs but there never was, in my opinion, a consistent groove to one of the records where you could clearly identify a distinct period during those first few. But the operatic approach to Queen totally changed how I viewed heavy rock and I still think that Brian May was ahead of his time with his weird picking, guitar tones and harmonies. Of the later Queen material, I was listening to 'Who Wants To Live Forever' the other day and Freddie's voice – every time I hear it, my eyes fill up. It's so incredibly emotional and that's what we, as musicians, want to elicit from the listener. Freddie and Queen were such a huge part of my life."

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