There seems to be a lot of hype over Baz Luhrmann's Elvis. It got a 12 minute standing ovation at Cannes, reducing Austin Butler to tears. I smell Oscar gold for him. What do you think?

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reply 67

July 14, 2022 9:14 PM

Umm, no, Austin's PR shill, he will not.

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reply 1

May 29, 2022 3:14 AM

From what I've seen the movie is so overdone, but then it's Baz Lurmann.

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May 29, 2022 3:16 AM

It's been rated 82% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Good reviews so far.

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May 29, 2022 3:30 AM

Why would anyone bother shilling an Elvis film on Datalounge, R1? It's hardly the right demographic.

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reply 4

May 29, 2022 3:33 AM

I hope he gets nominated, op.

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reply 5

May 30, 2022 1:07 AM

Please post the Austin crying video.

Or at least an article.

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reply 6

May 30, 2022 1:40 AM

[quote] Why would anyone bother shilling an Elvis film on Datalounge, [R1]? It's hardly the right demographic.

Sure, dear. Austin Butler and his dick sucking lips... the wrong demographic for Datalounge.

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May 30, 2022 1:44 AM

Hardly. They threw Rami Malek a bone and now people think every actor playing a music industry legend is automatically going to win an Oscar. It didn’t work for Taron Egerton, nor Jennifer Hudson, and it won’t work for Austin Butler. Plus, the Academy tends to dislike Baz and his self-serving extravagance.

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reply 8

May 30, 2022 1:58 AM

[quote]Why would anyone bother shilling an Elvis film on Datalounge, [R1]? It's hardly the right demographic.

Because it's a major upcoming film? Anyway Luhrmann has directed some pretty gay films, even if he's married to a woman, and chaired the Met Gala and made documentary films about fashion designers and Chanel No. 5. He's not exactly Clint Eastwood.

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May 30, 2022 2:07 AM

R8, aren't you forgetting Reese and Jamie Foxx?- just off the top of my head.

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May 30, 2022 2:18 AM

R10 those weren’t today’s breed of big flashy music biopic meant to sell records and cement an artist’s legacy. Maybe “Ray” was closer to that, but it still had some artistic merit, and it was a different time. Reese was supporting, can’t compare. Movies like Elvis, Rocket Man and Bohemian Rhapsody are basically jukebox musicals with convincing mimicry designed for maximum GP entertainment, not arthouse films telling nuanced stories.

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reply 11

May 30, 2022 2:23 AM

R11 What's GP entertainment?

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reply 12

May 30, 2022 2:24 AM

[quote] Reese was supporting, can’t compare.

Reese won for Best Actress in 2005, not Best Supporting Actress.

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reply 13

May 30, 2022 2:26 AM

This movie should've been a Christmas Release - better for box office and Oscar chances

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reply 14

May 30, 2022 2:27 AM

R11, Have you seen the Elvis movie yet?

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reply 15

May 30, 2022 2:29 AM

R12 general public.

R13 yes, but she was essentially supporting Joaquin Phoenix, it wasn’t the June Carter Cash story.

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reply 17

May 30, 2022 2:32 AM

An Oscar?

I suspect he is already on his way to the obscure location where that guy who played Young Hans Solo and the other guy who played John Carter now reside.

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reply 18

May 30, 2022 2:33 AM

Han Solo, I know that and I haven't seen a Star Wars movie since the 80s.

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reply 19

May 30, 2022 2:40 AM

Me too, R5.

Screw the miserable bitches in this thread. This film looks phenomenal and I think, from what I've seen so far, AB did a sublime job of playing Elvis.

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reply 20

May 30, 2022 3:24 AM

He looks like Napoleon Dynamite. Anyone else see it?

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reply 21

May 30, 2022 3:27 AM

R21, I, myself, do not but you could be right.

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reply 22

May 30, 2022 4:43 AM

He is going to win the Golden Globe for sure, and be nominated for an Oscar, but will probably lose to an older ugly person.

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reply 23

May 30, 2022 4:55 AM

Was very surprised to read how Denzel Washington, unsolicited, reached out to Baz Luhrmann to sing Butler's praises. If Washington thinks he's good there has to be something to him.

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reply 24

May 30, 2022 5:10 AM

Meanwhile Tom Hanks will pick up Oscar #3 for his supporting role as Colonel Parker.

I saw the trailer in a theater last week; for some reason Elvis bios really have staying power.

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reply 25

May 30, 2022 5:40 AM

Man this is going to be so freaking good. I’m not watching any more previews I’m just going to go watch it on the day it comes out.

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reply 26

May 30, 2022 5:48 AM

There's about 9 months until the Academy Awards. Let's see if anyone's talking about him in November

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reply 28

May 30, 2022 7:08 AM

" I smell Oscar gold for him."

And I smell Oscar Goldman on Steve Austin!

Thank god for my bionic vibrator.

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reply 29

May 30, 2022 11:30 AM

Since no one else has said it (or maybe they have), I don't think AB looks anything like Elvis.

How could this grow up to be Elvis? Maybe he could grow up to be Jonathan Taylor Thomas, but not Elvis. Elvis was much handsomer and had an 'old' face even as a kid.

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May 30, 2022 5:45 PM

I don't think they could do a biography of a young Judy Garland these days, though, because there wouldn't be minorities in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and it wouldn't be able to qualify for Academy Awrds.

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reply 31

May 30, 2022 6:04 PM

The only chance he has at an Oscar is if he turns black.

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reply 32

May 30, 2022 7:01 PM

R24 “If Washington thinks he's good there has to be something to him.”

Why?

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reply 33

May 31, 2022 4:24 AM

Meh - I feel like we've had enough Elvis tributes. I've seen the preview of this film many times - if it weren't for Tom Hanks, I doubt it would have been made.

Austin Butler didn't seem very compelling in the previews - but of course that's a short period to make any assessment.

I dunno - Elvis is special for a certain generation, but they're getting old. He was just OK - he's one of those people where I never understood his massive appeal.

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reply 34

May 31, 2022 4:30 AM

Baz is hit or miss with me; I loathed Moulin Rouge! but loved The Great Gatsby. This certainly looks spectacular, but I'm not expecting a deep dive in the person that was Elvis Presley.

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reply 35

May 31, 2022 4:49 AM

It just doesn’t seem interesting. I like some Elvis songs a lot of the people who found him so amazing are mostly dead.

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reply 36

May 31, 2022 5:14 AM

[quote] "From what I've seen the movie is so overdone, but then it's Baz Lurmann."

It's definitely a style that worked well for "Moulin Rouge!", but not as well for others. As a costumer, I should be driven to see these films. But this one doesn't interest me. I haven't been interested in a Luhrmann film since "Moulin Rouge!".

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reply 37

May 31, 2022 5:22 AM

He doesn’t look like elvis.

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reply 39

May 31, 2022 6:12 AM

No I doubt this will even be nominated. It’s releasing too early the Oscar’s were 2 months ago. This will be forgotten about come next Oscar season

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reply 40

May 31, 2022 6:42 AM

This looks like some campy shit. The trailer is so bad.

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reply 41

May 31, 2022 6:44 AM

Were Elvis's lips ugly or sexy?

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reply 42

May 31, 2022 6:50 AM

For some odd reason, the elevator's news screen in my office building features critical blurbs -- from the Hollywood Reporter or Variety, I think -- for movies and TV shows, and this morning it was Elvis: it went something like "Butler is good but his performance is smothered under the worst Bohemian Rhapsody tropes."

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reply 43

May 31, 2022 2:05 PM

Apparently, he is still using his Elvis voice, and people are mocking him for it.

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reply 44

May 31, 2022 2:14 PM

r44 We're in for a Lady Gaga type Oscar campaign from him, you can just tell. He's already claimed he had to be hospitalised after filming ended.

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reply 46

May 31, 2022 2:45 PM

If Butler wins, Chalamet will implode.

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reply 47

May 31, 2022 7:09 PM

[quote]He looks like Napoleon Dynamite. Anyone else see it?

Perhaps if Napoleon Dynamite's kid sister was an Elvis drag king, yes.

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reply 48

May 31, 2022 7:10 PM

Baz is Oscar poison. Goddamn weirdo!

He never could play the game, and it shows.

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reply 49

May 31, 2022 7:18 PM

He's no Kurt Russell, but I wish him well.

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reply 50

May 31, 2022 11:44 PM

What happened to Austin after Vanessa Hudgens got off his lap. It proves he's not gay.

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reply 51

June 1, 2022 12:35 AM

I'm so over this thirsty horse-faced Elvis-impersonator.

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reply 52

June 1, 2022 1:00 AM

looks like a bad made-4-tv movie

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reply 53

June 1, 2022 1:23 AM

R44 that was the laugh of the day! Why is he doing that it’s so odd. I assume he won’t be in many more films after this. He can’t even get out of character

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reply 54

June 1, 2022 4:38 AM

[quote] Was very surprised to read how Denzel Washington, unsolicited, reached out to Baz Luhrmann to sing Butler's praises. If Washington thinks he's good there has to be something to him.

Interesting. Washington is certainly not known to be generous with his praise.

by Anonymous

reply 55

June 1, 2022 5:52 AM

Maybe Denzel wanted that tight, pink hole.

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reply 56

June 1, 2022 6:15 AM

This guy is not attractive. And was only good getting his ass kicked by pitt in once upon a time in Hollywood.

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reply 58

June 1, 2022 6:41 AM

[quote] Maybe Denzel wanted that tight, pink hole.

If he did I don't doubt he got it.

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reply 59

June 17, 2022 5:23 PM

R56 it ain't tight anymore son

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reply 60

June 17, 2022 6:37 PM

Apparently, Austin contacted Rami Malek before shooting ELVIS:

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reply 61

July 8, 2022 3:17 PM

I don't think he looks like Elvis and I don't think he would have been a sensation in the 50s with that face. But good luck to him.

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reply 62

July 8, 2022 7:50 PM

It was a really good performance. He should at least get nominated.

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reply 63

July 14, 2022 4:03 PM

Butler looks more like Elvis than Rami looked liked Mercury, which was hardly at all.

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reply 65

July 14, 2022 7:17 PM

I had a crown once.

It was my baby's head. Comin' outta my pussy. Durin' my abortion!

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reply 66

July 14, 2022 8:55 PM