The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

Luhrmann has balked at calling it that, I'm told. The concern is that "biopic" too strongly connotes cleaving to the already-known history of the person and depicting it somewhat in a "paint-by-numbers" approach. Luhrmann consciously chose not to do that.

From what little I've seen, the acting and writing look really, really good. I'll always favor a good story told well over one that gives me something I was already looking for. Also, Elvis was the King, man. For all that was wrong with him, he did show us that the actual limits of human potential are a lot higher than we suppose. Kind of like Mozart did, but this time with the blues and rock and roll.

Thanks for the context. I dont typically like these movies as they seem to embellish the characters. I have a very hard time immersing in the sotry being told. Id rather hear people who knew him sitting on a couch talking about it then see this dramatization. That said, with Luhrmann's comments and directing style, it should be entertaining if anything else.

 

[Guest 7034872]

Thanks for the context. I dont typically like these movies as they seem to embellish the characters. I have a very hard time immersing in the sotry being told. Id rather hear people who knew him sitting on a couch talking about it then see this dramatization. That said, with Luhrmann's comments and directing style, it should be entertaining if anything else.

I think it will.

I quite understand feeling bored or turned off by biopics: a lot of historical fiction gets that reaction from me. But when it's done well, the real motivator for me isn't the format: it's that it's done well. My sense of this one is that they went for broke with it.

 

[billd91]

Someone's got a really appropriate user name - at least from a certain point of view.

 

[billd91]

Saving throw to resist responding to a serious threadcrap - successful!
Saving throw to avoid boasting about it here - failed!

 

[payn]

Ah, and now we enter the "art form" phase of the discussion. Good thing I'm heading north for the weekend. Smoked meats and delicious drinks await!

 

[niklinna]

Saving throw to resist responding to a serious threadcrap - successful!
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What about your saving throw to resist reporting the serious threadcrap?

I understand that you may have made your saving throw to avoid talking about that here, and therefore do not expect a response.

 

[billd91]

What about your saving throw to resist reporting the serious threadcrap?

 

[J.Quondam]

Yeah, I failed my save. Sorry.
But i didn't follow up, so there's that.

 

[billd91]

Sometimes, they just can't help themselves, can they?

 

[prabe]

Sometimes, they just can't help themselves, can they?

Sometimes?