Tom Hank Hustle: Elvis (2022)

 The last few years I have constantly looked at what movies Tom Hanks was going to be doing next. Since I started this project, IMDB has listed an "untitled Elvis Project" has been listed. Knowing how much Tom Hanks loves Elvis I was so excited to see what he was going to be doing, and when it was going to come out. With how often that I looked, I was really shocked the this movie snuck up on me a little bit. 

Let me tell you.... it was well worth the wait....

Elvis. The number one most sold solo artist in history. Everyone has a story of him, or they have told the story of him. However, there is no story of Elvis that doesn't include the Story of Colonel Tom Parker. Parker was Elvis's manger, for most of his life and career. Col. Parker is know as crook, and scoundrel, and to some, as the man who killed Elvis Pressley. We get the chance to hear the story of Elvis from the name to brought him to the world. The man the made him a legend, and the man that used Elvis to get ahead in life. 

Have you ever experienced anything that you thought would be good and then just in the middle of it you knew that you were watching something truly special? It doesn't have to be a movie but like a concert, or a play? That like you knew this was going to be a big deal? Like maybe not now but in the future it was going to be something of legend? I have seen this movie twice. I haven't seen anything like this movie. 

I have talked in the past about the fact that Mr. Hanks so so good in his roles that I can forget that he is playing a role. This is no exception. I totally forget that Mr. Hanks is playing Col. Parker. He is that good. The first like few seconds of seeing him, and hearing his voice, I was shocked and then got over it. Austin Butler as Elvis.... is insanely good. Like it's the closest I will ever get to experiencing the "mania" over Elvis. I like Elvis! I great up with his music, I own it myself. I have seen many of his films but I have never gotten what it was like when Elvis was the biggest thing ever. Watching it in a movie, a very well done movie.. I get it. 

This movie is hard to explain with you just going to see it. It's like an Elvis Pressley Comic book come to life. I mean, if this movie is not nominated to a bunch of awards at the Oscars I will loose my mind. 

I will even go a step further. This will a movie to look back on. I would not be surprised if this movie became a classic film one day.