Karry
Best movie of this year hands down!
Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
MoPoshy
Absolutely brilliant
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
kz917-1
Good music with a pretty good story. Worth a watch for any fan of the King!
roddekker
This corny, formulaic "rags-to-riches" tale (which takes place within the competitive world of rock'n'roll music) just barely managed to squeak by with a 5-star rating. Just 22 at the time, Elvis Presley plays first-class heel and ex-con, Vincent Everett, a guy with a mean mouth, a hair-trigger temper, and an upper lip that's forever curled up into a belligerent sneer.As Vincent steadily climbs his way up the ladder to fame and fortune, it seems that no matter how many times he actually manages to alienate those around him (or else decks them with a swift right-hook to the jaw), all is immediately forgiven once he begins to swivel those hips and sing one of his hit songs to everyone's hand-clapping delight.Filmed in b&w, Jailhouse Rock, from 1957, contains some really priceless dialog. Its highlights were Presley singing "Treat Me Nice", as well as the absurdly choreographed, homo-erotic, shimmy-shaking' title tune.
LeonLouisRicci
Loving You...Jailhouse Rock...King Creole...Flaming Star.These are the movies that Presley fans can point to without embarrassment. You could also mention Viva Las Vegas, but that was only the best of the all those other cornball clunkers that were used to tame the rebel and put the King out to pasture.Truth be told, Elvis was only really Elvis until he went into the Army. Here we get a chance to see the long haired Hillbilly Cat before he was roped, corralled, and led around like a broken stallion. The sideburns are still there, along with the duck tail cut (although a bit groomed), and the swagger.In the film he gets to brood and act like a jerk (very well done), "take the dogs for a walk...it ain't like I'm asking you to shine my shoes". He flops his head around like a punk, snarls his lip, and talks like a teenage rebel that is ready for a rumble. He uses street slang and always looks cool.And there is that voice. If he had never swiveled a hip or got all shook up, he would have still had that incredible ballad voice that is as smooth as butter and is pure vocal velvet. In this film there are a couple of RnR numbers and a few slow songs and the title diddy is a 20th century icon. Speaking of icons, it is quite a shame that today when you see anyone making reference they are dressed in some God-awful, white studded jumpsuit and that is what passes as Elvis remembered.This movie is a wonderful reminder and a good way to purify those later mid seventies images of a Fallen King. He did make some comeback performances from 1968-to the early 70's that were exciting and a sweet treat for all his fans. But he died tragically, just a few years too late.
rajah524-3
Compare the films Elvis made before he went in the Army with those he made afterward. In "Love Me Tender," "Loving You," "Jailhouse Rock" and "King Creole," Elvis was a whole lot closer to =Elvis= as he'd been in the era of the "Louisianna Hayride," "Stage Show," "The Milton Berle Show," "Your Hit Parade" and "The Steve Allen Show." The famous cell block dance skit may have been choreographed, but it's still closer to the Elvis of "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Hound Dog" -- and thus, to the Elvis that "changed the world" in '56 -- than to anything he did in front of a camera until the "comeback special" in 1968.I've heard a few people assert that Col. Tom went along with Elvis going in the Army to "clean him up" and "make him more controllable and palatable to the establishment." Anyone who's read James Dickerson's book on the relationship between The King and The Colonel may well agree.But in whatever event, "Jailhouse Rock" provides compelling evidence that the Elvis of 1968-1975 or so was no "invention." That Elvis was the logical development of the Elvis of 1955-1958... the one you can look at with your own eyes right here.
