tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post373632754154614138..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: capricornjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-54001445833282482442010-01-15T16:21:56.365-05:002010-01-15T16:21:56.365-05:00Come on! What's wrong with "Viva Las Veg...Come on! What's wrong with "Viva Las Vegas"? (I agree with you, however, that a movie tribute to The King is incomplete without his first film "Love Me Tender.")Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-10802000606092412882010-01-15T06:17:51.152-05:002010-01-15T06:17:51.152-05:00Joe, you’re right about “Kid Galahad,” it’s a soli...Joe, you’re right about “Kid Galahad,” it’s a solid movie and Gig Young’s mercenary character elevates it above the original material. I haven’t seen it in a long time but I still remember his strong performance — and I wonder how it would look today compared, say, "Golden Boy" or the original.Waynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697987947065329792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-30957657523661143432010-01-14T11:57:42.325-05:002010-01-14T11:57:42.325-05:00I have some fond memories of Elvis on screen but n...I have some fond memories of Elvis on screen but not the movies that Turner keeps broadcasting. Spinout? No thank you. I agree with you that he made a few fine films but they almost never get shown. He wasn’t a great actor but with a great director, Elvis did some good work. "Wild in the Country" isn't very good but it's interesting to see Hollywood grappling with Odets. I always found "Kid Galahad" a good, stirring, old-fashioned movie, and it really benefitted from Albright and Young.Nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-22371557563353828232010-01-14T07:10:47.434-05:002010-01-14T07:10:47.434-05:00Count me in as a "King Creole" partisan,...Count me in as a "King Creole" partisan, a flick I haven't seen on television recently. It’s a far greater film than its reputation, mainly for its unfussy, earnest approach. It also demonstrates a rather authentic and lived-in sense of time and place. I felt sweaty watching it!Robert C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07697987947065329792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-643731263911156972010-01-13T22:01:23.598-05:002010-01-13T22:01:23.598-05:00I have to concede that not all of Presley's sc...I have to concede that not all of Presley's screen work was execrable, but I still like “Jailhouse Rock" quite a bit. "King Creole" is one I missed. I would love to see what Curtiz did with Elvis.Dorothynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-10525103012577620312010-01-13T21:53:25.790-05:002010-01-13T21:53:25.790-05:00I’m glad to see Phil Karlson's murky, involvin...I’m glad to see Phil Karlson's murky, involving “Kid Galahad” ( unaccountably ignored by Turner for its marathon; what’s going on over there?) at last given its due. I can think of few Presley films superior to Karlson's revisionist/naturalist take on this material.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697987947065329792noreply@blogger.com