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Elvis (2022)
The Formula is Familiar.....
Austin Butler, great, when you saw him. Too much Moulon Rouge, too much Col Parker, and why the modern be-bop? Granted, its not a biography. Artistic liberties, check. Straight down the road and no flashbacks, check. More Col Parker, check. Its not about the music, but about the greatest show on Earth and the great snowjob. Ive been snowed twice now, learned my lesson, like the flame sword swollowers and the trained lions, you can't look away and you stay for the climactic end. Oh, and more Col Parker, check. Kids, just take it on face value and try not to study this film as gospel (pun intended).
The Rose (1979)
Not Common Denominator Music, TG.
This was an epic Ken Russell should have directed, sadly, he took another project. I like The Who as well and its not everyone's cup of tea, either, mate. This was Manhattan Blues brought up to live stadium performance, and the music competes with Bette as the star of the picture. This told a specific story. For it's year of release, this was a powerhouse and was grossly underrated.
Unbranded (2015)
The movie is a Greek chorus on inevitability...
Told in complete chronological order, this trail ride is a 16x9 presentation of our mass-population's ignorance, and a very small portion of the rest of us who will get off of our half-moons and participate in a solution.
Its not a popular solution, it may not even BE a solution, but it is a trip on the way to MANAGEMENT. Like the trail ride, the experience of the trip creates its own progress. No one should expect a silver bullet bringing the problem of over-grazing by horses to a close in 30 days. It just will not happen. Maintaining a balance by a long-term management of resources, curtailing herd sizes, rehabilitation of some horses into markets needing pleasure riding or breaking horses for the experience, they all come together to MANAGE.
If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. If any one component of the solution is criticized, the critic becomes the problem.
The Return of Ironside (1993)
A love affair with Denver
Raymond Burr had a great love for Denver and the surrounding area. It shows in this made-for-TV reunion of a popular '70's police drama. All exteriors showed off the town and the coming of age of the Lo-Do area. The film commission (at the time) had to scramble to pick up the buttons that burst from their vest. ...and proud they should be. We continue to host two very major film festivals in the state (Telluride and Denver), and as all festivals spotlight, the indie is gaining in this state. Sayles and Hardgrove are on the short list. They are missed and are welcome back anytime. Raymond Burr and Dean Hardgrove made a series of made-for-TV 'reunions' right here in the Rocky Mountains. Any Perry Mason you see in full color, you are taking in the Denver metro view from Raymond's eye. He lived here and was very hospitable to even the casual fan.
The only contrived moment I could think of was the scenes of the spectacular route of the Southern Pacific/Rio Grande Ski Train (in reality, a route of only 45 miles).. I forgave the movie makers because it WAS beautiful, but to choose a 3-day train ride (as the storyline dictated) over a little snow delay at the airport was laughable. It worked for the story, and it made for great moments consistent with the genre'.