Varies in Quality But Get This For 2 Best Movies
These Elvis Presley movies vary much in style, quality, and period of his film career, although 2 of them have a Hawaiian setting in common. I give it 4 stars mainly on the strength of "King Creole" (1958), which is probably Elvis's best movie, and he considered it to be his best film too. If you haven't seen it, "King Creole" (KC) is a gritty musical drama set in New Orleans, with a thuggish Walter Matthau trying to force Elvis to sing in his club or else. Carolyn Jones is also fine as someone unwillingly caught up in this underworld life, and the scenes between her and Elvis sparkle. The songs ("King Creole," "Crawfish," "New Orleans," "As Long As I Have You," etc.) are very good and fit well with the theme of the movie. In the New York Times' review for "King Creole" they stated "Elvis Presley can act," which was a bold statement to make about Elvis in the 1950s when the established media usually attacked him.
"Blue Hawaii" (1961) is the next best movie in this...
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