ELVIS IS THE GOAT | Elvis The Movie - 2022) | Reaction 

Elvis spent his life looking after everybody but forgot to look after himself. He had his flaws, but his kindness, generosity and humbleness were unmatched. A great reaction

Austin Butler deserves an Oscar for his performance ... he became Elvis ... his heart , his soul , his demeanor , his talent were intense and real ! At age 78 , I'll never forget the real man , but Austin was damn close ... TCB Elvis forever !

Elvis was the first Rock Star! There was no blueprint, handbook, example or anything to go by plus he was too innocent and trusting. He certainly wasn't perfect but he was the original and he opened the door for all who followed. Great reaction!!

This is the movie that made me a Elvis fanatic for life. My god his life was hard despite being one of, if not the, most significant cultural icons of all time.

Watch the video Elvis & the black community to see what kind of a good man he was

If you despised the Colonel after watching this, the Tom Hanks has done his job to perfection. The Colonel was a genius at money making, but a serpent when it came to compassion and caring

It was a hell of an emotional roller-coaster this movie. I watched it 5x in theatre. 1st time I was shell-shocked, it was hectic and I honestly didn't know what I'd just seen, 2nd time I got a whole lot more detail out of it, 3rd time I just bawled my eyes out. I think his daddy was just out of his league in the business world, and he leant on the colonel too much.

Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LrFCyNMvZWk.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.

It may only be a film, but it's true. EVERYBODY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ELVIS.

If not for the Colonel and the Memphis mafia, I think Elvis would still be alive today.

I think how you feel is how we all feel after watching the movie. Incredible sadness for an incredible musical genius gone way too soon. Makes me love Elvis even more.

Fantastic reaction ❤ I’m 44 and have always, since a toddler, been an Elvis fan. Read books, watched documentaries, listened to his music, heard his life story…. This film was unreal. So many tears watching it. I was sceptical because us die hard fans don’t like Elvis impersonators because there was only 1 Elvis. Austin Butler nailed this role, absolutely nailed it 🎉 Elvis was literally worked into an early grave. The colonel and all the ‘hangers on’ who were bleeding him dry. He was so generous and people took advantage. RIP Elvis… you will never ever be forgotten ❤

Austin Butler,is Beyond phenomenal.

BLESS YOUR HEART, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL! GREAT REACTION TO " ELVIS ", THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I've seen this movie 3 times in the theater and have the DVD it makes me cry every time. God bless Elvis he was a gift from God. He took care of alot of people and he loved his fans

THAT IS STEVE BINDER, DIRECTOR OF THE 68 COMEBACK SPECIAL! AFTER THE 68 SPECIAL, STEVE TRIED TO CONTACT ELVIS AND COL. PARKER KEPT HIM FROM CONTACTING ELVIS!

Even though there was dramatic license given to the “I Have a Dream” song but so much is true. Information taken directly from the people who knew Elvis. “ Elvis, That’s the Way It Is”, “Elvis and the Black Community” and Sam Bell his childhood friend verified this as well as many others. Broke my heart. He died of congestive heart failure. So sad he could not travel the world as he wanted. Such a great movie.

WOW…… this is the BEST reaction to this incredible movie I have seen!!

I loved this movie so much and it really gave me an even greater appreciation of Elvis even though I’ve been a long time fan. It’s amazing to see a resurgence of interest in Elvis and his life and music because of this movie.

You are a very genuine and smart person. Welcome to the Elvisfamily❤️It is filled with LOVE AND FUN❤️😉 Elvis was just Brilliant as both as an artist and a human. He inspires you to be a better person❤️

I have never watched a movie reaction before and you did an awesome job!

Elvis's mom had severe depression that got worse when Elvis got drafted. Then her death made his depression spiral out of control as well. He took anti-depressants (the same kind that Marilyn Monroe and Shirley Jackson took in that era, and who also died young partly due to them) but the anti-depressants of the day were dangerous and highly addictive.

Austin Butler has just been nominated for a Golden Globe award as has the Movie. I hope it wins the Oscar too. Also this movie is more about the Colonel than the real Elvis I hope you will watch "Elvis Presley A Generous Heart" and "Elvis King of Kindness". Because Elvis was a generous and Spiritual man, which isn't in the film. Thanks for reacting, Be Blessed

That musician in the juke joint is Gary Clark jr. A current guitar maestro!

Noone has ever seen such fame and hugeness before, he was the first superstar and the first megastar ... The first Global star! And he invented YOUTH CULTURE! ... the teenager!

1 hell of a reaction, very good my man, enjoyed it very much.👌👌👌

Elvis daddy didn’t even graduate high school and he became an overnight business manager for a multimillion talent. Talk about being in over your head.

I think that Elvis died because he was literally bored to death. Elvis was trapped. Trapped in so many different ways.

85% of that movie was true, but when Elvis found out what the Colonel really was he was just too late Elvis would never lose Graceland with that said he truly was the greatest entertainer of them all and yet he didn't believe he could make it without Colonel Tom Parker's is loyalty was a blessing and a curse thank you for your reaction

shout out to all the black artists in the movie🙌🏿😍😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥

ELVIS PRESLEY ❤ BLESS HIS SOUL GOD'S ❤ GIFT 🎁 HIS HEART WAS MADE OF GOLD..His mother was a beautiful soul love her son ❤ and ELVIS PRESLEY ❤ was heart broken 💔 when she pass .Bless her soul ..

If Austin Butler doesn't win an Oscar for this, then I swear the Oscars have to be rigged.

I was 10 when he passed. I had to tell my neighbor (9). He cried on my shoulder for easily 2 hours. Then came over and cried in my mom's shoulder for a while. My mother kissed him twice. He picked her out of the crowd when she was 14. Who knows - if he didn't go overseas???😉 my sisters name is Lisa - moms name - Marie. I'm now 57 and my 30 year old daughter has lyrics tattooed on her arm. Yes - we have a lot of connections ♥️

When they asked him, who are you Elvis, I wanted him to say I'm Elvis f'n Presley

Elvis was the best singer ever. Not only did he have an amazing voice, he could also convey the feeling of a song so you felt it too. And don't get me started on how many different genrers he could do perfectly. You might find a singer who could sing a lovesong like Elvis, and another who could sing a rock song like him, and another again who could sing Gospel, blues or country like him. But you wont find anyone who could do it all across. Elvis is in 5 ! Music halls of fames, has the most sold christmas albums, was named the 14th best country singer of the 20th century, got 3 Grammys for his Gospel music, is the king of rock'n roll, and topped the blues charts several times. He even sang semi opera (It's now or never, Surrender) and Pavarotti once said "Elvis can sing like me but I cant sing like Elvis". And when the famous opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa was asked who she thought had the worlds best voice she shocked the journalist (who thought she would name another opera singer) by saying "Elvis in the early 60's".

The artsy stuff in the Comeback Special, the martial arts and stuff, I think were removed but they did film them and you can watch them on RU-vid. They're Trouble/Guitar Man, Guitar Man Production Number, It Hurts Me, Nothingville, and Gospel Production Number.

Great reaction, and I sure hope you're going to watch the whole film. You really shouldn't miss seeing every part of it. Loved Elvis since I was a kid, and really appreciated the film. You're going to love it, too, when you see more than the pieces of this really well-done production. Congratulations to Austin Butler! He could not possibly have been better. Rest in peace, our beloved Elvis.

I hope you’ve seen the movie since this. He was so young when he started and had beer so poor, he gotten taken advantage of. You’ll understand much more after you’ve seen the movie. Sometimes he was too kind and tried to help everyone else. This has happened time and time again since Elvis. He was the first, and his iconic fame he had to deal with alone with all the financial responsibilities of taking care of everyone was rough. He also had a myriad of health problems genetically passed down that he used the prescription drugs to be able to perform. I saw an interview with Whitney Houston once & she stated “ the success is great, it’s the fame that kills you” & look what happened to that beautiful talented woman. Her mom sang for Elvis and went through his death etc. Then decades later she went through it with her own daughter too. So sad. Michael Jackson, Prince, Freddy Mercury ( who by the way loved Elvis and wrote his hit “Crazy Little Love” in his memory. Stars that seem to reach high levels of fame get lost in it all & Elvis is one of the most famous people in the world. Known by just his first name around the globe and then the Colonel on top of it just led him the wrong way. Very sad. I sobbed through the ending. It was done respectfully, emotionally, and with grace. There’s a line in the movie where he said to Priscilla when he said “ no one is going to remember me, I haven’t done anything lasting” That’s the one line I would let out a hiccup sob even though I knew it was coming every time. Great movie, phenomenal acting. Don’t know if you recognized the Colonel, but it was Tom Hanks. Very much a roller coaster of highs and lows. Steve Binder did the 68 special and tried to reach Elvis to work with him afterwards, but once again the Colonel wouldn’t allow him to contact Elvis. May Elvis an now his daughter RIP without earthly burdens anymore. Loved your reaction & I do hope you see the movie. It was best in the theater but streaming and the DVD are great too. That soundtrack went to number 1 after the movie came out. ❤❤😊🎸🎸🕺🏻🕺🏻🎤🎤🙏🏼

Could u react to the king of kindness video about elvis and his charities, he gave away millions.

Elvis was an amazing person..he gave and gave until he couldn't do it anymore ..its truly heartbreaking how he was treated by the people who supposedly loved him 😭🤬🤬🤬... to all of the haters and crap talkers abt Elvis, please do your research on him before spewing your foolishness !!!...Tom Parker literally ran Elvis into the ground...can't stand that man 🤬..so glad to see you reacting to this Elvis journey...you won't be disappointed ❤ and Elvis was not fat, he was swollen due to steroids and medications..he had mounting health problems from an early age, the book destined to die young will explain his health problems

Just finished the book Destined to Die Young. The last 3 years he was very I’ll. He had multiple inherited health issues that lead to early deaths to all family members on his mothers side that lead to his final heart attack. It’s now very difficult to watch his performances those last few years knowing how ill he was, yet he refused to let down his fans or his family.. very heartbreaking ❤

Vernon was a weak man who gave into Tom Parker. Parker knew he was weak and not particularly bright or worldly wise. Elvis was never arrogant, he thought that without Parker he'd not have made it. Which is criminal for a manager to make an artist feel so beholden like that. Elvis was a good man that deserved so much more. He should have lived longer and been happier and toured the world. Amazing that he's still the bigdest selling solo artist of all time. Austin Butler and Tom Hanks deserve Oscars for their performances.

I’m happy this hit you like this. Because it means you met the man. The good news is you’ll always have this with you when you listen to his music. ❤

The movie was really good Austin as elvis was outstanding . Now his father was alot stronger than the film showed and the Col yes he was a complex character. Did he help elvis in the 50s yes . Get him movie contracts for 1 million per movie and percentage of all records sold yes But did he hold elvis back in the 70s Yes I think so

Elvis made some awesome movies (about 11 I'd say) and my guess is he probably was proud of some of them, but they did make him do a lot of bad teen movies that he didn't want to do.

They showed the very end ... Unchained Melody.....

Very good observation on the film.....again Austin deserve the Oscar for the way he acted portraying Elvis !

RIP Elvis

She was his life and she was a beautiful woman inside and out

The music & singing in this was fantastic...it was what enfluenced Elvis in his youth & along with his raw talent it made him a star. P.S. Your review was super. Such emotion. Elvis fans like me love it. Col Tom Parker couldn't control ELVIS directly but he quickly realized he coukd control ELVIS through his devotion to his parents, which is why Parker included his dad, Vernon, in the business deal. Parker was an...EVIL man.

When Lisa Marie was born he called Nancy Sinatra and was happy, but he said it was not fair because his baby would have everything and kids are born that same day and will have nothing. "It just isn't fair."'

This is a wonderful movie!! Very emotionally powerful.. just like elvis himself.

Austin Butler earned my respect for all the hard work he did learning Elvis' mannerisms, movements and voice. He killed this role. Probably the only competition he has is Kurt Russell who also portrayed Elvis in a movie decades ago. Some of Elvis' early recordings weren't able to br adapted to film so Austin had to actually sing them himself and sound like Elvis convincingly. Elvis fod fire the Colonel at one time but he didn't do it publicly the movie depicted.

You MUST see it ALL! Superb film!

IN THE BLACK LEATHER THAT WAS THE 68" SPECIAL...AT END OF SPECIAL HE DID "IF I COULD DREAM"

Austin Butler is going to he on SNL tonight...love this movie thanks

Does anyone else hear?: “That’s why he’s the goat. THE GOAT!!!! while reading the title?

Elvis was WORSHIPPED by his fans. Still is. Men aren’t meant to be worshipped. It’s not natural and Elvis handled it amazing for the first person to ever achieve that mega stardom.

Sammy David, Jr said Elvis was the only one who could fill that place.

I love the way everyone dressed back then and the way they carried themselves. I was born in the wrong era.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS❤️

The Presley family were southern Baptists. They loved Gospel music. Elvis roots was Gospel music.

Good on you baby boy for doing this, please do What Now My Love and American Trilogy, Just these 2 songs will show you him at his best, but they're are 100 s if you go down this rabbit hole much love 💘

If you haven’t see all the documentaries and interviews and shows about the making of aloha, you’re missing out.

Best and most honest reation to date ..

I love how you keep getting up 😂. You have a knew subscriber in me 😀

Now you understand our grief when he died. Now you know why he sang with such emotion. Now you know why we hate Colonel Parker. Now you know. We knew for years, but now a new generation has learned what was done to Elvis. Now you know why we feel they killed him bit by bit and why we love him still. 💔😥

I would've liked to hear more of what you thought of Austin Butler's performance

that was the best reaction i have EVER seen GOD BLESS YOU MAN !!

Good reaction. As for Queen.. the acting in Elvis surpassed it.

Parker was a dog gone hustler and his own dad had no back bone. Elvis was lost when his mom died. She was the one who set him straight. After her, he surrounded himself with yes-people who never challenged him or got the most they could personnally out of him. Deeply sad loss for the world and his wife and daughter. He never stopped loving Priscilla and she loved him even though she had to leave him.

Steve Binder and Bones Howe produced the Singer Special that came to be known as the Comeback Special. Unfortunately, Elvis was never able to break away from Parker. It ultimately destroyed him. Steve Binder wrote a book about making the special. It’s really good.

He was so scared for the comeback they almost had to drag him onstage. At Elvis' funeral the Colonel had his dad in the kitchen trying to get him to sign a contract that he eventually signed which signed away most things.

The only kept him because he had too much respect for his self Elvis had a touching loving heart ❤️

Awesome reaction and in my opinion Elvis is the best movie from director Baz Luhrmann sinse his previous film moulin rouge.

I hope you watched the entire movie it will make more sense than snipits

RIP Lisa Marie

I love the music specially the sisters singing

I love this reaction so much 😭 😂.

All he wanted was to see the world. It breaks my heart they took that from him

The ELVIS movie did GREAT at the box office! 2nd best selling biopic EVER done. Reasons why black people have actually said they liked the movie: 1. "Glad to see Elvis loved everyone and just wanted to bring people together. He wasnt racist at all." - a Black movie reactor, reacting to this movie. 2. Alton Mason as Little Richard was phenomenal. Alton WAS LITTLE RICHARD!! 3. Kelvin Harrison Jr as BB King. What an amazing transformation by Kelvin. Scenes with BB & Elvis were AUTHENTIC & TRUE to the times and POWERFUL today to see on screen. And just plain FUN to watch and see the stage sets how they made 1950s' BEALE STREET come to LIFE on camera. Oscar worthy stuff there. 4. YOLA as SISTER ROSETTA THARPE! HELLO! She knocked it OUT of the park. 5. GARY CLARK JR as Arthur "BIG BOY" CRUDDUP! -- Maaan, to see HIS NAME up in lights. Singing THATS ALL RIGHT MAMMA!! Wheeeeewww Thats was HOT LAVA in my ears. SO DANG GOOD. 6. Shonka Dukureh - Shonkas Shonka Shonka. as "Big Mamma" Thorton. A real life Pentecostal singer and Mom. Her last work in Elvis will be her GREATEST. She did her FAMILY PROUD. She did her daughter PROUD. She came from the Church just like Elvis did. She ONLY did music she believed in. THOSE are just SOME of the reasons people should support this movie. And BECAUSE so many people DID support the movie - record sales for Elvis, Big Mamma, Big Boy Cruddup, BB King & Sister Rosetta all skyrocketed. Their LEGACIES move forward for THE YOUNGEST GENERATIONs today. And thats just DOPE.

Watch the echo will never die..the black community

There is a great interview on YT with Steve Binder the comeback special director. Find it. You’ll get new information about Elvis.

this is the best reaction i’ve seen cuz the stress of watching the colonel take advantage of elvis is REAL :( ! it’s kind of a horror movie fr😭

Have mercy what a voice

I finally saw the film last night ...I was in high school when Elvis died ....this movie was really good ..he was a star long enough to go thru many trends,and he also had many famous girlfriends that they didn't show ..hippy and rock music came thru and replaced him after a while ...but he always had international fans ....his career was just like Michael Jackson /with the drugs at the end ......Michael Jackson even married Elvis daughter for a time

So sad. One of the most amazing human beings and one of the most tragic stories.

Elvis' parents Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladys Love Smith got married when Vernon was 17 and Gladys 21. They fibbed on their wedding license, though that Vernon was older than Gladys. They'd eloped to get married in the County of Pontotoc and signed that Vernon was 22 and Gladys was 19. That was on June 17, 1933. Vernon was born April 10, 1916 and Gladys was born April 25, 1912. Elvis was born January 8, 1935, making Vernon still 18, 3 months away from his 19th birthday. Gladys was 22, 3 months shy of 23. Elvis' twin Jesse Garon was stillborn. Gladys passed away aged 46 on August 14, 1958. She fell ill with hepatitis, due to her drinking habit and had to be admitted to Memphis Methodist Hospital August 10, 1958, while Elvis was at basic training in Texas. On August 13, Elvis flew into Memphis and went straight to the bedside of his ailing mother, after having been granted an emergency 7-day leave from his army station at Fort Hood. He was just in time, because Gladys Presley died the next day aged 46. Elvis returned to Fort Hood on August 24. After training at Fort Hood, Elvis was assigned to the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32nd Armor, 3rd Armored Division in Friedberg, West Germany. He left Fort Hood on September 19, headed for Brooklyn Army Terminal in New York where he and his division would ship out to West Germany on September 22. He spent the next 17 months from arrival on October 1, 1958 in Germany until March 2, 1960 when he left by plane and arrived back in the USA on March 3, 1960. Vernon passed away 2 years after Elvis' death, on June 16, 1979 aged 63.

2:24 That's how the leg shaking started, he was so nervous. But since he'd sung in a gospel choir when his family moved to the government housing project in Memphis (even that was a step up from where they'd been living in Tulepo) he was able to move his shaking legs in rhythm with what he was singing and.....the rest is history.

He bought Cadillac's , houses and all kinds of things for people who needed it. He believed God gave him money to share.

I hate how they said he was racist but in thruth he was bridging the gap between black and white back then and they did not want that.

Elvis hated the movies they had him do. He thought they were stupid. He felt they made him into a joke. He longed to be taken seriously as an actor. It's like an artist being forced to color in coloring books with crayons when the artist has visions of beauty he's not allowed to create. A tragedy.

Elvis' father had more backbone, yes, but the contract they signed was a trap they couldn't escape. It's sad to think Elvis died so young and but he was already in very pretty much pain for years and years. His hair were completely white from the stress, he had glaucoma and it was said he would have probably die young even if he wasn't worked like a circus freak like he was but the thought that he was in so much pain for years and drugged up to kept him going is tragic. Priscilla still loved him and was a dear friend till the end and he was a goddam good father to Lisa Marie. Austin Butler did an amazing job for this movie.

Elvis felt he had no other choice but to do as he was told - he had lots of people depending on him. I cried for a week after watching this movie.... I still do at every mention of Elvis and his tragic story 😭

Parker’s gift was manipulation. He found all of Elvis’s weak spots and exploited them to the fullest. This is the saddest story ever.

Don’t forget where are you coming!! Not today is important, tomorrows are very important…

I love your passion!!

Super ELvis , HalLeLu YAHshua MessiYah +++++++++++++

Amazing movie! It also showed the corrupt side of the music industry. Elvis should’ve definitely had his own label. It’s like B.B. King said: “If you don’t do the business, the business will do you.” He’s so damn right.

This was the best movie of 2022 and should have won Oscar. Austin butler should have won best actor & Tom hanks should have won best supporting actor. I can’t express how my heart hurts for Elvis Presley