Initially very amusing spoof of (primarily) Elvis. The bit where Elvis gives permission to his brown-noser "mafia" to go home for the holidays is hilarious. Also funny is the premise of Elvis being like a little child and totally out of touch - much like Michael Jackson now. I was refreshingly surprised to see Elvis spoofed in such an irreverent way.
The funny Elvis situations do creep up in the second half as well, but left-wing politics ruins it; a good opportunity was wasted to make fun of hippies, as well. Instead, Elvis is shown as a silly person, while the hippies fought for their ideals. Had they made fun of Elvis's backwardness AND hippie naivety/hypocrisy this movie would have been damn good. There is even a political "message" this comedy tries to impose on us: a hippie argues to a WWII veteran that the Japanese attacked the U.S. but "what have the Vietnamese done to us?". They actually left this idiotic statement uncommented! It's obvious that the hippie was speaking the film-maker's mind. But hasn't anyone told these idiots that America didn't simply fight against the Vietnamese: they fought alongside the Vietnamese against the Communist ones. A-duh! I demand to see a movie ridiculing Hanoi Jane & her moron friends. Do we have to wait for Fonda to snuff it, too, before we see that, or will we never see it? Probably never.
The funny Elvis situations do creep up in the second half as well, but left-wing politics ruins it; a good opportunity was wasted to make fun of hippies, as well. Instead, Elvis is shown as a silly person, while the hippies fought for their ideals. Had they made fun of Elvis's backwardness AND hippie naivety/hypocrisy this movie would have been damn good. There is even a political "message" this comedy tries to impose on us: a hippie argues to a WWII veteran that the Japanese attacked the U.S. but "what have the Vietnamese done to us?". They actually left this idiotic statement uncommented! It's obvious that the hippie was speaking the film-maker's mind. But hasn't anyone told these idiots that America didn't simply fight against the Vietnamese: they fought alongside the Vietnamese against the Communist ones. A-duh! I demand to see a movie ridiculing Hanoi Jane & her moron friends. Do we have to wait for Fonda to snuff it, too, before we see that, or will we never see it? Probably never.