Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

jimdavidson-69319 When I hear "Elvis", Aloha from Hawaii is the first thing that comes to mind.I have this show on VHS, laser disc and multiple editions on DVD,as well as the audio on LP and CD.Arguably Elvis on Stage in Memphis captured a better live performance, Aloha is spectacular to watch.

newyorkjetfan1 It irritates me no end when people refer to Elvis Presley's rhinestone-studded jumpsuits. They are demonstrating their ignorance because Elvis never wore rhinestones. The spectacular American Eagle jumpsuit he wore on January 14, 1973 was studded with jewels (not rhinestones)and weighed in excess of 70 pounds. The jeweled cape he wore for the closing number (which he then flung into the crowd) weighed 40 pounds and cost $8,000.00 alone. I have never heard what the jumpsuit cost, but one has to figure that it was even more expensive. The belt that he tossed into the audience after singing An American Trilogy was a replacement for the original. Elvis' costume designer, Bill Belew, had to hurriedly make a new belt in time for the show. Elvis had impulsively given the first belt to Jack Lord's wife a day or two before the Aloha telecast. Elvis' personal jeweler had to fly back to the States for more rubies before Belew could complete the new belt. Also, regardless of what you have read or heard to the contrary, Elvis was in superb shape for this show. He looked great and was in good voice, particularly on What Now My Love and An American Trilogy. If he seemed a bit distant or preoccupied at times, it could be due to the fact that he had filed for divorce from Priscilla less than a week earlier. Due to the time constraints of a live telecast, Elvis could not be too spontaneous. The only real complaint I have of this show is the perfunctory rendition of Hound Dog. Elvis had always hated the song and recorded it in 1956 only at the urging of then RCA president Steve Sholes. He performed it grudgingly and his ambivalence is evident when he performs it live. He also hated Burning Love, which was a recent hit for him at the time of the Aloha concert. Almost every other recording artist saves their most recent hit for the end of the show. Elvis did Burning Love at the very beginning of Aloha, right after C. C. Rider (which opened the concert). Perhaps he wanted to get it out of the way. I suppose he hadn't had time to loathe Burning Love as much as Hound Dog, because he actually gave it a decent effort here. All in all, this performance shows Presley at his finest. His decline started soon afterward. The 1977 CBS TV special is a testament to how far Elvis had fallen, and is truly heartbreaking to witness.

Tonci Pivac This Was by far the best Elvis Presley Concert I have ever seen, I love the way he moves to the song "Fever" I have every single Elvis Concert on DVD but this one truly takes the cake over the others. I also think that The American Eagle Jumpsuit he wore in this show was his finest. It was cool to see a lot of Elvis' great humor on stage too, like during "Suspicious Minds" he changes the words, "Well don't you know I'm court in a trap I can't walk out "I HOPE THIS SUIT DON'T TEAR UP BABY" and when he spilt water all over his piano player. Fantastic concert. I love it when he sings, "You Gave Me A Mountain" that is one of his best songs.

bob the moo Elvis performances 30 odd songs to a capacity crowd at a charity concert in Hawaii. He performs his own songs and several good covers. The concert was broadcast worldwide at the time (1973).I'm not a big Elvis fan and I only really like him in his early days when he was younger and fitter. This concert finds him still very much a good performer but he is in his white jumpsuit, rhinestone covered, sideburn sporting Vegas period. For much of the show he sounds great but he is starting to get a bit heavy and he sweats very heavily from early on.This isn't a major complaint because the music is mostly very good and Elvis still `had it', if you knw what I mean. The majority of the film is the concert itself – it's shot in split screen at times (who said 24 was innovative!) and is quite tacky in terms of lights etc but the music holds it all together.The main criticism is that all the split screen shots of Hawaii are very plastic and look like a travel agency has put it together. It detracts from the music when it's on but happily it's limited to the start and end of the film.Overall if you hate Elvis then you'll not enjoy this and if you hate his Vegas period then you may struggle with this show. However the music is very good and Elvis himself still looks OK if not as good a showman as he was. Ignore the tourist bits and enjoy the songs of a legend.