Steineded How sad is this?

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

C.J. Gish Elvis was a man who rose to the occasion for the big moments/challenges in his life and the 1973 Aloha special was -- what I always have felt - - his last true hurrah. Like so many accomplishments in his life, Elvis did it first and did it best. His vocals and appearance were magnificent in this concert. The song list was great with excellent performances of "Something", "You Gave Me A Mountain", "It's Over", "My Way", "What Now My Love", "Burning Love", "I'll Remember You", "An American Trilogy", "Fever", "A Big Hunk O Love", and "Can't Help Falling In Love".

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- 1973, Relive The Kings' legendary performance—an entertainment event watched by the world over. This is Elvis Presley's most celebrated live performance. Viewed by over a billion people throughout the world. This electrifying concert special captures Elvis during the period of his greatest successes. Here he is in Hawaii, from Honolulu as he dazzles everyone in his full regalia with 25 of his hits. From the unbridled raw power of 'Blue Suede Shoes' to the polished perfection of 'Suspicious Minds' The King recaps the stunning musical highlights of his unequaled career and shows us the beauties of Hawaii.*Special Stars- Elvis Presley with his band, orchestra and his singers.*Theme- Elvis is The King, forever.*Based on- Elvis' songs and musical hits.*Trivia/location/goofs- TV satellite world broadcast on Tellistar orbiting communication satellite. Shot in Honolulu Hawaii and tape inserts shot all around the outer islands. The music selections included many local Hawaiian songs and watch for a short Don Ho cameo appearance in one of them.*Emotion- This film provides us with an experience of Elvis Presley at the height of his career and is a unforgettable film for anyone to watch. This film was full of great musical performances by Elvis and his 'music machine'. Elvis shows us a feel good movie.

dblumenfeld-2 This concert is just amazing; it's Elvis at his best. Unfortunately, he wouldn't live to surpass this performance. I won't mention all the songs because you can or probably have read them elsewhere, but he delivers every song with all the emotion and power you would expect from the King.Don't complain about the awful jumpsuit or the longer hair - this was January 1973 after all. But either way, he never looked better in the 1970s than he did here. He crash dieted before the concert, and it paid off with him looking and sounding his best. You can watch this concert over and over and it never gets worse... if you wanted to know why this man was a legend, this concert shows why !

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.