Natalie Kriegler

I enjoyed watching the documentary, but was very sad watching much of it. Knowing how, towards the end of his life that he was lonely and feeling very sad and not knowing how to handle his fame made me feel very sad for him. He was such an amazing talent & entertainer. I was saddened also to see how he had been with so many women and loved them, but always needed to be with a next one or or another one. They were all very beautiful as in model-Hollywood actress perfect. It seemed that he was looking for someone or something that he could perhaps not find amidst, all of the beauty queens and total beauties that he dated and the perfect figured beautiful girls that he gravitated towards. Perhaps someone of a bit more substance other than a beauty queen would’ve been better for him, but who knows? I don’t say this out of resentment because in the 1970s I was between ages 16 and 23 by the time Elvis passed away and I always had a very nice figure and looked pretty myself. Many people who knew me said I could’ve been a Miss America but even a really good Miss America or beauty queen can be a person of substance. It was hard to tell in the interviews with all the various women if they were people of substance. I think his girlfriend Linda was a very caring woman as was Mindy. I’m not sure of Priscilla or the others that were interviewed with the exception of Elizabeth and his nurse…both seemed to truly care for him. The perspectives by both Suzanne Finstad and the other authoress were very good. Maybe the depth and the substance of what Elvis were looking into didn’t have to do with the women and had more to do with his spiritual malaise and his gravitation towards gospel songs and the Bible and spirituality to keep himself going. I enjoyed the documentary however was left feeling quite sad. The person who left me feeling the saddest was the girlfriend that he had in Germany. she was so beautiful when she was young and Elvis was not much of a boyfriend to her. I am not referring to Priscilla but to Elizabeth…so sad.

I just watched the film. I am a huge Elvis fan. Tom Hanks did a great job portraying “the Colonel”. Kudos to all of the actors. Austin Butler was good and clearly had prepared well for the film. The best parts of the movie were…..for me……any footage of the real Elvis Presley which were shown towards the end of the film, mainly. To me he is incomparable and although it is appreciated that the film was made and that Austin Butler worked hard to portray Elvis he does NOT look like or sing like the real Elvis and for me there is only one Elvis. I also remember reading in newspapers when I was 17/18 and seeing on TV news stories about Elvis and his new girlfriend Linda Thompson and was disappointed that no one portrayed her or his last girlfriend, Ginger, in this film. The film, I understand was mainly about the relationship between Elvis and Colonel Parker however including a few other characters more vividly such as Red & Sonny West, Linda Thompson, Larry Geller, Ginger, and others he knew and associated with would have been good to see. I did enjoy the scenes portraying Elvis with BB King ( whom I had the pleasure of seeing live in 1972 and he was amazing) Little Richard and with Mama Thornton.