Explains why Elvis went back Live on stage...
Added 9/12/2009
Although "Double Trouble" was made a year before his famous "NBC Comeback Special", and there were yet some other bad movies in store for him, before his movie career finally came to an end, this is one perfect example of why his Actor's days were finally numbered.
In a way it revealed itself a blessing, since the plots became carbon copies of each other, in which all he had to do anyway, was to look smart and to sing songs. A thing he could do much better on a live stage.
"Double Trouble" was a vehicle for the "King" for European audiences, just as "G.I. Blues" had attempted seven years earlier.
Unfortunately, this effort backfired and the movie had cold receptions in Europe, except maybe in Belgium, where the movie is supposed to take place.
Its plot is a typical cliched slapstick comedy with romance interwoven in it, here and there, just to allow Elvis to do what he was good at.
Banal and shabby, just meant for Elvis fans, it is a very forgettable movie, perhaps to join other bad movies like "Change of Habit", "Harum Scarum" and
"The Trouble with Girls".
The transfer of it on DVD on the contrary, is very well done, with a very fine resolution and sharp colors. The sound also has been taken care of, and although conventional, sparkles for its clarity.
Just recommended for die-hard Elvis fans. For the others, I would recommend to stick to his earlier movies, such as "Wild in the Country" or "King Creole".
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Elvis fan
Added 7/11/2008
My husband is an Elvis fan and loves it. He watches it over and over.
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My favorite Elvis movie
Added 2/1/2008
This is my favorite Elvis 60's movie... the character is probably the closest Elvis ever played to himself, and he was so huge at this point and hating doing movies so much he didn't care if he came off as a jerk, so it's valuable from that point of view. Also, the go-go stuff is fantastic, a lot of Austin Powers came out of this movie. It moves quick, you never once really think you're in Europe, just great American quickie factory filmaking all around. Did they ever know how to light sets and make color pop! The music rocks, the strings Elvis hated on the blues tune "There's So Much World To See" are the best thing about the song, the opening theme is one of the best big band rock themes since "The Delicate Delinquent" starring Jerry Lewis, and you know Gillian Anderson's mother had to have seen this movie! And plenty of plot twists and turns which were highly unusual in any Elvis movie. Oh, and who can ever forget Elvis on the back of a fake chicken truck singing "Old MacDonald". Yeah, I know the Rolling Stone crowd puked, but that's exactly what made it great, and he and Annette looked like they were really having fun with it.
One of Elvis's best, right up there with "Loving You".
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ALL ELVIS MOVIE ARE 10 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 10
Added 9/8/2007
I HAVE SEEN EVER MOVIE ELVIS EVER MADE, AND ALL OF THEM RATE A 10.
THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT A UNDER AGE GIRLE WHO FALL IN LOVE AND HER UNCLE WANT HER MONEY. OF COURSE ELVIS IS MIXED UP WITH..............DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU ALL OF IT. BUY A COPY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WATCHING IT.
IF THEY WOULD LET ME I WOULD GIVE ALL ELVIS MOVE A 20 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 10.
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Double Trouble has NO DOUBLES!
Added 8/24/2007
This is not so much a review, just a correction of a howling factual blunder in another review that I read here a little while back (and which I seem unable to locate now, so it may possibly have been deleted, but just in case...): it stated that "Double Trouble" is the only other movie apart from "Kissin' Cousins" in which Elvis comes face to face with himself - well, he doesn't! (As anyone who has actually watched the film would know... why ever would somebody post a review of a movie that they haven't even seen???)
The 'double' of the title is a dual reference to espionage (as in 'double agent') and the fact that the King - as is his wont (or perhaps being even a little parsimonious by his normal standards!) - is involved throughout the story with two girls and thus, quite literally, has 'double trouble'.
There - just wanted the clear that up!
(By the way, the movie's not that bad. Even the much derided 'Old Macdonald' scene has the kind of charm that only Elvis could possibly confer on such inherent rubbish. Personally, as Elvis movies go, I'd give it 8 out of 10 for watchability!)
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Explains why Elvis went back Live on stage...
Added 9/12/2009
Although "Double Trouble" was made a year before his famous "NBC Comeback Special", and there were yet some other bad movies in store for him, before his movie career finally came to an end, this is one perfect example of why his Actor's days were finally numbered.
In a way it revealed itself a blessing, since the plots became carbon copies of each other, in which all he had to do anyway, was to look smart and to sing songs. A thing he could do much better on a live stage.
"Double Trouble" was a vehicle for the "King" for European audiences, just as "G.I. Blues" had attempted seven years earlier.
Unfortunately, this effort backfired and the movie had cold receptions in Europe, except maybe in Belgium, where the movie is supposed to take place.
Its plot is a typical cliched slapstick comedy with romance interwoven in it, here and there, just to allow Elvis to do what he was good at.
Banal and shabby, just meant for Elvis fans, it is a very forgettable movie, perhaps to join other bad movies like "Change of Habit", "Harum Scarum" and
"The Trouble with Girls".
The transfer of it on DVD on the contrary, is very well done, with a very fine resolution and sharp colors. The sound also has been taken care of, and although conventional, sparkles for its clarity.
Just recommended for die-hard Elvis fans. For the others, I would recommend to stick to his earlier movies, such as "Wild in the Country" or "King Creole".
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Elvis fan
Added 7/11/2008
My husband is an Elvis fan and loves it. He watches it over and over.
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My favorite Elvis movie
Added 2/1/2008
This is my favorite Elvis 60's movie... the character is probably the closest Elvis ever played to himself, and he was so huge at this point and hating doing movies so much he didn't care if he came off as a jerk, so it's valuable from that point of view. Also, the go-go stuff is fantastic, a lot of Austin Powers came out of this movie. It moves quick, you never once really think you're in Europe, just great American quickie factory filmaking all around. Did they ever know how to light sets and make color pop! The music rocks, the strings Elvis hated on the blues tune "There's So Much World To See" are the best thing about the song, the opening theme is one of the best big band rock themes since "The Delicate Delinquent" starring Jerry Lewis, and you know Gillian Anderson's mother had to have seen this movie! And plenty of plot twists and turns which were highly unusual in any Elvis movie. Oh, and who can ever forget Elvis on the back of a fake chicken truck singing "Old MacDonald". Yeah, I know the Rolling Stone crowd puked, but that's exactly what made it great, and he and Annette looked like they were really having fun with it.
One of Elvis's best, right up there with "Loving You".
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