ELVIS: CHARRO!(1969)
Sadly Elvis decided for his third-to-last film to
return to the western! Also playing a bad-ass,
my least favorite role of his!!
Not only is the format not to my liking, there
is absolutely no recognizable actors in this other
than Elvis, and he just can't carry a movie on his
own! This also has some of the worst lines in a
movie, ever! The one redeeming thing in this is
the theme song, which is actually pretty good!
Still, not enough to carry this to greatness as
there is no other music by Elvis in this! C
From another reviewer at Amazon:
This film shows that Elvis had the ability to act
beyond the "typical Elvis" boy meets girl, boy
loses girl, boy gets girl movies that Col. Parker
set up for him. Knowing that Col. Parker denied
him opportunities to move forward in a career he
loved is sad. "Charro" is every bit as good as any
Clint Eastwood "Oater" western that flooded the
movies. I read that Elvis was up for a part in "The
Rainman" and "A Star Is Born", and both scripts
were denied not by Elvis but by Col. Parker. It
makes you wonder what might have happened
had that road not been blocked. I loved Elvis
when he was the new and bright star to a 14
year old teen who had to sneak out of the house
to him in concert in Chicago. I still love him
and introduce him through music and movies
to my 10 grandchildren. Charro is a good movie
and you can tell Elvis is having a really good
time doing something he really loves. Grandma J.