I wanted to like this movie and the plot sounded really good.I liked it up until Elvis killed Paul (his half brother) for no good reason.The incest part was bad enough but the senseless killing got to me and I started to hate it. The rest of the movie was tolerable.William Hurt was very convincing as a fundamentalist preacher and was the only character in the movie I liked.He's the only one who had any depth and reason.I liked how he was forced to deal with his past when Elvis forces his way into him and his families lives.I understood the Elvis character was troubled,but to commit murder,incest and Christ knows what else to me doesn't interest me.It's not that it shocked me,it just seems the movie had potential to be so much more and could have been a hell of a lot better if he was portrayed more realistically.Who ever wrote the script is a bit twisted and does not have the talent to write a good drama.I mean this is not the kind of movie I would ever want to see again nor would I recommend it because there just is nothing to it. And what was with the wife,I mean she hardly got any air time but when she did it was pathetic.All you see is her getting angry one minute and half way through the film she tries to commit suicide.There wasn't much in the middle.There was no character development with her like there sort of was with the others.The daughter was also very poorly written.As soon as she found out this creepy kid murdered her brother she barely even reacted.Then she gets pregnant by him and finds out he is her half brother and still she barely acknowledges it,I mean who the hell acts like that!.I was curious about the commentary so I watched most of it.After hearing what those 2 losers had to say about their film,no wonder it was as bad as it was.They both seemed more interested in filming the hookers tits at the beginning of the film then anything else.That scene did not add anything to the film except make me think the rest may be lame.And then they went and chopped out most of it anyway so what the fu*k was the point!Some of the actors are talented,but the bad performances(other than William Hurt)was just a reflection of the bad writing and producing of this sad film.I am surprised a lot of people liked this movie.I guess incest interests a lot of people,especially the British writer.But then this topic seems to be in a lot of the plots of British films.
Review of The King
