BLUE HAWAII

BLUE HAWAII-

I don't know what it is or why that Hawaii is such a big deal, TV shows always have that very " special episode" takes place in Hawaii. From The Brady Bunch to Charlies Angels to Jeffersons all have that extended 2 hour special in Hawaii as if that stretch of beach is one and only in the world.

I'm not dissing Hawaii, I have never been there so I can't say anything bad about it, but if you put a popular place like Hawaii and THE KING together...is the best thing since the Reeses people put peanut butter and chocolate together! "Blue Hawaii" is by far my favorite because of the soundtrack. Songs like "I can't help falling in love with you", "The Hawaiian wedding song" and the one about Ito eats like....

Oh the wonderful world of Elvis! A typical plot, Elvis the rich son of a pineapple tycoon returns to home to Hawaii after serving in..what Viet Nam? Korea? Not sure but he comes home from the army. Coming back to his old beach bum buddies and his old girlfriend. Elvis' parents want him to take over the family business, but no Elvis is a down to earth all American, he would rather leave hom and live with bums to earn a living instead of free loading off his parents.
So he changes his name and got himself a job as a tour guide. What's his first assignment? He become the guide to an all girl tour group along with their horny middle aged spinster teacher!
Lots of music, lots of women, beautiful scenery, a misunderstanding with his girl and a big bar brawl to a wedding pretty much sums up this one and any other Elvis movie.

Angela Lansbury is wonderful as Elvis' southern belle mom, Sara Lee Gates. She plays the typical over baring nagging mother and Roland WInter is her hen-pecked husband.

Sarah Lee Gates: Now that Chadwick's home, I'm sure he's got all that foolishness out of his system, after the war.
Fred Gates: Sarah Lee, how many times do I have to tell you, he was not in a war.
Sarah Lee Gates: I know you're right, Daddy, but if I don't tell myself there was a war, I have a most depressive feeling
Chadwick's just wasted two years.
Her voice is so loud in the movie it nearly cracked my glasses and she does a lot of fainting in this it's delicious!

You also get to see Flyod the barber as Elvis mean boss, then there's the old school marm, Nancy Walters as Miss Abigail Prentice leading high school senior girls on a trip to Hawaii, first she's an all prim and proper teacher, once Elvis works his magic on her, she becomes a loose hussy and falls in love with Elvis' uncle, but not until after she made a pass at Elvis causing his girlfriend to run out on him.

The 3 high school girls of course all fall in love with Elvis except the stuck up and spoiled Ellie Corbett (Jenny Maxwell), she's too smart and mature for this trip, all she wanted was to have Elvis to help her to become a woman! So Elvis does by putting her across his lap!