You can see the survivors of Round 3 voting above.
King Creole knocked off Loving You 71% to 29%.
Viva Las Vegas topped GI Blues 67% to 33%.
Jailhouse Rock slammed Girl Happy 73% to 37%.
ELVIS: That’s The Way It Is got by Blue Hawaii 55% to 45%.
I would like to make my predictions right now. The Final Four losers will be Viva Las Vegas and ELVIS: That’s The Way It Is, meaning they tie for honor of third best Elvis movie. King Creole and Jailhouse Rock battle it out in the finals with King Creole coming out on top.
In list form, the Top 4 Elvis movies will look like this:
#1 – King Creole
#2 – Jailhouse Rock
#3 (tie) – Viva Las Vegas, and ELVIS: That’s The Way It Is
That’s my prediction. I made it primarily on my gut feelings, then decided to do some research on the three websites used for the Worst Elvis Movies post two weeks ago. There was much agreement on the worst, but their rankings for the best four Elvis movies were more disparate. That wasn’t enough to bolster my picks, so, I added one more source and the pattern became very evident. Here’s what they showed.
#1 – Follow That Dream
#2 – Loving You
#3 – Flaming Star
#4 – Blue Hawaii
These folks seem to be taking a contrarian point of view, but all of their picks showed strength in the Elvis Movie Madness voting. Loving You and Blue Hawaii made the Elite Eight, and Follow That Dream had 47% of the vote against Loving You in the first round. It’s a shame they had to be paired up so early. The same could be said about Flaming Star that had the misfortune to go against Love Me Tender in the first round, but still got 43% of the vote
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For what it’s worth, here’s where my favorites ranked on IMDb: Jailhouse Rock – 6, King Creole – 7, and Viva Las Vegas – 18. IMDb included only Elvis acting movies in their ranking.
#1 – Viva Las Vegas
#2 – King Creole
#3 – Jailhouse Rock
#4 – Blue Hawaii
#5 – ELVIS: That’s The Way It Is
Not bad. Ranker got all of the Final Four in that list.
#1 – King Creole
#2 – Jailhouse Rock
#3 – Loving You
#4 – Flaming Star
Another good list. Viva was #6. No concert films included on the USA Today list.
King Creole and Jailhouse Rock showed a lot of strength in the listings above. However, when I added one more respected ranking source, things became perfectly clear.
#1 – King Creole
#2 – Jailhouse Rock
#3 – ELVIS: That’s The Way It Is
#4 – Elvis On Tour.
MovieFone placed Viva Las Vegas at #7
So, based on these four listings, I feel confident in my Elvis Movie Madness picks. King Creole will be named Elvis’ best movie.
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