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The fight in the beginning

posted 14 years ago by mercury4
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That fight scene in the beginning is my favorite scene in the movie next to the Jailhouse Rock scene. Elvis was such a badass the way he socked the guy right after he poured the drink on him. It was a great fight. There was always a great fight scene in an Elvis movie. Elvis always got real into it and made it look real. The scene, as short as it is, was also beautifully shot. There is a part where Elvis knocks the guy back and stands there in a combative stance like "Come on."

Now about the result of the fight. Vince ended up killing the guy. I can't really blame Vince. It was an accident. I don't think he meant to kill the guy. He was wrong to get involved when it was between the man and his wife. Vince was defending the lady, but it was obvious she was trying to pick him up and her husband came in and caught her fooling around. I could see Vince defending the woman like that if she really was innocent of any wrong doing, but she wasn't. Vince says, "She wasn't out of line." She was. She was married and she went there looking for a man. So I kind of have to blame the wife to for Vince having the fight and going to jail.

[–] 63x927is58401 10 years ago

 The remark you typed, makes me think that Vince Everett turned the "two-timer" in the bar a widow, and she did not shed a tear, (if they really were married).
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[–] mercury4 9 years ago

The impression I got was that it was her husband catching her. It looked obvious to me. So in a way, I think she caused the fight. It was so obvious she was trying to get with Vince. If I were in Vince's shoes, I would've stayed out of it the minute her husband showed up. Elvis tells the guy "she wasn't out of line." I took that as him trying to tell the guy she wasn't fooling around on him. But she obviously was. You can see the look on the bartender's face when she has Vince buy her a shot. The bartender knew what was going on. She was an older married woman and she was coming into the bar looking for a young good looking guy.

[–] Tiggerama 9 years ago

He was wrong to get involved when it was between the man and his wife.

The man was twisting the woman's arm, hurting her. Vince was trying to stop her getting physically hurt, "you scare me, women beaters always scare me" he says after the guy tells him to stay out of it. Quite bold really for a film made in the 50s when domestic violence was more accepted as the norm.

[–] jtb01 9 years ago

It looked to me like Elvis sucker-punched the guy.

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