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3/4
Bubba Ho-Tep review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 12/25/11
Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) grew tired of the demands of his fame/money and switched places with an Elvis impersonator named Sebastian Haff. His friend is Jack (Ossie Davis) who insists he is President John F. Kennedy, claiming to have been dyed black after the assassination, and abandoned by Lyndon Johnson in the same nursing home. Both try to defeat an Ancient Mummy lost due to a storm in East Texas who gets the souls of people in the home.
Jack “Pres. Kennedy” – “No time for regrets, Elvis. We were the best fathers we could be under the circumstances.” Elvis – “Here I was complainin' about loss of pride and how life had treated me, and now I realized... I never had any pride. And much of how life had treated me had been good. The bulk of the bad was my own damn fault.” “Everything you do is either worthless or sadly amusing.” “But I still have my soul. It's still mine. All mine. And the folks up there at Shady Rest... they have theirs, too. And they're gonna keep 'em. Every single one.” Themes of redemption, heroism, making a difference and leaving a legacy were well symbolized by the figures on the film.
