Rocketman - Elton John 'Biopic'
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First trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m8D0OA0pKQ
Not a straight up biopic but more of a 'fantasy musical'.
Not a straight up biopic but more of a 'fantasy musical'.
Second trailer (first full length) is out now. Actually looking really good - not usually a fan of biopics but this looks to be something to keep an eye on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwmbpV2fBs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwmbpV2fBs
wasn't even aware of this, looks decent.
Rocketman Trailer REACTION
Beyond The Trailer Published on 21 Feb 2019
https://youtu.be/jx6uXCY7CnU
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Rocketman Trailer REACTION
Beyond The Trailer Published on 21 Feb 2019
https://youtu.be/jx6uXCY7CnU
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I posted this but it vanished off the bottom of the forum - seems people arent rushing out to see it???
Really very good.
Despite being part film part musical (feels like a West End show at times....saw Tina last week and has more in common with that than the last time I was at the cinema for John Wick 3!) it felt much more “real” than the Queen movie. Perhaps because Elton is alive so made his own film (via his husband) rather than the Queen leftovers creating a “tribute” to Freddie?
Anyway, very enjoyable and the lead is very good (certainly better than the James Bond spoof nonsense films I’ve seen him in before)
8 wacky spectacles out of 10
Really very good.
Despite being part film part musical (feels like a West End show at times....saw Tina last week and has more in common with that than the last time I was at the cinema for John Wick 3!) it felt much more “real” than the Queen movie. Perhaps because Elton is alive so made his own film (via his husband) rather than the Queen leftovers creating a “tribute” to Freddie?
Anyway, very enjoyable and the lead is very good (certainly better than the James Bond spoof nonsense films I’ve seen him in before)
8 wacky spectacles out of 10
Tiggsy said:
I cant stand the actor.....hate him with a passion after being forced to watch that kingsman rubbish......can’t believe people (other than 14 yr old boys) like it.
But this (And him in it) look like it’s going to be very good!
I had a similr opinion, then saw him in Eddie the Eagle, he’s really good in that. But this (And him in it) look like it’s going to be very good!
Off to Rocketman on Saturday, Saturday, Saturday...
Mike Batt, who you may only think of as the creator of The Wombles but actually has an enormous musical back catalogue of his own, wasn't impressed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7070579/W...
Turns out he responded to the same advert through which Elton John was originally found, so they have pretty identical career lengths, but whereas Elton John went into pop, Mike Batt went more in a composing and classical and producing direction.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7070579/W...
Turns out he responded to the same advert through which Elton John was originally found, so they have pretty identical career lengths, but whereas Elton John went into pop, Mike Batt went more in a composing and classical and producing direction.
kev1974 said:
Mike Batt, who you may only think of as the creator of The Wombles but actually has an enormous musical back catalogue of his own, wasn't impressed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7070579/W...
Turns out he responded to the same advert through which Elton John was originally found, so they have pretty identical career lengths, but whereas Elton John went into pop, Mike Batt went more in a composing and classical and producing direction.
I thought it was a great film, better than Bohemian Rhapsody, and great performances all round. I think Mike Batt is just jealous 'cos nobody wants to make a film about him...https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7070579/W...
Turns out he responded to the same advert through which Elton John was originally found, so they have pretty identical career lengths, but whereas Elton John went into pop, Mike Batt went more in a composing and classical and producing direction.
Another positive review here, wasn't expecting it to be quite so musical although it did make it a really decent watch. Reminded me of 'Tommy' at times and it had my wife bubbling in tears a few times too.
Great characters and a great insight into a very talented but very mixed-up individual
Great characters and a great insight into a very talented but very mixed-up individual
kev1974 said:
Mike Batt, who you may only think of as the creator of The Wombles but actually has an enormous musical back catalogue of his own, wasn't impressed.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7070579/W...
Turns out he responded to the same advert through which Elton John was originally found, so they have pretty identical career lengths, but whereas Elton John went into pop, Mike Batt went more in a composing and classical and producing direction.
IIRC he wrote 9 million bicycles sung by Katie Melua too and probably a lot more.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7070579/W...
Turns out he responded to the same advert through which Elton John was originally found, so they have pretty identical career lengths, but whereas Elton John went into pop, Mike Batt went more in a composing and classical and producing direction.
I went to see it on Sunday. I'm not really a fan of Elton, I really don't like musicals.
This film was a musical about Elton. Bloody loved it!
There is no comparison to Bohemian Rhapsody, they might be similar in that they are about a musical legend but that's where any similarity ends. To compare the two is like comparing Transformers to Wall-E, just because they are about robots.
It felt like Elton wanted to say sorry to a bunch of people he's upset of the years. Then someone said lets do a musical about it, then someone else said we'll make more money as a film so lets do that and the musical later. It shouldn't work but it does. The opening scene is brilliant, there are some properly sad bits and some properly funny bits.
9 ridiculous platform shoes out of 10
This film was a musical about Elton. Bloody loved it!
There is no comparison to Bohemian Rhapsody, they might be similar in that they are about a musical legend but that's where any similarity ends. To compare the two is like comparing Transformers to Wall-E, just because they are about robots.
It felt like Elton wanted to say sorry to a bunch of people he's upset of the years. Then someone said lets do a musical about it, then someone else said we'll make more money as a film so lets do that and the musical later. It shouldn't work but it does. The opening scene is brilliant, there are some properly sad bits and some properly funny bits.
9 ridiculous platform shoes out of 10
Tiggsy said:
I posted this but it vanished off the bottom of the forum - seems people arent rushing out to see it???
£6.8m weekend, impressive for a 15 rated film. PH tastes rarely align with the mainstream (Avengers aside), I recall 1 or 2 reviews of Us at most during the UK cinema release despite it doing really well at the box office. Being 60, Elton John was a part of my teenage years although it wasn't until "Rocketman" blew us all away that we really took notice and I bought the seminal double album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" although some of his later work was average, to say the least.
So I was looking forward to this because I loved Bohemian Rhapsody despite the lies in that script.
I was disappointed with Rocketman and the main reason is the obvious hand of Elton although it was not the "West End Theatre" production I anticipated might be the precursor to a stage show. Probably too elaborate and expensive for that.
The music pumps the film up and Taran Egerton manages a very good impression of Elton, despite being stockier.
Elton said this film was going to be unsanitised and uncensored but nearly all the scenes were pretty tame and two men in the nuddy isn't going to shock anyone, nor is sniffing cocaine. About the rudest (funniest part) is the use of the C word towards the end.
The story is told through his recollection (or total lack of it) and the lyrics are applied skilfully, often in a random chronological order, depending on what suits and modified to fit but then it's not a documentary. The lyrics are all sung slowly and meaningfully, initially and are seamlessly used to tell his story, which is ironic, given he didn't write any of them. It's not horribly forced like Mamma Mia or We Will Rock You (both crap), it all blends in.
If you're looking for anything about his friendships with Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan, David Bowie etc, you won't find any trace here.Not a snidge about his time with Tim Rice or beyond either but then it is a smatter of high and lowlights from the earlier part of a 50 year career. Even I didn't realise just how rich he was but that is one facet he included, to underline his own glory.
Overall, I am inclined to agree with Mike Batt's view that the downfall of this film is a revenge depiction of people he didn't like or blamed for what he was. This is Elton rewriting history and sticking the knife in,for his own posterity. It kind of spoils it, being totally self-indulgent and the bitterness really shines through.
Still worth seeing but a modest 6/10 from me.
So I was looking forward to this because I loved Bohemian Rhapsody despite the lies in that script.
I was disappointed with Rocketman and the main reason is the obvious hand of Elton although it was not the "West End Theatre" production I anticipated might be the precursor to a stage show. Probably too elaborate and expensive for that.
The music pumps the film up and Taran Egerton manages a very good impression of Elton, despite being stockier.
Elton said this film was going to be unsanitised and uncensored but nearly all the scenes were pretty tame and two men in the nuddy isn't going to shock anyone, nor is sniffing cocaine. About the rudest (funniest part) is the use of the C word towards the end.
The story is told through his recollection (or total lack of it) and the lyrics are applied skilfully, often in a random chronological order, depending on what suits and modified to fit but then it's not a documentary. The lyrics are all sung slowly and meaningfully, initially and are seamlessly used to tell his story, which is ironic, given he didn't write any of them. It's not horribly forced like Mamma Mia or We Will Rock You (both crap), it all blends in.
If you're looking for anything about his friendships with Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan, David Bowie etc, you won't find any trace here.Not a snidge about his time with Tim Rice or beyond either but then it is a smatter of high and lowlights from the earlier part of a 50 year career. Even I didn't realise just how rich he was but that is one facet he included, to underline his own glory.
Overall, I am inclined to agree with Mike Batt's view that the downfall of this film is a revenge depiction of people he didn't like or blamed for what he was. This is Elton rewriting history and sticking the knife in,for his own posterity. It kind of spoils it, being totally self-indulgent and the bitterness really shines through.
Still worth seeing but a modest 6/10 from me.
I saw it last night, and found most of it utterly cringeworthy. As a huge fan of his early work I was looking forward to it, but found it all a big let down. So why was it (for me) such a disappointment?
- Given Elton's voice in his youth, an amazing and unique talent with that mid atlantic twang, why the f
k did the actor sing (and murder) all his best tracks?
- The chronology was a disaster. No mention made of his 1969 album, Empty Sky that has an epic title track.
- Mind you, he hasn't made a decent record in over 30 years and he sounds like a 75 year old pub singer now. At the end, the bit about him and his plastic husband and their spermoids plus his charity work and spending habits was just vomit inducing. Oh just fk off!
It was far worse than Bohemian Rhapsody - and that takes some doing.
Mind you, this takes the biscuit. Elton, like McCartney etc really should have jacked it in 20-30 years ago but they're such attention wes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0x3VIz2Y8
- Given Elton's voice in his youth, an amazing and unique talent with that mid atlantic twang, why the f
k did the actor sing (and murder) all his best tracks?- The chronology was a disaster. No mention made of his 1969 album, Empty Sky that has an epic title track.
- Mind you, he hasn't made a decent record in over 30 years and he sounds like a 75 year old pub singer now. At the end, the bit about him and his plastic husband and their spermoids plus his charity work and spending habits was just vomit inducing. Oh just f
k off! It was far worse than Bohemian Rhapsody - and that takes some doing.
Mind you, this takes the biscuit. Elton, like McCartney etc really should have jacked it in 20-30 years ago but they're such attention w
es. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0x3VIz2Y8
The controversy continues:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7094579/E...
His brother certainly wasn't in the film either!
It wasn't a bad job, but not fantastic, i'd give it a 6 or 7 out of 10. Very theatrical so if you like that kind of thing you'll like it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7094579/E...
His brother certainly wasn't in the film either!
It wasn't a bad job, but not fantastic, i'd give it a 6 or 7 out of 10. Very theatrical so if you like that kind of thing you'll like it.
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