For information about how to use this forum please check out forum help and policies.
Quote
drewmaster
Anyone who appreciates Elton's music, or has an interest in how Reg Dwight became a mega-star, should definitely check out "Rocketman". Truly one of the best films I've seen in years; a treat for the senses, visually and sonically. Everything else about it works, too, including the brilliant acting.
Drew
Quote
dmay
Find most movie biopics about anyone in any field formulaic. Lost interest in EJ a long while ago. Regarding mentioning hair transplants, hair product and Drumpf, mentioning hair products and hair okay, but, regardless of what's claimed, any mention of Drumpf automatically becomes political even if its said in jest. Can we leave the mofu out of the conversation, s'il vous plait.
Aww, what a sensitive little boy you are...one innocuous little crack about your guy, and you need to desperately try to level the playing field.Quote
Natlanta
Joe Biden's Hair Stories could be a movie, what with all the plugs and sniffing and whatnot, don’t think he’s gay though.
Quote
mjaggergirl
I agree - I enjoyed it but do not need to see it again, but I would watch rhapsody again. Loved the costumes! It would make a great broadway show- or was it and I missed it?
Quote
ElGeordie
My only disappointment was the lack of acknowledgement of Elton's band: Nigel, Davey, Dee (RIP) and Ray played a big part in Elton's success in the early '70s.
Quote
keefriff99Aww, what a sensitive little boy you are...one innocuous little crack about your guy, and you need to desperately try to level the playing field.Quote
Natlanta
Joe Biden's Hair Stories could be a movie, what with all the plugs and sniffing and whatnot, don’t think he’s gay though.
Quote
liddas
In 1983 Milan bought Luther Blissett from Watford. Elton John owned Watford at the time.
Eventually Blissett was renamed "Miss-it" and turned out to be one of the worst strikers of Milan's history.
I must have developed a pavlonian association between ELton and Blissett: whenever I hear Elton's music on the radio I immediately change station!
C
Quote
exhpartQuote
liddas
In 1983 Milan bought Luther Blissett from Watford. Elton John owned Watford at the time.
Eventually Blissett was renamed "Miss-it" and turned out to be one of the worst strikers of Milan's history.
I must have developed a pavlonian association between ELton and Blissett: whenever I hear Elton's music on the radio I immediately change station!
C
Story was that Berlusconi couldn't tell Luthor Blissett from John Barnes (who was also at Watford at the time and scored a "wonder" goal for England against Brazil) and he thought he was buying Barnes (joke)
Quote
tattersQuote
mjaggergirl
I agree - I enjoyed it but do not need to see it again, but I would watch rhapsody again. Loved the costumes! It would make a great broadway show- or was it and I missed it?
It may as well have been. Most of it seemed to me like a film adaptation of a Broadway musical. Maybe he really does think of his life and his music in those terms, but as an approach to the telling of his story, it does a disservice to both the life and the music. It wasn't entirely excruciating. Bernie and Elton's straight-guy-with-a-gay-friend bromance provided some emotional resonance, as did the film's apparent insistence that Elton's detached and aloof parents were the cause of his homosexuality, which is something very much at odds with the "I was born this way" narrative commonly heard among today's gay community. So .... I didn't hate it, but I didn't like it enough to sit through the entire thing, either. Somewhere around the time Elton makes the ill-advised decision to get married, to a woman, I bailed out.
Quote
rebelrebel
There was certainly an inference that his relationship with his parents was at the root of his addiction issues but I didn't think it implied that was the cause of his homosexuality. The way I saw it his homosexuality was another barrier between him and his parents and therefore another factor in the unhappiness that caused him to try and mask the pain with booze and drugs. No coincidence that his sobriety happened at the same time that he accepted his homosexuality.
Quote
jlowe
I haven't seen the film as yet but am a bit confused about the apparant negative portrayal of Elton's parents.
From what I recall, his parents both had an interest in music and supported their sons interest and talent.
They divorced when he was about 14 and Mum remarried to a chap, who so we were led to believe, was both supportive to his Mum and got on well with his step son. Eltons relationship with his Mother seemed to be good but latterly deteriorated not sure why? Sobriety? Furnish? (She died a few years ago).
His Dad however did not seem to be part of his life, post fame.
Quote
jlowe
I know a few friends who are real fans and are surprised that given John's executive involvement in the film some of the content may not be factual, if held under scrutiny.
But then The Stones have sometimes played a bit fast and loose with their own films. Maybe we are over critical?
A film made purely by an 'outsider' without the Star's approval maybe more honest?
Quote
Elmo Lewis
Keith quote - I actually Love Elton's work (especially pre-Blue Moves)
Quote
schillid
Rocketman is what you get if you add ET + Rockman
Quote
Rockman
Rocketman is what you get if you add ET + Rockman
HECK!!!! .…. that's kinda scary ….
…… but I ain't too shabby on a BMX …….
Quote
schillidQuote
schillid
Rocketman is what you get if you add ET + RockmanQuote
Rockman
Rocketman is what you get if you add ET + Rockman
HECK!!!! .…. that's kinda scary ….
…… but I ain't too shabby on a BMX …….
Heck!
No quote, Rockeee?
Quote
Natlanta
Joe Biden's Hair Stories could be a movie, what with all the plugs and sniffing and whatnot, don’t think he’s gay though.