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Rocketman (2019, Dexter Fletcher)
Deadline to Watch It: August 13
Rocketman (2019, Dexter Fletcher)
Deadline to Watch It: August 13
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I saw Rocket Man at the theatre when it first came out and enjoyed it. I rewatched it today. Taron Egerton is fantastic and really becomes Sir Elton John. I really liked the way they used Elton's songs to tell his story. It was done in a very effective and clever way. Rocket Man is wildly entertaining and spectacularly directed with a wonderful screenplay. The costumes and cinematography are really well done. The film looks and sounds great. Despite how much I enjoyed the film, my ballot was too crowded and it just missed the cut. I really hope it makes other people's ballots and makes the countdown. Great nomination!
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I'll try and make time for it.
Anyway, I signed up for a Paramount+ free trial a few days ago for a different movie and Rocketman is on it so I’ll give it a watch.
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I've heard a lot of good stuff about Rocketman, and it's been on a couple of cable movie channels this month, but I'm not much of an Elton John fan, so I've been trying to decide whether or not to watch the movie. I guess that it being nominated just made the decision for me.
I just checked the cable listings, and it's on The Movie Channel tomorrow afternoon, so I'll DVR it and watch it tomorrow night.
FYI, I have nothing against Elton John. I just don't really listen to his style of music, so I only know a few of his songs. But I liked Taron Egerton in Eddie the Eagle, so that's a plus.
I just checked the cable listings, and it's on The Movie Channel tomorrow afternoon, so I'll DVR it and watch it tomorrow night.
FYI, I have nothing against Elton John. I just don't really listen to his style of music, so I only know a few of his songs. But I liked Taron Egerton in Eddie the Eagle, so that's a plus.
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Congrats @seanc - You're the first to nominate something that I was willing to watch and didn't hate.
Rocketman
(Dexter Fletcher, 2019)
While I would never call myself a fan, I do enjoy what I know of Elton John's music. However, this is not a movie I ever really considered watching. Aside from my aversion to musicals, I'm not at all familiar with star Taron Egerton. Looking at his IMDb page, I've only seen Sing - where he voiced one of the characters - and Legend - which I have no strong memory of any performances that weren't by Tom Hardy. I have seen and liked Jamie Bell in a couple of other movies, but The Eagle and Skin hardly have anything in common with this.
Having seen it now, I definitely don't regret watching it. I thought Egerton and Bell both gave quite good performances, I mostly liked the songs, and I got a kick out of the recreations of Elton's iconic stage outfits. But I am far from loving this. I cringed anytime little kid Reggie sang, I thought that scene near the end where Elton "confronts" the people in his life was corny as hell, and frankly I would've enjoyed this movie a whole hell of a lot more if it was a standard biopic. It was really frustrating for me to get really engaged in the drama of a scene, only for the movie to suddenly remind me that it is indeed a musical and break my immersion with stupid shit like little kid Reggie in a space suit singing at the bottom of a pool to grown up Elton who is trying to drown himself.
So ultimately I come away with mixed feelings. I do think that the film's positives mostly outweigh its drawbacks for me, but not by a lot. But hey, at least someone has finally nominated something for this Group Watch that I didn't hate.
Rocketman
(Dexter Fletcher, 2019)
While I would never call myself a fan, I do enjoy what I know of Elton John's music. However, this is not a movie I ever really considered watching. Aside from my aversion to musicals, I'm not at all familiar with star Taron Egerton. Looking at his IMDb page, I've only seen Sing - where he voiced one of the characters - and Legend - which I have no strong memory of any performances that weren't by Tom Hardy. I have seen and liked Jamie Bell in a couple of other movies, but The Eagle and Skin hardly have anything in common with this.
Having seen it now, I definitely don't regret watching it. I thought Egerton and Bell both gave quite good performances, I mostly liked the songs, and I got a kick out of the recreations of Elton's iconic stage outfits. But I am far from loving this. I cringed anytime little kid Reggie sang, I thought that scene near the end where Elton "confronts" the people in his life was corny as hell, and frankly I would've enjoyed this movie a whole hell of a lot more if it was a standard biopic. It was really frustrating for me to get really engaged in the drama of a scene, only for the movie to suddenly remind me that it is indeed a musical and break my immersion with stupid shit like little kid Reggie in a space suit singing at the bottom of a pool to grown up Elton who is trying to drown himself.
So ultimately I come away with mixed feelings. I do think that the film's positives mostly outweigh its drawbacks for me, but not by a lot. But hey, at least someone has finally nominated something for this Group Watch that I didn't hate.
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Rocketman: I’m a huge Elton John fan, so I was never not going to see this. I think the musical angle works perfect here. Elton is flamboyant and bigger than life, so this style fits the story of his life perfectly in my opinion. Egerton was fantastic. This was already on my list but I am very glad I rewatched it. It’s a 4 star movie for me. I don’t think everything works perfectly, but I love it.
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I'll probably watch that tonight, just gotta find the movie.
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Rocketman: I’m a huge Elton John fan, so I was never not going to see this. I think the musical angle works perfect here. Elton is flamboyant and bigger than life, so this style fits the story of his life perfectly in my opinion. Egerton was fantastic. This was already on my list but I am very glad I rewatched it. It’s a 4 star movie for me. I don’t think everything works perfectly, but I love it.
Literally the only complaint I have about this movie is thay Egerton, as great of an actor as he is, doesn't sound a thing like Elton John. It would be my number 1 music biopic if it had fixed this issue, but for now that honor is given to Amadeus.
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Literally the only complaint I have about this movie is thay Egerton, as great of an actor as he is, doesn't sound a thing like Elton John. It would be my number 1 music biopic if it had fixed this issue, but for now that honor is given to Amadeus.
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Because he does sound like Elton John?
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When I was in 7th grade my parents gave me their old and cheap stereo. I had three albums that I'd bought with my own money: Gladys Night & The Pips 'Greatest Hits', Linda Ronstadt 'Simple Dreams' and Elton John's 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'. By the time I was a bit older I moved onto 'album rock' bands like Queen, Styx and Heart. I didn't really follow Elton's career or music though I remember being glued to this new cable channel that played music that was set to videos. Yes back in the early 80s MTV played music videos and me and my friends would watch and wait for our favorite music videos to play. So I got a big kick out of seeing the last scene of the movie when I instantly remembered the music video for 'I'm Still Standing'. I remembered every shot of that movie sequence, which is amazing as I never did like that song or video, but MTV sure played it alot.
I was never planning on watching Rocketman even though I did enjoy Bohemian Rhapsody quite a bit. However I did end up liking Rocketman and I think the music was integrated into the film in a very spectacular & creative way that impressed me. I didn't realize that Elton John had been such an ass. I guess when one listens to the heartfelt lyrics of his songs, one images Elton a little more saintly than he appeared in the movie. But I'll give Elton John who served as executive producer credit for letting all his warts be seen. I'll give him even more credit for portraying his friend and song writer Bernie Taupin in such a loving positive manner.
Glad I watched this, not a favorite but still good
I was never planning on watching Rocketman even though I did enjoy Bohemian Rhapsody quite a bit. However I did end up liking Rocketman and I think the music was integrated into the film in a very spectacular & creative way that impressed me. I didn't realize that Elton John had been such an ass. I guess when one listens to the heartfelt lyrics of his songs, one images Elton a little more saintly than he appeared in the movie. But I'll give Elton John who served as executive producer credit for letting all his warts be seen. I'll give him even more credit for portraying his friend and song writer Bernie Taupin in such a loving positive manner.
Glad I watched this, not a favorite but still good
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As biographies go, Rocketman was a good movie. The acting was good, and they did a nice job of using the songs properly to move the story along.
Prior to watching this, I didn't know much about Elton John's life. (I barely knew much of his music.) It's kind of heartbreaking to see the way he was treated by the people in his life, and how it affected him. Maybe if the people around him showed him some love, he wouldn't have spiraled into a life of drugs.
The main problem with this movie for me was that most of the people in the movie weren't likeable, including Elton John. Pretty much the only person in the movie that I liked was Bernie Taupin.
Like I said previously, I'm not really an Elton John fan, so the music was just okay. There are a few songs that I like, such as "Your Song" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and while I'm not a big fan of "Crocodile Rock", it always reminds me of his appearance on "The Muppet Show".
I especially liked the way they showed the photos at the end, comparing the scenes in the movies to his real life. This was my favorite part of the movie.
Prior to watching this, I didn't know much about Elton John's life. (I barely knew much of his music.) It's kind of heartbreaking to see the way he was treated by the people in his life, and how it affected him. Maybe if the people around him showed him some love, he wouldn't have spiraled into a life of drugs.
The main problem with this movie for me was that most of the people in the movie weren't likeable, including Elton John. Pretty much the only person in the movie that I liked was Bernie Taupin.
Like I said previously, I'm not really an Elton John fan, so the music was just okay. There are a few songs that I like, such as "Your Song" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and while I'm not a big fan of "Crocodile Rock", it always reminds me of his appearance on "The Muppet Show".
I especially liked the way they showed the photos at the end, comparing the scenes in the movies to his real life. This was my favorite part of the movie.
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As biographies go, Rocketman was a good movie. The acting was good, and they did a nice job of using the songs properly to move the story along.
Prior to watching this, I didn't know much about Elton John's life. (I barely knew much of his music.) It's kind of heartbreaking to see the way he was treated by the people in his life, and how it affected him. Maybe if the people around him showed him some love, he wouldn't have spiraled into a life of drugs.
The main problem with this movie for me was that most of the people in the movie weren't likeable, including Elton John. Pretty much the only person in the movie that I liked was Bernie Taupin.
Like I said previously, I'm not really an Elton John fan, so the music was just okay. There are a few songs that I like, such as "Your Song" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and while I'm not a big fan of "Crocodile Rock", it always reminds me of his appearance on "The Muppet Show".
I especially liked the way they showed the photos at the end, comparing the scenes in the movies to his real life. This was my favorite part of the movie.
Prior to watching this, I didn't know much about Elton John's life. (I barely knew much of his music.) It's kind of heartbreaking to see the way he was treated by the people in his life, and how it affected him. Maybe if the people around him showed him some love, he wouldn't have spiraled into a life of drugs.
The main problem with this movie for me was that most of the people in the movie weren't likeable, including Elton John. Pretty much the only person in the movie that I liked was Bernie Taupin.
Like I said previously, I'm not really an Elton John fan, so the music was just okay. There are a few songs that I like, such as "Your Song" and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", and while I'm not a big fan of "Crocodile Rock", it always reminds me of his appearance on "The Muppet Show".
I especially liked the way they showed the photos at the end, comparing the scenes in the movies to his real life. This was my favorite part of the movie.
That episode is what got me paying attention to Elton as a little kid. Didn't really pay attention to the fact that he wrote Lion King music beforehand, but that show also got me to check out The Sound of Music and Singing in the Rain, as well as checking out Paul Simon, John Denver and Linda Ronstadt.
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That episode is what got me paying attention to Elton as a little kid. Didn't really pay attention to the fact that he wrote Lion King music beforehand, but that show also got me to check out The Sound of Music and Singing in the Rain, as well as checking out Paul Simon, John Denver and Linda Ronstadt.
I used to babysit for a kid who loved "The Muppet Show" so much that his father used to video tape and save all the episodes, so I saw every episode multiple times back then. I was very impressed with the quality of guest stars that they got for that show.
The kid was about 5 or 6 years old, and he learned who all of the great actors and singers were by watching The Muppets.
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So who is the next host? We are due for the next one.
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