_Rocketman_ -- the Elton John biopic! Starring...Tom Hardy!

I appreciated the fact that the filmmakers were deliberately winking at the audience enough to make it clear that "this is fantastical revisionism", no efforts made to conceal the fact that this was a self-aggrandizing piece, and in fact acknowledging it slyly

totally

jamie bell’s accent in this is utterly confounding

That scene in the cafe where they hesitantly share how much they love Country music and then both burst into song at customer-bothering volume was straight-up genius. I could have taken an entire film (Backbeat/Nowhere Boy style) of Bernie and Elton larking around young and drunk in the London suburbs but i was very grateful there were some scenes depicting that at all.

The only real false note for me was.. why on Earth would he randomly have an entirely new and unrehearsed band for that first Troubador show?? Just nitpicking that though.

Best biopic since Walk The Line.

yeah the cafe Streets of Laredo scene is ridic charming, one of my faves

Full length Honky Cat number featuring the full dance number that was cut from the movie

it’s v cute

https://youtu.be/bAX5RzN5b0g

Wowwww

I want to applaud everyone involved from the orchestrator who made it magical to the intern who threw the soccer ball

I just watched this yesterday too - great movie! I wonder how much of Bohemian Rhapsody Fletcher had input on, because this had much bolder direction. It was refreshing to see a biopic embrace the falseness of biopics, and some of the song choices were legit surprising, like I Want Love. Was wondering if even a Lion King song would show up

I don't think Fletcher had much input on BR at all. He finished it up, I believe the majority of the movie was maybe already shot and done.

hmm. I think it was a good call to cut that number. The Busby Berkeley instrumental part doesn't work. The part with the reggae beat isn't great either.

xp that would make sense, the two movies are like night and day

Dex was on board before the movie switched studios, when Ben Whishaw was attached & they were ginning for an R rating. VERY different movie, obv.

But it sounds like he had very little input on the final version when they brought him back - I mean he only worked on the Live Aid portion at the end and a handful of other scenes, and it was mostly just to help them finish shooting.

I was a little taken aback when I read (via a Vulture article? maybe?) that the bits in Rocketman about Elton's mum and dad ("You will never be loved properly" and "no hugs for you, they'll make you soft", respectively) were apocryphal. They did such a good job depicting, frankly, the glorious first blush of gay male flirtation and sexiness and then the descent into callous abuse, all of that was chef's kiss. Why did they need to get all revisionist about his family situation? I get the impulse to do so (drama!) but it felt like a betrayal for people who, like, actually have to deal with that kind of familial rejection. Anyway, whatever, it was really nice to see a movie really Do Gay Justice in the face of Bohemian Rhapsody ignoring it and Call Me By Your Name creating some bizarre white-washed fantasy version of it.

didn't know they were apocryphal; elton and his mother had a completely fucking horrible relationship up to her death though so I can see why he'd be happy to portray her in a negative light.

I think that using Elton’s own memories as the basis for the story allows for more license, and maybe pushing the envelope for added impact - they didn’t factually say it, but it ~felt~ that way? Maybe thats a copout though, idk

i agree that it would be hard to hear as those irl ppl though

and yeah his relationship w his mum was pretty sad

On a separate note: one of my favorite 'because we can' moments in the film is him rocketing up from Dodger Stadium into the passing jet.

I wonder how much of Bohemian Rhapsody Fletcher had input on, because this had much bolder direction

Apart from his BoRhap role being to play cleanup, he'd quit the film originally because he didn't like the script they ended up with, or the sanitised tone. Rocketman is presumably more like what he would have done with Queen if able, but his job on the released Rhapsody was to be anonymous and finish the film that hundreds of ppl were already making, not to suddenly turn it into his own vision.

Enjoying the rush of enthusiasm in this revive, I'll probably check it out sometime based on this.

xpost yeah some of the transitions are really inventive, that one is the most bonkers and a+

I take back my snippy comment on the trailer, this film was wonderful in every sense.
A minor shock to realise I have been listening to the first "Greatest Hits" compilation for 45 years now, Jesus.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENkl3L6XYAI_Duj?format=jpg

Re. his parents. Their depiction here is 10x kinder than the picture he draws in "Me". There's a lot of nasty stuff not mentioned in the movie.

richard the hamster hammond

gail platt

who else does bernie look like

Paul Sturrock.

Finally saw this and was kinda surprised as the movie ended that they couldn’t find any use of “someone saved my life tonight” in the film given how the story was presented.

jamie bell’s accent in this is utterly confounding

Yeah, I had no idea what he was trying to do the entire film.

So what happened to Tom Hardy?

So what happened to Tom Hardy?

so what happened to Tom Hardy?

so what 'appened to Tom 'ardy