Following its premiere at Cannes on the 16th, Rocketman opens in London on the 22nd
(Because I missed the red carpet of the 21st premiere of Egg in France, I cried to death... and the Dutch brother also went to the premiere, black T suit pants, and waved to the crowd, doubling the tears)
(cough cough)
(closer to the topic, I came to Amway Films)
The film follows rock star Elton John's musical career from childhood to middle age, with each node strung together with one of his songs (although the songs are not chronologically composed by Elton), making the musical elements in this The movie is not so abrupt, and there will be no embarrassment that everyone suddenly dances in an Indian movie or a Hollywood show movie. Taron sings and dances, and with Elton's great songs, it's the best musical I've ever seen.
As soon as the first song "I want love" in the whole movie came out, I got goosebumps. Elton didn't get enough attention from his parents when he was a child. He sat on the stairs and sang the first sentence I want love, but it's impossible. At that time, I thought to myself: Hey isn't this the song in the MV that RDJ recorded for Elton? At that time, RDJ had just come back from abstinence, and he had no resources to hit the wall. Elton asked him to record this MV. How encouraging to him, Elton himself also has a dark history of drug abuse and drug abuse, and he must understand the difficulties of RDJ. These are two loneliness A genius who resents his own flaws but so desires love and redemption.
Taron's acting skills are very good, which can be seen in "Wang Nan" and "Eagle Eddie". He sings very well. "I'm still standing" sings his reputation as a good voice, but no movie can Show his talent so vividly. There's a scene where he looks at the scene where he never hugs or encourages his father to put his arms around his remarried child even after he's famous, with tears and anger in his eyes, and leaves, pretending to be free and easy, Taron's acting is too distressing , I almost cried.
The excellence of this film also lies in Elton John's daring to put his psychological barriers and his rotten past in front of the audience. We see his extremely high musical talent and the deep friendship between him and the lyricist Bernie that transcends family and love. Until he became addicted, suicidal, alcoholic and insane on stage, I saw that he had been longing for love and recognition since childhood, but was let down again and again (father, mother, scumbag agent) and finally defeated the demon , no longer obsessed with the past and the love that cannot be obtained, the song "I'm still standing" is a positive attitude towards life, after trials and tribulations, falling and failing, losing dignity and health, but still able to regain courage , rediscovering himself, Elton John is an amazing musician and an amazing man, and Taron's performance introduced him to us completely.
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