The slow motion at the beginning is my favorite way of appearing, with the sunlight in the background and exaggerated costumes, the first second is amazing, and the glorious moment is undoubtedly. Who knew that Elton John was at the most tormenting time in his life at this time, losing all the things that were most important to him, family, love, and even confidants. For a long time, he relied on powder and wine to maintain himself and escape from reality pain and utter loneliness. This dark period actually lasted a long time, even in the short two-hour film. From visiting his father but being treated with a completely different indifference from his half-brother, a person began to be fragmented a little from the bottom of his heart, to his attempted suicide in psychedelics. The outside is cynical and unruly, but the inside is just like the evaluation of his songs in the lines in the film, private, lonely, but frank. He has always expected himself to be just like when he was a child, without the detachment of his parents, without the interests of the rich and the money, and without the chores and troubles. Just sitting by the bed, waving a flashlight, and pretending to conduct an imaginary symphony orchestra can also have a happy time that comes from the bottom of my heart. At the end of the film, he sits in a drug rehab center, a room, a piano, a person, a word, a song, mustering up his courage, pressing the keys, and returning to his original self, with a remodeled self and a never-changing self. The dream continues. Kill the person you were born to be and become the one you want to be. Just like "Bohemian Rhapsody", no matter how high the degree of reduction is, no matter how close to the facts, no matter how powerful the director and screenwriter are, or even the reporter himself, it is impossible to use only two hours to summarize one person, one A legend, a lifetime of glory, troughs and psychological journeys. The limitation of time has led to the selection and expression of various events in the film, most of which are biased towards the superficial analysis of the character's innermost thoughts. Whenever the audience wants to gain a deeper understanding of what is really affecting Elton John's emotions, psychology, physiology and behavior. When the impact is made, the camera always moves quickly to the next thing, which makes it difficult for us to understand what he feels. However, I have to say that every transition in this film has its own characteristics and is eye-catching, but the director stitches together all the fragmented life experiences in this way, which does not make the film have a good display of the continuity of the plot. It also highlights the fragmented expression of the film like an MV, which loses the ability to mobilize and control the audience's emotions. This may be more difficult to resonate emotionally with non-fan crowds. Compared with "Bohemian Rhapsody", although this film is not as hot as the previous film, only when the last song "I Still Standing" sounded, I really felt the sunshine that broke through the darkness. However, "Rocketman" is undoubtedly more realistic in terms of "biography". No matter what the portrayed is doing, everything is true, and it shows the audience Elton John's life and a very sincere fantasy life without shyness.
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