In recent years, music biographies/song and dance films have won many awards, and this "trend" seems to have become a new direction for the entire industry. From last year's passionate "Bohemian Rhapsody" to this year's brilliant "Rocketman", the "Golden Combination" of "Celebrity Singer + Golden Melody Mix" has repeatedly achieved success and tried hard. Today, let's talk about the new music biography "Rocketman", and feel the music/life/personality charm of Sir Elton John.
American movie "Rocketman"
Genre: Music, Biography
Main Cast: Taron Egerton
Story Overview: Elton John's Musical Journey
Release Date: May 22, 2019 in UK theaters
List of nominations:
The general impression is gossip:
1. Taron Egerton is hard-working and dedicated, and can compete with Rami Malek ("Bohemian Rhapsody" as Freddie Mercury), and the level of effort is obvious to all. but! To make this kind of film, hard work alone is not enough, but also "look". This "face value" does not mean "how it looks", but "close to the prototype" and "looks similar", which makes it easier to attract the audience into the play. If you rely solely on the actor's own acting skills to enter the "original story", It is bound to produce the opposite effect of "the opposite direction".
2. The integrity of the story is acceptable, there are ins and outs, dramatic turning points, and highlights. These settings (directors and screenwriters have made contributions), both tangible and intangible, have brought the work to a higher level of viewing.
3. The soundtrack is brilliant enough, as unforgettable as "Bohemian Rhapsody". Of course, that's definitely thanks to Elton John (it goes without saying), and if it weren't for these classic hits, the show would be, at best, a "top-heavy" semi-finished product.
Enter the film, watch it as you walk, and make an (inadequate) comparison with Bohemian Rhapsody. (Personal opinion)
First look at "completeness"
Strictly speaking, neither story is complete.
In contrast, this work is better than "Bohemian Rhapsody", how can I say this?
"Bohemian Rhapsody" only interception of a certain stage of life FreddieMercury ( creation of "Bohemian Rhapsody" The Ins and Outs and 1985. That century classic "Live Aid") as to the main story of the whole work, In this way, the story timeline is actually compressed (insufficient space), and for "biography", it is obviously "incomplete".
On the other hand, this work is slightly different (great progress), although from the time line, it is still "slightly scattered" ( although the whole story is sorted out/built through a "sharing meeting" ), it is inevitable. But from the perspective of the shaping of "people", it is almost perfect. Because the story has unreservedly displayed the various "postures" of Elton John in various periods in front of the audience, positive, negative, ugly, glamorous, in other words, made "this person" alive.
Look at "Showing Power"
The two are indistinguishable.
First of all, they all took the "golden song skewer" route to serve fans/movie fans.
Secondly, "scratch your head and make a pose" (not in a derogatory sense), crazy and eye-catching (the lens language is touching).
(PS It is undeniable that the scale of this work has been qualitatively improved compared with "Bohemian Rhapsody")
Finally, the archetypal charm (music genius) + actor strength (acting talent) => character display
Finally see "Influence"
The benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom.
From the perspective of character prototypes, Freddie Mercury and Elton John are both heavyweight "rock singers" with equal strength. However, as far as the UK and the world are concerned, Queen's influence is much higher than that of Elton John, which is an indisputable fact and cannot be refuted. To put it more bluntly, Freddie Mercury's talent/song/self-charisma is far superior to Sir Elton John (by a few). If you don't agree, it is recommended to go and see the concert of 85'Live Aid and 92' to commemorate Freddie.
From the perspective of the film itself, this work is a complete victory (completeness), the fullness of the characters' personality, the fineness of the plot and bridges, and the coherence of the plot and soundtrack settings. In contrast, the quality of "Bohemian Rhapsody" is obviously unsatisfactory, and it ended in complete failure.
Finally, let me add that the director of this work, Dexter Fletcher, is actually one of the producers of "Bohemian Rhapsody", so there is a "fascinated similarity" between the two (movies), which is normal. However.
Let's stop talking and say something outrageous. Rather than spending time watching the "rehearsal" music biographies, it's much more exciting to go straight to the "live version" of real people singing. Moreover, only in this way can fans truly and truly feel the uninhibited life of rock musicians.
Attached: A Brief Review of "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Allow me to say "no" (brief comment, Bohemian Rhapsody)
Screenwriter★★★☆☆
The director ★☆☆☆☆ (Following the narrative structure of "Bohemian Rhapsody", the novelty is not enough, and it is a little tired to watch; it is a little bit boring to use the song and dance show, and I don't know what it means? If you want to make another film like this, I suggest you go The whole American hot boy Axl Rose)
Actor ★★★★★ (Taron Egerton does his best)
Plot ★★★☆☆ (except for the overall sense/completion of the story, which is worth mentioning, others are disdainful)
Visual effects ★★★★☆ (stage matching, costume design, gorgeous and invincible)
Sound ★★★★★ (Golden Songs Simulcast)
Recommendation ★★★☆☆ (Real music fans should watch the live version of Sir Elton John, watching movies is so boring)
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