In January last year, he suddenly threw a shock bomb, announcing that he would retire after holding a three-year, 300-show "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" tour concert, British national treasure singer Elton John. They made their debut in 1965, and have collaborated with lyricist Bernie since 1967. During their 50-year music career, the two have collaborated on more than 30 albums and released numerous classic best-selling hits, such as "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" "Tiny Dancer", "Rocketma", "Saturday Night's Alrigh", "I Want Love", "Your Song", "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" and many more have sold over 250 million in total Among them, "Candle in the Wind", which commemorates Marilyn Monroe, is still the best-selling single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Elton John has won six Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, and won Oscars, Golden Globes and Eastern The Nepali Award is definitely, it can be said that there are countless awards. Elton John is known as one of the most successful entertainers in history. He was inducted into the Creation Hall of Fame with Bernie in 1992, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, and was awarded the Commander of the British Empire the following year. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine listed him as the 49th in the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In addition to music, Elton John is also very keen on public welfare activities, such as the establishment of the AIDS Foundation to raise funds for patients, and he has also participated in social movements such as "Give a Damn campaign". He loves football and tennis. He also devoted himself and actively raised funds for the team. He is a well-known bisexual in the music world. He once married recording engineer Renate Blauel. Unfortunately, the marriage lasted only four years. After that, he met his current husband and film producer David Furnish in 1993 and registered as a civil partner in 2005. Officially married in 2014, he and David had two sons through a surrogate mother and lived a very happy life.
For myself, Elton John is by no means a singer I know well, and even if he is so famous, oddly enough, I'm still so moved by Rocketman. The movie starts from Elton John's childhood, and tells his legendary life from the outside to the inside, whether it is from a piano genius without a teacher, to a music master who no one can shake in today's music world. The whole process, or his straying and wandering along with his fame, and the unimaginable inner pressure through disguise and armed are quite complete. "Rocketman" deconstructs Elton John from multiple directions, and talks about love. , the importance of friendship and family to him, see how the incompleteness of his childhood family, lack of self-confidence in himself, a strong desire to be loved shaped and affected him, and how music was to him. existence and meaning? Is it a way to protect, rely on, escape, express or know oneself? "Rocketman" asked Taron Egerton to play Elton John, but in fact Elton John asked Taron Egerton to tell his story on his behalf. All of it was given to the audience without reservation. Those who already knew him can know him better. If you don't know him, you can get to know him now, and after listening to his story, open your arms and give him a warm hug.
As an autobiographical film, various experiences and situations cannot be fabricated by themselves, and relevant data can be found on the Internet, so I omitted the plot part and wanted to start talking about it directly from other places. If I were Elton John, "Rocketman" would undoubtedly be quite private. It couldn't lie or be concealed. Facing the audience, it took a lot of energy and courage to rummage through the memories to find those unbearable and all the gorgeous performances. The scabbed wound that was covered by the clothes, and then talked about everything to everyone so that I knew the most about myself that no one had ever heard or seen? Especially when everyone thinks you're "what kind of person" you are because of the way you act and the way you dress. The film uses Elton John's way of participating in a mutual aid society to share, step by step from childhood to the fall after becoming famous and then stand up again. As Elton John himself said, it is meaningless to sing praises for success and fame alone, honestly. Telling the truth can help you come out of the dark. "I just need you to know that you choose a lonely life, and you will never be loved well." Elton John's overly exaggerated clothing and makeup are obviously a kind of pretense, but also a kind of weapon. He has to rely on these external aids to deceive everyone. In fact, the real him is so fragile and unconfident, and this is also his attempt to explore and understand himself (sexuality, drag queen). Although the incompleteness of his childhood family made him sad, it did not break him. What really broke his heart and let him indulge and fall was when he realized that no one had ever loved him. I always think that my father is just not good at expressing emotions. In fact, he loves him deeply. As long as he works hard to prove himself, maybe one day his father will hug him and affirm him, but a visit after becoming famous makes him completely. It turns out that the one who can get love from his father has never been himself, and the one who thinks that he has it is only his own opinion after all. He was addicted to his intimacy with John Reid, who gave him almost what he could, but in the end the other party only saw the relationship as a business, and what he loved for a long time would be his own was a self-deception. A phone call with his mother was the last straw that broke him, he began to fall down faster and faster, became addicted to alcohol and became a poisonous insect, he drove Bernie away, and built a high beside his heart. The wall is no longer the little boy who loved rock music in the past, but the lonely and helpless Elton John written all over his face. "You need to know who you are and accept who you are." I especially like being Elton
"It's lonely out in space, On such a timeless flight, And I think it's gonna be a long, long time, Till touch down brings me 'round again to find, I'm not the man they think I am at home, Oh , no, no, no, I'm a rocket man, Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone." The song "Rocket Man" expresses Elton John's aspirations after he became famous. After he became Elton John, he was full of powerlessness in all aspects of life, work, love, and family, as well as the loneliness and loneliness that was always lively around him, but seemed to be in an infinite universe. From a certain point of view, this song may be the most appropriate to represent Elton Strong. I like "Rocketman" very much. Although it is an autobiographical film, it is not a documentary like "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Amy Wise", "Whitney", it is more like a musical. , and "The King of the Circus", "Dream Girl", "Mamma Mia!" ” is similar, replacing the lines and dialogues with several songs, so that it can fast-forward the plot but also explain the mood changes of the singer, without destroying the fluency of the rhythm, and the plot itself becomes rich and full because of these songs.
As mentioned earlier, I don't know much about Elton John, but after watching "Rocketman", I can say that I fell in love with him and his music. When I got home, I immediately went online to find every song that appeared in the movie to listen to, From the first "The Bitch Is Back" to the last "I'm Still Standing", I like every song, and my favorite is "I Want Love". In addition, I have to say that Taron Egerton's acting is really good. After all, his works in recent years other than "Ace Agent" seem to be not very good. This time he played Elton John better than expected, and his singing voice is also nothing to say. "Bohemian Rhapsody" wouldn't have won if the movie was released last year, and Taron Egerton has every chance of earning his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Movie. Then again, I thought Taron Egerton was already very similar to Elton John, but I didn't expect Matthew Illesley, who played the childhood Elton John, to be more like it. The audience who saw the photo at the end of the credits knew what I was surprised.
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