I haven't seen a movie in a long time.
Started following Rocketman early on, in part because Bodyguard got into Madden. I remember the first time I saw Trailer when it was released in 2018, and I just thought it was good and gorgeous. From a movie point of view, the overall feeling of Rocketman is slightly stronger than Pomi, although as a Queen fan, when I watch Pomi, I really feel full of emotions, and all the stalks are firmly caught; however, Rocketman can make me feel good about Sir Elton John. It's also very unexpected to be a complete passer-by to play the album on a loop. The only regret is why I didn't get in touch with such good music earlier. I wasn't very familiar with Elton's songs except your song, sorry seem to be the hardest word, and Rocketman (not to mention that the first time I heard Rocketman was Xia Dalei's recitation version), and I was full of brains after I left the theater. Cycling Tiny Dancer, Yellow Brick Road, Bernie and the jets, I'm still standing for only two short hours.
However, because of these two hours, I couldn't watch any new movies or even listen to any other music for the next two months. Compared to the gorgeous, fearless, roller coaster version of EJ's life, my days seem bland and tasteless, and I just hope to stay longer and longer in the breath of life that Rocketman brings to me.
Although I was looking at Madden, I found the treasure boy Taron! The little boy who came out of Wang Nan has grown up, and he can sing and dance without fail. Sure enough, the 18-year-old admitted to RADA without any talent is really not good. Taron often said in interviews that this is the film he spent the most effort and invested in. He worked for 18 months before and after, recording songs while filming, with almost no rest time. Before playing Rocketman, Taron's interviews were very enjoyable. After the premiere, his temperament changed a little, for example, after the baptism of Elton's ups and downs in life, there were some vicissitudes. In May 2018, Rocketman premiered in Cannes and received rave reviews; of course, it is not necessary to mention that Dexter cut the film five days before the premiere, and indeed ddl is all productivity.
When talking about this film, I have to mention Bomi and Freddie; the life path of a rock star is like an agreement, and even the twists and turns are the same cliché. Freddie and Elton, almost the same generation of superstars, are also very talented since childhood (and they are both pianos), they are also gay and married, they are also hurt by scumbag agents, and they have also experienced glory and sinking; The difference is that fate kept Freddie's life in 91 years, and Elton is still active on the stage after rehab. Elton admitted that he was lucky and said that he was very likely to be infected with AIDS at that time, but "God give me a second chance". Freddie sent Elton a Christmas gift before his death, which was Elton's favorite painter's work.
The whole film is using EJ's music to tell his own life. After the second brush, I read a lot of EJ's early interviews, and I feel more and more how candid this film is, how unadorned, and every bit of it can be found in EJ's self-report. shadow. Elton's childhood was unfortunate, his father basically ignored him. There is a scene in the movie, when Elton was still called Reggie when he was a child, one day he waited for his father to come back in the evening, waiting for a hug, but he heard the grandmother downstairs telling his father that Reggie was still awake, and his father said that we will talk about it tomorrow. This scene is as Elton, 33, said in an interview many years later, when his mother told him that when his father came back for the first time when he was two years old, instead of looking at him, he waited coldly until the next morning. . Elton's mother also revealed in the documentary that his father never liked Reggie. Compared to this, Principal May's green version of Bomi is slightly inferior. It is said that Dexter had a darker and more realistic version of Pomy back then, but the filmmakers dared not use it, so they switched to the bright version, and when they couldn't make it, they asked Dexter to save the scene. No wonder the production of Pomy was twists and turns.
Back in the film, after many years, EJ finally made his name. When he went to see his father who reorganized his family after a divorce, he found that his father had two more young sons. Elton looked at his father and hugged his half-brother in the car. Heartbreaking scene. In fact, Elton's father had four sons within a few years after the divorce, and they were close; Elton was still disappointed when he talked about this in that interview. Elton's entire childhood was loveless, very lonely, often immersed in fantasies, and music was his only friend. In the film, the family sings "I want love" to express the love that each other desires and cannot get.
Relying on his strong musical talent, Elton received a scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music and received a period of classical music training; in the 1960s, Elton fell in love with rock and roll, and then formed a band, left school, and was in a bar. Performance. The film relies on a Saturday night to connect Elton's transformation from a teenager to a youth. The stage beauty is very good, but Elton already has signs of hair loss, so every time Taron dances and brushes his hair, I always feel like I'm going to go bald again.
Soon EJ wanted to write a song by himself, and met Bernie by chance; the reality is the same as the movie description, and the one handed out from a pile of lyrics is Bernie's work. Young people are bound together in a miraculous way. The two hit it off instantly, from writing songs for other singers to producing their own works, never tepid, to Troubadour's instant fame. The movie seems to omit some tepid periods, EJ did first become famous in the United States, which is very rare for British singers.
John Reid came on shortly after. Before Elton met John, although he realized that he was gay, he was still a virgin; Still an innocent little boy. John's real character is very cute, not the same temperament as Madden, Madden is more A. Taron and Madden mentioned several times in the interview that this was Elton's first time, and they wanted to capture the feeling of two lovers' first intimacy, which is very true. In the film, it was normal until the boat scene. Taron played the shy 23-year-old Elton when he was hooked up by John. Then in the boat scene, Taron, how could you be so like an old driver! Well said innocent little virgin! The boat scene soundtrack Take me to the pilot is quite touching. In the interview, Taron Dazui accidentally revealed that Elton was an attack, "just like we played", which caused me to carefully distinguish between the next two kinds of hairy legs during the second brush. . When the boat scene was over, John, who was in Elton's arms, looked satisfied. According to Sir Elton himself, when he looked at John in his arms, he felt "I can have sex, I'm normal" for the first time.
If the only thing about the relationship between Elton and John was a little bad, it was too little sugar and too many knives. In the film, John quickly became a scumbag. 20% back" can be said, Madden's face can't be saved. However, the previous wardrobe play was sweet to its peak. In the film, Elton was recording Don't go breaking my heart in the studio. This basically restored the MV version, until the heroic John came in and interrupted. At this time, Elton immediately became a nympho fanboy and pretended to be calm, but the female partner of the chorus had already seen through everything. John walked into the closet and made a gesture, Elton followed suit, and John closed the closet door with one foot. This wardrobe play may be the best shipless and meatless drama I've seen in recent years, but full of emotional tension.
JR: What do you want, Elton?
EJ: Eh.. dinner with you?
JR: ....What do you really want...
In the wardrobe, John said that you are a superstar, don't live with your mother, let me show you the life of a superstar; then there is a song Honky Cat, interspersed with the scene of Elton's first entry into the life of a drunken fan, and it was shot in one go. It was terminated when Elton obeyed John, terminated the long-term cooperation with Dick, and hired John as personal manager. Since then, Elton and John's sugar in the film is over.
After becoming famous, EJ is rich and famous, but has no love. EJ who has everything is still the little boy who lacked love waiting for his father to embrace him. Naturally, he can only escape, relying on music or drugs. The film is interspersed with the scene where EJ commits suicide and goes directly to the stage after the trouble. At the same time, with the background music Rocketman, there is a bit of absurdity in the desolation. EJ mentioned the suicide in the interview, and jokingly said that he was high at the time and wanted to attract everyone's attention. He didn't really want to die, but the robe was too heavy to swim up. Maybe only EJ himself knew whether this was a joke or not. . In EJ's real performance, he also encountered drugs and was sent to first aid. After being rescued, he went on stage. He fainted in the middle of the performance. After breathing oxygen, he continued to perform these things; always hurt him. EJ knows himself, but his ego and stubborn personality make him not want to ask for help. As his parents left and Bernie left, EJ's situation became more and more dangerous. At this time, with the yellow brick road that runs through the whole film, it seems even more bleak. In reality, EJ finally sought help to get his life back on track through therapy; he finally met David, and as described in the end credits of the film, He is finally loved, properly.
In the final scene, EJ leaves before a show, taking off his unreal orange fluorescent suit one by one; with the melody of I'm still standing, Taron recreates the strong 80s style MV; like a Nirvana rebirth, EJ is back, maybe without those exaggerated costumes, but still full of vitality that will always belong to EJ. EJ once said that those clothes were there to hide his shyness and insecurities, which are no longer needed.
Finally, thanks to Taron's performance of EJ, the Golden Globes are well deserved.
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