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Rocketman - Elton John Bio Movie (1 Viewer)

I'll always be disappointed in Elton John, though i begrudge him his course & fame not one little bit. I thought he was going to be our Sinatra - he & Taupin being there for us in sad & wistful times like Frankie & Cahn/VanHeusen had and the rest of the time he & his Nelson Riddle, arranger Paul Buckmaster, kicking out lush, grand themes about destiny. I had tickets to see him @ Boston Tea Party in the tour that resulted in this lovely show a hundred years ago, but i ran away from home that month and didnt get to use em.

Less than 5 years later, i used a showbiz chit to get backstage at Boston Garden for his Yellow Brick Road tour (turned out to be momentus because Stevie Wonder chose Elton's encore that nite to make his 1st public appearance after a near-fatal auto accident). I was sad thru most of it, watching teenyboopers squeal over my former laureate's new incarnation.

Oddly, my favorite EJ song is not pre-Benny. It's almost post fame. The One

 
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comfortably numb said:
Interesting. 

I'll check that off as 1 of the odder things I've read on this board
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I wrote about our somewhat odd experience with Bohemian Rhapsody at the time in the movie thread. We've been together for 20 years and never once spoke of, listened to, or mentioned Queen. Given that, I figured I would go to the movie by myself or with friends since I (incorrectly) assumed that it was not her thing. Turns out SHE begged me to go and thought the same.

We went the first three nights on the first weekend and then pretty much every weekend thereafter. We saw it in 4 different states, saw it on vacation, kept seeking out bigger and better theaters, etc. One of the showings was particular memorable, as the crowd was doing the same motions in the theater as the people in the crowd at Live Aid and people in the theater were actually singing. Everyone there was just totally into the movie. Easily the craziest single movie going experience I ever had. Complete strangers were hugging and high fiving each other. Crazy, right?

Like I said, it became a regular date night for us and we would go for dinner first and desert or drinks after. Trust me, after 20 years, there is no such thing as regular date night after that long a time. 

I ended up making a Queen compilation collection for her that, even months later, she plays every day in her car and often at work (with headphones on). I know it sounds incredibly strange, but it was a real bonding experience for us. I said we saw it 10 times in the theater. It was probably 12 for me and 15 for her. I know, that is cray-cray and a lot of scratch to blow on a single movie. But we reasoned we would rather go see something we knew we would both like and there weren't other movies out at the time that we were really looking to go see.

 
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General Malaise said:
I'm going to guess the folks listing Elton's best songs haven't heard Empty Sky.  Do yourself a favor and listen to that first, then make your lists.  That's his best song with Funeral for a Friend underneath in the exacta.  
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I like Funeral for a friend.  Not as keen on Empty Sky.  Different strokes. 

 
One of his songs that may be lesser known that was one of my favorites is I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert ford). 

 
Jayrok said:
One of his songs that may be lesser known that was one of my favorites is I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert ford). 
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dunno how lesser known it actually is, i remember that getting a ton of airplay up here when it came out - i grew to really dig it as a result, and knew i could catch it often enough on either WPIX (which was still a rock station back then) or WNEW ... fellow NYers from that era can prolly verify as such.  

 
And i'm going write a movie about the Liverpool Street Station men's room attendant who turned David Bowie, Elton John, Freddy Mercury, Boy George & George Michael on to both music and public bathroom sex! The Mr Miyagi of glam singers....

ETA: four hours and no "Wax off" jokes?! isn't anybody funny anymore?

 
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Anarchy99 said:
Nope. It became my wife’s favorite movie. It became a date night thing every weekend while it was out. 
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I hope you got laid each of those date nights.  There's no chance I could watch the same movie 10 times in a 6 month span (or probably even less I'm guessing) at the theater.

 
Anarchy99 said:
I wrote about our somewhat odd experience with Bohemian Rhapsody at the time in the movie thread. We've been together for 20 years and never once spoke of, listened to, or mentioned Queen. Given that, I figured I would go to the movie by myself or with friends since I (incorrectly) assumed that it was not her thing. Turns out SHE begged me to go and thought the same.

We went the first three nights on the first weekend and then pretty much every weekend thereafter. We saw it in 4 different states, saw it on vacation, kept seeking out bigger and better theaters, etc. One of the showings was particular memorable, as the crowd was doing the same motions in the theater as the people in the crowd at Live Aid and people in the theater were actually singing. Everyone there was just totally into the movie. Easily the craziest single movie going experience I ever had. Complete strangers were hugging and high fiving each other. Crazy, right?

Like I said, it became a regular date night for us and we would go for dinner first and desert or drinks after. Trust me, after 20 years, there is no such thing as regular date night after that long a time. 

I ended up making a Queen compilation collection for her that, even months later, she plays every day in her car and often at work (with headphones on). I know it sounds incredibly strange, but it was a real bonding experience for us. I said we saw it 10 times in the theater. It was probably 12 for me and 15 for her. I know, that is cray-cray and a lot of scratch to blow on a single movie. But we reasoned we would rather go see something we knew we would both like and there weren't other movies out at the time that we were really looking to go see.
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:thumbup:

 
Saw this on Saturday with my daughter.   I didn't know it was a musical from watching the trailers, so I was a bit surprised.   Overall I liked it, but I could have done without 5 year old Elton singing.

 
wikkidpissah said:
I'll always be disappointed in Elton John, though i begrudge him his course & fame not one little bit. I thought he was going to be our Sinatra - he & Taupin being there for us in sad & wistful times like Frankie & Cahn/VanHeusen had and the rest of the time he & his Nelson Riddle, arranger Paul Buckmaster, kicking out lush, grand themes about destiny. I had tickets to see him @ Boston Tea Party in the tour that resulted in this lovely show a hundred years ago, but i ran away from home that month and didnt get to use em.

Less than 5 years later, i used a showbiz chit to get backstage at Boston Garden for his Yellow Brick Road tour (turned out to be momentus because Stevie Wonder chose Elton's encore that nite to make his 1st public appearance after a near-fatal auto accident). I was sad thru most of it, watching teenyboopers squeal over my former laureate's new incarnation.

Oddly, my favorite EJ song is not pre-Benny. It's almost post fame. The One
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The One is a great song!

And I think that Elton is a much better singer than Sinatra was. Yes, Sinatra had a very unique voice, but I found that it worked great on many songs and not at all on others. Elton sang great for decades with a nice variety of songs.

 
Mr. Mojo said:
And I think that Elton is a much better singer than Sinatra was. 
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Can't agree with you there, but Elton is a much underrated singer. It's one of the reasons he's seldom successfully covered - he makes wordchops that are surprisingly difficult to duplicate (i've tried and watched better singers do no better) and that often disguises the melody at play as well.

 
Todem said:
The worst thing to ever do......is think a music critic has any clue...about music.
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I'm not saying you're wrong, but GG is a good dude and I agree a lot with him.

 
DallasDMac said:
I suppose it depends on what you are looking for. I wasn't looking for a musical and really didn't care for it. I bought tickets because the wife said we were going. Wish I had researched it a bit more and saved myself the money and time. Understand, I'm not saying it was bad or anything of that sort. I'm saying I don't like musicals, wasn't expecting one, and therefore didn't enjoy it. Just a PSA for those not expecting a musical.
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He’s one of the top performers/artists of the past 30 years and you didn’t expect a musical.....

 
Just saw this. 

TERRIBLE.  JUST ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

I don’t even know where to start.  Actually I’m going to start by hunting down every person I know that recommend this gigantic pile of crap.

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
Just saw this. 

TERRIBLE.  JUST ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

I don’t even know where to start.  Actually I’m going to start by hunting down every person I know that recommend this gigantic pile of crap.
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Once I found out it was a musical, I lost total interest.   

 
I did not have much interest in this until I found out here that it is a musical. I love musicals and I love Elton John so I may need to check this out.

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
Just saw this. 

TERRIBLE.  JUST ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

I don’t even know where to start.  Actually I’m going to start by hunting down every person I know that recommend this gigantic pile of crap.
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90% on Rotten Tomatoes

:popcorn:

Looking forward to the obligatory "RT is flawed arguments"

 
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I give it 3 out of 5 stars. I didn't expect it to be a musical, but the older I get the more I appreciate the musical which I hated as a younger man. 

When he went to the restaurant to see his mom and the boyfriend, they had to circle back to the lousy parents his mom and dad were yet again. I felt like they fleshed that one out enough and would've liked it more had the forged on with the rest of the story. 

And how about at the beginning of the movie, they show 5 year old EJ, and then when he's 12 or something, then at 17 and then the adult EJ and they used four actors. But for his mom, same actress and no attempt to adjust her age with make up or effects. In fact, they never really do anything to adjust her age, even 30 years later other than put a grey streak in her hair and have her not wear all the makeup the character wore through the first 90 minutes of the movie. I thought that was very strange. 

I liked it, but give me the Queen flick all day. 

 
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