Elton John biopic Rocketman

JP Liz V1 · 23-10-2013 10:47pm #1

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Tom Hardy to play Elton John :eek: very bold, interesting and surprising choice

MJ23 · 23-10-2013 11:00pm

I'm now singing Rocketman in the Bane voice.

Ipso · 24-10-2013 6:31am

MJ23 wrote: »

I'm now singing Rocketman in the Bane voice.

What a beautiful voice!

expectationlost · 24-10-2013 5:24pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

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Tom Hardy to play Elton John :eek: very bold, interesting and surprising choice

this is being made by elton company so he can choose who he wants (or atleast have input)

Tipsy McSwagger · 24-10-2013 7:10pm

Hardy is one of those actors who can transform himself into any role, good choice IMO.

MJ23 · 24-10-2013 7:37pm

Ipso wrote: »

What a beautiful voice!

"That's a lovely lovely voice"

dark crystal · 25-10-2013 12:33am

Would have gone for Justin Timberlake meself. Uncanny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsuHAn54wPs

Although the accent may have been an issue....

tunguska · 25-10-2013 9:46am

dark crystal wrote: »

Would have gone for Justin Timberlake meself. Uncanny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsuHAn54wPs

Although the accent may have been an issue....

I was thinking the same thing myself but lets be honest, Timberlake is a shocking actor. Tom Hardy will do a great job, guaranteed.
Personally I find biopics to be pretty naff in general, but this one could be good by virtue of the music alone( well the stuff from the 70s not the 80s).
I wonder will they give any screen time to shatners version of rocket man from 1978. Although maybe that deserves a film all by itself.

dark crystal · 25-10-2013 11:31am

tunguska wrote: »

I was thinking the same thing myself but lets be honest, Timberlake is a shocking actor. Tom Hardy will do a great job, guaranteed.
Personally I find biopics to be pretty naff in general, but this one could be good by virtue of the music alone( well the stuff from the 70s not the 80s).
I wonder will they give any screen time to shatners version of rocket man from 1978. Although maybe that deserves a film all by itself.

Jaysus, I hope not! :pac:

Gandalph · 29-10-2013 11:20am

*In Banes voice* "In the ciiiirrrcle of liiiiiiiife"
I'd love if Tom did a wicked Lion King score

Soft Falling Rain · 29-10-2013 6:20pm

Given Hardy's obvious talent and his own battles with addiction, he may well do a phenomenal job on this one.

Having said that though, I'm really not a fan of John, so it might take a lot for me to actually go see this. :pac:

JP Liz V1 · 20-07-2017 10:49pm

http://theplaylist.net/taron-egerton-replacing-tom-hardy-elton-john-biopic-rocketman-20170720/

Hardy out Taron Egerton in

AllForIt · 20-07-2017 10:56pm

Never got the Tom Hardy thing. He's adequate in supporting roles only imo. Glad to hear he's pulled out.

Agent Coulson · 20-07-2017 11:06pm

Taron was great as Eddie the eagle Edwards I could see him being Elton John

JP Liz V1 · 20-07-2017 11:11pm

Taron sang in animated flick Sing, one was an Elton John song

21-07-2017 10:17am

I wonder will this scene be in the movie?

(Tried to embed but not happening!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JSIjF96aI

JP Liz V1 · 19-07-2018 11:47pm

Richard Madden to play manager John Reid and Jamie Bell to play Bernie Taupin

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/richard-madden-rocketman-elton-john-reid-1202878936/

JP Liz V1 · 28-09-2018 10:27pm

https://twitter.com/rocketmanmovie/status/1045538595367337984/photo/1

Captain Red Beard · 29-09-2018 12:26am

I like Taron Egerton, he has a decent amount of physical and emotional range, and he's been decent in a few different roles. Also I cannot stand Elton John, a spoilt, fat, entitled bitch of a man. So I'm looking forward to this.

peteeeed · 01-10-2018 2:00pm

https://twitter.com/RottenTomatoes/status/1046745294837354498

lee_baby_simms · 01-10-2018 2:04pm

Jamie Bell looks nothing like Barney Turpin.

pixelburp · 01-10-2018 2:13pm

Looks like it's going to take an interesting, slightly surrealist, magical reality kinda of approach. The 'flawed musician struggles with their demons / genius' is done to death, so it'd be interesting to watch something that takes some kind of unique angle.

Looks like this is a part-production with Rocket Pictures, Elton John's own production company, so presumably the end product will be pretty hagiographical.

Agent Coulson · 21-02-2019 4:44pm

Basq · 21-02-2019 4:57pm

Looks good fun!

Technocentral · 21-02-2019 9:55pm

Bohemian Raphsody 2, yawn. These kind of films are utter mainstream ****e. "Control", "24 Hour Party People" and "Love and Mercy" the only good music related films I've seen.

El Duda · 22-02-2019 12:25pm

I prefer fictional ones like Lewyn Davis and Crazy Heart, but there are plenty of great musical biopics.

Agreed with the three you listed ^. Great films.

Also;

Walk The Line
Ray
Straight Outta Compton
The Doors
8 Mile
Behind the Candelabra

I have The Buddy Holly story was well but not watched it yet. I have high hopes for a good Roy Orbsion movie one day.

Technocentral · 22-02-2019 2:22pm

El Duda wrote: »

I prefer fictional ones like Lewyn Davis and Crazy Heart, but there are plenty of great musical biopics.

Agreed with the three you listed ^. Great films.

Also;

Walk The Line
Ray
Straight Outta Compton
The Doors
8 Mile
Behind the Candelabra

I have The Buddy Holly story was well but not watched it yet. I have high hopes for a good Roy Orbsion movie one day.

Actually forgot Compton! Fantastic film.

justinbellford · 22-02-2019 11:10pm

"The film tells the story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music, through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin, as well as his struggles with depression, substance abuse, and acceptance of his sexual orientation."

Sounds like what Bohemian could have been...

I'm interested.

speedboatchase · 24-02-2019 8:26am

70s rock stars are the new superheroes at the box office

Genuinely though, I can see a lot of biopics in the next few years following on the success of Bohemian Rhapsody and likely (Elton John is the top search trend on Apple Music right now) success of this. Like superhero movies, these too have multi-generational fanbases, crowd-pleasing formulas, pre-established IP and they're actually cheaper to make too.

is_that_so · 25-02-2019 5:48pm

Are they going to try using a script for this?

MisterAnarchy · 25-02-2019 7:18pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzWSEtahHus

Egerton isnt a bad singer but he sounds nothing like Elton

Basq · 25-02-2019 9:45pm

^ You expected him to do an Elton John impression while playing, and singing, WITH Elton John.... c'mon!!

I'll reserve judgement for the movie.

buser2x · 20-05-2019 2:29pm

doesn't look very promising , but i'll still see it

fryup · 21-05-2019 9:19am

apparently its the first movie promoted by a major film studio to include a gay sex scene

branie2 · 21-05-2019 2:26pm

I'm going to see it on Friday

Shelga · 21-05-2019 2:38pm

fryup wrote: »

apparently its the first movie promoted by a major film studio to include a gay sex scene

What about Brokeback Mountain?

El Duda · 21-05-2019 3:10pm

fryup wrote: »

apparently its the first movie promoted by a major film studio to include a gay sex scene

what about Bruno?

fryup · 21-05-2019 10:18pm

Shelga wrote: »

What about Brokeback Mountain?

El Duda wrote: »

what about Bruno?

both small independent studios

spurious · 21-05-2019 10:40pm

Went to see it tonight. The 'gay sex scene' was a bit 'blink and you'll miss it'. Spoilering just in case.

I left the cinema feeling sad to be honest. I thought from the trailer it was a biopic and it is, but it's delivered in a part fantasy way - sort of 'Mamma Mia' (threading songs together) mixed with 'Moulin Rouge' (bursts of song here and there).

I'm not hugely familiar with all his songs and there were definitely a couple I didn't know at all. It covers his life from his childhood until he became sober following years of drink and drug abuse. Elton's production company were involved in it and David Furnish was an Exec. Producer, so I presume it has the Elton imprimatur. Some people come out of it quite badly. I don't know how factual that was.

Overall I enjoyed it, but as I said, it left me feeling a bit sad.

Fabulous costumes.

Outlaw Pete · 22-05-2019 2:02am

Seen it tonight also...

spurious makes a hell of a racket eating popcorn

As spurious says, the story of his life is presented in part fantasy, with some jumping from past to the present.

For me though I thought it worked quite well. A few aspects of his life I felt deserved more attention. Particularly his three year marriage to Renate Blauel. Only as I have read so much in Biographies about that time and it always read as if you could make a film about that time alone. In total we got about 3 or 4mins showing what he was like at that time.

Film also only spans from his childhood to around the mid 80's, when Too Low For Zero came out.

I get why many might be disappointed that perhaps expected something a little more raw and less abstract, I did myself tbh, but as surprised as I was, I thoroughly it too.

His autobiography is out in time for Christmas apparently, so will look forward to that. Film a solid 8 for me though.

fryup · 22-05-2019 8:25pm

spurious wrote: »

Went to see it tonight. The 'gay sex scene' was a bit 'blink and you'll miss it'.

be bringing my elderly (& prude) mother to it..its not too explicit is it? it doesn't involve anything oral? is there only one scene?

Outlaw Pete · 23-05-2019 4:00am

fryup wrote: »

be bringing my elderly (& prude) mother to it..its not too explicit is it? it doesn't involve anything oral? is there only one scene?

lol. Eh, it might actually be perfect in some sense so as:

MAJOR

One aspect of Elton's life was how prudish (among many other things) his mother was and this is actually something which is focused upon multiple times throughout the film.

As for the sex scenes, they're not too explicit although one of the kissing scenes might seem like it lasts an eternity if watching with your mam beside you....... other than that though the rest of the sex related stuff is either blink and you'd miss it, as said, or it's just being alluded to.

I remember thinking my Dad wouldn't like First Blood as he hated violence but I recommended it to him anyway, many years ago now, and one evening as I was coming in I heard all this cheering and shouting from the living room, and so I went in to see what all the commotion was about and there he was cheering on John Rambo. So, you never, she might surprise you. Sure if nothing else you'll always have the memory.

spurious · 23-05-2019 4:42am

There is a short scene involving oral and someone else other than Elton, but again, you see nothing really. It doesn't dominate the film or anything.

fryup · 23-05-2019 3:50pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

you see my mammy comes from a generation when oral sex meant...talking about sex

might be too much for her seeing two guys at it?

btw whats the cert?

branie2 · 23-05-2019 4:29pm

15a

branie2 · 24-05-2019 9:21pm

I saw it this evening, and I must say that it was very good.

tunguska · 26-05-2019 12:11am

Saw it tonight and for the first 45 minutes its an absolutley crackin' film. Lots of energy and of course great music. But then the pace started to slip and I found myself drifting off, losing interest really. By the end I felt like I had just watched a remake of Bohemian rapsody. Even has the same director.......overall its a good movie I just feel like it exploded out of the blocks but then drifted off into fairly conventional territory. Id say Elton himself is pleased with the final product and his life was always gonna lend itself to film, hope it does as well as the bohemian rapsody, even if they are basically the same film.

Goodshape · 26-05-2019 12:24am

This was great. Loved it

brianregan09 · 27-05-2019 7:31pm

It's way better than the Queen film , the queen film was pure cookie cutter this one didn't pull any punches and was much better for it

irishfeen · 28-05-2019 4:28pm

Thought this film was amazing! Now I just can’t wait to see Elton John live in Dublin in a few weeks time.

GavRedKing · 29-05-2019 8:25am

Seen it last night and enjoyed far more than the Queen film.

It was more undiluted and it didnt suffer from Eltons input or trying to hide behind an image that the surviving Queen lads are.

I've no doubt though that it will get nowhere near the plaudits, box office take or award nods than the Queen film as Elton pretty much divides opinion on whether hes liked or hated.

I also felt Egerton played Elton better than Mailk did with Mercury but no way another biopic gets the recognition barely 12 months on from Bohemian Rhapsody, which is a shame because I do think its a better film across the board.

Elton John biopic Rocketman

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