hello everyone welcome back for a brand new non-spoiler review this is of the
new movie Rocket Man which of course is Taron Egerton playing Elton John I am
sitting here with John Rocha I never introduced myself which has been pointed
out to me I am Perri Nemiroff, in case you didn't know I'm very excited to be reviewing
this movie on you right now and I have a feeling we might be in Lyon on this one
so what'd you think of Rocket Man absolutely loved it what a great time in
the theater I know a lot of people gonna compare to him Ian Rhapsody I think this
film has a bit more weight to it and stakes a little higher and you explore
more of his lifestyle and how that affected how he created the music and
how it broke his heart and how the journey he had to go on to get out of
that so really loved the film Taron Egerton is incredible
the way they weave the music the Elton classic Elton John songs into the film
works even the musical numbers never take you out of what the overall journey
is of the film and I really appreciated that I'm not ready to compare it to
Bohemian Rhapsody because as many well know I did have an extreme reaction to
that where I really did like that movie but I was really just pleasantly
surprised by how different this felt this is not a straightforward biopic
whatsoever and the style and just the clever camera techniques I really like
Dexter Fletcher's work as a director actually one of my favorite movies in
years past was Eddie the Eagle which was another Taron Egerton Dexter Fletcher
collaboration and in the case of Rocket Man you just feel the energy in color
the entire time and obviously that comes from production design and costume
design and the performances as well but watch his camera movements his camera is
so mobile and it so fluidly moves you from scene to scene and it keeps the
energy through the roof the entire time and you brought it up
freaking Taron Egerton he no doubt is one of the best of his generation and I
think his performance in particular is something that might keep rocket men in
the conversation from now all the way through the rest of the year absolutely
I mean if we're gonna talk about Remi Malik and Bohemian Rhapsody you have to
talk to Aaron egerton here really a lot of stuff that he brought to the table
here and you know you remember when we did the first trailer for the mood for
own movie talk I was the biggest fan of his voice his
voice is phenomenal in this move anomalous every song makes it his own
while still echoing Elton John's take on those songs and got to give love to
Jamie Bell gotta love the Bryce Dallas Howard a lot of stuff going on with them
as well of course Richard Madden from The Bodyguard and from Game of Thrones
great to see him doing kind of a more evil possible role here in the situation
but overall I just think it does a great service to Elton John and if you love
his music this is definitely a movie for you I really do things that they wove
the unsound the story is structured everyone kind of
gets their moments to shine but in particular you name-drop the two that
stood out to me which was Bryce Dallas Howard who plays his mother and then
Jamie Bell who plays Bernie and they collaborated quite a bit always wrote
all of his songs and Jamie Bell has a couple of really special moments in this
but the way that all the ensemble performances come together to serve
Elton John as a character in this movie that's kind of what made this a home run
for me because you know come the end of the movie when the waterworks start
coming and you don't just think about what this journey meant to Elton John as
an individual but about how the lessons that he learned you could take with you
and you can learn for them as well absolutely I think that's really what
puts Rocket Man on another level yeah and I and Dexter Fletcher you mentioned
already you can't give enough credit to him I
think some of the best scenes from Bohemian Rhapsody you could trace all
the way back to Dexter Fletcher so to see it and get an entire movie to create
something like this is fantastic and I wonder if this is a collaboration now
that's starting like Scorsese and De Niro or Scorsese DiCaprio with Egerton
and Fletcher I hope so I really wouldn't mind that and especially when you see
Taron Egerton sing and dance and this plus all of the
emotional beats some of the more lighthearted comedic beats the chemistry
he has with everyone I mean when I think back to all the movies he's done from
this back to Kingsman I'm kind of convinced that he could do just about
anything certainly an Oscar should be in the future for this man I would really
hope so and who knows maybe some of the supporting performances could get some
love as well but overall this really worked for me
scores do you want to go first yes sure take it I give it an eight and a half I
think I'd give it eight and a half I think I would like to see just a little
bit more of the story a little bit of longer approach and exploration of the
the depth of his addiction and that other than that though I think it's a
fantastic I'm gonna go a little higher I'm giving it a nine out of ten and this
is one of those ones where I'm eager to see it again just because there's so
much happening there's so much color the pacing is so quick and it moves so well
that I'm looking forward to getting back in for another viewing and being able to
take that step back and see the story structure a little more but I really
walked out of that screening just rocked to the core moved to the core
appreciating Elton John even more than I did before appreciating tear integrity
did an extra Fletcher even more than I did before I'm looking forward to
talking about this one from now hopefully through Oscar season even
though I know it's still the very beginning of the year there's so many
movies coming our way but I do have a feeling that just the magical and the
fantasy mixed with the real depth and heart and groundedness that all coming
together is going to make this one stick with people alright guys that is our non
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