Is “Rocketman” a real biopic?

famous pedos only get the glossy treatment from Hollywood

Okay...he looks NOTHING like this man.

what has he said or done in recent years that has made him an "awful person"?

I really want this film to flop hard. This genre must be stopped.

R3. Here’s his greatest hit

If you thought that BR was whitewashed schlock, wait until this hits the screens with Elton very much alive and being able to dictate the narrative. Also, I'm with R4: this genre of the biopics of flamboyant 70s arena rockers has already overstayed its welcome.

I’m sure Jerry Garcia will get a similar movie for all the Deadheads. Wonder what the title and “magical retelling” of his story on film be?

Go back to Russia Reginald

From Rocketman to Frau-man

Who are they going to cast as Eminem and Rush Limbaugh?

It is a musical fantasy. It is more akin to Moulin Rouge and Across the Universe. He says it will be honest but we tend to be unreliable narrators when it comes to ourselves.

Especially when Sir Elton spent so much of the 1970s in a haze of drugs and booze which he seems to have replaced with sweets these days.

I'd rather see a David Bowie biopic. Elton is so boring to me.

[quote]I'd rather see a David Bowie biopic. Elton is so boring to me.

Bowie's son and Iman would ever allow a proper one.

The is supposed to be an unofficial one titled Stardust starring Johnny Flynn from "Beast" and "Love".

Last couple years? Sir Elton has been an insufferable prick in his private life for many decades. David Furnish deserves the Medal of Honor for putting up with him.

^^^ David Furnish is Canadian and lives in England, there is no way he would be eligible for an American military honor.

Elton is openly gay and successful so Datalounge automatically hates him. Don’t expect to see support for him or this move on this website.

I love him! So much better than that evil washed up hag Mandonna.

R17 Except we remember when he was not out, when he got married, when he was still in the closet, during the plague years only being seen or helping pediatric aids cases and ignoring gay men with HIV, and still being in the closet, and finally coming out way to late. Fuck the fat nasty chicken shit asshole

R19, he came out in 1975 in Rolling Stone magazine.

R19, Do you feel the same way about Freddie Mercury?

R20 He only comes out as bisexual in that interview. How could he be gay when he got married?

Fuck, freddy was total scared trash. never used condoms even after he was diagnosed and knew, fuck that horror of a man

Maybe it will be all artsy like this

R23 The days of cinema of the like of Ken Russells' are long gone,

Casey Cott will be starring as Tommy in DC at the Kennedy Center.

Straight people seem to love him more than gays do, just like Ellen.

Does he have anything good in his repertoire after [italic]The Lion King[/italic]?

R27, “Songs From The West Coast” from 2001 was a great album.

He wouldn't allow anything of interest to be told in a biopic so that alone makes this movie useless.

The only interesting things about him are the things that make him look weak and pitiful.

I don’t understand how celebs don’t get tired of talking about themselves, especially an old queen like EJ. If I had to talk about myself all the time for 40+ years I’d go insane. Nobody is that interesting.

Taron looks ugly but not Elton ugly. Weird trailer.

In its review of the movie, Variety just called David Furnish a "stage husband".

Ouch.

Will dear friend Conrad Black make an appearance?

The Variety review is incredibly well written and insightful.

R30 I believe they call it narcissism.

I can't stomach much of Elton John's output post-1975.

Just saw it yesterday. Great show. I bet it could be turned into a stage musical.

Too bad it doesn't explore the David Furnish era. Being Canadian of a certain age, do you think David Furnish is circumcised? Did Elton ever express a preference?

poor taron, miserably miscast....he must regret doing the thing.

This generation's Liberace

R36: Furnish was born in Toronto in the early 60's. As a white English speaker, it's almost certain he was circumcised, I would guess. Elton is surely uncut--unless he got got later in life.

I wonder if Elton and George ever f***.

I’m guessing no. Not George’s type.

Don't they normally wait for a star to die before doing a biopic of them? I can't think of anyone else alive they have done this for.

Tina Turner (What's Love Got to Do with It)

Tonya Harding (I, Tonya)

N.W.A. (Straight Outta Compton)

Boy George (Worried About the Boy. TV movie)

Winnie [Winnie Mandela biopic)

Natalie Cole also

who would fukk that toad cept a ho or gold digger.....

Did Chrissy Metz play Rush Limbaugh? Royalist Elton on his knees kissing the American King’s feet?

Based on the trailer, it sounds like Edgerton's vocals are heavily autotuned.

Speaking of Ellen I remember when Elton John took a public swipe at her show after the coming out episode saying her show had become too gay and she needed to tone it down.

Whether you agree with that or not, it was a nasty gesture on his part. He could have passed along his advice privately. I'm sure he thought of himself as THE gay.

I love a lot of his music but he's definitely a major asshole. Even Keith Richards (hardly a lovely person) couldn't stand Elton.

Was shocked at what a piece of crap this movie is, specially after BRhapsody…..good god, who produced this mess?

Then you don't know from celebrities r30. Not only do they never tire of talking about themselves, they are always right. About everything. Sure they may be a high school dropout, but they know how to fix gun control, voter suppression, climate change, income inequality, and world peace. They're exhausting. David Furnish deserves TWO medals of Honor, despite what pedanto r16 says.

I saw him at partys in the 80s.....nasty piece of work, maybe he strung out then, don't know....

"Is the bling really the thing that endears him to so many?"

Not me. My favorite is his first UNI album, [italic]Elton John[/italic]. And I liked the [italic]Friends[/italic] soundtrack. I stopped buying his albums at [italic]Honky Chateau[italic]. All pre-bling.

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Agree, David Furnish must have the patience of a saint. As does Bernie Taupin. Then again Elton seems like the type to spoil his loved ones endlessly (as long as they stay on his good side) and treat outsiders like garbage.

Didn't Elton give Furnish a producer credit on the movie?

I've told this story before, but it's on topic, I swear:

I knew a woman in the 1990s who was in rehab with Elton, and was pretty young at the time, I think about 23, but from a well-off family like most others there. Elton agreed to have a rehab buddy, someone to call if they needed support. She avoided calling him until the group counselor told her "he's a normal person, just call if you need him" and she discovered the phone number he gave was disconnected because he had his business lines changed frequently to avoid fans getting the number and calling. A proper phone number was never given to her and he just stopped showing up anyway. A few months later she said she saw him in the tabs, enormous and holding a huge drink despite having told the press he was clean and sober after "graduating" from rehab.

THAT is the Elton that we should be seeing in a biopic. We never will, though, probably not even after he kicks it.

yea,, its way too sanitized, a saint he twernt.

The movie's a lot fun.

I feel it's kind of shallow. But honest enough. Great music, of course. Fun costumes and numbers.

waste of time, film, and talent.....lousey script

My partner knows David Furnish from his days when he worked at Ogilvy & Mather in Toronto. At the time, he was engaged to a woman (!)

R59 so many gay men were back then especially in religiously conservative America. I think he and Elton gave always had an open relationship. Wasn't David cavorting in yahts with that hot muscle boy a few years back?

Elton and David are frauen now. The thought of a vacation with them and NPH/husband and those crotchfruit sounds vile.

R47, That was Chaz Bono that told her to “tone it down”. Elton John was more rude, saying “ We all could tell she was a lesbian. Who cares? “Basically dismissing how important her coming out was at the time.

Well Elton did say the b***is back.

Didn’t Elton have 3 or 4 double albums in a row which were huge #1 albums? Which ones?

I remember during the 1999 Diva's Lives' special Elton and Tina got into an argument.

According to the New York Post April 14,1999

TINA TRIGGERS 'PRIMA JOHN-A' ACT BY ELTON

Rocket Man Elton John launched into a screaming hissy fit and stormed off the stage after rock songstress Tina Turner slammed his piano playing during rehearsals for a concert at the Beacon Theater, sources said.

Sir Elton was playing and Tina was singing during the Monday afternoon rehearsal for VH1’s “Divas Live ’99” when the singer raised her hand and signaled the band to a halt, said a stagehand who witnessed the altercation.

Tina said the song wasn’t being played to her liking and the Yellow Brick Roadster looked distressed and quickly became agitated.

“He got very upset and said, ‘Don’t tell me how to play f—ing piano and I won’t tell you how to f—ing sing!'” the stagehand said.

Elton abruptly left the ivories and stormed out of the theater, followed by his entourage and security men.

As he huffed out the stage door on West 75th Street, he bellowed: “Who the f— does she think she is?” Then he shut himself up inside his trailer.

A minute later, Turner came out the same stage door accompanied by a pair of theater security guards.

She hugged herself to fight off the chill in the air and then went into John’s trailer.

After about four minutes, the feuding musicians emerged and – walking separately – went back into the Beacon to continue the practice session.

Last night’s concert – which included other divas Cher, Whitney Houston and Brandy and was played live on VH1 – showed signs of the rockers’ rift.

At one point, Tina and Elton sang the Brit balladeer’s song “The Bitch Is Back,” pointedly crooning at one another.

Afterward, Tina said she wanted to thank “all the divas and all the bitches.”

Later on Elton seemed to get in a dig of his own, dedicating the song “I’m Still Standing” to Turner.

The pair are scheduled to go on tour together this summer.

Damn Elton John is fucking homely. Definitely a face and body made for radio.

Elton John has a deliciously masculine voice. So powerful. He and George sound wonderful together.

R64 - if we leave out the live albums there were 2 double albums of new studio material (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Blue Moves). The early to mid 70s were the best period. Then it all blew up. Somewhere after recording Captain Fantastic he fired his original band. Road of the Westies shipped number 1 on preorders, but only Island Girl got radio play. Blue Moves was a disappointment. By 1978, Bernie was gone and the best period ended. After that point, he wasn’t played on AOR rock stations.

Elton was huge on AOR. It was Zeppelin and Elton that was played in the mid 70s. He was also recording with John Lennon that increased his credibility.

Classic period albums:

Madman Across the Water (1971) - US 8

Honky Chateau (1972) - US 1

Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player (1972) - US 1

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) - US 1

Caribou (1974) - US 1

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) - US 1

Rock of the Westies (1975) - US 1

Here and There (1976) - US 4

Blue Moves (1976) - US 3

I've always thought that the cover of Rock of the Westies was a bigger problem than the album itself. It's just ugly on so many levels.

But "I Feel Like a Bullet" is one of his best songs, bar none. The live version on that 1990 box set is sublime.

R69 - I totally agree about I Feel Like a Bullet. I also think Billy Bones and the White Bird was great and ignored by AOR.

People now don’t understand the impact of AOR on album sales. Only albums and singles were tracked by Billboard. Singles were still sold. Philadelphia Freedom only appeared as a B side of a single during the 70s. Yet AOR played non-single tracks. The only way to get the tracks was to buy the albums. Three singles were released by the record company. Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (11 minutes) and All the Girls Love Alice (5 minutes) were played non-stop on AOR until the late 70s.

Something happened between Rock of the Westies and Blue Moves that killed AOR play. It could have been the rise of country rock/southern rock (Eagles, Outlaws, Skynyrd) or maybe it was just the band change. It could have been Elton’s behavior. Who knows. I’d love to sit down with Carol Miller and ask since she was the number 1 NYC At OR dj during this period.

As if we needed another reason to hate Elton.

aaron sat on Elton's face and farted for 25 minutes, he made 500 bux,,,,,burn in hell u shallow repugs.

What happened is that he fired Olsson and Murray, told Rolling Stone he was bisexual which caused a lot of negative press, and went completely up-his-ass diva with "Blue Moves." By the time he released the "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Philadelphia Freedom" singles, he was a parody of himself. He was also burning bridges with Taupin, Dudgeon and others during this time, and overdosed at least twice, plus had the one suicide attempt which was really just him throwing himself into the swimming pool, but still indicative of the kind of person he'd become.

we walked out and went across the hall to see Godzilla. fun!

Ken Russell's LISZTOMANIA (75) is something of a model for ROCKETMAN, I'd say.