Elton John Has Got It Going On.

[rionaleonhart]

There are a handful of Elton John songs I've always really liked - 'Your Song', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues' - but I didn't know much about the man himself and I didn't have any particular plans to see Rocketman. The sum total of my previous knowledge about Elton John:

- he has red hair and likes tinted glasses
- he's good at music
- he's gay, and my mum remembers exactly where she was when she received this earth-shattering news

I'm glad th_esaurus persuaded me to see the film with her yesterday, because I enjoyed it a lot! Some notes:

- No kid has ever had more fun than the child actor who got to perform 'The Bitch Is Back'.

- 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' has never caught my attention before, but the scene in the film was great fun; it really kicked things off after the opening. So much energy!

- RD claims that the 'Honky Cat' sequence is basically 'I Want It All' from High School Musical 3. My objection to this: Elton John already has everything Sharpay wants! Fame, fortune, sparkly outfits, cute boys. Elton John is living Sharpay's dream.

- I assumed Elton John's speed at songwriting was exaggerated in the film, but apparently not; here's the man himself setting an oven manual to music on the spot.

- I really liked the film's depiction of Elton's first kiss with a man. This fleeting, unexpected, powerful moment that left him going '????? oh no'.

- The 'Your Song' scene was painful and lovely. I really felt Bernie's agonising position of 'I really care about this person and I know they're in love with me and I don't love them back'.

- (The text message th_esaurus sent me while ironing out an Elton/Bernie fic idea is one of my favourites I've ever received: and it would be second person POV so i don't have to write "said elton john" at any point.)

- Last weekend, when I visited my parents (who had recently seen Rocketman), my dad said, 'There's a certain amount of gay sex in this film, and actually I thought it was quite erotic.' This was all I could think about during the sex scene. I was very unhappy.

Comments

[wolfy_writing]

Ooh, I heard good things about that! I haven't seen it yet. Yesterday I was considering going, but I ended up seeing Detective Pikachu instead.

[rionaleonhart]

It was a really enjoyable film! But Detective Pikachu is also good fun, so you were making a solid choice either way.

[wolfy_writing]

Yeah, and I may get around to watching Rocketman in a while. And not getting my dad's opinion on any sex scenes.

[solarbird]

Elton John Has Got It Going On.

He's all I want, and I've waited for so long?

[rionaleonhart]

Baby, can't you see you're just not the one for me?
I know it might be wrong, but I'm in love with Elton John.

[samuraiter]

The thing I find most amusing about this movie is that Elton John is portrayed by the young gent who was the lead in the Kingsman movies, the second of which also featured ... Elton John. I somehow doubt that this is a coincidence.

[rionaleonhart]

If they make another Kingsman film, Elton John should play Eggsy with no explanation.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

The oven song video is amazing.

[rionaleonhart]

He's very impressive! There's another video of him spontaneously composing over here, albeit with less silly 'lyrics'.

[trepkos]

I think I love your dad!

[rionaleonhart]

Someone has to!

(I do love my dad dearly, even though he ruined this film for me.)

[pict]

This is utterly unrelated to the content of this entry, but I'm dying to know your thoughts on the FF8 remaster!

Random icon button, don't fail me now.

[rionaleonhart]

I'm delighted to know I'm so tied up with this game that the announcement made people think of me. I just made an entry about it!