";s:4:"text";s:5225:"Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The musical/fantasy style is not my favorite but given the subject it seems fitting. Taron Egerton is always worth watching. “He has a very straight back; his elbows are very tucked. We get to know Reggie Dwight as a 5 yr. old, living with his miserable parents (his dad is cold and aloof, to say the least), but Reggie takes an immediate interest in his dad's record collection... At this point we are 10 min.
The weirdest thing was watching Bryce Dallas Howard gain weight..but..I laughed, I cried (twice) and could not sit still. Couldn't even get through 30 minutes of it... like some dis-jointed dream sequence that turns into a musical, complete with dancers... it's like they are planning to make it into a musical and said... "let's see how this turns out on film first".... seriously, was SO looking forward to a linear storyline about Sir Elton's life... (A GREAT story on it's own merit) without seeing the little 10 year old Elton all of a sudden jump up and start singing "Saturday's All Right for Fighting" along with the accompanying dancers... which, BTW, Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics what, 15 years after this supposedly takes place ? Amazon's Choice recommends highly rated and well-priced products. I got this as a christmas present for my Moer as she is a big Elton John fan.
Menu. By far, the superior film of the two. once in a very blue moon a film comes along and makes a real impression on me, one where i turn it off and im thinking about it for days, this is one of those, im going to have to watch again soon. So, for those that don’t know, this is a full blown musical. Yesterday Blu-ray + DVD + Digital The movie feels more like a Broadway play, and in fact I will state right now that it's only a matter of time before this becomes a mega-Broadway show. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.3.5 stars... "Victim of Love" looking for redemption Taron Egerton shows all the talent of both (Elton and himself) giving all of him to show tribute to the artist, singing every note and showing all his talent in the more challenging scenes. “It’s tricky,” he admits. Billboard is part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. The fact that Elton John's music provided the soundtrack to my high school years skews any objectivity I might have in reviewing this film. Yesterday Blu-ray + DVD + Digital From the early ages to the present, we see Elton's ups and downs. But for the 29-year-old British actor, preparing to play the singular artist amounted to a lot more than … In fact, it is exactly how I imagined the flamboyant Elton John would want his story depicted! I need to forget this movie asap.
