Biopic would have been better.

Rating: 6/10 (7 October 2019)

I grew up listening to Elton in the 70's as my auntie was a fan. Who could not love those fabulous songs?
Personally it's not as successful as a musical rather than the biopic I was hoping for. It's a growing trend if not the norm. Don't let reality stand in the way of entertainment. Perhaps Elton himself may have insisted on this angle but the approach negates the story. Whatever that really is. Perhaps the truth isn't that interesting.
Even a story as gritty as NWA's Straight Outta Compton overlooked facts for audience appeal. (Domestic violence).
We'll probably see more of these half truthed packages. The Greatest Showman is the perfect example of froth over fact.
I guess if we want the real story now we read Wikipedia but I'd still rather see it, and hear it, in a film. Those days seem to becoming further and further away from us. To our ultimate loss.