Very Disappointed

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2019)

I've been a fan of Elton since I was a kid back in the early 70's. Bought all his records. Just been a huge fan ever since. So, when I saw a trailer several months ago presumably to be a biopic about Elton's life and career, I couldn't wait to see it. Then, I saw it, and, sadly, like many bad reviews I read, I was very disappointed.
First of all, that it was a musical, bothered me right off the bat. That said, Edgerton did a great job acting as Elton. I don't want to take away from Edgerton's performance, because he did a great job. However, some scenes had me confused, such as his performance at the Troubador, which, was in support of his self-titled Elton John album. When he sings Crocodile Rock, I got confused, because that song is a track from an album released albums later on Shoot Me. If Crocodile was written and recorded in '72, which it was, how could he be singing it at the Troubador in '70? In fact, he didn't sing Crocodile during his 1970 tour and, obviously, didn't sing it at the Troubador. There were other instances of the movie that were out of the real timeline of events, but I won't address them here. Anyway, the innacuracies made me realize that this movie is not a biopic, but is just, for the most part, simply a musical with some half truths of Elton's life and career mixed in.
Another huge aspect of the film that bothered me is that the movie completely ignores and leaves out the musicians that were included in Elton's band during the 70's, i.e., Dee Murray, Davey Johnstone, and Nigel Olson. GREAT musicians who helped Elton create the amazing albums during his amazing run of success in the 70's. VERY disappointing. I would have loved to have seen how the band came into being as part of the film, so the film failed miserably in that regard.
Then, when Elton is taken to the hospital and the technicians break into song and lift Elton up into the air, I almost walked out. Just couldn't take it anymore. But, I stuck it out.
I could go on in my bad review of Rocketman, but won't. The 2 stars I gave the film are solely for the good performance by Edgerton. The rest of the film gets 0 stars.
Here's hoping that one day, a serious attempt will be made at making an honest and truthful BIOPIC of Elton's life and career. Still waiting . . . . .