Nightmare life

Rating: 3/10 (28 August 2019)

I have long liked Elton's music and was looking forward to this film; so much so that I purchased it without viewing it first. Another mistake! I did the same thing with Avengers: End Game. Both times both purchases were a blunder! Neither film lived up to the extreme and extensive hype. Advertisers often do a great job of sucking us in!
The film is basically one long nightmare of what Elton's life was like before he finally found happiness late in life, or so he says. It's mostly a downer and a big bummer. I was hoping it would've been shaped something similar to the recent film about Freddie Mercury, which I did appreciate, which was very well done. It's hard to explain what makes "Rocketman" a dud. Maybe you have to see it before you understand why and how it disappoints so much. It never lifts off.
The actor playing E.J. does a good job, but I can't recall seeing him in anything else. There just has to be an interesting story worth telling and relating about this rock/pop star; however, this isn't it. If you skip it you won't be missing much. Apparently Elton liked it. Well, I didn't. Hopefully I have learned from these two recent misfires and in the future I'll ignore all the hype and wait until I can view 'x' for free, and then decide if it's a worthy addition to my library.