Post by lynda on Jun 17, 2019 22:57:06 GMT -8
My family celebrated Father's Day yesterday with a fun and well-attended potluck under my parent's backyard gazebo. We made plans, also, to celebrate Dad's 83rd birthday today by going to a movie of his choice: Rocketman.
My sister called me last night to get a final count for buying movie tickets, because my eldest sibling had decided not to go, based on the R rating. I said that they just add swear words to get an R rating, since nobody wants to go see PG movies. She said, "No, it's because of the homosexual love scene". And that really puzzled me, and I had to think about that for a moment. Then, still in disbelief, I said, "Are you saying that Neil Armstrong was gay?".
As it turns out, the movie is about Elton John. Go figure. Eight of us ended up filling up most of a row at the theater tonight, but my sister and I were the only two of our group who liked Rocketman. My favorable review was no doubt facilitated by the coincidence that I had to "go for popcorn" while the love scene played out. Don't I have good timing!?
I will describe Rocketman as a biography set to music. It is the story of the impact Elton John's disfunctional childhood had on his life and his music. There is a certain West Side Story flair in the way that parts of the story are told in the lyrics of Elton's songs sung, not only by the actor playing Elton John, but with the other actors picking up the tune and handing it off to the next character at times. And the choreographed dance numbers and scene changes happening while the story of his life is being sung are more along the lines of The Sound Of Music, as opposed to the most recent A Star Is Born in which the music is mostly a stand-alone performance. The purpose of the music in this movie is not to entertain, but to convey emotion .
Even though I ended up liking the movie, I went only because it was my Dad's birthday outing. As it turns out, my Mother picked the movie. I think, just maybe, Dad was expecting Neil Armstrong too.
My sister called me last night to get a final count for buying movie tickets, because my eldest sibling had decided not to go, based on the R rating. I said that they just add swear words to get an R rating, since nobody wants to go see PG movies. She said, "No, it's because of the homosexual love scene". And that really puzzled me, and I had to think about that for a moment. Then, still in disbelief, I said, "Are you saying that Neil Armstrong was gay?".
As it turns out, the movie is about Elton John. Go figure. Eight of us ended up filling up most of a row at the theater tonight, but my sister and I were the only two of our group who liked Rocketman. My favorable review was no doubt facilitated by the coincidence that I had to "go for popcorn" while the love scene played out. Don't I have good timing!?
I will describe Rocketman as a biography set to music. It is the story of the impact Elton John's disfunctional childhood had on his life and his music. There is a certain West Side Story flair in the way that parts of the story are told in the lyrics of Elton's songs sung, not only by the actor playing Elton John, but with the other actors picking up the tune and handing it off to the next character at times. And the choreographed dance numbers and scene changes happening while the story of his life is being sung are more along the lines of The Sound Of Music, as opposed to the most recent A Star Is Born in which the music is mostly a stand-alone performance. The purpose of the music in this movie is not to entertain, but to convey emotion .
Even though I ended up liking the movie, I went only because it was my Dad's birthday outing. As it turns out, my Mother picked the movie. I think, just maybe, Dad was expecting Neil Armstrong too.
