Editors' Picks: Our Favorites From the Week of Sept. 303 of 11
Trailer of the Week
There's plenty to love about the teaser trailer for Rocketman: the eyewear, the excess, Taron Egerton's transformation into Elton John ... but the best moments have nothing to do with Sir Elton's outsize persona. Case in point: A scene where Egerton (and an audience) begin to levitate during a performance of "Rocket Man," which stands out from the usual rock-bio tropes like a bedazzled thumb. It's magical, capturing the feeling of hearing the song for the first time, and reminds you that it's the music (and the lyrics of Bernie Taupin) that turned Reginald Kenneth Dwight into Elton Hercules John. We'd expect nothing less from a film with the tagline "based on a true fantasy."
Watch the 'Rocketman' trailer now!
There's plenty to love about the teaser trailer for Rocketman: the eyewear, the excess, Taron Egerton's transformation into Elton John ... but the best moments have nothing to do with Sir Elton's outsize persona. Case in point: A scene where Egerton (and an audience) begin to levitate during a performance of "Rocket Man," which stands out from the usual rock-bio tropes like a bedazzled thumb. It's magical, capturing the feeling of hearing the song for the first time, and reminds you that it's the music (and the lyrics of Bernie Taupin) that turned Reginald Kenneth Dwight into Elton Hercules John. We'd expect nothing less from a film with the tagline "based on a true fantasy."
Watch the 'Rocketman' trailer now!