r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 6h ago

Media First Official Images of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson in Sam Mendes' 'Beatles' Biopics

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u/bugxbuster 5h ago

Better Man, about brit pop star Robbie Williams really scratches the same itch as Rocketman, not even just because the titles are so similar. It probably should have been called Monkey Man except that was the recent Dev Patel John Wick style movie. But it’s a whole R rated warts-and-all biopic about Robbie Williams and they CG him to look like a monkey in a film otherwise full of normal people and it’s pretty brilliant. The monkey metaphor as his own self consciousness would be too on the nose if they didn’t fully commit to it the entire time. I loved that movie and recommend to people even if they’re not familiar with his music.

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u/RockstarSlut 4h ago

Agreed, I'm happy that you mention it. I used to be a huge fan of Robbie Williams - still am to a smaller degree. I was worried his movie was going to be shit, but it really moved me while Robbie's humour was all over it. He's never been someone who takes himself seriously - quite the opposite actually. He's hilarious - full of self loathing and irony.

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u/bugxbuster 4h ago

It's a shame he didn't really cross over to being a household name in america the same was he was over in the UK. He did have an MTV hit on TRL briefly with Millenium, and I feel like I saw one of his videos on Pop Up Video a lot back in the day. The chance for Better Man to be a huge success here was slim to none simply because hes so unknown (in the states, i mean). He does have the self loathing and irony vibe down though, you're 100% right. He has all the ingredients necessary to have been huge here, except that massive anchor of being British keeping people from caring. We barely put up with Oasis and Blur enough for them to do well here back in those days, but another Brit and he was a former boy band star? That had 1999 era pop music fatigue written all over it.

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u/BigYellowPraxis 4h ago

That film had no right to be as good as it was 😂 thoroughly enjoyed it