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Post by kathryn on Feb 20, 2019 8:48:05 GMT
It’s still showing once a day at my local Odeon. It has been a remarkable success.
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Post by Dave25 on Feb 20, 2019 13:20:06 GMT
I have learned that success has nothing to do with quality.
I found it a very weak film. Aside from the fact that it was basically made up, because the film pretends that the group came back together right before the live Aid concert, with only a quick rehearsal while actually in real life they just came back from a huge world tour before the live Aid concert. No drama there. They also pretend he is sick there, manipulating the storyline and essence of that show, because he became ill 4 years later. There also was no drama about Freddie going solo, because Brian and another band member just released a solo album right before that, so no drama there either, made up. And to top it all off, that "manager" did not exist, they had a very good supporting manager, so no drama there either.
The pacing also annoyed me, his lady partner only has 2 scenes which makes it very weird for the audience to care for her. The way to success was only 1 pub-performance. At the end of the film they seem flabbergasted that they can join the live aid concert while critics and audiences hated "bohemian rhapsody" right before. One of the band members literally has 1 line in the film. We can only guess what his relationship with his wife, band members or family was like. They are all merely props. And yet, we do not get to see what Freddie was like either, yes, flamboyant, but Rami's acting is never really believable. This film is just a bunch of separated scenes to me, which doesn't make sense as a whole.
Edit: The recognition factor of the music plays the biggest part in its success I think, and it shows how little high profile movies are created nowadays, and that the whole world is longing for new projects. Now it's this, in 3 months it's The Lion King that the whole world speaks about.
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Post by timothyd on Feb 20, 2019 13:42:46 GMT
Good movie. Not entirely based on reality and a bit too much feel good but really enjoyed it....
Although I think I would have enjoyed a Sacha Baron Cohen Queen movie much more.
Rami Malek was amazing. Completely believable. Completely Freddie. So good.
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Post by dontdreamit on Feb 20, 2019 14:37:42 GMT
I’m one of those who hasn’t seen this yet, despite having loved Queen music since the 80’s. I will at some point, the other half wants to see it as well so it’s more lack of babysitter that’s stopped us so far.
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Post by kathryn on Feb 20, 2019 18:05:53 GMT
This article is the best explanation I’ve seen of why Rami Malek’s performance does not seem ‘completely Freddie’ to me now: uproxx.com/movies/rami-malek-bohemian-rhapsody-best-oscar-actor-race/When I first saw the film I thought he was good - the performance is the best thing about the film. I was only 9 when Freddie died, and he never did a lot of interviews anyway: my image of who he was off-stage was pretty hazy. But then I went on my Queen kick - read a few books, watched a few documentaries, watched/listened to all the actual interviews I could find. Now when I watch clips of the film I properly cringe - it looks to me like a bad, exaggerated SNL impression. And the storyline they constructed really is appalling. It just doesn’t at all reflect the man’s life. Edit: a good example of how badly written it is - I keep seeing people describe Mary as his ‘wife’. She wasn’t! They never married. The film makes such a big deal over the her wearing/not wearing the ring that people come away thinking it was a wedding ring. And in real life Freddie didn’t pine for her at all, anyway - he was actually in a relationship with David Minns already when he finally broke it off with her. David moved in to Stafford Terrace with him - they definitely weren’t spending their nights flashing lights in the window at her!
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