This is a must see. Out on October 24th.
Queen Bio-Pick "Bohemian Rhapsody"
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High hopes but low expectations for this; I think there were some production issues which is why Bryan Singer and Dexter Fletcher are all listed as director(s) (multiple directors, even if all very qualified, usually means creative differences with the studio and clean-up - Singer basically bailed during production). It's cool and very meta that Mike Myers is attached and Rami Malek looks pretty convincing as Mercury, but not as good (I think) as Sacha Baron Cohen would look, as he was the name originally attached to this project. Still, very excited for this - Mercury is the gold standard for front men. The big issue for me will be the rating - will they go feel good, rags to riches rock story and get a PG-13, or do they dive deeper?
Cohen looking a lot like FM....
Thanks....I got an education.High hopes but low expectations for this; I think there were some production issues which is why Bryan Singer and Dexter Fletcher are all listed as director(s) (multiple directors, even if all very qualified, usually means creative differences with the studio and clean-up - Singer basically bailed during production). It's cool and very meta that Mike Myers is attached and Rami Malek looks pretty convincing as Mercury, but not as good (I think) as Sacha Baron Cohen would look, as he was the name originally attached to this project. Still, very excited for this - Mercury is the gold standard for front men. The big issue for me will be the rating - will they go feel good, rags to riches rock story and get a PG-13, or do they dive deeper?
Cohen looking a lot like FM....
Will be interesting to me to see how deeply they delve into Freddie's lifestyle. The tailer seems to indicate the movie is about Queen's interesting artistic choices (which probably sounded nuts at the time, but turned out with several classics). I saw something on Freddie once and came away with the impression he was absolutely unyielding on his art, was obsessed with details, and was paranoid he'd lose his voice (took great pains to take care of his singing voice).
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With this trailer they're heavy on the big, arena rock anthems Queen became known for. It's a good move for a first trailer; still, I hope to see more Mercury stuff (like you mentioned). Supposedly, one of the reasons Cohen bailed was because the band (who were involved in the production) did not want to get into the darker stuff surrounding Mercury,and instead wanted to focus on the band and it's rise (and creative choices).
This is the last photo of Mercury while he was alive - sorta Seinfeld-ish, no?
LOL on that photo...looks like he may have posted in the "grass cutting" thread. give him a john deer and a beer.With this trailer they're heavy on the big, arena rock anthems Queen became known for. It's a good move for a first trailer; still, I hope to see more Mercury stuff (like you mentioned). Supposedly, one of the reasons Cohen bailed was because the band (who were involved in the production) did not want to get into the darker stuff surrounding Mercury,and instead wanted to focus on the band and it's rise (and creative choices).
This is the last photo of Mercury while he was alive - sorta Seinfeld-ish, no?
Seems a lot of movies have to balance truth and interesting/provocative story lines. The recent Paterno movie case in point. Nobody knows what was said and implied inside the family, but a ton of that movie was inside the Paterno house. Could be the same here. Studio felt the need to punch it up a little, but the band-mates weren't going for it. In the end, the business dictates you've got to get something done and try to make money.
With this trailer they're heavy on the big, arena rock anthems Queen became known for. It's a good move for a first trailer; still, I hope to see more Mercury stuff (like you mentioned). Supposedly, one of the reasons Cohen bailed was because the band (who were involved in the production) did not want to get into the darker stuff surrounding Mercury,and instead wanted to focus on the band and it's rise (and creative choices).
This is the last photo of Mercury while he was alive - sorta Seinfeld-ish, no?
I think what they did is the right approach. Hopefully PG or PG-13 so kids can appreciate the band.
Straight Outta Compton, which won several awards, painted Dr. Dre as some sort of misunderstood nice guy.
Not sure the need for a film to tear people down who achieved great things.
Everything Obli said about Freddie could also be said about the boss:
"I saw something on Freddie once and came away with the impression he was absolutely unyielding on his art, was obsessed with details, and was paranoid he'd lose his voice (took great pains to take care of his singing voice)."
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I think most successful artists have a similar approach to their art - their way, or the highway....
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I liked SOC but agree the portrayal of Dre and others (save Suge Knight - he was spot on) was sterilized a bit (noting Dre, Cube, and I think Yella were producers) for mass consumption. I think the segments on Dre in 'The Defiant Ones' documentary was more honest. He's had some issues for sure, but has matured a lot I think. He, and the rest of those guys, grew up in a pretty hard environment - not an excuse, but when you're from that kind of background and get rich, the bad stuff seems to follow early on.
really? I go to somewhere between 30 - 50 movies a year, and at this point Bohemian Rhapsody is not on my list of movies I'm most looking forward to, or must see.
Some of the movies that I am looking forward to include:
- Widows
- First Man
- BlacKkKlansman
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- Ad Astra
- Mary Queen of Scots
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Beautiful Boy
- The Catcher Was A Spy
- Gloria
- On the Basis of Sex
- The Sisters Brothers
- The Women of Marwen
- Suspiria
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- Colette
- Fighting with My Family
- The Front Runner
and several others that I can't recall off the top of my head.
I probably will go to see Bohemian Rhapsody, unless the reviews are terrible, but it's certainly not a can't miss movie to me.
Oh yeah I don't mean to knock Dr Dre or Ice Cube today. But Dr. Dre was a bad dude when he was young. He didn't just end up making music in that studio, with no knowledge of just how bad Suge was.
The portrayal of that scene and the one where he was busted going 100 in L.A. was sugar coating on top of sugar coating.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/08/30/Dr-Dre-sentenced-to-eight-months/9924778219200/
Ice Cube started his acting bit earlier if I recall. He seemed the most ready to adapt to mainstream.
Reading the story above sort of reminds me of J-Roc when he wanted to get arrested for street cred, but ended up sleeping below his mothers trailer.
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Fair enough....I go to the theater for different reasons today. For example, Dunkirk is must see in the theater due to the visual and audio affects. On the other hand, The Darkest Hour is more of a Redbox/PPV/Netflix movie. I loved TDH, perhaps in my top ten movies of all time...but the large screen would not make a difference.
For the Queen biopic, I like the large screen because I am hopeful the sound systems are great and the voices come though. I've had great sound-systems, for example, but when I saw "love" in Vegas, the voices were worth the price of admission (the famous Beatle harmonies). If not for the Queen voices, I'd wait for it to be on Netflix or whatever.
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Not too many actors could pull off Borat. 'Funny' guys are often the best serious actors. As for Malak, I haven't seen him do much more than Mr. Robot, and he's pretty one note there (noting his character doesn't seem to display a huge range of emotion).
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Did you see "The Pacific?" IMHO, he stole the show...haunting performance
No, but that's really encouraging. I mean, he's very good on Mr. Robot - just not a lot there in terms of range. Admittedly, that's about it as far as my exposure to his work goes.
I think Pacific pre-dates his Robot work. I had never seen or heard of him. But he jumped off the screen and his work was haunting. He played a guy that ends up embracing the dirty work of the war that haunts him in civilian life (in real life/his character). As I understand it, he break was playing a bad guy in 24, although I don't remember it. I was told he got the "Pacific" part based on his part on 24.
Having heard Sacha Baron Cohen interviewed about why he bailed - i would not hold too much hope for this pic to be interesting... some members of the band wanted the second half of the movie to document how Queen “flourished” post-Freddie ... Sacha said: “ ummmmNooooooooo. See ya! “
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Yeah, and Singer bailing is another troubling sign (though he's overrated as a director - he seriously peaked with Usual Suspects). I think this movie will end with their performance at Wembley and tied up everything else in the credits....
And Borat was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Malak may have been the best actor in The Pacific.
Funny aside. Go pull up a clip of former LB Brandon Smith talking. Then listen to a Malek interview. Their voices are identical.
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BlacKKKlansmen showed very well at Cannes - Von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ may be the most divisive film I’ve heard of at the festival - a hundred people walked out and those who stayed were either effusive with praise or not impressed.
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I am not a Cohen fan and he is a weird dude, so him saying no to the film doesn't mean much to me. And I would rather have a film about the band and it's rise and some of the peculiarities with Mercury and only light touch on the other than have some dark, black movie about what Freddie did behind the scenes. The other side of Freddie is better saved for a HBO special than a movie.
My very first concert was Queen fall 1980 at Boston Garden when I was 14. Was about a week after John Bonham died. I have great memories. They were really the first band to go mega lighting/theatrical, etc... I also remembered how "funny" the air smelled in the Garden.
In typical Hollywood fashion they exaggerated Freddy's overbite. I wasn't ever a huge Queen fan when they were popular, but I recently caught a live concert event of theirs on AXS channel and was impressed by Freddy's talents.
I saw that as well, and was more impressed with Freddy, as well as Queen, than I expected to be. I knew of the band, but didn't follow them all that closely, and never saw them in concert. The concert on AXS had me thinking I probably missed a good show at a Queen concert.
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Early reviews suggest film can’t decide if it’s a Freddie Mercury biopic or a Queen biopic, and sort of settles for neither - mostly a tribute movie light on backstory.
Still, Malek is getting great reviews. Hope to check it out.
Still, Malek is getting great reviews. Hope to check it out.
Saw it this afternoon. I thought it was great and the concert scenes were excellent. I especially liked the ending.
Rock Critics Really Blew Their Reviews of Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
http://time.com/4083880/bohemian-rhapsody-queen-1975/
This would be my exact review. Definitely a must see even if not a big Queen fan.
