Bohemian Rhapsody

[Logrinn]

I saw Bohemian Rhapsody the other day.

One word ...


Wow!

Who's seen it?
Sorry, let me rephrase that - when are you going to see it?

 

[AirCap]

I have no interest in the flick, but a couple friends have already seen it and peed their pants about it.

 

[Zhaezzy]

Have plans on seeing it. It was that good. I grew up with Queen Night at the opera was the first real rock album I bought.

 

[Logrinn]

... Night at the opera was the first real rock album I bought...

Then you’ll love this film. If you can, chose the biggest screen that shows it (or the one with the biggest/best sound system).
I saw it in Copenhagen, at the Imperial, which is the biggest theatre in Northern Europe. Some scenes in the movie was like seeing them on stage for real. Massive sound.
I’m once again reminded of how amazing a 24” scale can sound.

 

[stratamania]

I looked at a trailer and for me, I don't think I would want to see it.

I would rather remember Freddie and the band as they were/are rather than looking at actors doing a portrayal. But that is just me.

 

[amigarobbo]

Queen were my gateway drug™ into this crazy world of Rock, and yes, Roll.

And for that I thank them.

I still dig out their records, and they are good, even side 1 of Hot Space that I'm strangely drawn toward these days.  :icon_scratch:

Can't say I've much interest in this film though to be honest.

 

[Cagey]

I'll be seeing it. I'm a big fan of Queen, and everything I've read/seen about it has been highly complimentary.

 

[Logrinn]

I looked at a trailer and for me, I don't think I would want to see it.

I would rather remember Freddie and the band as they were/are rather than looking at actors doing a portrayal. But that is just me.

...Can't say I've much interest in this film though to be honest.

I respect that.
I grew upp listening to Queen, but I never had a chance to see them live.
When I heard about this movie and saw all the good words Brian May, and others, had to say about it, I naturally became very curious about seeing it. So when the opportunity presented itself this last weekend I went with some friends and saw it. And my hopes that this would be the next best thing to seeing Queen live was - in my opinion - met.
It's a very good movie, with very good acting (there's talk about Rami Malek getting an Oscar for his portrayal) and, of course, the music is so good.

After the movie me, my wife and our friends were talking about all the little details in it. We had to check with information from the interweb to learn about stuff we didn't know and to confirm things we did know.
I thought I knew stuff about Queen, but it turns out there's so much I didn't know. Like the fact that Queen has been on the UK charts for more than 27 years!
Or that in Gaiman's & Pratchett's book Good Omen all cassette tapes that end up in a car more than two weeks turn into a Best of Queen tape. :icon_biggrin:

 

[stratamania]

I always remember every year on my birthday of the passing of Freddie Mercury on the same day. This year it will be 27 years.

Here's to Freddie.

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[Cagey]

Damn. Doesn't seem like it's been that long.

 

[Logrinn]

To Freddie! ccasion14:

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[BigSteve22]

I always remember every year on my birthday of the passing of Freddie Mercury on the same day. This year it will be 27 years.

Damn. Doesn't seem like it's been that long.

Jesus! 27 years? I sure don't seem that long ago! I was never a big "fan", per se , but ya gotta respect them musically. Between Freddie's singing and Brian's guitar work, there's not much to not like.... I will most likely wait till the movie's on HBO or whatever, but I'll definitely watch it.

 

[stratamania]

Yes, 27 years this Nov 24. In another four years, I will be twice the age I was then. Crazy where the time goes...

 

[zebra]

I saw it tonight, and it was pretty great. 

I was born in '79, so I was vaguely aware that Queen existed, but not a fan when there were still doing stuff.  My older brother and I would dig through my parents old records, and the Queen records ("News of the World" and "All That Jazz") were the strangest, most outrageous stuff we could find find. 

What I got from the movie was the power of music to make people feel good.  That's a really important thing.  And having the power/capability of making people feel good is tremendous - the giving of a gift that continually gives back to the giver... 

***Edited a typo - born in '79, not '70.

 

[bagman67]

I am ambivalent about seeing the movie, simply because, among other things, it's motivated by Brian May and Roger Taylor as another station on their ongoing journey of hagiography.  I love their music, I love their creativity, but I am not likely to spend money to go to a theater for a purported biopic of a seminal period in the band's deveolpment that leaves aside a lot of the important social stuff (Freddie's sexuality and its role in the band's creative development, for example). 


That said, I may have a look if it shows up on Netflix or Amazon Prime.


I remember when I was 7 or 8 years old, we would play in the living room while Casey Kasem's American Top 40 show would play on the radio, and in particular I remember doing the 8-year-old version of rocking out and dancing around every Saturday for weeks when Bohemian Rhapsody was on the charts.  Good times.

 

[Cagey]

Not having seen it yet, I can't really say how much Brian and Roger are highlighted. From what I have seen of the interviews, clips, reviews, etc. (and I've been devouring them), it seems it is mostly about Freddy's sexuality and its role in the band's development, not to mention his incredible talent. It's probably pretty safe to say there would have been no "Queen" were it not for him. And as far as I know, nobody else in the band is really trying to make bank on their stardom. For example, there are no Brian May solo albums or anything like that.

 

[stratamania]

All of the members of Queen did solo albums and projects mostly when Freddie was still around.

Back to the movie, one review I watched pointed out a number of historical inaccuracies so anyone watching it thinking it documents the band would be advised to seek out some actual Queen documentaries on YouTube if this matters to them.

 

[bagman67]

Cagey, your post makes me see I was unclear.  May and Taylor's journey of hagiography is about the band, not themselves.  And Freddie M. is the perfect vehicle for that, having been so talented while alive, and having passed so young.


Anyway, the biopic as a genre is usually not my cup of tea, so I'll leave it at that.

 

[Cagey]

Yeah, I like my movies to include spaceships, monsters, cussing, guns, and naked women, not necessarily in that order  :icon_biggrin:

 

[rgand]

Yeah, I like my movies to include spaceships, monsters, cussing, guns, and naked women, not necessarily in that order  :icon_biggrin:

No explosions?