Watched it tonight and wow! Never really a Queen fan, but this was a great flick. I have no idea how accurate it was, but it was surely a movie that grabbed my attention from the start and held it through the flick!
How do you live with yourself?
Easy, now. Art is subjective. Queen, like many visionary bands, is an acquired taste. When I was a kid they were just some band on the radio. As I matured, had some life experiences and appreciation for talent my eyes were opened. I saw the genious of Freddie& Co. and became inspired. Queen was one of the bands that encouraged me to step outside the herd mentality musically and try new things, particularly whatever genres the artsy girls were into.
As for the movie, I’m still waiting for Guitar Center to realize that they forgot to tell me that I won the drawing for the VIP movie pass and signed VoxAC30.
Ayooooooooo AYYOOO
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Agreed, great movie, incredible band.
I was not a Queen fan either, but I remember being totally blown away the first time I heard Bohemian Rhapsody.
If there is any downside to the movie, I felt it focused nearly totally on Freddie Mercury and kind of left out the musical genius of Brian May.
Brian and his Dad built the “Red Special” his signature guitar from scratch.
Unfortunately for the facts Brian May’s influence in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody was overshadowed by Freddie Mercury.
I want to go see this in the Theater. I never go to movies, but this one sounds good. Pappabear was recommending that I see it.
Very well done film, a must see.
It is pulling an 8.2 out of 10 with 250 thousand + votes: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727824/
Does it mention where he co-starred in Commando?
Don’t see him listed: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088944/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Did I miss it?
We saw it this weekend and also thought it was a great film. Interesting read about fact and fiction with the movie - http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/bohemian-rhapsody/
YES!
He had a big part
You are jiv’in me, right? That guy is not skinny enough. Not seeing it on IMBD. What was his cast member name?
It’s been a running joke since the 80s. No that guy was the gay biker from Road Warrior with the booty chaps(like for real)
Vernon Wells
You mean Bubba Zanetti? Wow, totally changes things from my childhood memories.
Grew up in the 90’s on 70’s and 80’s rock and Queen was one of my absolute favorite bands. This movie absolutely made me fall in love with Queen’s music all over again. Rami Malik did a fan-freaking-tastic job of portraying Freddie and the other actors did an amazing job portraying their real life counterparts. The fact that Brian and Roger were here every step of the way for the filming, not to mention most of the costumes the Brian and Roger’s characters had on were actually Brian and Rogers that they wore for those shows is every more cool! Oh and did I mention that Brian’s clothing and guitar in the Live Aide portion of the movie are what he used and wore in 1985 at Live Aide!
No excuse me while I go watch the movie for the 15th time since it came out on Digital Download…
The Movie was Meh. Not bad, exactly what you’d think it would be. Could just get a six pack and ruminate while listening to the Best Of have some friends over and BS about what was happening when those songs came out.
I do like the English. Their Queen is made up of Freddie, an engineer, a dentist, and an astrophysicist.
Don’t forget…they also were on Highlander and Iron Eagle. Two classic films.