Just received and watched the documentary.....and it was absolutely fabulous!!! A lot of new footage, and this time for real! They did put their money where there mouth is. It's even on tv in Holland on Saturday night!
Cheers
Dane · Member since
Indeed great stuff! I will be watching tonight!
On Nederland 3 at 21.00!
cheers!
zippo112 · Member since
any extras?can you tell me what?
dave76 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]zippo112 wrote:[/b]
any extras?can you tell me what?[/QUOTE]
It was a great documentary.
5 seconds of the demo of rod stewart en fred mercury
15 seconds of the fm + mj, little disappointing.
Lots of fragmets which I have never seen before.
It's worth to view and to buy it.
madmetaltom · Member since
How long is it?
ParisNair · Member since
Any comments/opinions from the original singer of The Great Pretender?
this review offers some interesting thoughts.
a refreshing read imo.
the reviewer is probably not a huge fan, so it's neither "this is the best release ever and freddie rocks", nor is it "could have been good, but where are the extras?"
Fireplace · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]ParisNair wrote:[/b]
Any comments/opinions from the original singer of The Great Pretender?[/QUOTE]
Nope, most of them (they were a group) are on a cloud comparing notes on the tune with Freddie.
Holly2003 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]e-man wrote:[/b]
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Freddie-Mercury-The-Great-Pretender-Blu-ray/50063/#Review
this review offers some interesting thoughts.
a refreshing read imo.
the reviewer is probably not a huge fan, so it's neither "this is the best release ever and freddie rocks", nor is it "could have been good, but where are the extras?"[/QUOTE]
That is a really good piece of musical journalism right there, although maybe he overstates the friction between Fred and the rest of the band. Can't wait to see this now.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]
That is a really good piece of musical journalism right there[/QUOTE]
Indeed. It's definitely one of the best pieces I've ever seen written on Freddie. There is no fandom bias - just an excellent linguist calling it like it is based on what seems to be the most revealing documentary on Freddie to date.
The Nosuch Disco · Member since
I was going to talk about how I felt a little let down by the Documentary.
But I think e-man has referred to a great article that has been echoed by Holly2003 and The Real Wizard.
The reason I felt let down was because I had seen a lot of it before (of course there can only be a finite supply of unseen Freddie stuff) but some of the interviews with Brian and Roger were lifted directly from the extras on the Queen Blu Ray...
Also I've seen/heard bits and bobs over the years from youtube/other dvd's and the solo box and remembered the clips when they popped up on the documentary.
The bits that i'd not heard were very short, specifically Rod Stewart/Michael Jackson bits.
But going back to the review, it is indeed a revealing documentary, but perhaps only if you're not a super fan. It is put together very well and is a far more enjoyable watch than say, The Untold Story or any of the DoRo Documentaries.
The Real Wizard · Member since
But surely we can't expect a documentary containing entirely new footage, can we?
99% of the people watching it won't know the difference between which footage has been seen before and what has been recently unearthed.
The only footage that would have the man on the street gasping for air is say, Mercury recording the vocal in the rock section of Bohemian Rhapsody. Interesting as new bits may be for us, it's just archival footage to pretty much everyone else.
