Biopic opinion

Now I'm sure that this will split hairs, but I've been thinking - is a Freddie biopic actually necessary to real fans? What got me thinking this was the P.L. Travers biopic 'Saving Mr. Banks'. Her infamous struggle with Walt Disney is known in reality, but before the film, it wasn't known by many. I suppose you could say the same thing applies to 'Mercury' and causal Queen fans. But do the REAL hardcore fans - i.e. the majority of QZ'ers - get any merit? We have The Untold Story, Magic, Days Of Our Lives, and The Great Pretender already. Yes, Queen-style bombastic script twists on infamous events probably will be fun, but a few fabricated movie myths will I'm sure be met with scorn. What if they work the cocaine dwarf story into the film? Roger only just set us right on that, did he not? I don't mean to come off as a Pamela Travers-style party pooper, I just thought some dedicated souls out there might be thinking the same thing.

Yeah, you're probably right, I guess we can't all help being totally curious as to how it will all turn out I suppose , and hope it looks well, but we ain't going to be surprised or newly informed as to the storyline content.
. And judging by what's been said on QZ about the project, we're the audience that this film doesn't need.

Shit, I really need to check for dyslexia - I thought the thread title was biopsy opinions. I got a little worried :/

I'll be giving the film a miss. It's already a farce because of the way it's been handled, and it probably won't offer anything new. I'm really going off all things Queen at the moment.

I love queen but since end of nov 1991 queen have been a joke and this film wont be any different, brian and roger have dragged queens name through the shitter, no wonder john has feck all to do with them, what will be next queen and reformed s club 7? pathetic

There are more than enough documentaries about Freddie. I really do not need to see some actor pretending to be him, and giving me some Hollywood (or whatever) version. No, this movie is definitely not for me.

Have to agree with everybody, I can't think of any actor who could do him justice anyway, and will any non Queen Fan be interested ? They should have made a big screen version of WWRY, that might have more general appeal ala MAMA MIA

[QUOTE] [b]Walter White wrote:[/b]

Shit, I really need to check for dyslexia - I thought the thread title was biopsy opinions. I got a little worried :/

I'll be giving the film a miss. It's already a farce because of the way it's been handled, and it probably won't offer anything new. I'm really going off all things Queen at the moment.[/QUOTE]

Lol. Me too. But I thought it said BIONIC opinion.

I thought the spammers were back at it. Maybe "someonewholikescrappola"


I think that without the unfortunate passing of fm a biopic is lacking. But it could make for compelling drama

What I'm curious about is recreating the concerts. The rigging, etc. .. exactly HOW BIG IS THIS PRODUCTION GOING TO BE?


Being that it DOES focus on the eighties (which I liked as a child but didn't get to experience fully) there are many creative and unusual endeavors they undertook.

flash... the stylistic change with THE GAME ... crossover success. Eddie Murphy and cross dressing success.

When eddie hangs with Freddie and gets introduced to his infatuation with shemales

IWTBF, the creative license they'll take with utilizing WWTLF... Roger drunk at the filming.

Highlander.. Wembley. The bar fights that injured Freddies leg ... maybe a tie in to "Achilles" since it dogged him in later years.

As an exploratory film they have a TON of exciting scenes that would be captivating regardless of any bad casting


I hope it turns out Well.

There is a great story to be told in there. It could be great, if done well.
Ben Wishaw is not just some nobody cast out of the blue. He is a great actor and has the acting chops to pull it off if the script is great. If the script is bad, the good acting and great music will not save the film.
Fans will be outraged one way or the other but if the movie is good enough to stand on its feet then it won't matter. Will it take creative licenses? Of course.

All of you guys saying a biopic is irrelevant because we have the real deal, Freddie footage, documentaries, interviews, etc., think about this for a second:
Most of what we know about Queen has been "filtered" through Queen Productions or Mercury Songs or whatever. The Magic Years, Champions of the World, The Untold Story, Days of our Lives, The Great Pretender... they are hardly scientific studies. They have a script, the director and producers are feeding us a side of the story.

The biggest difference with the Biopic is that it will have someone else playing Freddie and the rest of the protagonists.

^^^^ Still controlled by QPL though. So all we will get to see are fake Queen members playing out the same old story.

Exactly.

Apparently SBC wanted to include something outside the stylised history, and look what happened to him...

It's not for the true fans I wouldn't think, as it's old ground.

I reckon much will made of MJ in the studio at the time of Mr Bad Guy, in order to get his fans along to see it. I wonder if his pet llama will get a guernsey?...lol! But from what I've heard, it will probably finish too soon for Montserrat to get a guernsey. Which is leaving out some pretty important stuff relevant to Freddie's life really. , but I guess all that stuff is a whole lot less mainsteam because it's timeframe is a whole lot more mixed up with Freddie's illness.

[QUOTE] [b]noorie wrote:[/b]

^^^^ Still controlled by QPL though. So all we will get to see are fake Queen members playing out the same old story.[/QUOTE]

My naive Mind hadn't considered THAT outcome. ..a completely LICENSED AND censored version of events.


That would be sad and more of the same self stroking cat.


I didn't think sbc would be good becausE he'd go for sensationalism and being the first male actor to have a gay sex scene in a major motion picture (gay as in MEN, not this other lipstick lesbian tripe .. that while visually entertaining has been a breeding ground for un breeding.

Fashionably gay. Believe me. ... it happened with media backing after 2001





Anyway. I thought he would cheapen it. Hopefully they don't sanitize it into an episode of the partridge family.


Excepting Charlie Parker in BIRD and Jerry Lee. And Ray Charles. .... has there ever truly been an examination of a recording artist in a mainstream venue like this?

They have a great opportunity to do something wonderful here.


Could be bad though. .. u never know.


But one thing is certain. . It will NEVER be as bad as that MAN IN THE MIRROR movie made by vh1 productions.


Talk about AWFUL

I think it all depends on how well the movie turns out. I think they should add some footage of Freddie at the end of the movie which would be nice.

I also think SBC shot himself in the foot by getting himself booted from the film as this could have been his break out role. I've seen parts [which was all I could stand] of his other movies, and IMO they are all $hit.

Ok. Ok so um you people need to get a life and leave the movie alone. I can not wait to see it so I can prove all you bastards wrong about how "horrible" it will be. And Queen is not the joke and drag queens you all are.

[QUOTE] [b]SamariaQueen wrote:[/b]

Ok. Ok so um you people need to get a life and leave the movie alone. I can not wait to see it so I can prove all you bastards wrong about how "horrible" it will be. And Queen is not the joke and drag queens you all are. [/QUOTE]

Way to go "first post"


You didn't catch the cautiously optimistic vibe of most posters?

People that disliked sbc eventually found out that the backers and band didn't like the idea of him either.

Okay um so like uh, yeah. UMMMM