MERCURY film -- what do YOU want out of it?

To recap: we had SOMEBODY TO LOVE a few years back, which was based mostly on Jim Hutton's memoirs, with the band members doing drugs, and Mary Austin so maligned that her name was changed.

Now we have MERCURY, which deals mostly with Freddie's downfall as part of the 'gay mafia', and revolves mostly around his relationship with Paul Prenter (does this douche really deserve a supporting role in a film?!), links him romantically with Mary Austin and Jim Hutton is never mentioned. Neither is Peter Freestone.

The first script reads like a tabloid smear, the second one a press release from the band, and the songs mentioned are literally just the track list of GH1 and GH2. Neither revolves around the MAN behind the music, which is what I want to see from a biopic.

What would satisfy you guys as Queen fans? Is it possible to be satisfied with any fictionalized telling of Freddie's story?

[QUOTE] [b]Under Pressure wrote:[/b]What would satisfy you guys as Queen fans? Is it possible to be satisfied with any fictionalized telling of Freddie's story?[/QUOTE]

if it's based on freddie's life and the band and is factual then it can't be fictionalized, can it?

and don't say "ah but blah blah blah"
unless there is something in the finished film that YOU know to be factually incorrect then it still can't be fiction.

What do I want? I want it canned.

I just can't see anything written by Peter Morgan being any good. He's shit. If it weren't for the kid playing Niki Lauda, he would've completely ruined Rush.

I think, for the movie, it would be great if Jeremy Kapone was playing Freddie Mercury...lol. JK.

In all seriousness though, I am looking forward to the film and am hoping it is written well and well made.

Did a script leak? Never read that before. I want a HD re-enactment of the famous 'pee pee'-incident. And on the bonusdisc a full blooper-reel of that scene.

I hope it's well written, well acted, and rooted in fact, not Hollywood fantasy. I'd also like for the film to not be watered down, but show really what happened with these guys, but it does not seem to be the case that they will show exactly what transpired, unfortunately.

I'll settle for being able to avoid it. If the matter is treated with a shred of dignity, that would be a nice bonus.

I dont want it to be Safe I want it to be Real

What do I want from this movie? ACCURACY!!!

It should not be as bad as diana

I want it to be about music, I guess, with the plot and acting secondary. I want to have a Wow moment in the movie theatre with all that big movie theater sound. And I want the singing voice of Freddie to be used.

I want it to be about Freddie.

Is that too much to ask?

I just want them to capture the person before he's lost to history. If he has any real friends involved in this they will make sure that this is so...

Bohemian Rhapsody may well have been the result of life changing emotional turmoil ..... and Freddie loved to keep things mysterious. Rightly so in my opinion.

They don't need to pin things down or specify things....but just ensure it's all there....as Freddie said to allow people to make their own interpretations of who he was.

It's important to get the movie right because it will influence future generations.

[QUOTE] [b]SmokyQuartz wrote:[/b]

I want it to be about Freddie.

Is that too much to ask?

I just want them to capture the person before he's lost to history. If he has any real friends involved in this they will make sure that this is so...

Bohemian Rhapsody may well have been the result of life changing emotional turmoil ..... and Freddie loved to keep things mysterious. Rightly so in my opinion.

They don't need to pin things down or specify things....but just ensure it's all there....as Freddie said to allow people to make their own interpretations of who he was.

It's important to get the movie right because it will influence future generations.

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I don't think Freddie will be too easily lost to history. Twenty-two years after his death he has still remained one of the most famous rock stars ever. I can't think of that many dead singers who are more famous than Freddie - maybe Michael Jackson, Elvis and John Lennon.

But I agree that this film should show how Freddie and the rest of Queen really were, without being sensationalist. It shouldn't go into lurid tabloid-like details, but it should highlight his amazing showmanship and singing skills, together with his wild partying and his quieter, reserved private side. The most important thing is that it bolsters Freddie's legend, and allows people born in the late 1990s and in the 2000s to get to know just how talented and special him and Queen were.

I want a feel-good movie - on the way up, with lots of success.
...and some good conversations.

I want a feel-good movie - on the way up, with lots of success.
...and some good conversations.