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The footage so far has been pre-filming tests, so folk best wait until they see the finished flim before deciding if it was done well....
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LOTV
I don't have concerns over the acting or the direction. I have severe reservations over the Brand Queen approved script and content.
Vocal harmony
[QUOTE] [b]john bodega wrote:[/b]
I can't really give myself the necessary distance from Queen to ever give this movie a chance, honestly. I find with things like Apollo 13 or Rush (the F1 movie by Ron Howard), I know way too much about the subject for my own good, and the acting - no matter how well intentioned or talented the players are - comes over as one big expensive cartoon.
It is a bit amusing to see John Blunt floated as a 'why didn't they pick him?' option. His characterisation of Freddie for that UK TV thing wasn't far off, to his credit - but it's difficult to fairly evaluate a guy's acting when every second line is "I have AIDS, darling - it's the AIDS! I've got AIDS!". (Not his fault, I understand - it's down to the scriptwriters).
If you're gonna play Freddie though, you also need to be at least a little credible when you're kissing other men - which John Blunt couldn't have possibly made more awkward unless he'd looked directly at the camera and rolled his eyes.
Not hating, I'm just saying that to do Freddie in a major motion picture would've required a way different approach than the one they took for that production. His moustache looked all of $5, and the entire thing was just maudlin. I'm kind of sick of Freddie Mercury getting sold short in the public eye; he was a fantastic musician and an interesting personality, but all anyone wants to talk about is 'did he catch HIV from that Russian sailor?'.
Anyway, I'm hopeful that Brian and Roger are able to steer this thing away from that direction. I honestly don't mind if it's two hours of Brian subtly saying "hey, we were a part of the band too", because I don't need to see any more cheap re-enactments of Freddie Mercury pissing himself to death. Guy was my hero, show some respect.[/QUOTE]
So another review of acting ability, story path and the film it's self before any real footage is in the can, never mind edited. And all this from someone who's opening line is he knows too much about the subject to distance themselves from the subject to give it a chance.
This is a film, based on fact. It's not a factual documentary. The first is entertainment, the second is educational. As with any film you have to suspend a reality for the story to unwind and tell its self.
As much as you know, or think you know you weren't there, same goes for Apollo 13 and Rush, both excellent films. Yes we know the main facts of the Queen story, as much as we know the facts as reported on Apollo13 or the F1 feud between Lauda and Hunt. The rest is put together/written to inform the viewer and entertain.
If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point
I can't really give myself the necessary distance from Queen to ever give this movie a chance, honestly. I find with things like Apollo 13 or Rush (the F1 movie by Ron Howard), I know way too much about the subject for my own good, and the acting - no matter how well intentioned or talented the players are - comes over as one big expensive cartoon.
It is a bit amusing to see John Blunt floated as a 'why didn't they pick him?' option. His characterisation of Freddie for that UK TV thing wasn't far off, to his credit - but it's difficult to fairly evaluate a guy's acting when every second line is "I have AIDS, darling - it's the AIDS! I've got AIDS!". (Not his fault, I understand - it's down to the scriptwriters).
If you're gonna play Freddie though, you also need to be at least a little credible when you're kissing other men - which John Blunt couldn't have possibly made more awkward unless he'd looked directly at the camera and rolled his eyes.
Not hating, I'm just saying that to do Freddie in a major motion picture would've required a way different approach than the one they took for that production. His moustache looked all of $5, and the entire thing was just maudlin. I'm kind of sick of Freddie Mercury getting sold short in the public eye; he was a fantastic musician and an interesting personality, but all anyone wants to talk about is 'did he catch HIV from that Russian sailor?'.
Anyway, I'm hopeful that Brian and Roger are able to steer this thing away from that direction. I honestly don't mind if it's two hours of Brian subtly saying "hey, we were a part of the band too", because I don't need to see any more cheap re-enactments of Freddie Mercury pissing himself to death. Guy was my hero, show some respect.[/QUOTE]
So another review of acting ability, story path and the film it's self before any real footage is in the can, never mind edited. And all this from someone who's opening line is he knows too much about the subject to distance themselves from the subject to give it a chance.
This is a film, based on fact. It's not a factual documentary. The first is entertainment, the second is educational. As with any film you have to suspend a reality for the story to unwind and tell its self.
As much as you know, or think you know you weren't there, same goes for Apollo 13 and Rush, both excellent films. Yes we know the main facts of the Queen story, as much as we know the facts as reported on Apollo13 or the F1 feud between Lauda and Hunt. The rest is put together/written to inform the viewer and entertain.
If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point
Shvili
Here's the video of live Aid scene shooting with comical Malek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9KaqCBEvvg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9KaqCBEvvg
Chopin1995
[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]
If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point
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What a great quote that is!
BTW I'm huge fan of F1 and have been watching every race since 2006! And I like Rush movie :)
If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point
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What a great quote that is!
BTW I'm huge fan of F1 and have been watching every race since 2006! And I like Rush movie :)
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE] [b]Shvili wrote:[/b]
Here's the video of live Aid scene shooting with comical Malek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9KaqCBEvvg
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Wow - this looks fantastic. Everyone sure has done their homework.
And if that's not Marc Martel singing on the track, then my name is Donald Duck. Holy shit, is he ever a dead ringer for Mercury.
Here's the video of live Aid scene shooting with comical Malek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9KaqCBEvvg
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Wow - this looks fantastic. Everyone sure has done their homework.
And if that's not Marc Martel singing on the track, then my name is Donald Duck. Holy shit, is he ever a dead ringer for Mercury.
Barry Durex
I haven't laughed so much since I last saw that flying pig.
john bodega
"As much as you know, or think you know you weren't there, same goes for Apollo 13 and Rush, both excellent films"
Oh I liked 'em both! (moreso Apollo 13).
But they're both very well documented events/periods in history. I didn't need to have 'been there' to know which scenes are hokey or overacted.
"If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point"
This doesn't really mean anything, sorry. No one's asking for perfection! I get that movies are movies, and documentaries are documentaries. I was only pointing out that which bothers me conceptually about this Freddie movie. I'm sure it'll still be entertaining, which is the point of the thing.
Oh I liked 'em both! (moreso Apollo 13).
But they're both very well documented events/periods in history. I didn't need to have 'been there' to know which scenes are hokey or overacted.
"If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point"
This doesn't really mean anything, sorry. No one's asking for perfection! I get that movies are movies, and documentaries are documentaries. I was only pointing out that which bothers me conceptually about this Freddie movie. I'm sure it'll still be entertaining, which is the point of the thing.