ok, the begging scene I didn't mention...Of course that's a big dislike but I don't feel it was overblown as much As I heard. The point they " The (Brian ego) was making is that Freddie needed them, and Freddie made his point that they needed him. They needed each other. I did say the Brian ego was one of my dislikes of this movie..That's obvious and years from now Malek will come out and say Brian was a difficult man to work with. At the end of the day the general public won't remember the begging scene and the Brian ego anyway...People like the movie for the music and The Freddie/Mary relationship, which was touching...
The audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is 94%. Word of mouth is very positive about this movie, unlike what the critics are saying.
If there is a flaw in this movie, it is that the full intelligence, wit, and talent of the other band members is not part of the plot!
Where is the mention of Roger’s singing talent or that Brian built his own guitar? Where is Roger’s mother, Brian’s father, Brian’s illness and hospitalization while Freddie wrote Killer Queen? Where is Roger’s introduction to Brian? Where is Roger’s stall with Brian? They were short changed for all eternity by this movie.
It’s about Freddie and they worked a long time to get it right, not to put themselves forward as the center of attention. It is a love letter to Freddie, their dear friend and “brother”. I feel sorry for people who can’t understand that.
“Stall with Freddie.” Sorry. Typing too fast.
Maybe it should have been a bit longer to fit in the backgrounds and more dialog.
Good points Donna....Day dop, I'm personally surprised how good It's doing In America. My prediction was 25 million total...looks like they're gonna surpass that In one weekend. And yes, everyone I talked with in person loved the movie.
[QUOTE] [b]Donna13 wrote:[/b]
If there is a flaw in this movie, it is that the full intelligence, wit, and talent of the other band members is not part of the plot!
Where is the mention of Roger’s singing talent or that Brian built his own guitar? Where is Roger’s mother, Brian’s father, Brian’s illness and hospitalization while Freddie wrote Killer Queen? Where is Roger’s introduction to Brian? Where is Roger’s stall with Brian? They were short changed for all eternity by this movie.
It’s about Freddie and they worked a long time to get it right, not to put themselves forward as the center of attention. It is a love letter to Freddie, their dear friend and “brother”. I feel sorry for people who can’t understand that.[/QUOTE]
these "people" are Freddie fanboys and they are hopeless when it comes to objectivity and reason.
[QUOTE] [b]bucsateflon wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Donna13 wrote:[/b]
If there is a flaw in this movie, it is that the full intelligence, wit, and talent of the other band members is not part of the plot!
Where is the mention of Roger’s singing talent or that Brian built his own guitar? Where is Roger’s mother, Brian’s father, Brian’s illness and hospitalization while Freddie wrote Killer Queen? Where is Roger’s introduction to Brian? Where is Roger’s stall with Brian? They were short changed for all eternity by this movie.
It’s about Freddie and they worked a long time to get it right, not to put themselves forward as the center of attention. It is a love letter to Freddie, their dear friend and “brother”. I feel sorry for people who can’t understand that.[/QUOTE]
these "people" are Freddie fanboys and they are hopeless when it comes to objectivity and reason.
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Hm a love letter to Freddie where he is shown as unreliable drugge begging for his job? And it is news to me that BoRHap was partly written by Brian. Well there you go. It is a film for Freddie haters and Brian Fanboys.
[QUOTE] [b]Donna13 wrote:[/b]
If there is a flaw in this movie, it is that the full intelligence, wit, and talent of the other band members is not part of the plot!
Where is the mention of Roger’s singing talent or that Brian built his own guitar? Where is Roger’s mother, Brian’s father, Brian’s illness and hospitalization while Freddie wrote Killer Queen? Where is Roger’s introduction to Brian? Where is Roger’s stall with Brian? They were short changed for all eternity by this movie.
It’s about Freddie and they worked a long time to get it right, not to put themselves forward as the center of attention. It is a love letter to Freddie, their dear friend and “brother”. I feel sorry for people who can’t understand that.[/QUOTE]
Brian actually said it was about Freddie when asked about the movie at the Vegas press conference. He said "of course we're portrayed in it but it's about Freddie", so I'd agree with that.
BM character has less screen time than Prenter's
[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]
And it is news to me that BoRHap was partly written by Brian.[/QUOTE]
what do you mean?
what's a Freddie fan boy? you mean a Freddie Mercury fan on a Queen site? why is that shocking? That's a dumb comment...especially that Brian May has apologists on this site that stick up for every move he makes no matter how bad his decision's are. How is that different? It's a Queen website for gods sake. Donna is right, Brian and Roger should be shown more and how talented and Influencial they were...I don't like the Freddie only crowd either.
[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]
what's a Freddie fan boy? you mean a Freddie Mercury fan on a Queen site? why is that shocking? That's a dumb comment...especially that Brian May has apologists on this site that stick up for every move he makes no matter how bad his decision's are. How is that different? It's a Queen website for gods sake. Donna is right, Brian and Roger should be shown more and how talented and Influencial they were...I don't like the Freddie only crowd either.[/QUOTE]
I don't think there really is a "Freddie only crowd". Maybe some. Maybe nowadays. I dunno. I do think it seems that way when we are forced to defend Freddie against the abject stupidity and condescending comments Brian (and Roger to a lesser extant) has made especially in the past 14 years. And that Brian used this film to enlarge himself and put Freddie in his place a bit. To say otherwise is cognitive dissonance.
Most people do not possess critical thinking skills and this film just highlights that. Critical thinkers will enjoy this film far less than passive thinkers.
Brian and Roger make people Freddie only or Freddie and John only fans by their dishonest rhetoric. Yes Freddie is my favorite Queenie but I love the music all four made. That said one thing's still true. When I look and I find that there is no Queen without Freddie.
[QUOTE] [b]bucsateflon wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]runner_70 wrote:[/b]
And it is news to me that BoRHap was partly written by Brian.[/QUOTE]
what do you mean?[/QUOTE]
Did you watch the movie????
Dialogue in the studio while recording BoRHap
Freddie: Brian when you play the solo play it as if you would have written it
Brian: I have written the solo
Yes Brian we get it - you are the musical Genius of Queen. Freddie only wrote the Galileos if at all. YOu are the leader of Queen!!
Irony mode off!
Brian clearly has an ego problem and it shows in the movie. I bet he jerks off to the scene where Freddie is begging him to get back into Queen saying !"Yes it was EXACTLY like this" ;)
