Strange. Site doesn't have the feature where you can quote another's post. Could it be Google Chrome?
Anyway Mike is correct. Freddie couldn't be arsed to do Live Aid at first. The movie seems to want it both ways. Freddie was a selfish Diva who did whatever he please and an insecure Toothasaurus Rex who was nothing without Brian May.[/QUOTE]
It's invisible! If you hover it's there!
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Shvili wrote:[/b]
Freddie pleading to be taken back after Mr. Bad Guy? Who came up with this BS? There's no way this is remotely close to reality. [/QUOTE]
How can you be sure?
Brian and Roger have chronically downplayed how bad things were behind the scenes in the 80s.
It is undeniably true that they did have a meeting around this time where Mercury was given an ultimatum - them or Prenter. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if this scene was largely or entirely accurate.
I'm just not sure if a Hollywood film was the right place to tell this part of their story.
rockchic65 · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]YAFFF wrote:[/b]
Strange. Site doesn't have the feature where you can quote another's post. Could it be Google Chrome?
Anyway Mike is correct. Freddie couldn't be arsed to do Live Aid at first. The movie seems to want it both ways. Freddie was a selfish Diva who did whatever he please and an insecure Toothasaurus Rex who was nothing without Brian May.[/QUOTE]
If you hover your cursor to the right of the date/time stamp there will be a little black line and it comes up as edit, further along there's reply then reply with quote. They don't show up until you hover over the right spot - weird.
YAFFF · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]rockchic65 wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]YAFFF wrote:[/b]
Strange. Site doesn't have the feature where you can quote another's post. Could it be Google Chrome?
Anyway Mike is correct. Freddie couldn't be arsed to do Live Aid at first. The movie seems to want it both ways. Freddie was a selfish Diva who did whatever he please and an insecure Toothasaurus Rex who was nothing without Brian May.[/QUOTE]
If you hover your cursor to the right of the date/time stamp there will be a little black line and it comes up as edit, further along there's reply then reply with quote. They don't show up until you hover over the right spot - weird.
[/QUOTE]
LOL! Thanks.
lewisakkas · Member since
Overall it's a decent film. I took my friend who doesn't really know much about Queen and he said he was surprise how good it was and he enjoyed it.
The inaccuracies are expected, its like that in any film. We have to remember that it has to appeal to everyone so certain things change.
Before today I've never seen Rami Malek but he's one hell of a actor, deserves an award for his performance!
Overall I would rate it 3/5.
YAFFF · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
I'm just not sure if a Hollywood film was the right place to tell this part of their story.
[/QUOTE]
So instead millions of people "learn" fiction about Freddie and the band and don't know it's fiction. I don't care if it's Hollywood standards it's bullshit.
This canard about Freddie begging for his job back is not credible. Something like that would've leaked out in some interview or book by now if it were accurate. I know you like to be the relentless apologist for the band over the many years I've read posts here but you can't spin the fact the band took this opportunity to big up the band at the expense of Freddie.
mike hunt · Member since
He's an apologist for Brian More than anything...I'm a huge Brian fan, but little by little I'm losing respect. That's why we should stick with the music and only the music because if you get into personal stuff you realize your musical hero's are Jealous of each other and back stabbers.
Golden Salmon · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]lewisakkas wrote:[/b]
Overall it's a decent film. I took my friend who doesn't really know much about Queen and he said he was surprise how good it was and he enjoyed it.
The inaccuracies are expected, its like that in any film. We have to remember that it has to appeal to everyone so certain things change.
Before today I've never seen Rami Malek but he's one hell of a actor, deserves an award for his performance!
Overall I would rate it 3/5.[/QUOTE]
I don't know about the cinematography but I would expect someone who only knows a few Queen songs, and enjoys them, to be surprised by the music. This might be the niche they could cater to.
Holly2003 · Member since
Is the making of Under Pressure with Bowie in the movie?
NickESB · Member since
No.
dysan · Member since
It's now Queen were in the studio and Brian May happened to be in town and they hooked up to jam and wrote Under Pressure. Brian May came up with the bass riff but forgot it when they went for pizza. Luckily Brian May remembered it later and told Brian May it.
RS_Protos · Member since
^LOL
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]YAFFF wrote:[/b]
Something like that would've leaked out in some interview or book by now if it were accurate.[/QUOTE]
You'd think that, but there are even bigger things that they've kept under wraps.
And if I wrote about them, people probably wouldn't believe them anyway.
Nor is it my place to.
And for the record - they sure wouldn't have people labelling me as a Brian May apologist. Everyone has their dark sides and moments. Spend 20 years with literally anyone, and it's bound to happen.
Of course you guys are welcome to think you know everything about Queen's history based on what you've read in books and plucked out of interviews.
But the reality is - there will always be more that you don't know. Superfans pride themselves on thinking they know everything, and few things sting them more than the thought that they may not know it all.
So take a deep breath and entertain the possibility that 70 year old rock stars are going to take some things to the grave. The same way everyone else does.
Fredfan · Member since
wait Real Wizard - so did Fred really beg for his job? I agree with the others - this would have come out or hinted at in the gazillions of biographies on the band or FM
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Fredfan wrote:[/b]
wait Real Wizard - so did Fred really beg for his job?[/QUOTE]
I wasn't there, so how would I know?
[QUOTE]this would have come out or hinted at in the gazillions of biographies on the band or FM[/QUOTE]
Just because the band hasn't mentioned something doesn't mean it didn't happen. Their private lives aren't on display for the world at the world's demands.
Like I said - this film perhaps wasn't the best way to let this one out (how can I say this and simultaneously be accused of being a "Brian May apologist"?).
But let's think about this rationally:
In 2011 they told stories in the Days Of Our Lives documentary they hadn't told before. So does that mean those things were fiction in 2010? Obviously not. Which means there are still more to tell, many of which they will never tell.
There's a reason why Adrian Belew couldn't tell his Bowie/Zappa stories until both of them were dead. And that's just the ones he chose to tell. McCartney tells new stories to this day, too. Are those all fiction because he didn't tell them at some arbitrary earlier date?
There are countless stories that will never be told about Queen or any other artist. Sometimes stories come out a week later, a year later, decades later, or not at all.
