[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
"WHOLE NEW GENERATION who are now all over youtube etc enjoying Queen music and making adorable noises for Fred is A Good Thing."
I think that's where we differ. This place has definitely dipped significantly since the newbies came along. [/QUOTE]
stupid snowflake squeakers they are
If they were going to make a Rock movie then lets have it sex ,drugs,booze,girls and boys.When Freddie is having his Birthday party it is pathetic when Brian,Roger and John say to Fred sorry mate this just is not our scene we have Wives and Children to look after these days.Roger was probably the most unfaithful of them and Brian is made to look like a saint through out the film.No mention in the film that Roger had released a unsuccessful solo album and even formed his own band,who were also unsuccessful.
Yeah maybe having Freddie jealous at Roger's solo stuff would've added a layer of intrigue.
I found the first half or so mostly entertaining, despite the rewrites of history that I mostly tolerated. I find the story line of the second half contrived Hollywood BS and that put me off. A lot. I saw the movie at a time when I really needed an escape.
The family member I went with who is a casual fan enjoyed the movie a lot. She didn’t want to hear a peep from me about any of the innacuracies.
The worst thing to me about the first half was the way Freddie’s sexuality was handled. Couldn’t they have just stuck to reality and given him a boyfriend instead of the Adam Lambert scene?? And the Paul Prenter kissing scene??
I found it ridiculous when Freddie started coughing. Maybe it’s possible for a man with KS to give the vocal performance of a life time, but a guy with an AIDS-associated cough that implies lung disease. In a singer? So that bothered me more than the time-shift of his diagnosis.
Despite all this I was still potentially interested in seeing it at a cinema with better sound, but life got in the way.
Suprised me the most that i wasnt thrilled by the music. I listen to Queen every day. And i am still thrilled by their music and His voice. It didnt touch me in the movie.
Same. Interesting observation.
^^ not even live aid, which i have seen at least a 1000 times for 'real'.
It could be partly that when you listen to Queen, you pick what you want to hear. At the movie that was decided for you.
I think it's due to the music losing all impact when married to a bunch of (largely poor) look-a-likes over acting on the screen?
I am a newbie here but Freddie Mercury is my first and oldest love.
I was beside myself with excitement waiting for the movie to hit the theatre, I couldn't wait! I have to say
it wasn't what I imagined it would be nor as factual. I'm glad that I went to see it but I probably won't watch it again. There's been speculation of another, I personally think it's just fine where it ended. I've probably read every book that has been written and cried myself through the end of each. I don't really care to watch somebody act out Freddies dying days.
Just my opinion.
