I really enjoyed it. Some critics are nitpicking it a bit, but I thought the actor was fantastic. My wife is a huge fan and was crying at the end of the movie.
She loves Queens music and she absolutely loves the Live Aid performance and she felt it was a flawless performance. That they got every detail right. She also felt that the actor was Freddie.
Being a huge Queen fan from the beginning....I couldn't wait to see it Â
Especially following Brian May's blog for the last 10 years of so, he was updating us on it from the beginning...when Sasha Baron Cohen was playing the Freddie character before he was fired.
I thought the movie was good and the acting was great, especially by Malek. Mike Myers playing the record exec who basically told the group no-one would play Bo Rhap on the radio because it wasn't a head-banging song....after his great Bo Rhap head banging scene in Wayne's World was great!
There were some liberties taken, but that was okay. It was worth it to see the movie and re-experience the greatness they portrayed on record, live and especially at Live Aid.
I think I read that there was a lot of Freddie in Malek's performances Â
Especially following Brian May's blog for the last 10 years of so, he was updating us on it from the beginning...when Sasha Baron Cohen was playing the Freddie character before he was fired.
I thought the movie was good and the acting was great, especially by Malek. Mike Myers playing the record exec who basically told the group no-one would play Bo Rhap on the radio because it wasn't a head-banging song....after his great Bo Rhap head banging scene in Wayne's World was great!
There were some liberties taken, but that was okay. It was worth it to see the movie and re-experience the greatness they portrayed on record, live and especially at Live Aid.
I didn't realize it was Mike Myers until they zoomed into his face, when he was bitching about the song being 6 minutes long.
She's a big Queen fan and so am I. We both loved it. It's not a documentary and I guess that pisses off the critics for some reason. I would love to see it again. It was actually funny too. I highly recommend it....been on a Queen binge ever since....go see it
where the Dr. Evil/Myers cutting him off every 10 seconds with a "zip it!! when a problem comes along... you must zip it. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exZIPIT A"
Me & the wife saw on a I Max screen Highly recommed. I saw Queen in 78 right after Yanks won World Series & Freddy M came out wearing a Yankee jersey Very cool
i saw it and it was great. My wife cried as well Â
between Queen and Sacha Baron Cohen, who apparently had been trying to make a movie about Freddie for a long time, is that he wanted to show the whole picture of the man and band, even the dark spots. The band wanted it to be more triumphant.
Any comments on where this one landed from those who say it?
between Queen and Sacha Baron Cohen, who apparently had been trying to make a movie about Freddie for a long time, is that he wanted to show the whole picture of the man and band, even the dark spots. The band wanted it to be more triumphant.
Any comments on where this one landed from those who say it?
I was a big fan. It was a fun movie and I thought they did very well with most of the concert sets, especially the Live Aid ending. They nailed it, all the way down the the Pepsi and beer cups on the piano Mercury was playing.
As a huge Rami Malek fan, I thought he killed his role as Freddie.
didn't think it was anything special. Typical movie about a singer/performer. He rises to prominence then falls then rises again. Been there. Seen that. The concert scenes were good, but if that's all you want go to YouTube and see the real thing. The whole Live Aid session is on YouTube.
The music makes the movie, but as a story it was kind of meh.
didn't think it was anything special. Typical movie about a singer/performer. He rises to prominence then falls then rises again. Been there. Seen that. The concert scenes were good, but if that's all you want go to YouTube and see the real thing. The whole Live Aid session is on YouTube.
The music makes the movie, but as a story it was kind of meh.
My wife had no idea about the leach that was Freddy's first partner.
RE: Being a huge Queen fan from the beginning....I couldn't wait to see it Â
Especially following Brian May's blog for the last 10 years of so, he was updating us on it from the beginning...when Sasha Baron Cohen was playing the Freddie character before he was fired.
I thought the movie was good and the acting was great, especially by Malek. Mike Myers playing the record exec who basically told the group no-one would play Bo Rhap on the radio because it wasn't a head-banging song....after his great Bo Rhap head banging scene in Wayne's World was great!
There were some liberties taken, but that was okay. It was worth it to see the movie and re-experience the greatness they portrayed on record, live and especially at Live Aid.
That's pretty cool. Mike Myers and Wayne's World brought the song to a whole new generation in the early '90's. It actually reached higher on the Billboard Charts in 1992 than it did when originally released. It's back on the Hot 100 for a third time because of the movie release.
didn't think it was anything special. Typical movie about a singer/performer. He rises to prominence then falls then rises again. Been there. Seen that. The concert scenes were good, but if that's all you want go to YouTube and see the real thing. The whole Live Aid session is on YouTube.
The music makes the movie, but as a story it was kind of meh.
My wife had no idea about the leach that was Freddy's first partner.
I did some reading which said that that part was embellished or distorted quite a bit. And, of course the other guy died (of AIDS-related disease) so he can't quite rebut his depiction.
one of the band members (probably May) actually wanted Mercury to die in the middle of the movie. When Sasha pressed him on this, thinking maybe it was some interesting Pulp Fiction-y way to tell the story, the band remember replied that the second half of the movie should be about how Queen overcame his death and lived on.
LOL.
RE: According to Sasha on an old Howard Stern interview Â
one of the band members (probably May) actually wanted Mercury to die in the middle of the movie. When Sasha pressed him on this, thinking maybe it was some interesting Pulp Fiction-y way to tell the story, the band remember replied that the second half of the movie should be about how Queen overcame his death and lived on.
LOL.
I love Brian May's work, but holy crap. lol I guess he didn't get the memo that while his guitar style was unique, there's no Queen without Freddie.
My wife and daughter saw it with friends Sunday. LOVED it. My wife didn't live in the U.S. most of those years Queen was prominent. She knew the hits but not the albums so much. On Monday morning (we were both off work) I pulled a box of my old albums from the top shelf in the living room closet. Had 4 Queen albums in there ... one was 42 years old. I've been treated to all those deeper cuts now for the past few evenings (save for a few hours during the Giants game). Forgot about some of them. Great stuff.
one of the band members (probably May) actually wanted Mercury to die in the middle of the movie. When Sasha pressed him on this, thinking maybe it was some interesting Pulp Fiction-y way to tell the story, the band remember replied that the second half of the movie should be about how Queen overcame his death and lived on.
LOL.
I love Brian May's work, but holy crap. lol I guess he didn't get the memo that while his guitar style was unique, there's no Queen without Freddie.
I know a guy that worked a little for Queen a few years ago. I said, "Queen? Who is singing lead?" Adam Lambert. Adam Lambert?
The acting is great and so is the music but I thought they could have told a much better story. And they made up a bunch of stuff they didn't have too, but..it's a movie
but you obviously go to those types of movies for the music, which was clearly great.
We saw it one of Bow-Tie's obnoxiously loud BTX theaters. I love me some Queen but my fucking hearing was muffled afterwards.
Not a huge fan of all the liberties taken because, again, you go to those films for the music.
one of the band members (probably May) actually wanted Mercury to die in the middle of the movie. When Sasha pressed him on this, thinking maybe it was some interesting Pulp Fiction-y way to tell the story, the band remember replied that the second half of the movie should be about how Queen overcame his death and lived on.
LOL.
I love Brian May's work, but holy crap. lol I guess he didn't get the memo that while his guitar style was unique, there's no Queen without Freddie.
I know a guy that worked a little for Queen a few years ago. I said, "Queen? Who is singing lead?" Adam Lambert. Adam Lambert?
He is actually a very fitting lead for them, and has the chops for it as well.
There wasn’t a coherent story and they completely rewrote history.
Among the fiction:
Freddy Mercury knew May, Taylor and Staffell when Smile were still around — the four of them even shared an apartment
Mike Myers character is fictional and seemed to be there only for the Wayne’s World inside joke.
Queen had just finished a tour before Live Aid
Various members of Queen did solo albums in the early 80s
Geldof said Queen would play Live Aid before asking them
Freddie Mercury didn’t tell the band he had AIDS until 1987 or 1988
The movie is basically a tribute to Mercury from his band mates. Which is way Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out of the project.
And they didn’t show the bad Queen songs.. Flash Gordon and the songs in Highlander.
once a cpl yrs ago in NJ with Lambert and he actually was very good. I also had the good fortune to have seen them at the Beacon in NYC (with Thin Lizzy opening) in 1976 on the Sheer Heart Attack Tour. Needless to say it was incredible.
She's 46 and I'm 50 so that was our Era and I've had Queen in my head ever since we saw it. What I liked about it is they showed the downside of Freddy and the band without dwelling on it endlessly. Funny the 2 things people keep saying after they see it are they didn't know he was married and they didn't know he was Pakistani.
Malek of course killed it. He does it in every role- the Pacific and Mr Robot.
She's 46 and I'm 50 so that was our Era and I've had Queen in my head ever since we saw it. What I liked about it is they showed the downside of Freddy and the band without dwelling on it endlessly. Funny the 2 things people keep saying after they see it are they didn't know he was married and they didn't know he was Pakistani.
Malek of course killed it. He does it in every role- the Pacific and Mr Robot.
Was he Pakistani? I thought he was Indian or even Iranian?
RE: RE: Wife and I went a few weeks ago and absolutely loved it Â
She's 46 and I'm 50 so that was our Era and I've had Queen in my head ever since we saw it. What I liked about it is they showed the downside of Freddy and the band without dwelling on it endlessly. Funny the 2 things people keep saying after they see it are they didn't know he was married and they didn't know he was Pakistani.
Malek of course killed it. He does it in every role- the Pacific and Mr Robot.
Was he Pakistani? I thought he was Indian or even Iranian?
Yep sorry you're right his parents were Parsee or Persian and he was born in Bombay.
There wasn’t a coherent story and they completely rewrote history.
Among the fiction:
Freddy Mercury knew May, Taylor and Staffell when Smile were still around — the four of them even shared an apartment
Mike Myers character is fictional and seemed to be there only for the Wayne’s World inside joke.
Queen had just finished a tour before Live Aid
Various members of Queen did solo albums in the early 80s
Geldof said Queen would play Live Aid before asking them
Freddie Mercury didn’t tell the band he had AIDS until 1987 or 1988
The movie is basically a tribute to Mercury from his band mates. Which is way Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out of the project.
And they didn’t show the bad Queen songs.. Flash Gordon and the songs in Highlander.
Felt mostly the same. I enjoyed the movie, but it was a bad biopic. I know that things are going to be changed, and I can get over some stuff (like him knowing Smile), but the AIDS/LiveAid connection annoyed me. My girlfriend came out sobbing and when I dropped the bomb that he hadn't been diagnosed with aids yet her response was "oh... what a shitty thing to lie about".
Queen made the movie for themselves. They made Brian May/Roger Taylor look like angels (family men who never partied) and Freddie had this evil side that corrupted everything and was the only prima-dona in the band.
Once again; it's entertaining. I would even see it again. Good movie, bad biopic.
"Freddie lived with the knowledge chat he was HIV positive for seven years, but it was some time before he confided to his closest friends how ill he might become if AIDS developed. When he did, he demanded that his illness be kept a secret."
That puts him into 1984, but it's "general knowledge" that he found out in 1987. I would take Mary Austin for her word, as she was his closest friend.
So if her facts are straight HE knew before Live Aid. The band has always said they found out during the recording of Miracle (1989ish?).
Basically, what I'm getting at is.. there are no truths or facts to the real story. It's all hearsay at this point, so why not take liberties if you're the movie's director and make it as dramatic as possible?
It's also been widely speculated that he knew in 1984, but still lived a very promiscuous lifestyle, and infecting a lot of men... but that's a darker topic for another day.
"Freddie lived with the knowledge chat he was HIV positive for seven years, but it was some time before he confided to his closest friends how ill he might become if AIDS developed. When he did, he demanded that his illness be kept a secret."
That's from OK Magazine, March 17 2000 http://www.freddie.ru/e/archives/ok/
That puts him into 1984, but it's "general knowledge" that he found out in 1987. I would take Mary Austin for her word, as she was his closest friend.
So if her facts are straight HE knew before Live Aid. The band has always said they found out during the recording of Miracle (1989ish?).
Basically, what I'm getting at is.. there are no truths or facts to the real story. It's all hearsay at this point, so why not take liberties if you're the movie's director and make it as dramatic as possible?
It's also been widely speculated that he knew in 1984, but still lived a very promiscuous lifestyle, and infecting a lot of men... but that's a darker topic for another day.
We'll never know when he contacted AIDS. But we do know that the movie portrayed a version of Queen that didn't exist.
The band actually helped with the direction of the film, so why is this not an accurate portrayal? Where they, not Freddy's family. Did they fight more?
The band actually helped with the direction of the film, so why is this not an accurate portrayal? Where they, not Freddy's family. Did they fight more?
It's not accurate b/c the facts are completely changed. See my earlier post. The band did that on purpose to tell the story they wanted to tell rather than the actual story of the band.
Not a huge fan of Queen but I appreciate them more after seeing the movie tonight. As between this and A Star Is Born - for me, about tied. ASIB is good but it's the fourth version of the same movie - kind of predictable, although the two leads were great. A lot in the Queen movie was new to me - although researching the facts after seeing the movie, I agree with the above who say the movie takes a lot of liberties with the facts.
Fun fact - Joseph Mazzello, who plays Deacon the bass player in Queen, was born in Rhinebeck and grew up down the road in Hyde Park. Hudson Valley representing ...
I think that you could cry either from the nostalgia or just the stepping up from the troubles to the show-stealing performance at Live Aid.
Not in this version. He took a different name and went to room with Elvis in Malibu.
She loves Queens music and she absolutely loves the Live Aid performance and she felt it was a flawless performance. That they got every detail right. She also felt that the actor was Freddie.
I thought the movie was good and the acting was great, especially by Malek. Mike Myers playing the record exec who basically told the group no-one would play Bo Rhap on the radio because it wasn't a head-banging song....after his great Bo Rhap head banging scene in Wayne's World was great!
There were some liberties taken, but that was okay. It was worth it to see the movie and re-experience the greatness they portrayed on record, live and especially at Live Aid.
I thought the movie was good and the acting was great, especially by Malek. Mike Myers playing the record exec who basically told the group no-one would play Bo Rhap on the radio because it wasn't a head-banging song....after his great Bo Rhap head banging scene in Wayne's World was great!
There were some liberties taken, but that was okay. It was worth it to see the movie and re-experience the greatness they portrayed on record, live and especially at Live Aid.
I didn't realize it was Mike Myers until they zoomed into his face, when he was bitching about the song being 6 minutes long.
She thought it was awesome and got emotional when he told the group that he had AIDS.
I kind of got teary eyed when he hugged his father.
Any comments on where this one landed from those who say it?
Any comments on where this one landed from those who say it?
They definitely showed the dark spots.
As a huge Rami Malek fan, I thought he killed his role as Freddie.
The music makes the movie, but as a story it was kind of meh.
The music makes the movie, but as a story it was kind of meh.
My wife had no idea about the leach that was Freddy's first partner.
I thought the movie was good and the acting was great, especially by Malek. Mike Myers playing the record exec who basically told the group no-one would play Bo Rhap on the radio because it wasn't a head-banging song....after his great Bo Rhap head banging scene in Wayne's World was great!
There were some liberties taken, but that was okay. It was worth it to see the movie and re-experience the greatness they portrayed on record, live and especially at Live Aid.
That's pretty cool. Mike Myers and Wayne's World brought the song to a whole new generation in the early '90's. It actually reached higher on the Billboard Charts in 1992 than it did when originally released. It's back on the Hot 100 for a third time because of the movie release.
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didn't think it was anything special. Typical movie about a singer/performer. He rises to prominence then falls then rises again. Been there. Seen that. The concert scenes were good, but if that's all you want go to YouTube and see the real thing. The whole Live Aid session is on YouTube.
The music makes the movie, but as a story it was kind of meh.
My wife had no idea about the leach that was Freddy's first partner.
I did some reading which said that that part was embellished or distorted quite a bit. And, of course the other guy died (of AIDS-related disease) so he can't quite rebut his depiction.
LOL.
LOL.
I love Brian May's work, but holy crap. lol I guess he didn't get the memo that while his guitar style was unique, there's no Queen without Freddie.
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one of the band members (probably May) actually wanted Mercury to die in the middle of the movie. When Sasha pressed him on this, thinking maybe it was some interesting Pulp Fiction-y way to tell the story, the band remember replied that the second half of the movie should be about how Queen overcame his death and lived on.
LOL.
I love Brian May's work, but holy crap. lol I guess he didn't get the memo that while his guitar style was unique, there's no Queen without Freddie.
We saw it one of Bow-Tie's obnoxiously loud BTX theaters. I love me some Queen but my fucking hearing was muffled afterwards.
Not a huge fan of all the liberties taken because, again, you go to those films for the music.
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one of the band members (probably May) actually wanted Mercury to die in the middle of the movie. When Sasha pressed him on this, thinking maybe it was some interesting Pulp Fiction-y way to tell the story, the band remember replied that the second half of the movie should be about how Queen overcame his death and lived on.
LOL.
I love Brian May's work, but holy crap. lol I guess he didn't get the memo that while his guitar style was unique, there's no Queen without Freddie.
I know a guy that worked a little for Queen a few years ago. I said, "Queen? Who is singing lead?" Adam Lambert. Adam Lambert?
He is actually a very fitting lead for them, and has the chops for it as well.
Among the fiction:
Freddy Mercury knew May, Taylor and Staffell when Smile were still around — the four of them even shared an apartment
Mike Myers character is fictional and seemed to be there only for the Wayne’s World inside joke.
Queen had just finished a tour before Live Aid
Various members of Queen did solo albums in the early 80s
Geldof said Queen would play Live Aid before asking them
Freddie Mercury didn’t tell the band he had AIDS until 1987 or 1988
The movie is basically a tribute to Mercury from his band mates. Which is way Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out of the project.
And they didn’t show the bad Queen songs.. Flash Gordon and the songs in Highlander.
Malek of course killed it. He does it in every role- the Pacific and Mr Robot.
And still unsure about Queen's internal "break-up" in the film. Was that a legit thing in real life?
I don't often go to the theaters to watch movies anymore so probably will wait to see it but it will definitely be on my radar.
Malek of course killed it. He does it in every role- the Pacific and Mr Robot.
Was he Pakistani? I thought he was Indian or even Iranian?
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She's 46 and I'm 50 so that was our Era and I've had Queen in my head ever since we saw it. What I liked about it is they showed the downside of Freddy and the band without dwelling on it endlessly. Funny the 2 things people keep saying after they see it are they didn't know he was married and they didn't know he was Pakistani.
Malek of course killed it. He does it in every role- the Pacific and Mr Robot.
Was he Pakistani? I thought he was Indian or even Iranian?
Yep sorry you're right his parents were Parsee or Persian and he was born in Bombay.
Among the fiction:
Freddy Mercury knew May, Taylor and Staffell when Smile were still around — the four of them even shared an apartment
Mike Myers character is fictional and seemed to be there only for the Wayne’s World inside joke.
Queen had just finished a tour before Live Aid
Various members of Queen did solo albums in the early 80s
Geldof said Queen would play Live Aid before asking them
Freddie Mercury didn’t tell the band he had AIDS until 1987 or 1988
The movie is basically a tribute to Mercury from his band mates. Which is way Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out of the project.
And they didn’t show the bad Queen songs.. Flash Gordon and the songs in Highlander.
Felt mostly the same. I enjoyed the movie, but it was a bad biopic. I know that things are going to be changed, and I can get over some stuff (like him knowing Smile), but the AIDS/LiveAid connection annoyed me. My girlfriend came out sobbing and when I dropped the bomb that he hadn't been diagnosed with aids yet her response was "oh... what a shitty thing to lie about".
Queen made the movie for themselves. They made Brian May/Roger Taylor look like angels (family men who never partied) and Freddie had this evil side that corrupted everything and was the only prima-dona in the band.
Once again; it's entertaining. I would even see it again. Good movie, bad biopic.
Freddie's best friend, Mary Austin:
"Freddie lived with the knowledge chat he was HIV positive for seven years, but it was some time before he confided to his closest friends how ill he might become if AIDS developed. When he did, he demanded that his illness be kept a secret."
That's from OK Magazine, March 17 2000 http://www.freddie.ru/e/archives/ok/
That puts him into 1984, but it's "general knowledge" that he found out in 1987. I would take Mary Austin for her word, as she was his closest friend.
So if her facts are straight HE knew before Live Aid. The band has always said they found out during the recording of Miracle (1989ish?).
Basically, what I'm getting at is.. there are no truths or facts to the real story. It's all hearsay at this point, so why not take liberties if you're the movie's director and make it as dramatic as possible?
It's also been widely speculated that he knew in 1984, but still lived a very promiscuous lifestyle, and infecting a lot of men... but that's a darker topic for another day.
Dude nails it.
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Freddie's best friend, Mary Austin:
"Freddie lived with the knowledge chat he was HIV positive for seven years, but it was some time before he confided to his closest friends how ill he might become if AIDS developed. When he did, he demanded that his illness be kept a secret."
That's from OK Magazine, March 17 2000 http://www.freddie.ru/e/archives/ok/
That puts him into 1984, but it's "general knowledge" that he found out in 1987. I would take Mary Austin for her word, as she was his closest friend.
So if her facts are straight HE knew before Live Aid. The band has always said they found out during the recording of Miracle (1989ish?).
Basically, what I'm getting at is.. there are no truths or facts to the real story. It's all hearsay at this point, so why not take liberties if you're the movie's director and make it as dramatic as possible?
It's also been widely speculated that he knew in 1984, but still lived a very promiscuous lifestyle, and infecting a lot of men... but that's a darker topic for another day.
We'll never know when he contacted AIDS. But we do know that the movie portrayed a version of Queen that didn't exist.
The band actually helped with the direction of the film, so why is this not an accurate portrayal? Where they, not Freddy's family. Did they fight more?
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The band actually helped with the direction of the film, so why is this not an accurate portrayal? Where they, not Freddy's family. Did they fight more?
It's not accurate b/c the facts are completely changed. See my earlier post. The band did that on purpose to tell the story they wanted to tell rather than the actual story of the band.
I guess they are in love with their car.
I know a guy that worked a little for Queen a few years ago. I said, "Queen? Who is singing lead?" Adam Lambert. Adam Lambert?
Say what you want about his theatrics, but Adam Lambert is an incredible, INCREDIBLE, vocalist. His range and power are insane.
And as theatrical and over the top as I find him-- we are talking about Queen.
I appear to be in the vast minority. I thought it was just OK.
Yeah the music was great. But I’ve heard it and seen videos of the real thing for how many decades?
I was underwhelmed by the depth to which we learned much about the band members, including Freddie.
I know people (my wife and a bunch of her friends, included) who thought it was fantastic.
I actually found A Star Is Born to be more entertaining.
Fun fact - Joseph Mazzello, who plays Deacon the bass player in Queen, was born in Rhinebeck and grew up down the road in Hyde Park. Hudson Valley representing ...