"Bohemian Rhapsody (not the song, but the movie) just be lucky to come out from the greatness of the myth of Queen."
I always believe that every movie slapped with Queen’s songs will, and always be awesome no matter how shit those movies are. Queen makes everything awesome; and I believe one of you would like to choose one of their songs to be the soundtrack for your best moments in a lifetime. You can cherry pick any of Queen songs like: the most mainstream one, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, or the one that you rarely heard such as: “Save Me” or “Don’t Stop Me Now” and it will still definitely rock you (no pun intended) no matter which. In short, they’re awesome and anything that comes with them are too, awesome.
Rami Malek is the great Freddie Mercury joined by his band of usual suspects: Brian May (Gwilym Lee), Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) and John Deacon (Joe Mazzello). Not only the actors’ physical appearances are so convincing, but also each manages to capture the spirit of their respective characters come to life; especially for Malek whom I strongly believe would be nominated for his Oscar bait role. I rarely see actors seems so confident and comfortable in their roles as if they were “them” off and on the stage. The rest of the supporting casts: Lucy Boynton, Aaron McCusker, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers are also great in their own ways; thus further solidify the somewhat reality of what “actually” happened in Freddie’s life journey.
Though the castings are great, the production design is amazingly awesome (just see the Live Aid scene for yourself; it’s jaw-dropping), the soundtrack / musics are (of course) great, but actually it’s a big mess in terms of plot, historical accuracy, dialogues and transition. First off, I think Bohemian Rhapsody is 2018’s The Greatest Showman. Both films are centered on real life figures with a more polished and dramatized story, covered with the epicness of their extremely loud and overrated soundtracks.
In Bohemian Rhapsody, the filmmakers deliberately trade the validity of Freddie’s journey for more drama / tear-jerking moments then recklessly transitioned their biased story just by cutting and editing it together with Queen songs. If you notice the patterns, every climax scene or conflicts in each “so-called” mini story arc always end with Queen performing their new songs, then all goes well again just like nothing happens. It’s repeated over and over, showcasing a lazy writing process and poorly transitioned film it is. Secondly, some of the dialogue just feel... very off. I know it’s a typical Bryan Singer film, where you find yourself trapped in somewhat boring and very off dialogues between characters (just see X-Men: Apocalypse for prime example) and Bohemian Rhapsody is no escape from his cursed trademark.
SO, enough chit chat and straight down to business: Is Bohemian Rhapsody a good movie...? Then I will gladly inform you that it’s kinda okay with almost an inch close to the word “bad”. Like I said at the beginning, everything that comes with Queen (especially the bad ones), can also be awesome too. Bohemian Rhapsody (not the song, but the movie) just be lucky to come out from the greatness of the myth of Queen.
3 out of 5.
Rami Malek is the great Freddie Mercury joined by his band of usual suspects: Brian May (Gwilym Lee), Roger Taylor (Ben Hardy) and John Deacon (Joe Mazzello). Not only the actors’ physical appearances are so convincing, but also each manages to capture the spirit of their respective characters come to life; especially for Malek whom I strongly believe would be nominated for his Oscar bait role. I rarely see actors seems so confident and comfortable in their roles as if they were “them” off and on the stage. The rest of the supporting casts: Lucy Boynton, Aaron McCusker, Tom Hollander and Mike Myers are also great in their own ways; thus further solidify the somewhat reality of what “actually” happened in Freddie’s life journey.
Though the castings are great, the production design is amazingly awesome (just see the Live Aid scene for yourself; it’s jaw-dropping), the soundtrack / musics are (of course) great, but actually it’s a big mess in terms of plot, historical accuracy, dialogues and transition. First off, I think Bohemian Rhapsody is 2018’s The Greatest Showman. Both films are centered on real life figures with a more polished and dramatized story, covered with the epicness of their extremely loud and overrated soundtracks.
In Bohemian Rhapsody, the filmmakers deliberately trade the validity of Freddie’s journey for more drama / tear-jerking moments then recklessly transitioned their biased story just by cutting and editing it together with Queen songs. If you notice the patterns, every climax scene or conflicts in each “so-called” mini story arc always end with Queen performing their new songs, then all goes well again just like nothing happens. It’s repeated over and over, showcasing a lazy writing process and poorly transitioned film it is. Secondly, some of the dialogue just feel... very off. I know it’s a typical Bryan Singer film, where you find yourself trapped in somewhat boring and very off dialogues between characters (just see X-Men: Apocalypse for prime example) and Bohemian Rhapsody is no escape from his cursed trademark.
SO, enough chit chat and straight down to business: Is Bohemian Rhapsody a good movie...? Then I will gladly inform you that it’s kinda okay with almost an inch close to the word “bad”. Like I said at the beginning, everything that comes with Queen (especially the bad ones), can also be awesome too. Bohemian Rhapsody (not the song, but the movie) just be lucky to come out from the greatness of the myth of Queen.
3 out of 5.
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