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Post by respect77 on May 17, 2018 13:40:35 GMT
I don't understand why they would leave Freddie's homosexuality or AIDS out of it. It was a part of his life. Maybe they thought if Freddie didn't share it while he was alive they should leave it out too. Actually that is very respectful, but then how to portray who he really was if not talking about this aspect of his life?
That "gay flamboyance" was a big part of who he was. I think a lot of things cannot be properly understood without that aspect of his life.
And as I understand it, it is not that he was ashamed of being gay - most of the people around him, eg. Queen, knew it. He just didn't think it was something for the wider public. But now everyone knows it, so I don't know if they really need to treat it like it is some "hush-hush thing" still.
Did anyone see the documentary "The Great Pretender"? Its focus was more on Freddie as a person and as a solo artist rather than Queen. There was an interesting mention of MJ in it as well. That Freddie was able to release his first solo album because of Thriller blowing so huge. That made a lot of money for the record company so they were more generous with financing other projects by other artists as well.
That doc also has a video of Freddie's 40th birthday party (the same party that is shown in Freddie's posthumous video "Living on My Own". That party was an actual real party. And as you can see with lots of drag queens and gay men - so it is not like Freddie was fully in the closet.
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Post by SmoothGangsta on May 17, 2018 13:55:18 GMT
Overview of the movie:
"Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen," "Bohemian Rhapsody, "We Are the Champions" and "We Will Rock You" become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet -- finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess."
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Post by mistermaxxx08 on Jun 12, 2018 17:01:07 GMT
looking forward to seeing it and how it all plays out. long overdue IMO
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Post by jaywonder on Jun 14, 2018 21:27:54 GMT
I feel a biopic about Freddie and the entire band should be more of a mini series. So much info to go through
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Post by Russg on Jun 14, 2018 21:37:46 GMT
UK fans may be interested to know that it has the guy who used to play Peter Beale in Eastenders (Ben Hardy) playing the part of Roger Taylor.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 21:08:55 GMT
I want to see it. I will probably reserve tickets when the box office opens in my hood.
OP, there is a typo in the title.
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Post by SmoothGangsta on Jul 22, 2018 13:03:06 GMT
New trailer, I'm excited.
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Post by Russg on Sept 13, 2018 11:56:09 GMT
Bohemian Rhapsody star Rami Malek hits back at claims that that biopic erases Freddie's homosexuality
He is set to transform into music icon Freddie Mercury in the forthcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.
And Rami Malek has hit back at those that criticised the film for not portraying the singer's identity as a bisexual man, as well as claims it avoided portraying his battle with AIDS.
The actor, 37, spoke in an interview with Attitude magazine, released on Thursday, about the response, saying: 'It's a shame that people are making remarks after a minute teaser where you just wanna see the music. It's difficult.'
'First, let me say that I don't think the film shies away from his sexuality or his all-consuming disease, which is obviously AIDS.
'I don't know how you could avoid any of that, or if anyone would ever want to. It's a bit absurd that anyone's judging this from a minute trailer.'
The first trailer for the film received a lot of criticism for its seemingly overt erasure of Mercury’s identity, as it contained scenes where he flirted with a woman, while making no reference to his same-sex relationships.
Writer Bryan Fuller was one of many who vocalised his frustrations on Twitter, and said: 'ANYONE ELSE MILDLY ANNOYED (enough to tweet about it) THAT THE #BohemianRapsody TRAILER FEATURES GAY/BI SUPERSTAR FREDDIE MERCURY FLIRTING WITH A WOMAN BUT NO INDICATION OF HIS LOVE OF MEN? (sic)'
Hitting out at 'marketing people at Fox', the American Gods developer added: 'FM is a queer artist. Showing him only romantic with a woman is erasing a huge facet of what made him a queer artist.
'You may know FM was bisexual, but most of America doesn't. They see a man romantic with a woman. That does not say "bi".'
Freddie was shown meeting his lifelong companion Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton), and it was only in the final trailer, released in July, that hinted at his relationships with men, as the band navigated their rise to fame.
Rami also addressed claims that the film doesn't show Mercury's illness, which led to his tragic death on 24th November 1991 at the age of just 45.
He said: 'The film needed to approach it in a delicate manner. You can't shy away from it.
'It was an important moment to have in the film, one that ultimately is very sad but also empowering in a way.
'It shows you just how resilient human beings can be and how much we rely on the strength of our friends and family to get us through tough times.
'This pandemic is still very much a horrific threat to so many people in the world. It exists as a reality for so many that I think it would be a shame not to address it.'
The Mr Robot star also admitted that there was a lot of pressure portraying such an icon: 'I was very self-aware from the onset that I was never going to portray Freddie Mercury as he was, with all of his idiosyncrasies, charisma.
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Post by SmoothGangsta on Sept 20, 2018 17:24:36 GMT
They reference it in the bloody trailer, obviously they're gonna address it.
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Post by mjjfan810 on Oct 25, 2018 18:49:29 GMT
Saw it today and was a bit disappointed. I'm not the biggest Queen fan, but I do enjoy watching music biopics of all kinds of artists. This one felt very run of the mill and whitewashed, very glossy and official with little real substance. Rami Malek did a great job as Freddie, but the whole thing felt rather sanitised for mass consumption. They got Brian May and John Deacon pretty close but I couldn't help but feel that Ben Hardy only landed the role of Roger Taylor because of Bryan Singers well-known bias towards casting young, good looking twinks in major roles. Hardy isn't a very good actor and is definitely the weak link in the cast.
The music performances is where the film really excels especially when they to get Live Aid, this is a film that benefits hugely from Dolby Atmos.
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Post by Russg on Oct 26, 2018 12:28:00 GMT
I thought it was really great, Malek is extraordinarily good and there are some good supporting turns, especially, from Boynton and Hardy. It had a strong emotional core and I felt like it did really capture the spirt of Mercury. I would agree it was a bit vanilla, but at the same time the key aspects were present just presented in a way that was not as explicit as some people might like. For myself, I felt like part of the point the film was trying to make was Mercury deep down was always essentially a shy and insecure person when he wasn’t performing and that a lot of the wild partying was just a symptom of his sense of isolation and loneliness at the time. They did also play fast and loose with the timeline but they always will with these kinds of films but it was i think essentially honest.
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Post by MattyJam on Oct 26, 2018 15:48:07 GMT
Saw it today and was a bit disappointed. I'm not the biggest Queen fan, but I do enjoy watching music biopics of all kinds of artists. This one felt very run of the mill and whitewashed, very glossy and official with little real substance. Rami Malek did a great job as Freddie, but the whole thing felt rather sanitised for mass consumption. They got Brian May and John Deacon pretty close but I couldn't help but feel that Ben Hardy only landed the role of Roger Taylor because of Bryan Singers well-known bias towards casting young, good looking twinks in major roles. Hardy isn't a very good actor and is definitely the weak link in the cast.
The music performances is where the film really excels especially when they to get Live Aid, this is a film that benefits hugely from Dolby Atmos. There's something inherently b-movie-esque about most biopics, even ones like this which look like they have a decent budget. They just all look like they belong on some satellite channel nobody watches at 2am in the morning.
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Post by SmoothGangsta on Oct 26, 2018 18:04:41 GMT
I still really want to see it despite the reviews.
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Post by HIStoric on Oct 27, 2018 4:30:42 GMT
I'm keen to see it, but I definitely don't trust it. I expect it to polish up a number of things and make them seem better than what really happened.
Hopefully it makes for great entertainment, Rami makes an excellent Freddie.
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Post by Russg on Oct 27, 2018 6:31:11 GMT
I'm keen to see it, but I definitely don't trust it. I expect it to polish up a number of things and make them seem better than what really happened.
Hopefully it makes for great entertainment, Rami makes an excellent Freddie.
If you want a full run down of Queen and Freddie read one of the books or documentries. Enjoy the film for what it is and don't moan about what you wanted it to be. You can not please everyone all of the time.
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