Bohemian Rhapsody - Movie Review

I’ve been wanting to watch this movie for a while, and now that I have finally been able to do it, I must say I was delighted throughout.

I liked it a lot, considered it time very well-spent, and for days I couldn’t get the music out of my head (even more so than I usually have to try, given how good it is).

It Wasn't Exactly Like That

Like many others, I was bothered by the lack of precision in some of the timing and dates, including things everyone knows, but even so, they dared to change them!

Alas, I can understand that they made some changes out of convenience for the unfolding of the movie’s story.

Is This The End?

Back to it: I was enjoying the movie a lot when it suddenly ended abruptly. “Is there something wrong with my Internet?” - I found myself pondering. “Where is the rest of the story?” - I wondered, whilst I was left really feeling like a huge chunk of it was missing.

Later, when my disappointment had simmered down, I think I understood that they mostly wanted to celebrate Freddie’s (Rami Malek) life, not so much his death, so they ended the movie with a focus on a very big moment in his professional and private life. That’s fine.

What I can’t understand, nor really accept, is the omission of his relationship with Jim Hutton (Aaron McCusker). He appears almost like an extra here, whereas he had lived for many years with Mercury as his husband. Why did they make it this way?

Never Meet Your Idol

As a big fan of Queen, especially Freddie Mercury, it hurts to see him portrayed as so needy… We are sitting there watching and thinking, “Don’t be such a fool!” But, this is one of those things that is impossible to know, for ourselves, how he really was, regardless of information pieces or documentaries, or even movies, so I can’t criticize the choice…

They certainly had their own sources on how Freddie behaved toward his closest colleagues and friends.

Ended In High Ground

Other than that, the LIVE AID event was definitely the highest point in the movie, as well as Rami Malek’s interpretation, which goes to show he honestly deserves all the awards he’s already gotten and then some!

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