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Bohemian Rhapsody

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SistersOfHearsey · 25/10/2018 10:55

Went to see this last night and just wow. Don't think I've ever say through a movie that gave me chills quite like that did.
Would love to know how they time travelled Brian May and John Deacon for this because they were outstandingly good.

Anyone else seen it and loved it?

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Ispatienceavirtue · 26/10/2018 18:49

I'm just about to go and see it! Was a bit worried after reading critics reviews but feeling more optimistic now! Wasn't a massive Queen fan before he died but remember feeling so sad when he died,close to tears, the only celebrity death to really effect me. Show Must Go On has become MY song while trying to get through some very difficult times in the last few years.

HashTagLil · 26/10/2018 19:13

It's fucking brilliant!

Dowser · 26/10/2018 19:14

Really enjoyed it...glad it didn’t end at the end...if you know what I mean

I didn’t cry, I saved that for a star is born.

ElleMcFearsome · 26/10/2018 20:18

Ah man I've just cried my eyes out. Amazing film, loved every minute of it and thought the music and the performances were just seamlessly blended together (if that makes sense?)

herecomesthsun · 26/10/2018 20:18

I also have 10 year old Ds who is now into Queen - I have just, at his request, got him the Greatest Hits album. However, he is a very innocent 10 year old and I think the conversations about what is going on off stage might be very awkward.

I was discussing this with DH this afternoon, after we had both read the Guardian review. I said "well, the good thing is that it all seems to be a bit sanitised..." (and so there is less to explain to DS) and he said "...and the bad thing is that it all seems a bit sanitised" (and not very good, according to the Gruniad).

bigbluebus · 26/10/2018 20:35

I saw it yesterday afternoon. Had seen some reviews that didn't rate it so went by myself as didn't think DH would have enjoyed it. Having watched it I actually think he would have liked it so will have to get it when it's out on DVD so DH can watch it. DS is going to go with his GF now I've told him it's good.

Penninepain · 26/10/2018 20:45

Just back from seeing it.

Bloody brilliant! I was not bothered about seeing it, but DH fancied it, so went to oblige. It was really, really good. I understand the criticisms of it, but not eberything needs to be spelt out in words of one syllable.

I ( VERY) uncharacteristically cried😶

FermatsTheorem · 26/10/2018 20:47

Oh, glad that you think it's okay for a 10 year old - mine is dead keen to go and see it. (It's been pretty much universally panned by the critics, but hey, so long as they get the music in there, I don't really care.)

Horsemad · 27/10/2018 08:19

It's BRILLIANT!

Very poignant.

Musicalmistress · 27/10/2018 08:36

Nothing to do with the film but...
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/watch-adorable-scots-toddler-belt-13484785

Jb291 · 27/10/2018 08:44

I saw it last night. Loved it. You will need tissues. It really captured the sense that Freddie was a very lonely individual. The scenes at live aid were amazing. The scenes involving the recording of Bohemian Rhapsody or BoRhap as they call it were a total joy.

WTFIsAGleepglorp · 27/10/2018 08:47

65,000 fans at Green Day's London gig, singing along to Bohemian Rhapsody.

With fans like this, the film would have to be extremely poor not to be successful.

ChimpyChops · 27/10/2018 09:06

The only film I have known the audience to burst into applause at the end. Absolutely brilliant film. I cried throughout the last 20 minutes or so.
I had never seen the Live Aid concert so went straight home and watched it, everything they did in the film was spot on.
The casting was absolutely brilliant. Brian May was uncanny and the actor playing Freddie was fantastic.
I can't wait to see it again!

tenorladybeaker · 27/10/2018 09:21

Oh I'm glad to hear it's only a 12a. Ds 9yo very much wants to see it and we have taken him to other 12a films like star wars etc. He's a massive Queen fan but I was worried there would be a bit much sex & nudity.

HumptyNumptyNooNoo · 27/10/2018 09:53

Went to see it last night - Awesome- amazing- enlightening and totally wonderful... based more around Freddie than the other band members, some scenes of adult partying and quite a few kissing scenes ( between men and women and men and men ) not much in the way of nudity that I can remember ? Would make my granny blush - but probably not my kids IYSWIM.
Deffo take a tissue as will make you well up ! Enjoy it !!

Tinklewinkle · 27/10/2018 10:14

I saw it last night and loved it. Went with DH and our teens and they all enjoyed it - even DH who hates Queen

I’d seen the reviews but I’ve been waiting for the film to come out for ages so went anyway and glad I did.

There’s not a whole load of sex and nudity - they touch on it, some partying and a bit of kissing, no nudity that I remember. We all know Freddie’s story, it wasn’t ignored but it wasn’t the main point of the firm

It’s a 12a, it was never going to be anything but sanitised

DMCWelshCakes · 27/10/2018 10:29

I'm assuming 7 and a half and a massive Queen fan is too young to go?

We took them to see Queen + Adam Lambert in the summer and both DC absolutely loved it. I'm just not sure whether the rest of the film is suitable.

Your advice please, MNJury.

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SistersOfHearsey · 27/10/2018 12:31

I think it depends on the 7 year old.

The themes are very adult, drugs and gay sex, but then the rest is quite centred around the music. I think I'd watch it myself first @DMCWelshCakes and see what you think.

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longwayoff · 27/10/2018 13:15

Never had any interest in any noisy 1970s bands, my kids watched Live Aid on tv and I caught Freddie's performance. Absolutely astonishing, riveting, magnificent. Nobody could have guessed from that that he was already ill, it was sad to hear not so long after that he had died. I hope this is a fitting tribute to him.

GlassOuijan · 27/10/2018 14:01

it was sad to hear not so long after that he had died

It was 6 years, actually, not that soon. Has this been misrepresented in the film?

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SistersOfHearsey · 27/10/2018 14:13

Yes Glass timeliness were altered somewhat to imply he was diagnosed just before Live Aid rather than after.
The movie ends with Live Aid but then goes on to show images of Freddie and the date he died.

I can understand why, as I said above somewhere Live Aid was 'the' concert of a lifetime and the pinnacle of their career (yes, Knebworth was huge but not billions worldwide huge) so choosing to end on that note felt right to me.

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CaptainKirksSpookyghost · 27/10/2018 14:49

Has this been misrepresented in the film?

It pushes the diagnoses to be 12 to 18 month earlier, so during early 1985 rather than later 86.

I can see why they wanted to end at live aid, rather than the actual last concert, but it does alter the timeline massively.

CaptainKirksSpookyghost · 27/10/2018 14:52

Is Jim Hutton a character?
He was a massive part of Freddie's later life from 1985 onwards, I hope he's represented.

QuestionTime2018 · 27/10/2018 15:04

Yep, Jim Hutton is there

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SistersOfHearsey · 27/10/2018 15:05

He is captain and represented well I felt. Paul Prenter on the other hand did not come out of this looking well, and probably justly so given he sold his story to the papers. How much of the Pantomime villain we see in this was accurate though is debatable.

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