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[–] somas@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

TIL Bohemian Rhapsody was formally the highest grossing biopic. I kind of liked the movie but I know a lot of people who obsessed over Freddie Mercury and they all swear the movie is wretched

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

I'm super upset Sacha Baron Cohen isn't apart of it. The band came out and he said he wasn't that type of actor that could do it or something. Sacha said it's because they were cleaning up the bio pic too much. Can't argue with the band on profits though.

I just thought a lot of lies were unnecessary. The director said it's just to tighten up the film, but I think a better director could do justice to both.

[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really liked Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody, but the movie as a whole honestly felt like a medley of Mercury + Queen, kind of glossing over the story very quickly. Not to say I didn't enjoy it though, and I understand that Queen had a huge say in the direction of the film.

[–] BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brian May is Incredibly protective of how Mercury is portrayed, IMO much to the detriment of what the man truly represented and was. Like yes, he was a rock god but he was also a deeply troubled man who struggled with his identity and sexuality for decades much due to the work of people hiding queer icons behind rose-colored glasses as May has done.

[–] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not just Mercury's story. All those times the movie had Mercury spiraling into sex and drugs and the movie versions of May and the rest of the group were cuddling with their wives and girlfriends. You know, the way they were famous for doing.

[–] goldenbug@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly! Like we would want a rosey Queen. No, we have heard 'tie your mother down', we liked the band because of it!

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree with this 100%.

The scenes by themselves were great…but the editing was one of the worst I’ve seen in a long time.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know who needs to hear this, but biopic does not sound like myopic.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Bold of you to assume I know how myopic is correctly pronounced.

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't help it, bio-pic just sounds dumb to me :(

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

A bi-opic would be someone who suffers from having two eyes.

[–] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Went to see it last weekend, I really enjoyed it.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Great movie, indeed!

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago

What corporate-constructed ironic double-bills do to a POS

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 year ago

Americans love nukes