BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY | Nov 2 2018 | Fox | Rami Malek | Queen biopic | Bryan Singer fired | Kindly avoid libeling anyone in this thread

[Firepower]

Looks like Sacha Baron Cohen was right about what the final movie is gonna be. The joke is on you, May.

Edited October 23, 2018 by Firepower

[Lucasmessi12]

Lol Jeff Sneider reputation...

 

Actually Suspiria (poor buzz movie according to him) has far better reviews than Bohemian Rhapsody (the great buzz movie)

[AndyK]

Wow the reviews have knocked me for 6, I really wasn't expecting this.

[LonePirate]

40 minutes ago, Frozen said:

Why would someone HATE this? I’m going to have to see it now. That’s a pretty strong emotional response to a movie. 

 

People were hyped for the film based on the effusive praise for the following the brief footage at CinemaCon this spring and the music heavy trailer. Then the film turned out to be bad so all of those high hopes have been crushed. Without the early praise and a misleading trailer, people would not care enough to hate it.

[Jonwo]

50 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

thought straight outta compton had the same problem. that movie really had no problem letting Eazy E look a lot worse than dre and cube.

I'll be interested to see if Rocketman is allowed to show Elton's antics

[filmlover]

Just now, Jonwo said:

I'll be interested to see if Rocketman is allowed to show Elton's antics

Probably not since that whole project was likely made with his blessing (having already worked with some of the people from it on Kingsman 2).

[aabattery]

This is just further proof that Walk Hard has fundamentally broken the biographical musical genre.

[TalismanRing]

1 hour ago, Alli said:

THR gave it 70 on metacritic

MC gives grades to non graded reviews - the reviewers don't.  Half the time it feels like MC only reads the opening or closing sentences then picks a score out of their ass.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, aabattery said:

This is just further proof that Walk Hard has fundamentally broken the biographical musical genre.

[CoolioD1]

that and the john and yoko movie that's got yoko's blessing (though with yoko's crazy ass that might go a little differently) i'm not here for this trend of interesting and wild musicians getting these neutered biopics man. like the inevitable bowie movie is probably gonna be directed by duncan jones and be about what a great dad he is or some shit.

[Eric the Minion]

5 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

that and the john and yoko movie that's got yoko's blessing (though with yoko's crazy ass that might go a little differently) i'm not here for this trend of interesting and wild musicians getting these neutered biopics man. like the inevitable bowie movie is probably gonna be directed by duncan jones and be about what a great dad he is or some shit.

Thankfully Taika Waititi's Michael Jackson stop-motion monkey movie will save the sub-genre...hopefully.

[The Futurist]

Who will play Madonna, who will she cast to play herself ?

I think there is an Amy Winehouse film in the pipeline too.

Ariana Grande biopic about her recent break-up ?

That's some epic drama shit.

 

You could make a horrible depressive movie about the Seatle grunge scene, where 3 singers form the Big 4 of that scene committed suicide at various satges of their lives (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, SOundgarden, ALice in Chains).

 

Edited October 23, 2018 by The Futurist

[MrGamer]

24 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

[TalismanRing]

A damn shame if it falls down on exploring the art as much as the artist

 

https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/bohemian-rhapsody-review-rami-malek-freddie-mercury-queen-1202989409/
 

Spoiler

 What we miss is how the band came up with “Killer Queen” in the first place — the merging of Mercury’s Tin Pan Alley jauntiness and Brian May’s guitar-god power, backed by the insane multi-tracking of Mercury’s voice into an infinitely mirrored chorus. That’s the invention of the Queen sound, and it’s barely an afterthought in the movie.

...

 

 It’s telling that Queen’s 1976 single “Somebody to Love” isn’t featured in the movie (it’s just background music), because not only is it one of their greatest songs, it’s one of Mercury’s most ardently autobiographical. It could have been an epiphany — but the film backs away from it, because it’s backing away from the emotional bravura of what Freddie Mercury was singing.

 

 

Edited October 23, 2018 by TalismanRing

[Curtis1986]

I knew this would get bad reviews

Edited October 23, 2018 by Curtis1986

[Zakiyyah6]

It's early still so maybe it's score will go up. It clear that the reviews are mixed though. 

[TalismanRing]

4 hours ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

It's early still so maybe it's score will go up. It clear that the reviews are mixed though. 

Yeah.  Top critics 2/9  (22%) are currently slamming it more than on whole so it could move into fresh territory - 60s - when 200 reviews or so are in

 

Edited October 24, 2018 by TalismanRing

[Ryan Reynolds]

This isn't getting a total pans, audiences may dig it like greatest showman 

[Valonqar]

1 minute ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

This isn't getting a total pans, audiences may dig it like greatest showman 

and 

[The Futurist]

The Greatest Showman was shading critics, hard.

Hence the scathing reviews.

Audiences embraced The Greatest Showman.

Go figure.

Or not.

Edited October 24, 2018 by The Futurist