Between the TV movie and the genie

"Two moments approach Freddie's loneliness and explain why he led this hedonistic life caressing what could have been a great film "

The cinematographic fiction about Queen has gone from one of the most anticipated first to the generation of opinions of all kinds. Ignacio Reyo, who closely followed the band's career and interviewed, among others, drummer Roger Taylor or producer Reinhold Mack, discusses Bohemian rhapsody .

Rhapsody of Bohemia
Bryan Singer, 2018

Text: IGNACIO REYO.

It's time to talk about Bohemian Rhapsody the movie. I admit it: when I learned that they had signed with Baron Cohen, I felt that they had made a serious mistake. The actor left after three years for reasons of creative differences, and my respect for him grew, letting me believe that he was thinking of filmmakers such as David Ficher ("Seven", "The Fight Club" or "Zodiac"). Basically, Roger Taylor, Brian May, the producer of Queen, and the various producers of the film, including Robert De Niro, who is not accredited, wanted it for all audiences. When they find Rami Malek, I think it's a big mistake, and more than the type of the franchise of X Men .

With these, I plan to see the film not the day of the first, but later to know the reaction of the public. It's unanimous, a masterpiece. Criticism, on the other hand, destroys it. I see it and I think neither so much nor so little. The first, was surprised by the manner in which Rami Malek had internalized Freddie, both his personality and his gestures on the face and body. He left me completely amazed at his performance, and if they gave him an Oscar, it would not seem far fetched. My hair was standing up. The actor who plays Brian May also does it perfectly, but next to Malek, who stands out the most is the villain of the film. I mean Allen Leech, the actor who plays Paul Prenter, personal manager in Freddie's life and close friend who sold him to The Sun thus revealing all Freddie's dead lovers Once again, if they awarded him the Oscar for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, it would seem plausible. Then there is the recreation that they made Queen's performances in concert, in particular from Live Aid . Again, I have to change my mind and say that not only are they brilliant, but while you're at the movies, you think you're at a Queen concert and you're even excited until you're up to date. cry with the end.

"While you're in the movies, you think you're at a Queen's concert and you're even excited up to date. you are crying with the end "

[19659012] Let's go now to the bad parts of the film, which are there and many. Historical inaccuracies would give for almost an entire book. Brian composes and the band records "We'll rock you" in the sessions of The Game, with Freddie with a mustache. The reality is that they were recorded three years ago, when Freddie still did not have excessively long hair, but he did not have a mustache. Second mistake: when they advance the ninety-five Rock In Rio with all Brazilians singing "Love of my life" to seventy-seven. Mack launches solo as a producer of his solo debut without speaking, and the musicians of the session are of the same mediocre, something that hurts me personally, to have interviewed them and to know that had nothing mediocre. And so we could throw the whole article. The fact is that these errors made by the neophyte do not matter to him; but those who follow the queen, even those who know them as little as possible, realize it. Or how Brian May appears as a saint forever and Roger Taylor goes from woman to father in ten minutes. Nobody believes it.

There are two moments about Freddie's loneliness and why he led this hedonistic life caressing what could have been a great movie. In the film, as a film critic friend told me, there is another great film that we did not take advantage of. Do not worry about it and be for almost all audiences shows its hedonistic side in a very superficial way. Finally, the first part contains totally telefilm moments, of a movie you see at four o'clock in the afternoon, you know what channels.

My final conclusion is that the film oscillates between genius and genius. If he had to be qualified from one to ten, I would give him a six. Why not a five? By Malek and two other actors, and the musical recreations.