Sunday, July 28, 2019

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)


IMDb plot summary: The story of the legendary rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Directed by Bryan Singer. Directed by Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, and Ben Hardy.

There's very few things as disappointing to me as a movie musical that doesn't bother to do anything with the way they shoot the music. For a movie about one of my favorite bands of all time, they could not have been less inspired in the way they incorporated the music into the story. Instead we get a vague story of ego and teamwork that doesn't bother to develop any of the characters. I don't even know how you take a movie featuring the music of Queen and make it this dull.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Bohemian Rhapsody < The Asphalt Jungle
Bohemian Rhapsody < The Godfather
Bohemian Rhapsody > Speak
Bohemian Rhapsody < The Rescuers Down Under
Bohemian Rhapsody > Gangs of New York
Bohemian Rhapsody > Medium Cool
Bohemian Rhapsody > Larry Boy and the Rumor Weed
Bohemian Rhapsody > The Words
Bohemian Rhapsody > The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Bohemian Rhapsody < Holiday Affair
Final spot: #2444 out of 3001.

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