Honestly they could have painted the 1983 break as something more dramatic like "we are exhausted of each other" but making Freddie quit til the live aid is nasty
It's as though the movie was never meant to educate the audience and rather entertain them and celebrate the band and the late Freddie Mercury for what they were in a well-structured, storytelling fashion, which it and the cast absolutely does so excellently. It's not perfect, that much is obvious, as literally any other movie. But the number of people and reviewers that can not accept that the movie was a dramatized biopic and a *movie*- in particular to that denomination that it is meant to entertain viewers, not be a historically accurate documentary which would recount the fully true-to-life of the late Mercury, just to subject themselves to the Dunning-Kruger effect is astounding. I am of the belief that there there will be an even greater influx of people who "think they judge better" in the coming years, but I have no doubts that eventually the movie will be seen as a hallmark cinematic feature of its time in the coming decades following it. These are very similar lengths of criticisms I can very clearly recall movies like "Predator" (1987) or "A Few Good Men" (1992) received when they were first released into theaters and the first few years following their releases.
@@mar7774 Maybe it wasn't meant to be a history lesson on Queen (I don't understand making a biopic in this style about them if it isn't but whatever), but there is still a baseline of historical accuracy needed. These are real people and real events, bending the truth is one thing, but blatanlty *lying* is whole different. The cast and acting is fantastic, and I love them for it, but that's about all the positive this movie has. Entertaining myself on the back of a dead man that can no longer defend himself, who has been brutally mischaractersized in his own biopic, feels tasteless.
@@XflozirkusX There is again confusion regarding what a biopic *is.* The end result of a biopic is that the motion picture is a work of *fiction* (this is the important part that is skimmed about most critics), meant to tell a compelling dramatization of X or Y, even if the subject is of a real event or people- in the case of Bohemian Rhapsody, the chronicles of the band and the late Freddie Mercury. I request that you ask yourself these questions: does it accomplish that *well?* Does it actually mischaracterize the late Mr. Mercury or is it a sufficient medium to merely celebrate his life in a film that has been advised throughout the entirety of the production by some of his closest ever friends and family in life? Does it *portray him and the band as he would have wanted it to be?* To each their own, but I think it does. It's absolutely not perfect, and I have no doubts that there are better biopics even I can name off the top of my head that "do better". But for what it is, I am compelled to feel that most home critics against the movie are moreso focused on whether the movie was 'right' or 'wrong', rather than whether it was actually 'good' or 'bad'. This is often followed by much of the times, irrelevant contrasts to other media releases ("they wanted the band to seem like movie X, or seem like band Y). Just lean back folks, and enjoy the movie for what it is. I am happy with what came of the movie, knowing it's what I would prefer over something like a grotesque portrayal of Mercury's excess life during the American leg of the Hot Space tour in 1982 or some of the more scandalous events that the band members had been heavily involved in during the mid-80's that Sacha Baron Cohen's casting as Mercury would have showed in the early iterations of the script.
@@diurtydantv8061 sure but Sahana herself literally said she didn't know anything about Queen until seeing this movie and becoming a fan. I'm sure that happened with hundreds of young people.
Despite its shortcomings, the movie is FUN. But also I loved Freddie's unashamed expression of his sexuality. It's no coincidence that I was able to come out to my parents two months after seeing this movie. Because of that it'll always have a place in my heart.
@@diurtydantv8061i was listening to Queen in middle school, my friend did not. We saw this movie after high school and she started liking Queen. Some people genuinely were not Queen fans before
hey, former borhap fan here. i was so in it that i was making art of the cast on occasion (even of cardboard ben), so that 'cardy b' section was especially nostalgic
Hey, this video was incredibly well scripted and thought out, and I think you handled everything very respectfully, especially at the end. We need more people to openly say "yeah this was shit and is horrible now, but it also was something very special to a lot of people, and it can still be both things" in such a polarized world. I so wish we could get a biopic that gave Freddie Mercury the respect he deserves, but until then, your video essay is absolutely a great supplement to anyone who enjoyed the movie or takes an interest in Queen
"How do you feel about singing in front of over 200k people?" "Haven't done it yet" What a fucking legend, I'll always love Freddie for the person he truly was
Oh god, relieving all of this took me back 😔 I was OBSESSED with borhap (and later Queen) for like three months after the movie released, and the things I did while I was hyperfixated I wouldn't repeat at gunpoint. The MEMORIES (both positive and negative) I relived watching this video...
I have never seen the movie and only came to this video because of your latest video on biopics, but a homophobic Freddie Mercury movie made by his literal friends and bandmates was not something I'd expect ever to be created.
god i loved this video so much 😭😭 being in the borap fandom in my early teens was genuinely insane- and i’m still in the Queen fandom because i genuinely love Queen and their music!! even though you talking about the fandom brought back flashbacks that i definitely cringed at😭😭
I just wanna say I was recommended the “What Makes Bad Music” and your video catalog is impressive. From the committed aesthetic to the natural flow of the writing. Really excited to see where you go.
used to be a borhap fan and now 100% agree with everything you said abt the movie! all of this unlocked so many memories cause i completely forgot about cardy b. you really had to be there when THAT video dropped. im still a queen fan and still follow the cast on instagram, it feels so crazy whenever i see them pop up on my feed because... wow i used to be SO passionate about that
I absolutely loved the essay! I am a die hard queen fan and I used to perform queen covers with the Wembley stadium jacket. I'm glad someone is covering this movie because to be honest it's really upsetting what this movie does.
I was in the queen fandom about a year before borap was released, and I ran a pretty popular blog in the fandom- just over 2000 followers. The pre-borap queen fandom on tumblr was much different- it was a lot smaller and didn’t have too much drama. One of the most popular blogs constantly had beef with another (who in hindsight was probably the same person lmao) about whether Freddie was gay or bi. There were so many cool artists who keep the fandom going with different AUs- there was a modern day Snapchat AU which I remember most because I was mutuals with the artist. When the borap trailer was released, I remember the fandom shifted a lot. I distinctly remember everyone in the OG fandom was really annoyed at the influx of Ben hardy gifs absolutely taking over the main tag. I liked all the actors portraying the band members and I was excited for the film- and when it came out, I remember myself and the OG fandom was so disappointed. We all loved Jim Hutton and we were so sad his role got reduced, and we were also really angry at how Freddie’s sexuality was portrayed. I left the fandom a couple months after cause people were constantly getting into wars over whether it was a good or bad movie, and a lot of my mutuals had left too. I did post a UA-cam video towards the end that got over 50k views, it was Queen as vines, which was a top tier genre of video back then. I do sort of miss the fandom, especially pre-borap fandom. Everyone was so creative and cool. Shout out to anyone who followed sevenseasofbi on tumblr- we had some good times :)
the way we were literally living the same life 😭 i also went to see the movie with a friend when i was 16, proceeded to see it 3 more times, and made it my entire personality as well as claiming it as my favorite movie for a long time 😭 this inspired me to take a look at it again and we both agree on a lot of things too :)
I was never in the Bo Rhap fandom but I was in the Queen fandom until about 2013. I'm glad Rogerina and car jokes stuck around for so long! I was about in the days of Live journal and the very early days of Tumblr but mostly on UA-cam as I was young at the time and this was the only social media I was allowed. Were Maylor Mondays still a thing by this point? Absolutely stunning video by the way. I didn't get round to seeing it till about 2020 and I was underwhelmed. I saw Rocketman first, though - I worked at a cinema at the time and got a free ticket for it and thought it was incredible, so Bohemian Rhapsody was so dull in comparison. I remember it being announced and being so excited but by the time it came out I'd long left Queen behind and discovered bands that did similarly extravagant soundscapes but more to my taste (Sparks, David Bowie) but I followed the discourse closely online. So I wasn't a Bo Rhap fan but I'm definitely a Queen veteran and it was so so interesting for me to watch this and delve into that whole fandom. I still pop on the first two Queen albums occasionally but I'm not a fan, though I find Freddie Mercury's life fascinating and it's a shame it was so sanitised. I agree the presentation of the film borders on actively homophobic, to be honest. I made so many friends through loving Queen who I've since lost contact with who I actually met on here (my username was QueenRock990 lmao, I wonder if any of my old friends are in this comments section?) as for what I'm up to now I'm mostly active in Suede (the band) and AMC Interview With The Vampire online spaces and I'm working on a critical analysis of Suede's entire discography and I'd love to write for a living. Queen definitely sowed that seed of having to know everything about a band, so thanks for the nostalgia. You've got a new subscriber. ❤️
That was an incredible video, well done! I was a huge fan of the movie when it released and its spurred a hyperfixation in the band and band members itself that has lasted to this day, I think we all have reasons to be grateful for the movie, what is it was, those of us who were fans of it at any point.
the only way i could excuse all the historical inaccuracies is by telling myself it's an alternate universe take on their story (even though it isnt) 😭
I love the detail you've gone into i love video essays that are so neatly structured (even including sections for tangents) I really enjoyed watching this!!
This was very thorough thanks so much for this video. It’s incredible to think that if Rocketman never got made, we probably wouldn’t have realised HOW flawed Freddie’s chracter was in BoRhap. I mean, queer history is so often overlooked and then when stories are told they’re given this dark connotation which adds unnecessary stigma to the subconscious of the general public. So yeah, Freddie had a messy party life style but there was no need to portray him with this low morality, the director was projecting I think which is so dark and disgusting.
i did not know that a bunch of guys showing up at freddy's house was supposed to imply an orgy LMAO like a bunch of gay men can't party together without literally all of them having sex? i didn't know that he did that, like i knew he was very into sex, but idk if that's a super well known thing...i've seen many documentaries and interviews and i've never heard that
“Night and Day” is a 1946 biopic about Cole Porter, which is sort of the most amazingly inaccurate film about a real person of all time. Cole was so super gay and actively so that really no aspect of his life could be put on film in those days, so the only realistic thing in it is his name. This movie isn’t that bad….I mean, it doesn’t have Freddy running off to join the French Foreign Legion in World War 1, writing songs in a bombed out house…but it’s pretty damn bad just the same.
i liked queen when i was very young and first watched the movie when i was 8 (i know im young ok 😭) and rewatched it like.. a few months ago for fun. i didnt know shit about the actual history of queen and wow.. its a lot worse than i remember. painting freddie in a bad way like this is just disrespectful and shitty. literally every rockstar ever did coke and partied but this movie paints it like freddie is the only queen member that acted like that just because it was gay. seriously…
you put in all the videos from joe’s instagram that i had watched a billion times, but somehow had forgotten until now, kind of like a good way of re-traumatizing me? the video of ben and joe in bed was buried so deep and everything with the bab dance and the oscars, oh my god
The detail that as soon as she says “the good, the bad and the queen” the good, the bad and the queen music plays throughout the video essay I legit did a double take when I heard history song
I used to be a huge rami malek fan before this movie was announced and what pissed me off about him taking the role (pre knowing about sing*r’s allegations) was that he took the role of what was meant for a Parsi person. Freddie referred to himself as a “Persian popinjay” and for rami, someone who had so often talked about how difficult it was for him to get roles because of his ethnic background, to take a role meant for someone of a Parsi background seemed so hypocritical?? I know the film helped his career immensely but imo he was already doing pretty well with Mr. Robot so I can’t even say that he was “struggling” to get roles. And whenever I’ve brought this up, people say “at least the role didnt go to a white person” like girl why are we putting all people of color under one category??
Not gonna lie, I didn't expect shipping Rami Malek and Taron Edgerton to come up 81 minutes into a video essay about Bohemian Rhapsody, but I probably should have
I watched this movie when I was 12 years old and like deeply in the closet. What I left with was a lot of guilt and weird feelings about myself. I am bisexual (which I knew at the time) and transmasc (which I didn't) and as a kid I loved Queen. After watching BoRap I was OBSESSED with Freddie Mercury. I remember feeling really guilty about liking him so much because, for one, I didn't know why (it was because I wanted to look like him and kiss boys) and two, because the movie made it feel like there was something scandalous or wrong about who he was. Watching BoRap as a queer child made me feel dirty and gross for looking up to a man who was also queer. I never thought about it that way until I saw this video, thank you for talking about it. Up until now I sort of assumed all the strange feelings I had about the movie were simply gender envy and embarrassment about it and I haven't rewatched it ever, now I definitely won't. It's sad that Freddie's legacy was treated this way, but I am glad that him being himself helped me become more myself. Thank you Freddie Mercury (and Gerard Way) for being men their own way :) I am my own man now too
I have hated the movie since I first saw it and it fills my heart with joy, knowing that other people hate it as well. Growing up queer, the subtle queerness in Queens work meant insanely much to me. In some ways I could connect to him and the pain/troubles/etc. he went through. Same goes for *a lot* of queer fans of Queen. Just for his queerness to be reduced to the minimum in the movie? To have it seem as if it made him miserable and that he was happier before he knew that about himself? It honestly broke my heart and it felt so distasteful. He never could live as openly and publicly as he wanted to because of the time and his family, so hiding it away decades later even though we know now, was just... urgh.
Bohemian Rhapsody as a film I kinda feel sums up my view of Singer as a director only. The film is well cast for the most part but every performance is doing the standard performance they give. No one is elevated or showing us a side they haven’t before. The script is fine it however feels like a few rewrites would help it. Basically as a craftsman Singer is as good as the tool he is given or chooses. With a good actor like Malek he got a good performance with a ok actor like Hardy (although he has since shown better work) he couldn’t get that out of him there by the looks of it. I would almost like to know what exactly changed when Fletcher took over for the last few weeks of filming. I did actually think the parallels between Singer and how the film portrays Mercury especially in the press conference scene to be the most interesting thing about the film. It was also funny if you read the behind the scenes book it basically scrubs any mention of Singer.
this movie was what made me fall in love with Queen, what leaded me to become a musician my story with this movie is the same as you, Freddie didn't die to be humilied in this way, to be distorted in every single piece of himself ah, and tbh i don't think Roger even had that much envolvement in this movie as Brian did, he complained how his character was portrayed in the movie
I was a BoRhap fan until Rocketman came out and surpassed it in every way. Rocketman is in my top 5 movies of all time! That movie is just electric. Though I still have a soft spot for BoRhap, as flawed as it is.
Omg are you me?? I was 15 when Bohemian Rhapsody came out and questioning my sexuality and distinctly remember the euphoria and validation I felt when I first heard the word "bisexual" on the big screen. That being said, in retrospect the queer representation is bad and I've been waiting for someone to break it down the way you did so thank you for this!
Omg, I was literally procrastinating on a vid I'm doing on this very topic (but from a film student and autistic person who's special interest is queen perspective) when I came across this video!! It's amazing; it really brought me back to the crazyness that was the Bohrhap fandom + really inspired me to continue on this project I'm doing. I obviously don't have a fraction of the followers you have, but I will give you the BIGGEST shout-out anyway for inspiring and helping me stay inspired for this project!!
im like a hundred years late but i was part of the fandom back in 2018/2019 up until like the first half of 2020, mostly on twitter and i had a fan account on instagram with like a thousand followers lmao, i dont really think much about the movie anymore, i started being critical of it back in the start of 2019 and most of the people i connected on twitter and instagram with (like the people i actually chatted and interacted with) also started getting pretty critical on the movie quite early, but we were all still fans of the few good things from the movie (i loved the outfits personally i made a moodboard with my favorites) and of course the cast. i feel like at least were i was online people were quick to start being more critical because a lot of these people, myself included, also began researching more on queen history, i did like queen before the movie but i never knew much about the history behind them, i guess another good thing about the movie is that i looked more into what actually was going on. in general i feel like most people (people i knew at least) started liking the movie, then realized the movie was actually kinda bad, but kept being fans of the borhap boys(+lucy). but anyways, it was certainly a time, im not in the fandom anymore, but i follow the careers of some of them (mostly lucy, rami and ben), and everytime i see a picture of joe mazzello its like ive seen a picture of my husband i lost in the war. (he also saw my bab dance) ps: i hope my comment makes sense, english is not my first language
57:07 Im a Queen fan for all my life and only reluctantly watched the movie and I always thought wasn't part of the fandom and here I am understanding every single reference and knowing every meme
well just because freddy was gay or bi, most likely gay, doesn't mean that he has to be shown with a bunch of men in the trailer...considering the timeline, it doesn't really make sense to not have his romance with mary be his main relationship. he literally left everything to her when he died, she was very important to him, probably more important than his husband. i think, from how he talked about it, freddy saw them as platonic soulmates. brian may said that at one point instead of having women come to his dressing room before shows, it was men. to me that sounds like someone who couldn't be with men, and then finally accepted themself. the only romantic interests he had that were women after mary, are all purely speculative. but i wonder if the people who were yelling about freddy being with a woman actually know the story? coz most documentaries talk about mary quite a bit. we know hard facts about what happened with her. they can show freddy seeing random dudes, which they do, but he didn't have very many partners that he was openly with, if any other than jim. but they literally put jim in the movie so i feel like they did a good job doing a crash course of 15 years...i like the movie coz it's fun and it just seems like a bunch of dudes hangin out, and old interviews of the band and clips seems like that.
The reason why the movie was so successful had nothing to do with the movie itself or the portrayals and depictions by the actors but because of the band itself, Queen, their music and the love for the legend that is Freddie Mercury. Of all the band member portrayals in this movie, Rami’s I think is by far the worst and not at all Oscar worthy. I won’t even go on about the use of the prosthetic teeth, which looked absolutely ridiculous, unnatural and kind of insulting - it seemed to border on being a parody which considering the reality and the fact that Freddie was pretty self conscious about his overbite seems a bit unnecessary. I think that for so many fans, especially those younger fans who weren’t alive or who were too young to remember or experience their music and the legendary concerts in which Freddie’s showmanship was and still is second to none - seeing this movie was a way to make a connection with the band, the music and with Freddie in the millennial era. There are so many fans the world over who would have jumped at the opportunity of being able to see this film- as they did with the west end theatre show ‘we will rock you’ that many critics also panned- that was telling the story of their favourite band, the phenomenal music they created and the legendary genius that was Freddie Mercury. Queen after Freddie’s death was never again Queen and nowhere near as successful or beloved, because simply put Freddie was Queen, for fans and critics alike there was never going to be anyone who would ever be able to follow him as the frontman of Queen. To me that was and is the sign of a talented musician, band and era defining, legendary music, you see this with other bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who and Nirvana. Amazingly talented and groundbreaking bands like Queen who would never be able to continue making such incredible music without all of the members of the band because as individuals they were all so talented and by bringing their individual talent they created and made the band and the music created so magical. Queen isn’t really Queen without Freddie Mercury and that’s possibly frustrating for the rest of the band members who aren’t ever going to replicate the success that they had when Freddie was alive and fronting the band. This movie will also be a way for them to reconnect with those fans who like me just can’t see or listen to Queen with any other singer other than Freddie, Adam Lambert, is a talented singer, but he isn’t ever going to be anywhere near as talented as Freddie nor can he be considered as a permanent replacement member of Queen. I guess that’s the downside of creating and being in such a talented and successful band, you’re never going to be able to recreate it when you lose such an integral member. Anyway that’s my opinion about why this movie was so successful despite being pretty average, it owes all of its success to the band, the music and more specifically the legendary legacy of Freddie Mercury. I would advise anyone wanting to see a true depiction or who want to learn more about Queen or Freddie to skip the movie and go straight to the many brilliant documentaries made about them.
I actually had a similar experience to what described in the begininng of the video, when i first watched it i REALLY liked it but then as more time went by and the more i learned about Queens history the more i started to dislike this movie and mostly the plot (note: just the plot and movie not the actors, sets or costumes) its gotten to the point where i cant sit through this movie because my brain keeps pointing out all the things they got wrong
i wish people gave the same love to rocketman when it came out as they were hyping up borhap. like yes rocketman follows the typical biopic formula but at least using elton john's songs as musical numbers at key points during his life was cool and the visuals were great (not me commenting this as soon as i see the recommended video on the side of this one)
Excuse me while I go throw out my BoRap dvd Great video btw. I really dreaded watching this at first because I didn’t want to beleive that the film was an inaccurate mess. Yet I’m even more disgusted at the fact the original director was a child predator… It makes all of this way more morbid than it needs to be. Honestly, I wish they took Freddie’s words. PG-13 was the wrong rating. While an X rating is probably unlikely to do well, even an NC-17 would at least get the story across better.
After they beefed EMI it would’ve been the perfect time to play Death On Two Legs or even Flick Of The Wrist. One of many missed opportunities to slot in legendary songs.
Them not mentioning an ounce of Japan in the movie was the biggest crime. Japan was where they found their first major success. They felt like they were the biggest thing in the world when they stepped into that country.
The film presents Freddie as a kind of a miserable character. According to all footage, interviews, documentaries, books etc I have enocountered since becoming a Queen fan (back in 1989, aged six) he was everything but miserable. Thank you for this very interesting video, lots of good points. (I disagree about Whiplash, though, it's boring, pretentious nonsense imo. And This Is Spinal Tap is the best film about musicians by far imo.)
This movie changed my life. It's very bizarre and hard to weigh that and see it in this light, not that I contest any of it. I'm grateful for what it's given me but god can the person I am now not stand by it haha
I liked queen a lot before watching this film, then after watching it I didn't care for the movie, and I also had little desire to listen to the music either, and only much more recently i've been able to enjoy their music again and undo the damage this film did
hello, just discovered your videos and i love them! i would be really interested in hearing your take on maestro. i watched it recently and i couldn't help but compare it to the fascinating duo of rocketman and borap. those movies had something to say, whether or not they both succeeded in saying something GOOD is a different story. i thought maestro was unbelievably hollow. it had nothing real to say about its themes or its protagonist. it felt like a beautiful, empty shell.
Haven’t finished the video yet, but I did read through the (alleged) R-rated Bohemian Rhapsody script. I don’t know if it was fake… …but I hope it was, because that shit was TERRIBLE 😭
Update: finished the video. As a huge Queen fan, someone who ID’d as bi when I saw this movie (am ace now) and a fellow Rocketman enjoyer, the ending hit HARD. It really reminded me why Freddie Mercury is one of my idols. Well done!
Why don't you talk to Bryan May & Roger Taylor so you will know everything.. Freddie said he was to protect the band & his family that's why he hide it until the end
Before I watch this, I wanna say that I saw it for the first time a few years ago, and it was a painful watch. I’ve been a Queen fan for decades. It offered nothing new, it follows the narrative already sold. It was unimaginative & boring. It only showed us what a mass audience would find interesting. The narrative of the media/rock journalism perspective. I never watched it again, so I did not get to look into it deeper. It was just a boring, generic biopic. Was so disappointing. Edit: jfc, this movie was homophobic af. But I also want to add that the difference between BR and Rocketman, most importantly, is that Elton John is alive and can defend his legacy and image. Freddie does not have that opportunity.
It's so clear that the script wants to have a Beatles-style complete break-up for Queen, even though Queen never actually broke up like that
Honestly they could have painted the 1983 break as something more dramatic like "we are exhausted of each other" but making Freddie quit til the live aid is nasty
You went into the theater young and knowing nothing of Queen and left the theater in much the same condition.
I think my year 7 music report had as much information in
It's as though the movie was never meant to educate the audience and rather entertain them and celebrate the band and the late Freddie Mercury for what they were in a well-structured, storytelling fashion, which it and the cast absolutely does so excellently. It's not perfect, that much is obvious, as literally any other movie. But the number of people and reviewers that can not accept that the movie was a dramatized biopic and a *movie*- in particular to that denomination that it is meant to entertain viewers, not be a historically accurate documentary which would recount the fully true-to-life of the late Mercury, just to subject themselves to the Dunning-Kruger effect is astounding.
I am of the belief that there there will be an even greater influx of people who "think they judge better" in the coming years, but I have no doubts that eventually the movie will be seen as a hallmark cinematic feature of its time in the coming decades following it. These are very similar lengths of criticisms I can very clearly recall movies like "Predator" (1987) or "A Few Good Men" (1992) received when they were first released into theaters and the first few years following their releases.
@@mar7774 Maybe it wasn't meant to be a history lesson on Queen (I don't understand making a biopic in this style about them if it isn't but whatever), but there is still a baseline of historical accuracy needed. These are real people and real events, bending the truth is one thing, but blatanlty *lying* is whole different. The cast and acting is fantastic, and I love them for it, but that's about all the positive this movie has. Entertaining myself on the back of a dead man that can no longer defend himself, who has been brutally mischaractersized in his own biopic, feels tasteless.
@@XflozirkusX There is again confusion regarding what a biopic *is.* The end result of a biopic is that the motion picture is a work of *fiction* (this is the important part that is skimmed about most critics), meant to tell a compelling dramatization of X or Y, even if the subject is of a real event or people- in the case of Bohemian Rhapsody, the chronicles of the band and the late Freddie Mercury.
I request that you ask yourself these questions: does it accomplish that *well?* Does it actually mischaracterize the late Mr. Mercury or is it a sufficient medium to merely celebrate his life in a film that has been advised throughout the entirety of the production by some of his closest ever friends and family in life? Does it *portray him and the band as he would have wanted it to be?*
To each their own, but I think it does. It's absolutely not perfect, and I have no doubts that there are better biopics even I can name off the top of my head that "do better". But for what it is, I am compelled to feel that most home critics against the movie are moreso focused on whether the movie was 'right' or 'wrong', rather than whether it was actually 'good' or 'bad'. This is often followed by much of the times, irrelevant contrasts to other media releases ("they wanted the band to seem like movie X, or seem like band Y). Just lean back folks, and enjoy the movie for what it is.
I am happy with what came of the movie, knowing it's what I would prefer over something like a grotesque portrayal of Mercury's excess life during the American leg of the Hot Space tour in 1982 or some of the more scandalous events that the band members had been heavily involved in during the mid-80's that Sacha Baron Cohen's casting as Mercury would have showed in the early iterations of the script.
nah i deadass forgot how deep i was in the bohrap fandom until you dredged it all back up. i'm having war flashbacks STOP
Two good things that came out of this movie:
1. Queen's music got a wider audience
2. The bro-mance between the 4 actors + their shenanigans
"queens music got a wider audience" dude it's queen. That's like saying "Man, the Beetles are underrated".
@@diurtydantv8061 sure but Sahana herself literally said she didn't know anything about Queen until seeing this movie and becoming a fan. I'm sure that happened with hundreds of young people.
Despite its shortcomings, the movie is FUN. But also I loved Freddie's unashamed expression of his sexuality. It's no coincidence that I was able to come out to my parents two months after seeing this movie. Because of that it'll always have a place in my heart.
@@diurtydantv8061 yeah but they did show a few of the more obscure songs
@@diurtydantv8061i was listening to Queen in middle school, my friend did not. We saw this movie after high school and she started liking Queen. Some people genuinely were not Queen fans before
wait okay i just found you i love your art style
46:09 wasn’t expecting that song to be played in a video essay like this 😭.
Also damn why the production & writing make Freddie seem to be like he ain’t shit.
hey, former borhap fan here. i was so in it that i was making art of the cast on occasion (even of cardboard ben), so that 'cardy b' section was especially nostalgic
I’m glad I’m not the only person who went from zero to seeing the movie multiple times in theaters and being obsessed with the cast
Hey, this video was incredibly well scripted and thought out, and I think you handled everything very respectfully, especially at the end. We need more people to openly say "yeah this was shit and is horrible now, but it also was something very special to a lot of people, and it can still be both things" in such a polarized world. I so wish we could get a biopic that gave Freddie Mercury the respect he deserves, but until then, your video essay is absolutely a great supplement to anyone who enjoyed the movie or takes an interest in Queen
"How do you feel about singing in front of over 200k people?"
"Haven't done it yet"
What a fucking legend, I'll always love Freddie for the person he truly was
Oh god, relieving all of this took me back 😔
I was OBSESSED with borhap (and later Queen) for like three months after the movie released, and the things I did while I was hyperfixated I wouldn't repeat at gunpoint. The MEMORIES (both positive and negative) I relived watching this video...
I have never seen the movie and only came to this video because of your latest video on biopics, but a homophobic Freddie Mercury movie made by his literal friends and bandmates was not something I'd expect ever to be created.
god i loved this video so much 😭😭 being in the borap fandom in my early teens was genuinely insane- and i’m still in the Queen fandom because i genuinely love Queen and their music!! even though you talking about the fandom brought back flashbacks that i definitely cringed at😭😭
I just wanna say I was recommended the “What Makes Bad Music” and your video catalog is impressive. From the committed aesthetic to the natural flow of the writing. Really excited to see where you go.
same like I checked her videos and saw they were almost entirely about Queen, Gorillaz, or Moomins and I realised this channel was made for me
used to be a borhap fan and now 100% agree with everything you said abt the movie! all of this unlocked so many memories cause i completely forgot about cardy b. you really had to be there when THAT video dropped. im still a queen fan and still follow the cast on instagram, it feels so crazy whenever i see them pop up on my feed because... wow i used to be SO passionate about that
this video also convinced me to watch rocketman. THANK YOU!
Always good to watch a little more of Sahana's reviews 😊
I absolutely loved the essay! I am a die hard queen fan and I used to perform queen covers with the Wembley stadium jacket. I'm glad someone is covering this movie because to be honest it's really upsetting what this movie does.
oh my god i love that thumbnail
I was in the queen fandom about a year before borap was released, and I ran a pretty popular blog in the fandom- just over 2000 followers. The pre-borap queen fandom on tumblr was much different- it was a lot smaller and didn’t have too much drama. One of the most popular blogs constantly had beef with another (who in hindsight was probably the same person lmao) about whether Freddie was gay or bi. There were so many cool artists who keep the fandom going with different AUs- there was a modern day Snapchat AU which I remember most because I was mutuals with the artist.
When the borap trailer was released, I remember the fandom shifted a lot. I distinctly remember everyone in the OG fandom was really annoyed at the influx of Ben hardy gifs absolutely taking over the main tag. I liked all the actors portraying the band members and I was excited for the film- and when it came out, I remember myself and the OG fandom was so disappointed. We all loved Jim Hutton and we were so sad his role got reduced, and we were also really angry at how Freddie’s sexuality was portrayed.
I left the fandom a couple months after cause people were constantly getting into wars over whether it was a good or bad movie, and a lot of my mutuals had left too. I did post a UA-cam video towards the end that got over 50k views, it was Queen as vines, which was a top tier genre of video back then.
I do sort of miss the fandom, especially pre-borap fandom. Everyone was so creative and cool. Shout out to anyone who followed sevenseasofbi on tumblr- we had some good times :)
any queen fan knows freddie had a girlfiend in the late 80s, so hes bi
2:28 Hivemind jumpscare holy moly
the way we were literally living the same life 😭 i also went to see the movie with a friend when i was 16, proceeded to see it 3 more times, and made it my entire personality as well as claiming it as my favorite movie for a long time 😭 this inspired me to take a look at it again and we both agree on a lot of things too :)
Wow same it’s hard to believe I was 15… what? No wonder this movie had such an impact on me at that age
I was never in the Bo Rhap fandom but I was in the Queen fandom until about 2013. I'm glad Rogerina and car jokes stuck around for so long! I was about in the days of Live journal and the very early days of Tumblr but mostly on UA-cam as I was young at the time and this was the only social media I was allowed. Were Maylor Mondays still a thing by this point? Absolutely stunning video by the way. I didn't get round to seeing it till about 2020 and I was underwhelmed. I saw Rocketman first, though - I worked at a cinema at the time and got a free ticket for it and thought it was incredible, so Bohemian Rhapsody was so dull in comparison. I remember it being announced and being so excited but by the time it came out I'd long left Queen behind and discovered bands that did similarly extravagant soundscapes but more to my taste (Sparks, David Bowie) but I followed the discourse closely online. So I wasn't a Bo Rhap fan but I'm definitely a Queen veteran and it was so so interesting for me to watch this and delve into that whole fandom. I still pop on the first two Queen albums occasionally but I'm not a fan, though I find Freddie Mercury's life fascinating and it's a shame it was so sanitised. I agree the presentation of the film borders on actively homophobic, to be honest. I made so many friends through loving Queen who I've since lost contact with who I actually met on here (my username was QueenRock990 lmao, I wonder if any of my old friends are in this comments section?) as for what I'm up to now I'm mostly active in Suede (the band) and AMC Interview With The Vampire online spaces and I'm working on a critical analysis of Suede's entire discography and I'd love to write for a living. Queen definitely sowed that seed of having to know everything about a band, so thanks for the nostalgia. You've got a new subscriber. ❤️
That was an incredible video, well done! I was a huge fan of the movie when it released and its spurred a hyperfixation in the band and band members itself that has lasted to this day, I think we all have reasons to be grateful for the movie, what is it was, those of us who were fans of it at any point.
the only way i could excuse all the historical inaccuracies is by telling myself it's an alternate universe take on their story (even though it isnt) 😭
Your videos are literally my favorite to watch while drawing omg
I love the detail you've gone into i love video essays that are so neatly structured (even including sections for tangents) I really enjoyed watching this!!
This was very thorough thanks so much for this video. It’s incredible to think that if Rocketman never got made, we probably wouldn’t have realised HOW flawed Freddie’s chracter was in BoRhap. I mean, queer history is so often overlooked and then when stories are told they’re given this dark connotation which adds unnecessary stigma to the subconscious of the general public. So yeah, Freddie had a messy party life style but there was no need to portray him with this low morality, the director was projecting I think which is so dark and disgusting.
i did not know that a bunch of guys showing up at freddy's house was supposed to imply an orgy LMAO like a bunch of gay men can't party together without literally all of them having sex? i didn't know that he did that, like i knew he was very into sex, but idk if that's a super well known thing...i've seen many documentaries and interviews and i've never heard that
“Night and Day” is a 1946 biopic about Cole Porter, which is sort of the most amazingly inaccurate film about a real person of all time. Cole was so super gay and actively so that really no aspect of his life could be put on film in those days, so the only realistic thing in it is his name. This movie isn’t that bad….I mean, it doesn’t have Freddy running off to join the French Foreign Legion in World War 1, writing songs in a bombed out house…but it’s pretty damn bad just the same.
I guess you could say the difference was...
How does this have so few views? This is instantly up there with my favourite video essays
1:38:45 why did that line get me choked up damn
i liked queen when i was very young and first watched the movie when i was 8 (i know im young ok 😭) and rewatched it like.. a few months ago for fun. i didnt know shit about the actual history of queen and wow.. its a lot worse than i remember. painting freddie in a bad way like this is just disrespectful and shitty. literally every rockstar ever did coke and partied but this movie paints it like freddie is the only queen member that acted like that just because it was gay. seriously…
also “ive got it” is really cringey
you put in all the videos from joe’s instagram that i had watched a billion times, but somehow had forgotten until now, kind of like a good way of re-traumatizing me? the video of ben and joe in bed was buried so deep and everything with the bab dance and the oscars, oh my god
The detail that as soon as she says “the good, the bad and the queen” the good, the bad and the queen music plays throughout the video essay I legit did a double take when I heard history song
I used to be a huge rami malek fan before this movie was announced and what pissed me off about him taking the role (pre knowing about sing*r’s allegations) was that he took the role of what was meant for a Parsi person. Freddie referred to himself as a “Persian popinjay” and for rami, someone who had so often talked about how difficult it was for him to get roles because of his ethnic background, to take a role meant for someone of a Parsi background seemed so hypocritical?? I know the film helped his career immensely but imo he was already doing pretty well with Mr. Robot so I can’t even say that he was “struggling” to get roles. And whenever I’ve brought this up, people say “at least the role didnt go to a white person” like girl why are we putting all people of color under one category??
But anyways i forgot to say this but this was an INCREDIBLE video and i LOVE YOUR ART!!!!
oh what allegations? of marc martel’s or freddie’s?
@@piyalbanerjee9283 bryan s*nger’s
@@piyalbanerjee9283 They're referring to the first director, whose surname was Singer.
Maybe people playing different ethnicities is fine actually
this video deserves more views, I agree completely. just one thing, Freddie WAS OPENLY GAY and said so!
Not gonna lie, I didn't expect shipping Rami Malek and Taron Edgerton to come up 81 minutes into a video essay about Bohemian Rhapsody, but I probably should have
None has a dramatic breakup like Gorillaz do
I watched this movie when I was 12 years old and like deeply in the closet. What I left with was a lot of guilt and weird feelings about myself. I am bisexual (which I knew at the time) and transmasc (which I didn't) and as a kid I loved Queen. After watching BoRap I was OBSESSED with Freddie Mercury. I remember feeling really guilty about liking him so much because, for one, I didn't know why (it was because I wanted to look like him and kiss boys) and two, because the movie made it feel like there was something scandalous or wrong about who he was. Watching BoRap as a queer child made me feel dirty and gross for looking up to a man who was also queer.
I never thought about it that way until I saw this video, thank you for talking about it. Up until now I sort of assumed all the strange feelings I had about the movie were simply gender envy and embarrassment about it and I haven't rewatched it ever, now I definitely won't. It's sad that Freddie's legacy was treated this way, but I am glad that him being himself helped me become more myself.
Thank you Freddie Mercury (and Gerard Way) for being men their own way :) I am my own man now too
I have hated the movie since I first saw it and it fills my heart with joy, knowing that other people hate it as well. Growing up queer, the subtle queerness in Queens work meant insanely much to me. In some ways I could connect to him and the pain/troubles/etc. he went through. Same goes for *a lot* of queer fans of Queen. Just for his queerness to be reduced to the minimum in the movie? To have it seem as if it made him miserable and that he was happier before he knew that about himself? It honestly broke my heart and it felt so distasteful. He never could live as openly and publicly as he wanted to because of the time and his family, so hiding it away decades later even though we know now, was just... urgh.
Bohemian Rhapsody as a film I kinda feel sums up my view of Singer as a director only. The film is well cast for the most part but every performance is doing the standard performance they give. No one is elevated or showing us a side they haven’t before. The script is fine it however feels like a few rewrites would help it. Basically as a craftsman Singer is as good as the tool he is given or chooses. With a good actor like Malek he got a good performance with a ok actor like Hardy (although he has since shown better work) he couldn’t get that out of him there by the looks of it. I would almost like to know what exactly changed when Fletcher took over for the last few weeks of filming.
I did actually think the parallels between Singer and how the film portrays Mercury especially in the press conference scene to be the most interesting thing about the film. It was also funny if you read the behind the scenes book it basically scrubs any mention of Singer.
this movie was what made me fall in love with Queen, what leaded me to become a musician
my story with this movie is the same as you, Freddie didn't die to be humilied in this way, to be distorted in every single piece of himself
ah, and tbh i don't think Roger even had that much envolvement in this movie as Brian did, he complained how his character was portrayed in the movie
SAME HERE BRO! i would not be a musician if i did not see this movie which is funny to me cuz i hate it with a burning passion now
The rest of the band partied just as hard
I was a BoRhap fan until Rocketman came out and surpassed it in every way. Rocketman is in my top 5 movies of all time! That movie is just electric. Though I still have a soft spot for BoRhap, as flawed as it is.
Omg are you me?? I was 15 when Bohemian Rhapsody came out and questioning my sexuality and distinctly remember the euphoria and validation I felt when I first heard the word "bisexual" on the big screen. That being said, in retrospect the queer representation is bad and I've been waiting for someone to break it down the way you did so thank you for this!
Omg, I was literally procrastinating on a vid I'm doing on this very topic (but from a film student and autistic person who's special interest is queen perspective) when I came across this video!! It's amazing; it really brought me back to the crazyness that was the Bohrhap fandom + really inspired me to continue on this project I'm doing. I obviously don't have a fraction of the followers you have, but I will give you the BIGGEST shout-out anyway for inspiring and helping me stay inspired for this project!!
Omg another autistic queen fan :D
Hope you're doing good on the project (a few weeks have passed so it might already be completed but either way I wish you luck :3)
im like a hundred years late but i was part of the fandom back in 2018/2019 up until like the first half of 2020, mostly on twitter and i had a fan account on instagram with like a thousand followers lmao, i dont really think much about the movie anymore, i started being critical of it back in the start of 2019 and most of the people i connected on twitter and instagram with (like the people i actually chatted and interacted with) also started getting pretty critical on the movie quite early, but we were all still fans of the few good things from the movie (i loved the outfits personally i made a moodboard with my favorites) and of course the cast. i feel like at least were i was online people were quick to start being more critical because a lot of these people, myself included, also began researching more on queen history, i did like queen before the movie but i never knew much about the history behind them, i guess another good thing about the movie is that i looked more into what actually was going on. in general i feel like most people (people i knew at least) started liking the movie, then realized the movie was actually kinda bad, but kept being fans of the borhap boys(+lucy).
but anyways, it was certainly a time, im not in the fandom anymore, but i follow the careers of some of them (mostly lucy, rami and ben), and everytime i see a picture of joe mazzello its like ive seen a picture of my husband i lost in the war. (he also saw my bab dance)
ps: i hope my comment makes sense, english is not my first language
I loved this video and would love to hear your thoughts on Rocket Man. The algorithm really blessed me by throwing this into my recommended.
Very well made video, I learned a lot!
57:07 Im a Queen fan for all my life and only reluctantly watched the movie and I always thought wasn't part of the fandom and here I am understanding every single reference and knowing every meme
well just because freddy was gay or bi, most likely gay, doesn't mean that he has to be shown with a bunch of men in the trailer...considering the timeline, it doesn't really make sense to not have his romance with mary be his main relationship. he literally left everything to her when he died, she was very important to him, probably more important than his husband. i think, from how he talked about it, freddy saw them as platonic soulmates. brian may said that at one point instead of having women come to his dressing room before shows, it was men. to me that sounds like someone who couldn't be with men, and then finally accepted themself. the only romantic interests he had that were women after mary, are all purely speculative. but i wonder if the people who were yelling about freddy being with a woman actually know the story? coz most documentaries talk about mary quite a bit. we know hard facts about what happened with her. they can show freddy seeing random dudes, which they do, but he didn't have very many partners that he was openly with, if any other than jim. but they literally put jim in the movie so i feel like they did a good job doing a crash course of 15 years...i like the movie coz it's fun and it just seems like a bunch of dudes hangin out, and old interviews of the band and clips seems like that.
Thanks for turning my thoughts into video!
Watching hour long videos about subjects makes me feel like i just downed a beer and crushed the can against my head
51:35 😭😭😭😭
The reason why the movie was so successful had nothing to do with the movie itself or the portrayals and depictions by the actors but because of the band itself, Queen, their music and the love for the legend that is Freddie Mercury. Of all the band member portrayals in this movie, Rami’s I think is by far the worst and not at all Oscar worthy. I won’t even go on about the use of the prosthetic teeth, which looked absolutely ridiculous, unnatural and kind of insulting - it seemed to border on being a parody which considering the reality and the fact that Freddie was pretty self conscious about his overbite seems a bit unnecessary. I think that for so many fans, especially those younger fans who weren’t alive or who were too young to remember or experience their music and the legendary concerts in which Freddie’s showmanship was and still is second to none - seeing this movie was a way to make a connection with the band, the music and with Freddie in the millennial era. There are so many fans the world over who would have jumped at the opportunity of being able to see this film- as they did with the west end theatre show ‘we will rock you’ that many critics also panned- that was telling the story of their favourite band, the phenomenal music they created and the legendary genius that was Freddie Mercury. Queen after Freddie’s death was never again Queen and nowhere near as successful or beloved, because simply put Freddie was Queen, for fans and critics alike there was never going to be anyone who would ever be able to follow him as the frontman of Queen. To me that was and is the sign of a talented musician, band and era defining, legendary music, you see this with other bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Who and Nirvana. Amazingly talented and groundbreaking bands like Queen who would never be able to continue making such incredible music without all of the members of the band because as individuals they were all so talented and by bringing their individual talent they created and made the band and the music created so magical. Queen isn’t really Queen without Freddie Mercury and that’s possibly frustrating for the rest of the band members who aren’t ever going to replicate the success that they had when Freddie was alive and fronting the band. This movie will also be a way for them to reconnect with those fans who like me just can’t see or listen to Queen with any other singer other than Freddie, Adam Lambert, is a talented singer, but he isn’t ever going to be anywhere near as talented as Freddie nor can he be considered as a permanent replacement member of Queen. I guess that’s the downside of creating and being in such a talented and successful band, you’re never going to be able to recreate it when you lose such an integral member. Anyway that’s my opinion about why this movie was so successful despite being pretty average, it owes all of its success to the band, the music and more specifically the legendary legacy of Freddie Mercury. I would advise anyone wanting to see a true depiction or who want to learn more about Queen or Freddie to skip the movie and go straight to the many brilliant documentaries made about them.
I'm so glad this is back! I loved the orgiinal
I really hate that brain may did this bc he is in my top 5 favorite guitarists :((((
THE HIVEMIND CLIP AT THE START ?? SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU LIKE HIVEMIND , QUEEN , GORILLAZ AND YOU MAKE BANGER VIDEOS ??? AWESOME
very underrated!
It's fascinatingly bad. But Rami Malek is a good choice for Mercury; though i'd loved to see Sasha Baron Cohen in the part.
I can't believe his band mates threw Freddy under the bus
I actually had a similar experience to what described in the begininng of the video, when i first watched it i REALLY liked it but then as more time went by and the more i learned about Queens history the more i started to dislike this movie and mostly the plot (note: just the plot and movie not the actors, sets or costumes) its gotten to the point where i cant sit through this movie because my brain keeps pointing out all the things they got wrong
16:17 what??????
i wish people gave the same love to rocketman when it came out as they were hyping up borhap. like yes rocketman follows the typical biopic formula but at least using elton john's songs as musical numbers at key points during his life was cool and the visuals were great (not me commenting this as soon as i see the recommended video on the side of this one)
That photo of Ben Hardy looking sexy with the eggs, reminded me of another sexy egg photo of a nude Amandla Stenberg. Why is this a thing?? 😂
Excuse me while I go throw out my BoRap dvd
Great video btw. I really dreaded watching this at first because I didn’t want to beleive that the film was an inaccurate mess. Yet I’m even more disgusted at the fact the original director was a child predator… It makes all of this way more morbid than it needs to be.
Honestly, I wish they took Freddie’s words. PG-13 was the wrong rating. While an X rating is probably unlikely to do well, even an NC-17 would at least get the story across better.
If you wanna see a really good musical biopic, you gotta watch love & mercy
After they beefed EMI it would’ve been the perfect time to play Death On Two Legs or even Flick Of The Wrist. One of many missed opportunities to slot in legendary songs.
47:00 ok it’s getting uncanny now, you like literally everything that I like. Were our lives pit on a predestined path the second we watched borhap
Oh my god and moominvalley
Let me be one of those "uhm actually" people only because I think it's cool, but it's actually, Dr. Brian May. PhD in Astro physics
37:32 i hate that i could identify that movie even blurred and unnamed...oof
What is the movie
@@franl5488 Looks to be The Dirt. It's a Motley Crue biopic
@@franl5488 It’s Not Cool, the shane dawson movie from 2014
Kakvo haotično mišljenje Autor ni sam ne zna šta misli ni šta hoće da kaže
Nice vid 👍 keep it up
Them not mentioning an ounce of Japan in the movie was the biggest crime. Japan was where they found their first major success. They felt like they were the biggest thing in the world when they stepped into that country.
love it!
Beautiful movie💯 Bohemian rhapsody
Your initial thoughts on Bohemian Rhapsody remind me of me when I was 14 and I saw Joker and loved it.......until I saw Taxi Driver.
The film presents Freddie as a kind of a miserable character. According to all footage, interviews, documentaries, books etc I have enocountered since becoming a Queen fan (back in 1989, aged six) he was everything but miserable.
Thank you for this very interesting video, lots of good points.
(I disagree about Whiplash, though, it's boring, pretentious nonsense imo. And This Is Spinal Tap is the best film about musicians by far imo.)
man i need to rewatch rocketman.
This movie changed my life. It's very bizarre and hard to weigh that and see it in this light, not that I contest any of it. I'm grateful for what it's given me but god can the person I am now not stand by it haha
I liked queen a lot before watching this film, then after watching it I didn't care for the movie, and I also had little desire to listen to the music either, and only much more recently i've been able to enjoy their music again and undo the damage this film did
I exclusively heard bad things about this movie when it came out idk who you were talking to
hello, just discovered your videos and i love them! i would be really interested in hearing your take on maestro. i watched it recently and i couldn't help but compare it to the fascinating duo of rocketman and borap. those movies had something to say, whether or not they both succeeded in saying something GOOD is a different story. i thought maestro was unbelievably hollow. it had nothing real to say about its themes or its protagonist. it felt like a beautiful, empty shell.
i can't believe i fell for this piece of obvious hetero-morality propaganda as a queer teen who had come out as trans 2 months earlier
Haven’t finished the video yet, but I did read through the (alleged) R-rated Bohemian Rhapsody script. I don’t know if it was fake…
…but I hope it was, because that shit was TERRIBLE 😭
Update: finished the video. As a huge Queen fan, someone who ID’d as bi when I saw this movie (am ace now) and a fellow Rocketman enjoyer, the ending hit HARD. It really reminded me why Freddie Mercury is one of my idols. Well done!
He fired by Graham King & change the director to Dexter
I love how this came up on my recommended page🤟 #20
I wouldn’t say The Favourite did its queer representation well. Also the was it depicted Anne’s disability was beyond vile.
so basically you watched a wikipedia article
With numerous inaccuracies 💀
I’m so sorry but I had to stop watching the video 8 minutes in because the music behind the voiceover is so repetitive it’s distracting😭
48:20 Eastenders. It’s because of Eastenders.
god i WISH it was a gritty fincher film.
Hey
I like how the movie excuted..Rami Malek got all the best actor awards
he's bi not gay
She did say he had relations with both men and women…
If you're gonna make shit up about history, at least make it more interesting
i liked the movie at first then rocketman shot it clean out of the water
Why don't you talk to Bryan May & Roger Taylor so you will know everything.. Freddie said he was to protect the band & his family that's why he hide it until the end
Before I watch this, I wanna say that I saw it for the first time a few years ago, and it was a painful watch. I’ve been a Queen fan for decades. It offered nothing new, it follows the narrative already sold. It was unimaginative & boring. It only showed us what a mass audience would find interesting. The narrative of the media/rock journalism perspective. I never watched it again, so I did not get to look into it deeper. It was just a boring, generic biopic. Was so disappointing. Edit: jfc, this movie was homophobic af. But I also want to add that the difference between BR and Rocketman, most importantly, is that Elton John is alive and can defend his legacy and image. Freddie does not have that opportunity.
Only Bryan & Roger knew the truth..John Deacon send his son regarding the movie