YT EDIT INCREDIBLE!| BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (2018) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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Hi Rob Squad, I’m not sure if you learned since you watched the reaction that the movie isn’t historically accurate. Freddie actually knew Brian May and Roger Taylor from school. They were all good friends. Brian and Roger shared an apartment and Freddie would crash on their couch and give them suggestions about their band, Smile. Freddie was actually the lead singer of another band at the time. He was with that other band when he had an issue with the mic stand at one of their shows and he decided to use the half mic from then on. He wanted it to be his “thing” and then he left that band and joined Brian and Roger when their lead singer left for another band called Humpy Bong. They eventually found John Deacon to play bass and the rest is history. They didn’t meet in the parking lot like in the movie. Roger has said that it took a while to find a bass player because when they were looking, the bass players either couldn’t play, but got along with the members of they could play, but didn’t get along with the members. The scenes when Freddie was in Munich were also inaccurate. Queen never stopped playing together before Live Aid the way the movie portrayed it. Roger did solo stuff without leaving the band. A lot of things were out of order in the movie regarding when certain songs were written and released etc. In the movie, We Will Rock You was created in the early 80’s when Freddie had the short hair and mustache, but it was actually released in 1977 when Freddie still had somewhat long hair and no mustache. Also, the way Freddie told the band about his AIDS was not accurate. He didn’t get diagnosed until 1987, I believe, which was 2 years after Live Aid. He told their manager, Jim “Miami Beach” first but initially kept it from the rest of the guys. Once they learned, they did everything they could to protect Freddie from all the tabloids as Freddie’s appearance began to change. After Freddie died, the bass player retired from music, but Brian and Roger continued to work together over the years and have been touring with Adam Lambert singing lead since 2012. Brian and Roger decided to be involved in the movie, so they could control the narrative before someone else made a movie about Freddie that would be completely wrong, so they are still protecting him. Some fun facts about the movie: The actor who played Freddie and the actress who played Mary fell in love and became a real couple. It was sweet seeing them at the award shows together. The Truck Driver that catches Freddie’s eye while on a pay phone talking to Mary is Adam Lambert. He is the singer that Brian and Roger asked to collaborate with them and they have been touring together since 2012 playing all the classic Queen songs. They have been able to play the same stadiums that they played 40 years ago. Brian and Roger are still really enjoying it. Some fans will never see the band without Freddie, but there are plenty of fans who want to hear Queen music live and they are selling out stadiums 50 years after the band started, which is incredible. The first thing they filmed was the Live Aid concert sequence and the actors watched the real Live Aid video over and over again so they could get all the movements exact and they worked with a body movement specialist to get everything correct. The real Brian May and Roger Taylor were the executive music producers for the movie and were on set a lot. They have said that the Live Aid sequence was so surreal because they recreated it to look exactly the way it did in 1985. Brian had said that he has seeing video of himself playing the guitar and sometimes, he couldn’t tell if it was him or if it was video of the actor playing him. The actor looks a lot like Brian. Roger and Brian were very pleased with the actor who played Freddie. They’ve said that he really embodied who Freddie was. Raimi Malek is the actor playing Freddie and he won several awards for his portrayal including a Golden Globe and an Oscar. Raimi has been to several Queen concerts and has tried to bring a lot of people that he knows to their concerts In the sequence when they were filming the recording session of Bohemian Rhapsody, the real Brian May was there playing the guitar solo when Freddie was in the booth asking him to put more feeling into it and then he would hand the guitar to the actor to get those shots of him telling Freddie he’d play it again with more feeling. Both Brian and Roger were on set to help their counterparts with the guitar and drums. A lot of people don’t like the movie, but I love it. I have seen a lot of documentaries about Queen, so when I watched the movie, I knew what wasn’t accurate, so I didn’t mind and I enjoyed the movie. If you want to learn more about Queen, I would suggest checking out some documentaries. These are the days of our lives is a great one to start with. Also on Netflix, there is a documentary of what happened with the band after Freddie passed called The Show Must Go On. I would also recommend watching Rami Malik winning the Oscar, his speech was really good.
Tara
2024-02-03 03:52:14 +0000 UTCHey Rob Squad fam! I wanted to share something that is special to me. I never went to festivals or EDM raves until 2017 and I fell in love with the PLUR community (peace love unity and respect) to bring people together with different genre tastes and enjoy the universal language of music as well as human acceptance and feeling valued for just existing. Once I found my favorite type of house music I found my favorite DJ/Producer Chris Lake. I’ve been following him for years and in October 2023 they finally were able to pull off a historic event. It took 4 years but he and another DJ he ghost produces for named Fisher shut down Hollywood BLvd and Vine for 12,000 lucky fans for the first time in history. It was a block party for 6 hours and the last three hours were the two of them playing together for us. It was the best experience of my life and fisher is the only person I’ve seen have crown control like Freddy Mercury. During this set he actually played the yodel from this movie/ the real one. And we followed his lead and it gave me chills I will never forget. Here is the link. It’s at 1:51:40. It was the most fun I’ve ever had with 12k happy people singing and dancing together https://youtu.be/QAzo6Z2Ieag?si=WxUfhsUV3TfeSBoC
Goose VF-1
2024-01-28 00:02:07 +0000 UTCRami Malek, the Egyptian-American actor won the Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody”. He beat out Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Viggo Mortensen, and Willem Dafoe. Rami’s exception speech: https://youtu.be/zg_rHWQmDyw?si=-SDkNGW9mZb-qwcA
Michele Perez
2024-01-25 14:39:22 +0000 UTCAmazing reactions, guys, thank you!
David Croft-Ogawa
2024-01-23 20:46:39 +0000 UTCI saw this movie in the theater with my Dad when it came out in 2018. Loved it! The “Live Aid” sequence was the BEST part. It really felt like you were there. Truly magical.
Jeff Mills
2024-01-23 20:02:28 +0000 UTCWord is that many people who knew Freddie Mercury the best think the most unrealistic part of the movie is that it could actually be rated PG-13. Any accurate telling of Mercury and Queen's decadent story would have to be rated R. But Fox wanted to sell more movie tickets, and an R rating isn't conducive to that, so much of Mercury's wickedly clever but crude humor is lost along with much of the hedonistic rock-n-roll lifestyle the band was famous for. I think biographies wanting to cover an entire life or famous career tend to make bad movies. Good movies tend to require a clear and simple narrative message or theme. Someone's entire life rarely fits neatly into a story with a single focus unless your very selective about it. So often, it just devolves into checking boxes for the fanboys by filming recreations of famous events in their lives. But music biopics also suffer from being horribly formulaic. Just watch the parody Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story, and you've pretty much seen the exact same movie as Ray, Walk the Line, Straight Outta Compton, Elvis and Bohemian Rhapsody, and dozens of others. It works well as parody, because the formula is so true. It's why when I saw this movie opening with Freddie having a flashback to reflect upon the long journey leading them to Live Aid aid, I really longed for Tim Meadows to appear and say "Freddie Mercury's gotta think about his whole life before he goes on stage."
Robert Greffey
2024-01-23 14:57:36 +0000 UTCGenerally I like Queen music over Elton John's. But Rocketman was the better picture, by far, IMHO.
Robert Greffey
2024-01-23 14:26:10 +0000 UTCYou guys always have great reactions but being onboard since J’s guest spot before RSR started and culminating with this movie and the appreciation, understanding, and support from everyone that has interacted on this journey with you both it just hits different and definitely makes me smile that I have been on this ride with you guys.
Matt Brodzinski
2024-01-23 05:20:07 +0000 UTCIf you can you also need to see the memorial concert for Freddie with Queen and various performers including Rodger Daltrey, George Michael and more
Elizabeth Franco
2024-01-23 00:17:41 +0000 UTCLive Aid produced and organized by Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats,and Midge Ure. To raise money for the famine in Ethiopia 83-85, the movement beginning in 1984 Do They Know It’s Christmas Time.It was held both In Wembly and Philadelphia’s John F Kennedy stadium.Some of the artists,Adam Ant,The Boomtown Rats Spandua Ballet,Elvis Costello,Sade,Sting,Phil Collins,Branford Marsalis,Howard Jones,U-2,Dire Straits,David Bowie,The Who,Elton John,Paul Mcartney
Elizabeth Franco
2024-01-23 00:11:19 +0000 UTCYou can see the original Live Aid performances. Live Aid You Tube channel https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=live+aid+channel
Toby Smith
2024-01-23 00:05:45 +0000 UTCTo get the joke behind Ray Fosters (Mike Myers) comment of “no kids will ever crank up the volume in their cars and bang their heads to bohemian rhapsody” you have to watch “Wayne’s World” which also stars Mike Myers. It’ll be a good in between comedy palette cleanser.
Patty Estrada
2024-01-22 23:40:45 +0000 UTC'Hard Days Night" - "Help" - "Lady Sings the Blues" - "Ray"
Toby Smith
2024-01-22 23:03:23 +0000 UTCYes Coal Miner’s Daughter, Walk the Line,SweetDreams Ray, What’s Love Got to Do with It,La Bamba, The Buddy Holly Story,Selena
Elizabeth Franco
2024-01-22 23:01:22 +0000 UTCStill think Coal Miner’s Daughter would have won, but oh well. I hope there’s a next time
Casey Salley
2024-01-22 22:04:09 +0000 UTCThat music exec who rejected the group was Mike Myers (Austin Powers) Now you need to react to "Wayne's World" to see their famous car scene singing Bohemian Rapsody
Toby Smith
2024-01-22 22:00:55 +0000 UTCnext year, a michael jackson biopic will be released in theaters
Karl Kraus
2024-01-22 21:47:22 +0000 UTCi still wish ray won
Karl Kraus
2024-01-22 21:46:55 +0000 UTCThere are also movies on “The Doors” “Johnny Cash” Walk the Line”
John DelVecchio
2024-01-22 21:12:43 +0000 UTCPlease watch Elton John story “Rocket Man”
John DelVecchio
2024-01-22 20:59:00 +0000 UTCRami Malek won an Oscar for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury. One of the most well-deserved best actor awards ever.
Joanie Archetto
2024-01-22 19:15:39 +0000 UTCWalk the Line should be your next one (especially since it came in second in the poll). IMO, it's think it's better than Bohemian Rhapsody.
Kristin D
2024-01-22 19:14:27 +0000 UTCSo happy you are doing biopics now. There are a lot of great ones. And, it's people's rea lives, so not always a pretty story to tell. It really makes us appreciate more what all they had to go through to achieve greatness and their legendary status To bring great music to us. Great reaction!
Jayce
2024-01-22 19:10:39 +0000 UTCYou'll enjoy Elton John's biopic/musical "Rocketman".
BRYAN RAINS
2024-01-22 18:53:39 +0000 UTCSo much Music! So much history!
Arthur Bridges
2024-01-22 18:34:49 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for this one! Don’t forget “Seabiscuit” now. Tops in the underdog category!
John
2024-01-22 18:04:12 +0000 UTCSo excited for this!!!
Jennifer Sanchez
2024-01-22 17:58:23 +0000 UTC
