Films

What we did on our holidays.

British comedy, thoroughly enjoyed it.
 
Bohemian Rhapsody on the flight home this morning, enjoyed it but I thought some of the support cast acting was slightly naff.
The story also seemed a bit "cheesified" to appeal to the larger audience, I don't recall them ever splitting up in the early/mid 80's and I thought Freddie didn't learn he had AIDS until around 86/87 after the Kind Of Magic tour, a good while after Live Aid.

Also watched Men In Black - International (yes the film choice was poor on the plane :LOL:), not bad, better than I expected to be honest.
 
Parasite; take an episode of Hustle, toss in a healthy dose of Fawlty Towers, add a pastiche of socio-economic comment, flavour in a foreign accent and add subtitles.:censored: No, not for me, I've seen better Oscar winning films, and more deserving ones that weren't nominated.
 
Beezerk said:
Bohemian Rhapsody on the flight home this morning, enjoyed it but I thought some of the support cast acting was slightly naff.
The story also seemed a bit "cheesified" to appeal to the larger audience, I don't recall them ever splitting up in the early/mid 80's and I thought Freddie didn't learn he had AIDS until around 86/87 after the Kind Of Magic tour, a good while after Live Aid.

Also watched Men In Black - International (yes the film choice was poor on the plane :LOL:), not bad, better than I expected to be honest.
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I'm stretching my memory a bit here but I do remember, after seeing the film, that the director/Brian May/Roger Taylor talked about parts of the films timeline was manipulated for story telling purposes. Ultimately it was not a documentary, it was a fictionalised account of what happened and the story flowed better showing it as they did.

This was a film to watch and enjoy, at times a little indulgently. It was never meant to be a warts and all account.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
I'm stretching my memory a bit here but I do remember, after seeing the film, that the director/Brian May/Roger Taylor talked about parts of the films timeline was manipulated for story telling purposes. Ultimately it was not a documentary, it was a fictionalised account of what happened and the story flowed better showing it as they did.

This was a film to watch and enjoy, at times a little indulgently. It was never meant to be a warts and all account.
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I agree mate, I'd purposely been holding back from watching the film as I didn't want it to somehow tarnish my memories of Queen as I was a big fan in the 80s.
It's just a shame there's now millions of people who think the film is gospel, specially the AIDS bit.
Still enjoyed it loads though (y)
 
Beezerk said:
I agree mate, I'd purposely been holding back from watching the film as I didn't want it to somehow tarnish my memories of Queen as I was a big fan in the 80s.
It's just a shame there's now millions of people who think the film is gospel, specially the AIDS bit.
Still enjoyed it loads though (y)
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I'm the same. I was ridiculously nervous seeing it first time but totally loved it. Saw it again 2 days later so I could watch it in a relaxed state. I thought Rami Malek on stage was phenomenal, he had Freddie to a tee. One of those where you just enjoy the ride and don't worry about the details.
 
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