Hugh Jass Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Bohemian Rhapsody (the film) was massively overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986 Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 17 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Bohemian Rhapsody (the film) was massively overrated. As are Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelzoid Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 18 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Bohemian Rhapsody (the film) was massively overrated. This is true. I think the reason people love it is that the last 20 minutes or so, which is the Live Aid set, are so exciting that audiences left the cinema on a high, and kind of forgotten how bang average the rest of the film is. As for the band, I think their albums are generally quite patchy, but as a singles act, they have few peers. I gather they were great live too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutarsky Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, 1986 said: As are Queen. Overegged novelty act. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Bohemian Rhapsody (the film) was massively overrated. Originally Sacha Baron Cohen was gonna play Freddie but he dropped out and I remember when he talked about why. The plan was for a film about how eccentric Freddie was, with stuff like midgets (is that the correct term nowadays?) serving coke at his parties and weird things like that but the band didn't like it and the realization he shouldn't do the movie was when he talked to Brian May. May talked about what a great film it would be as it's about the happy ending of the band carrying on after Freddie died. Edited February 8, 2022 by jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, jump said: Originally Sacha Baron Cohen was gonna play Freddie but he dropped out and I remember when he talked about why. The plan was for the film was about how eccentric Freddie was stuff, stuff like midgets (is that the correct term nowadays?) serving coke at parties and weird stuff like that but the band didn't like it and the realization he shouldn't do the movie was when he talked to Brian May. May talked about what a great film it would be as it's about the happy ending of the band carrying on after Freddie died. Ties in with my perception of the film which was very much "official biography" and told you story that May and Taylor wanted you to see and left out some of the more unsavoury elements. The narrative they delivered was very much that Freddie was a saint and led astray and manipulated by other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 The problem with Queen is that the same songs are played on the radio over and over to the point where they get on your nerves. The songs they do play are often far from their best (I'm looking at you Radio Gaga). Their first 7 albums are all magnificent but it was a pretty swift decline after that with only one or two stand out tracks from the later efforts. Freddie was the 3rd greatest frontman of all time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balti-pie Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Gnomicide said: The problem with Queen is that the same songs are played on the radio over and over to the point where they get on your nerves. The songs they do play are often far from their best (I'm looking at you Radio Gaga). Their first 7 albums are all magnificent but it was a pretty swift decline after that with only one or two stand out tracks from the later efforts. Freddie was the 3rd greatest frontman of all time. Behind Sebastian Bach and Eric Adams, one presumes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Gnomicide said: The problem with Queen is that the same songs are played on the radio over and over to the point where they get on your nerves. The songs they do play are often far from their best (I'm looking at you Radio Gaga). Their first 7 albums are all magnificent but it was a pretty swift decline after that with only one or two stand out tracks from the later efforts. Freddie was the 3rd greatest frontman of all time. We’ve had Greatest Hits Radio on in my work for the past few months and I do a full body cringe any time a Queen song comes on, largely because it seems like it’s every fifth song, and I was already sick of hearing them before that. And yeah, the film was pure self-fellatio shite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, balti-pie said: Behind Sebastian Bach and Eric Adams, one presumes? I'd forgotten about Sebastian Bach. Maybe Freddie was 4th 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelzoid Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, Gnomicide said: The problem with Queen is that the same songs are played on the radio over and over to the point where they get on your nerves. The songs they do play are often far from their best (I'm looking at you Radio Gaga). Their first 7 albums are all magnificent but it was a pretty swift decline after that with only one or two stand out tracks from the later efforts. Freddie was the 3rd greatest frontman of all time. Dave Lee Roth? Jagger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florian Saucer Attack Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: Ties in with my perception of the film which was very much "official biography" and told you story that May and Taylor wanted you to see and left out some of the more unsavoury elements. The narrative they delivered was very much that Freddie was a saint and led astray and manipulated by other people. You say official biography but the band had not fallen out before live aid, they were on tour together just a few weeks prior and Mercury was not HIV positive at live aid and would not contract aids until a few years later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jump Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Florian Saucer Attack said: You say official biography but the band had not fallen out before live aid, they were on tour together just a few weeks prior and Mercury was not HIV positive at live aid and would not contract aids until a few years later THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THE ART!! On the topic of biopics, I thought The Dirt was pretty fun. It's shit but in a it's so shit it's actually good sort of way and it actually made me tempted to listen to Motley Crue. Edited February 8, 2022 by jump 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, maelzoid said: Dave Lee Roth? Jagger? Yes on Roth, number 2 is Michael Monroe but I may be on my own on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, Florian Saucer Attack said: You say official biography but the band had not fallen out before live aid, they were on tour together just a few weeks prior and Mercury was not HIV positive at live aid and would not contract aids until a few years later Yeah I know the whole getting back together for Live Aid and Freddie telling them just before was dramatic license... The heavy suggestion that they saved Live Aid was fucking cringe inducing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Gnomicide said: Yes on Roth, number 2 is Michael Monroe but I may be on my own on this one. Sammy Hagar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, jump said: THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THE ART!! On the topic of biopics, I thought The Dirt was pretty fun. It's shit but in a it's so shit it's actually good sort of way and it actually made me tempted to listen to Motley Crue. I'd agree on that, even as someone who does listen to Motley Crue by choice. I have a number of mates though who are also fans who hated everything about it. Edited February 8, 2022 by Gnomicide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomicide Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, Quark said: Sammy Hagar? I couldn't watch him during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelzoid Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, Florian Saucer Attack said: You say official biography but the band had not fallen out before live aid, they were on tour together just a few weeks prior and Mercury was not HIV positive at live aid and would not contract aids until a few years later A lot of the facts were massaged to make the film more dramatic. As someone familiar with the actual timeline, I found this jarring. Especially the bit where they wrote We Will Rock You five years after they recorded and released it. But it very much is an official product. Talking of product, anyone else ever been to the Queen shop in Carnaby street - a whole shop dedicated to just Queen merch, which shows how popular they still are and what a going financial concern the brand is. A lot of tat, but their vinyl selection was pitiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maelzoid Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: The heavy suggestion that they saved Live Aid was fucking cringe inducing too. Yeah, that was Bono. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, Gnomicide said: I couldn't watch him during the day. Truth be told I have no skin in that particular game, obviously preferred DLR. It's just always fun to suggest it to VH fans 😄 Best description of DLR I read was "a walking erection in spandex". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, maelzoid said: Yeah, that was Bono. Bono wrote that bit? Another reason to hate him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
found home in 2009 Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said: Bohemian Rhapsody (the film) was massively overrated. I enjoyed it, but when I watch a film or read a book based on true events I always like to google how accurate it was afterwards. I thought it was a bit shit that the film portrayed him falling out with the band and having nothing to do with them before Live Aid when that was complete bullshit:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/freddie-mercury-queen-biopic-bohemian-rhapsody-movie-fact-check-746195/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Hugh Jass said: Bohemian Rhapsody (the film) was massively overrated. Agreed. And Rocketman even more so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
found home in 2009 Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just now, Chef said: Agreed. And Rocketman even more so. 1 hour ago, maelzoid said: This is true. I think the reason people love it is that the last 20 minutes or so, which is the Live Aid set, are so exciting that audiences left the cinema on a high, and kind of forgotten how bang average the rest of the film is. As for the band, I think their albums are generally quite patchy, but as a singles act, they have few peers. I gather they were great live too. I enjoyed Bohemian Rhapsody at the cinema and Rocketman seemed such a disappointment in comparison. I think maelzoid is right about finishing with the Live Aid set meant you left the cinema on a high, whereas Rocketman never really had the same kind of high impact euphoric moment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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