Recently I watched the new movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" that is now an Oscar Award winning film and for great reason. The film takes its audience behind the scenes of one of the greatest band of the '80's and of all time, Queen. Queen, which is from Britain, Began to spread rapidly into the United States once their new lead singer, Freddie Mercury joined the band. The film stars Rami Malek who plays Freddie Mercury and the film shows how his life went from a regular kid who loved music, into one of the most powerful and influential singers in the history of music.
Bohemian Rhapsody was the name of the bands hit song that fans loved. Malek goes through many hardships during the movie such as being made fun of for the way his mouth is and also has a hard time with his love life as he had a girlfriend but then found out he was bi sexual. Because of this he becomes very confused and it is evident that he is somewhat uncomfortable. There are also many other tough times that mercury has to face as him and his band have a brief break up where Mercury becomes frustrated with the band members ad wants to pursue music going solo. Later he apologizes to the band and find out that he has aids and will not live much longer. Mercury make the most of his time and has one last concert.
The way this film was put together was unbelievable from the character resemblance to their real life counterpart to the concerts and tours that the band went on. The director did a great job with the setting as the people and everything around them was definitely not modern and was absolutely from the 1980's. Malek received an Oscar for best actor for this film and it was well deserved. Malek played Mercury to the best of his ability and did a great job to replicate the kind of person Mercury was. In real life, Freddie Mercury's mouth allowed him to reach notes that most singers could not get to, therefore his note range was far superior to most singers. Of course, when Mercury was a kid, he was made fun of for this but it eventually helped him out with a great deal in the end.
One of the better things this film does is take the audience in depth of how the famous Queen hits were created. By doing this, the audience learns the songs and can see how famous musicians create their great beats and songs. Queens songs always had great instrumental play, and although the singing was unbelievable, the beat is how most people know the songs and the film did a great job at showing how these tunes were made. Other members of the band such as Roger Taylor and Brian May were musical geniuses and were brilliant on the guitar and drums. Of course Freddie believed that he was the only reason that the band blew up so fast but Roger and Brian know that they have been with the band since day one and that without them, Freddie would not have had a chance to be a part of such a great band. Freddie of course made the band what it was and was the face of the band but he should not have been so arrogant to the band members who made him who he is today. Eventually, the band makes up and Freddie recognizes that he needs the band to be as successful as he was while he was with them.
This was a great film that I definitely recommend. Bohemian Rhapsody was put together fabulously and is a film that can be watched several times over. The characters were represented the best they could have and the acting was superb. There were very minimal bad things about this movie and I believe it was one of the best films of 2019. One day I recommend everyone to take two hours to appreciate this amazing film and get to learn more about the unbelievable band from the 1980's, Queen, I'm sure it will not be a regret. Congratulations to Rami Malek and the entire Bohemian Rhapsody cast on their recent success with the film.
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