A great celebration with some flawe

Rating: 6/10 (3 November 2018)

If you want a critics opinion on this film, wait for Christ Stuckmann to post his, as he surely will. Or watch Jeremy Jahns' vid on this movie, who has apx the same level skills, though I put Stuckmann a tsd higher up there.
I mention this because I think most of the critics who watched this are retards who are never happy. They wanted this film to "expose" Mercury, but the truth is he was really private and the filmmakers respect this, but it isn't hollow as some say, Rami Malek IS Mercury in this film, and truly shines. He shows enough depth, emotion and flamboyance to sell himself as Mercury. Same for Gwilym Lee, who is frighteningly similar to Brian May. The rest of the cast is fine, but many are truly wasted, especially John Deacon, who in reality was "the secret weapon" for queen, and made some of their biggest hits. He has one scene where he has some importance, but nothing else. I understand that since May and Taylor were some heavy influencers for this movie, so I advice them to grow a pair and respect Deacon, as well if there is a reboot for this movie in the future, as there is with everything these days. ( I'm joking)

But, back to Malek, as he is m a g n i f i c a n t as he lip synchs, sings and acts like Mercury, especially during the amazing beat-per-beat recreation of Live Aid. I got Soo much chills watching this. And his is definitely the strongest part of this movie, and deserves every award he can get. His true performance and the musical recreations of their music, elevates this to one of the better movies of the year I have seen, followed by MI Fallout and the traumatizing Hereditary. Go watch it, as it will mostly satisfy you, except if you want a tad more character depth or a better John Deacon, then you'll probably leave a little dissatisfied
But I have one gripe surrounding this movie, and it isn't the movie. Its that people hate it for "straight-washing" Freddie, which I say f**k off to those. I mean, sure, it's a part of what made him famous and important, but it wasn't HIM alone, which is what people seem to think. He had a genuine relationship with Mary, and it was the true one he had in his life. I don't mean to offend LGBTQ people here, and if I did, I understand why you would be, but Mercury and you are more than your sexuality, and this movie showed this. It shouldnt be a reason to judge a person or a film, for that matter, so please don't consider those proper criticism but rather whiny children who are never happy.
Thank you.