Really this movie was vg

Rating: 9/10 (7 November 2018)

When Freddy Mercury came along my music days were pretty much over. I guess he was a major star mid seventies on? I did remember his songs, but did not know who sang them. Given this, I thought BR was a very good movie. Lots of good music, a sad story, ending in an early death from aids. He was a tremendous vital personality and like many celebrities over did the lifestyle. Of course the gay community didnt know enuf about the disease in the pre 80's to take precautions. He was probably conflicted about his sexuality somewhat.That was a transition era.
I have not been to the movies in years because the recent productions have pretty much been crap. We decided to see BR while waiting for the election results to roll on in the US midterms. The previews of coming attractions before this movie were almost laughably bad. So the trend continues. !!!! A couple of Q band members were around to help recreate the situations. I have no idea how realistic this movie was, how egocentric FM was, or if he even had a career when Queen broke up. It seemed like he went back because he realized he needed them . Without them he was lost ?? He was a tremendous innovative performer as were his bandmates.
His performance, I watched the real one on youtube, at LiveAid was top notch.
The actors in this movie were well casted. They are almost dead ringers for his real band members. FMs lookalike Malek? seems perfect as far as FMS stage antics .The crowd scenes at the concerts seemd rather muddy and are probably CG created. I really dont see anything else one can criticize about this flic. Both my wife and I enjoyed it alot.