Really good!

Rating: 7/10 (12 November 2018)

The movie is definitely a must see for queen fans who want to know a little bit about the background of the band, and of course for those who come looking for nostalgia.
The good: Rami Malek does a fantastic acting job, I think he portrayed Freddie extremely well, the music is (obviously) great and Marc Martel (I can tell they used him for the movie) also did a great job imitating Freddie. The movie is really entertaining to watch, it does not feel like a 2hour+ film. I liked that they included lesser known things like Freddie's obsession with his cats and also their way of handling the whole aids thing was very well put together. It had emotional impact and that part of the film depicting his struggle was in my opinion the best part of the entire thing.
The bad: well for one, you can always tell where they used a green screen, idk if it was a budget issue but some shots were really awkward, especially at the live aid scene. The movie focuses too much on the love side of things and even gets some things wrong for the sake of hollywood storytelling, which is dead obvious. I wished they'd show more of his struggle toward the end of his days instead of doing this massive timeskip at the end. I guess here it's just that they went for an entertaining movie, not a documentary, but still, when the ending credits came in I immediately went "wait they're ending here? This is like...half the story". The struggle with being gay in the 70s is not explored at all, they made it seem like even freddie didn't know what he wanted, the movie also avoids a lot of complexity for the sake of making a simple, entertaining movie, but I guess that is also just because of the film's purpose.
All in all, I know a lot of background on queen and for me, the movie was lackluster in a few aspects, I would've preferred a more documentary approach, but since it's a movie that's just meant to be a lighthearted celebration of a legend, it does it's job very well and fulfills its purpose. For nostalgic and entertainment purposes, this movie delivers perfectly. Go see it either way, it's really enjoyable, but for those who are more....hardcore fans, you'll probably rate the movie around the same as I did. It's amazing for what it is, but in terms of biopics, the hollywood generic-ness just...waters it down and it's just maybe...above average.