A Star is Born

Rating: 9/10 (3 March 2019)

Although "A Star is Born" was good, it still was standard storyline of success in music w/effort, talent, luck w/some interpersonal hiccups along the way. Acted by people already talented in that field. However in Bohemian is a story that covers a range of issues by an actor unfamiliar w/the central character, nor appropriately talented. Nevertheless an amazing performance. Also by his band actors.
Background: Freddy Mercury born as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar to Parsi Indian parents. He spent most of his early life in India.
Press reactions to the title song. "...they use instrumental effects which hint at opera in the same way that bad movie music palely evokes the symphony...", "contrived" - Melody Maker, "...continues to come off as wannabe Led Zep...", "meandering and meaningless...", "...unfortunately not the stuff of sonnets..." - Time Mag, "...a song that should be sunk to the bottom of the sea and never heard from again...", "...a brazen hodge lodge..." _ Rolling Stone, "...dull pastiche...", "...pompous and overlong...", "there's scarcely a shred of tune and certainly no one line to latch on to" - Record Mirror, "...pretty empty, all flash and calculation w/out soul...", "...a song that has no chorus and attempts at least six disparate genres in six minutes..."