Wanted to give this a 10 Best Film of 2018

Rating: 9/10 (21 February 2019)

Reason why not a 10? Cause of the history of the director. Damn, it makes me mad cause it deserves every award, I've slogged through all the other nominations for best picture and this one stands above the rest by far. So I suppose this one wins all the awards except best director which could just as well go to Spike Lee regardless of all the nasty things he has said about people or things over the years. Cause at the end of the day he didn't do anything as wrong as what Synger has done. Spike Lee merely spoke his mind, free speech, he didn't abuse any teenagers. Mercury deserves better, he deserves this telling, it was very well done. One could almost say Bryan redeems himself here, but that would really not be fair to those boys now would it? Would it be fair to Freddie either? Freddie seemed to want to clean himself up too, but it was too late sadly for him. Such a sad epic and heroic tale of a sad but incredible angelic like figure, we as a society love this stuff, it's truly the stuff of legends. Sure he was degenerate, but everyone has flaws in God's eyes. Nobody is perfect. Another modern day greek tragedy planted on the screen as legend for all of time. Mercury truly was the best performer in the best place at the right time and one could say blessed with the gift that mere mortals tell of in tales of heroism. Maybe like Robert Redford in The Natural....he was the best that ever was. This movie will have you crying your eyes out by the time it reaches the very fast end. To think you could tell this story in a mere two hours was a challenge that seemed more than impossible, this movie fulfills all it's promises and truly shows Freddie as the best that ever was without whitewashing his behavior towards others. A honest take and a more than thrilling story and movie. They simply don't make artists like they used to and they will never make another quite as great as Freddie.