Entertaining purely because its Queen...

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2018)

I didnt go into this film expecting much. Mostly, it was an excuse to listen to Queen Music. So for that aspect, great. There certainly are aspects of the film that are great and you're gonna want to rock out to. A lot of the "concert footage" is great. But at the same time, if I wanted to watch Queen performances I could put on youtube and watch the real thing. I totally get why one review called it Queen Wikipedia Article the movie. I didnt find it particularly deep or insightful. It felt like here some quick highlights that you already knew about. A lot of the reviews praised Rami Malek and I agree with that. Though I dont know if I would say Oscar worthy (as much as I found A Star is Born too melodramtic for my tastes Bradley Cooper definitely beats Rami out of the water). But I also thought the rest of the cast was great too. Not enough light has been shone on the rest of Queen. And props the casting director cause I felt they all looked and came across as who they were supposed to be. The one small gripe I have with it, is that the actor playing Roger (Ben Hardy) is so baby faced. Its fine for the 70s sequences, but when it comes to Live Aid and they're talking about how they're aging dinosaurs it didnt feel believable. Probably didnt help considering the other cast members were 12-15 years older than him, when in real life they were like 3-5 years apart. The only person in the cast that was kind of meh to me was Mike Meyers. It felt like Mike Meyers in a wig. You've seen it before. Although I did enjoy the scene during Live Aid where it cut to his character watching and realizing what a horrible mistake he made.
It wasnt all horrible, in particular I did tear up when Freddie is telling the band about how he has aids and he doesnt want anyone to feel sorry for him, and the band is trying to fight back tears. And I loved the scene with Freddie in the rain taking his life back. But there were also some moments that were a little cheesy too.
Overall, I didnt hate the film. I could certainly watch it again and be entertained. But I didnt think it was great piece of film. Ive seen better biopics. I've seen better music biopics.