I still love you

Rating: 10/10 (10 November 2018)

I took my son to see this film; he's one of those teenagers who has discovered Queen and shared theit music with friends. I remember Queen and Live Aid. I also remember Freddie Mercury, AIDS, and too many moments with dear friends who were not only terrified of the disease that would kill them but of the world that would judge, shame, blame, and condemn them as if their hearts and humanity had somehow led them to the hell of their deaths. We were family when families, for whatever reasons, could not be. This film captured that fear, confusion, separation. and simple need for love so well it brought all of that back for me. Some reviews I read before tonight made me doubt this movie; I didn't expect to be touched. Now, as then, some people just don't get it. Its not about the grnarly bits of Freddie's life; you can dig that up if you have that need. This is a respectful and caring treatment of a loved one who brought more joy than he found. It is told through his eyes but also through his family who lost him too soon. Having lived that loss, I am greatful to the filmmakers and the Queen family for sharing the humor and anger, the arrogance and self-doubt, the pain and the joy of the days of their lives. I look, and I find...