No Walk The Line but good music with an interesting, otherworldly character

Rating: 8/10 (3 November 2018)

I saw a lot of similarities with Johnny Cash's story in Walk The Line. I just kept comparing those two throughout the film. Now, I like Queen's music more but I felt Walk The Line was a better film. I felt like Bohemian Rhapsody focused too much of him being a star, a diva and it was just unfimiliar and unrelatable. There wasn't the kinda human connection I had with Walk The Line eventhough the stories were similar. But the music scenes were done nicely. I felt like standing up, clapping, dancing and singing along but being from a withdrawn, reserved country I sat still not to annoy anyone, going crazy all by myself. Maybe others would have followed, who knows.
I liked the wittiness of Mercury and as I mentioned the diva parts, they were done well too but there wasn't that much of him as just a person.
Also eventhough it was said in the film that Queen wasn't just him, it was all of the members then the film really heavily focused on Mercury only. I get it, it was his story but, I felt the other members and people were just, not even playing the second fiddle, but like the 12th fiddle. I found it like moment-breaking, kinda illusion breaking when the camera was showing the people's faces reacting to the things Mercury did and said in the film. It made the other people really dependant on him and with the band members it really was like the 12th fiddle thing. Like only their opnions of the lead singer mattered and they were not people/musicians of their own. Those frames/scenes looked a bit like something out of some cheap, not so good American 90s comedies or something.
But big love to Rami Malek. I haven't really seen Mercury's interviews or anything but whether Malek did a good impersonation of him or not, he played the part fantastically.
Also, from the scene where Mercury and his lady had the gay talk onwards, my mum blubbed uncontrollably til the end. I didn't hear anyone else blowing their nose. The woman on my other side wiped her face once.
I didn't feel like crying once cause I didn't have the emotional, human connection but it was enjoyable.
Also, I haven't followed the promo for this film but I was so confused and shocked as to why Show Must Go On Wasn't played. It is SUCH a hit so... why not!?