A biopic that bit the dust

Rating: 4/10 (16 January 2019)

"There are amazing stories about Freddie Mercury," he explained. "The guy was wild. " However, Baron Cohen learned that these stories would not make the film. "They wanted to protect their legacy as a band."

Baron Cohen

That said, and having watched the movie with zero expectations since Sasha dropped the project, (not because of him dropping but for the reasons explained above), I must just confirm that he was dead right. Actually this movie could have been directed by Disney. This movie failed on so many levels, including massive distortions of well known facts that it is almost depressing to watch. Besides all the distortions which include the revelation of his diagnose just prior to the Live Aid performance, the band is characterized as angels sent to earth. There is not a single point in the movie that focus on the chemistry between the elements, and everything is reported on a very superficial level, that is actually sickening to watch after a while.
The shots feel loose, and not connected at all, focusing just on some key events that are both distorted and close to the actual thing.
For those that know the Biopic of Jim Morrison "The Doors", let me saw that that's what a Biopic should be like. Admittedly, being a bit far from perfect, a movie from the 90s actually trumps this one completely, and in every single aspect. In the end, it's not even about the lack of explicit or let's say, a more deeper look in to the wild side. It is the craft itself that failed completely. From poor dialog to the plastic cast, from the bad writing to the loose direction.
I fail to completely understand all those high scores in here, but I guess they are; a) people that actually never saw a lot of movies in their life, and; b) not true Queen fans.
Would this be the case, the score in here would actually match those of the critics.
As a Queen fan myself I'm kinda disappointed, but again, I wasn't expecting much to begin with.