The Reel Rejects - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (2018) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!

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Starting point is 00:01:33 Two thoughts. I mean, I'm like inspired and also sad as well. It's an incredible story, definitely worthy of being told on film. Again, as I mentioned before, I didn't know a ton about the band other than the couple songs that I knew from what I've heard on film and obviously on the radio and stuff. But I thought it was a very incredible story. I don't know what was, you know, obviously, we'll look. look up some of the trivia when we get to it.

Starting point is 00:01:59 Maybe they'll tell us some of what was Hollywoodized and some of what was not. But it definitely makes me want to look more into them just because I find the whole thing so fascinating, just, you know, Freddie and the band and all that. But it was, I do love the way the film was structured. I like the nonlinear storytelling of starting at the live aid and then like slowly just showing how they rose to fame, how, you know, Freddie was such a big fan of the band. And, you know, through perfect timing, I guess their lead singer just said later piece out. And then Freddie kind of took over from there.

Starting point is 00:02:37 So, yeah, I just thought it was really fascinating, just a fascinating time for that band, how they rose to power. And how also, too, like in Mike Myers' character, he really, I wouldn't say didn't believe in them. but, I mean, in terms of, you know, like, he didn't, I guess, like, the whole thing was, like, they had to have a certain amount of time, and, like, they were, like, you know, we don't, we don't go by the norms. We go by our way. And I appreciated that. Like, sometimes that's what you need to push the needle. You got to go by your way.

Starting point is 00:03:12 And I like that. I like that when, you know, what artists can, you know, aren't like pencil pushers or, like, you know, aren't. go by group think they do things their way and i i think i appreciate that about queen especially freddie like and i like to i really came to appreciate too with on the band like for all the struggles and all the arguments like at the the core and the theme was family and i do like he he did find a a deep affection and appreciation for the crew like uh the band rather because like when he went off to the other one uh yes they weren't as talented as him as this band rather when he when he was uh becoming a solo artist but also he noticed like yeah they're all yes people and like

Starting point is 00:03:58 yeah in life that's just a good message just in general like if you just have yes people around you like you're not going to succeed very much in life so i thought that was fascinating you need you need to have people that you know let you know like hey not the best thing they're probably not that's not going to work okay we need to do this yeah arguments do suck but if it gets you to the where you need to be like like what's the end goal here you know what i mean so i i did like that um also too i know we hated his character but i thought the performance by that actor who played paul he's great he's great because he hated his guts yeah um obviously um got to mention what is the obvious rami malloc i hope i said his name he was phenomenal he was

Starting point is 00:04:44 everyone gave great performances i really i really enjoyed everyone's performance but he's he stood out Agreed. I would equate this to, I mean, just obviously films about biographic singers. Yeah. I would say it's right up, if not better. It's, again, right up to the level of incredible standard by Austin Butler is Elvis Presley and Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison and the doors. Those are just like what I equate to the standard of incredible performances by biography, biographic singers.

Starting point is 00:05:18 And like this dude, like he embodied. the role when I heard him sing when he wasn't singing like he was Freddie Mercury like he just like sunk into the role and I just like that's my favorite type of um way to watch a movie is when you don't see the actor yeah and like he just really like is it's it's just incredible to watch and I believe that's his actual voice I wouldn't be surprised I mean he looked like he was really doing little ways in the songs and I'm not positive on this that he's He goes down instead of going up. And there's little changes that I'm pretty sure Rami was singing it.

Starting point is 00:05:57 I mean, Brammy. I don't know how to say it, but yes. Yeah, no. And I can tell too, like he did his research. He did his homework. He worked really, you could tell this guy really worked extremely hard to. Emboddy. Yeah, embody the role.

Starting point is 00:06:11 But I got to get this right. Because I'm sure there are so many Freddie Mercury and Queen fans. Like, I don't want to disappoint. and also just as myself as an artist I want to do this justice and my God did he ever once we finish up the review portion I'm going to quickly look up

Starting point is 00:06:28 if he did win the Academy Award I know he was nominated if he wasn't at his beyond a travesty but I'm pretty sure he was but I mean I am curious if he won because this is an amazing amazing performance like holy crap amazing but how do you feel? Well feel free to look it up while I'm chatting

Starting point is 00:06:45 if you want but I feel really good there's all Obviously, so much that I did not remember. But what I really like about this film and the direction is that even from the top, we don't, unless you know the full story that Freddie Mercury is gay and he ends up having AIDS, this movie does a good job of, they don't tell you that up front. And even if you knew that as an audience member, they're still not, they're not making that the highlight of this film, right?

Starting point is 00:07:18 But what they do give us is little clues in the beginning, right? Especially like in the beginning when he sort of, oh, guy winks at him in the very beginning of that hallway and he sort of looks at him. But then it's a little confusing when he meets Mary and you're like, he's really looking her up and down, which is wild. And then there's a few other ones where he looks at the trucker. We don't know what happens. But then once he meets the bad guy, the Downton Abbey guy, Paul. um what they give us there in in order to show us his downward spiral um we didn't need exposition from really any of the other characters to say are you high you're drunk again you're doing too

Starting point is 00:08:05 many drugs yeah they kind of said that towards the end we didn't need it because if you remember there was a montage shot um of him going into the club it was obviously a gay club and then he's sort of like going up the stairs and it's red light which always is sort of a yeah romance but also like nitty gritty sort of makes it feel like wrong in a way even though it's not but that like they did a good job in lighting that um and that brought us more into that world like and all and what they also did very subtly is all you just see him doing is just slightly drinking more. They're not giving us a full picture yet

Starting point is 00:08:51 of him being a full-blown alcoholic unless you are really paying attention to now that he always has a beer in hand. Right? Now he always has a glass in hand. No one has said yet you're drinking too much. You're an alcoholic. We don't get to that really tilt towards the end when the band goes, are you high again?

Starting point is 00:09:10 And then we're like, yeah. But we never see him actually do any line of cocaine in this film. Any line. All we get is when Mary, Mary shows up, which is such a beautiful scene. Agreed. That is such an emotional scene when she shows up. And she's really just trying to look out for him.

Starting point is 00:09:29 And honestly, none of this at the end would have happened if this is a true story without Mary. Agreed. Because no one else was showing up at his doorstep. She's the one that brought up Live Aid. and then he knew to put the pieces together to get rid of Paul. So the fact I just really love that him and her were lifelong friends after this. Like what a beautiful story. And she got them there to the end.

Starting point is 00:10:03 And them making up as Queen the band, right, also from Mary. And when he goes off with the other band members, I think what he's saying. I mean, you brought up a good point with a pushback. But I also think what he's saying with the other band members when they don't push back because the specific guys, I forget the queen guy's names, but when they push back, their talents more come into play, and that's what makes Queen Queen.

Starting point is 00:10:35 Obviously, he could go off and make a great album. We have seen them from the top. He's some guy. They're like, get out of here with your teeth. He sings the line and they're like, yeah, let's freaking go, right? So he is the big seller of queen. These guys can't really make it without him, but then we see the reverse. He can't make it without them either.

Starting point is 00:10:55 And it's not just because he is running the show. They all wrote stuff. They all came together. They all had ideas. And that's what made them a family. Yeah, no, it's a good point. Like, just when I forgot which band member was, but when he came up with the We Will Rock you,

Starting point is 00:11:13 I didn't even know at first what to make. I was like, just because Joe Mazzella's character was like, yeah, yeah. Like, he was being sarcastic, like, to what you're doing. And then it took me a second to process, like, oh, yeah. And then I liked, like, I love the creative and intuitiveness of, like, seeing them all come up with these different ways of how they came up with the songs. And then he had the riff, you know, the another one bites the, like, they all had different ways of coming up with songs. It wasn't just Freddie. And that's a good point that you make, you know, but, you know, why they all were so unique in their talent.

Starting point is 00:11:43 and it wasn't just the Freddie show. It was queen. Right. It wasn't, you know, they weren't called Freddie Mercury. And at the top of the film, you know, he's meeting his family, unbeknownst to us, right, in the back of that van. But he at that point doesn't know he's gay and he's not sick. At the end, they do know he's gay and he is very sick and they still remain his family, which, duh, as you should. But we know there's horror stories out there.

Starting point is 00:12:11 So I really like that we sort of. started on what his family were seeing the family and we end on family for sure and also too i think you made a great point about mary uh in terms of like no one else was checking and i mean they were calling him and like paul was just uh not delivering the message and she's the only one that came i think that's an interesting thing too in life you got to be so careful who you let in your life and there was a contrast there because mary is the right person like that type of human being is the right person to have in your life where Paul is the exact opposite person you want to have in your life. So I'm glad he saw light at the end of the tunnel. And like she came in

Starting point is 00:12:48 and like Paul like obviously he came in at very vulnerable moments. He also knew when to weasel people out like he gave that guy that contract into, you know, saying we can make more money with this. And also he knew that, um, that Freddie was in a very vulnerable place because he was sad about Mary with David and all that. So, you know, he knew that that would be a very many. Yeah, it's very emotionally manipulative for sure. So, but yeah, again, I was very appreciative of their relationship, him and Mary. So, yeah. And they also did a really good job.

Starting point is 00:13:20 I forgot to mention this of highlighting Freddie Mercury's humanity. He was a very nice guy. When he apologizes, he freaking means it. I never felt like it was, it was disingenuous. And we really see it with the very first scene with Jim Hutton. the way he apologized he's like I am so sorry and then he's like can I get you a beer could you just tell me

Starting point is 00:13:44 where it is he legitimately feels really bad but what they're doing in the beginning and with him and Paul is that they're painting him like he's falling off this cliff to where he can never get back to him and who he is he doesn't really

Starting point is 00:14:00 lose that and we see that in that scene with Jim Hutton that he's not losing like his humanity or his heart He is still a good person. It's just he has bad people around him. Yeah, and we see that. All right, Regignation, quick personal update.

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Starting point is 00:18:08 Freddy's a very famous musician, and he easily can, like, sleep with him and take advantage of him in this drunken state. But he's also sober, and he's like, no. And that's also how Freddie knows he's a good one, even though it took him a long time to find him in the phone book or whatnot. But I think that speaks a lot to Jim's character and why they ended up until, obviously, the end of Freddy's life. And that's why Freddy's like, I gotta track this guy down Because so many people would have taken advantage of me in this situation So that's why I like I really like again That speaks to the humanity of Jim as well

Starting point is 00:18:42 And that's why they were perfect for each other Agree because it's such a good line when he says And find me when you love yourself So that was such a good line What did you find out? So he did win the Academy Award for Best Actor All right, let's go So yes I was glad to see that

Starting point is 00:18:57 What do you think the budge of this film was oh god it's probably a lot um i don't know sometimes i don't guess he's right i'm just going to say 120 million is 300 million it was between 50 and 55 million god see i'm always off but it's fun to guess right um what do you think worldwide box office i think they probably they had to have doubled it i'm going to guess one 15 million 900 million dollars No, 903 million actually. Breaking hell yeah. I know.

Starting point is 00:19:32 This movie made a ton of money. 216 domestic, 687 internationally. That's right. Yeah. Let us go. Nice job. All right, critics. What do you think Rotten Tomatoes?

Starting point is 00:19:44 Let's just start with critics and then you can do it. Oh, I think critics probably like it. I would hope that they're giving it like an 89. I would assume audience is higher than that. Let's just keep it at critics. Okay. 60. Yeah, I don't agree with that.

Starting point is 00:19:59 God, get out. Like, literally, I never think the critics are right. I think, whatever, they're old and they don't get it or something. What about audience? I think audience is probably like 91. 85. Okay, that's fine with me. Up there, we got to have it up there.

Starting point is 00:20:15 Yeah. Okay, so let's do a little trivia really quick, and then we'll call it a day. So, oh, okay, for some reason was that the spoilers, or I was like, all right? Queen's set at Live Aid is widely regarded as one of the best live performances in rock and roll history. Wow. In a 2005 channel 4 poll of over 60 artists, journalists and music industry executives, Queens Live Aid Performance in 1985 was named the world's greatest ever live performance. Wow!

Starting point is 00:20:49 Amazing. That's insane. And the way they captured it in the film was it felt like we were watching the real thing. I'll have to see on YouTube. I'm sure someone recorded it or something, but I will have to check out the real thing. Yeah. British choreographer and movement coach,

Starting point is 00:21:05 Pauly Bennett, worked painstakingly with Rami Malick to perfect every nuance of Freddie Mercury's mannerisms, every eye glance, every body turn, every cocky strut on stage, and every flick of the microphone had to be just right. Yes. Good job. Because it was.

Starting point is 00:21:27 Good job, darlings. Yeah. You guys got it. So good. Canadian singer Mark Martel lends his voice to the biopic as Freddie. They use a mix of his voice and Freddie Mercury's together on top of Rami Malix. Oh, on top of Rami. In an interview, Malik said his singing was seamlessly mixed with both Freddy's and Martels.

Starting point is 00:21:45 Wow. So there's like three people on that. Interesting. I like that. Freddie Mercury's vocal range stretched to three octaves, though it was rumored that it spanned In 2016, a group of biophysicists and medical researchers concluded that his vocal cords moved faster than an average singer's. His vibrato measured in at 7.04 hearst, while standard vibrato frequency falls between 5.4 and 6.9 hertz. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:22:15 That makes sense. Awesome. That's why he's so freaking good. Yeah. The note, Freddie Mercury sustains for almost six seconds during the call and response performance with the crowd at live. Dave came to be known as the no turd around the world. That's right. Awesome.

Starting point is 00:22:31 I'll do one more and then we'll do two more and then we'll do spoilers. For his role as Freddie Mercury, Rami Malick was fitted with special prosthetic teeth to recreate Freddy's prominent overbite. After filming wrapped, Rami kept the teeth as a memento from the shoot eventually having them cast

Starting point is 00:22:47 in gold. Awesome. So cool. That's awesome. Wow. Good idea. On the late show with Steve, in Kobe episode Mike Myers Christiana or

Starting point is 00:22:59 Christian Ampore Mike Myers said that during the making of Wayne's world he insisted that the song he and his friends listened to and bang their heads to while driving would be Bohemian Rhapsody the producers felt it wouldn't be appropriate Myers stood his ground eventually threatening to quit

Starting point is 00:23:15 the film Myers got his way the movie became a huge hit and the song reentered the charts peaking at number two in the United States the movie was credited for introducing Queen to a new audience, including this guy. Myers also said that when he was offered a chance to appear in the movie, accepted immediately without bothering to read the script.

Starting point is 00:23:34 Ironically, his character, Ray Foster, is convinced no one will listen to and bang around their heads to Bohemian Rhapsody driving around the car. I called that out what was happening. That's in Wayne's World? That's in Wayne's World. And then was he a producer of that movie? Freddie? No.

Starting point is 00:23:48 The guy were talking. Right. Yeah, Mike Myers. I believe he was obviously the star of the movie, but I think he produced it. Okay, because I'm like, dang, he put his foot down, they agreed. You have to have money there for that. That's awesome trivia. Yeah, just.

Starting point is 00:24:01 Let's go to maybe some spoilers. No, he was not a producer on the movie. So he was just an actor. He was just the star. Wow. Just really quick and then spoilers because this one was interesting because we talked about Queen guitarist, Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor performed the rock arrangement for the film's opening of the 20th century Fox fanfare.

Starting point is 00:24:20 Oh, yeah, it was so good. Yeah, we were talking about that. I love that. do two spoilers. Okay. If I can get to it, God, there's so much trivia. I'm sure there's a lot of trivia for this. Oh, my God, Tara.

Starting point is 00:24:32 Oh, my God. You got to swipe faster, kid. All right. Elton John and Freddie Mercury were very good friends in real life, but John admits he was seething after seeing Queen's live aid set go down so well with the audience and on TV. Apparently, he stormed up to Mercury after the band came off and only half-jokingly said, and I quote, you absolute bastard, you totally.

Starting point is 00:24:54 stole it. Nobody will be able to beat that, much to Mercury's pleasure. I was going to say, good luck going after that, after Queen on that one. Last one, at one point, Freddie mocks the rest of the band saying that without him, they'd all be in mundane jobs, particularly he claims that former astrophysicist student, Brian, would be Dr. Brian May having written a paper that no one would read. In reality, Brian May received a PhD in astrophysicist from Imperial College London in 2007 in the same scene, DC tells Freddie seemingly for the first time that he studied electrical engineering. In reality, John Deacon created the DC amp, the queen used throughout their career. Oh, my God.

Starting point is 00:25:36 That's very cool. He created the amp, dude. That's amazing. That's freaking wild. That is amazing. We love this movie, obviously, so much. I give it 10 out of 10. Those critics are idiots.

Starting point is 00:25:50 Yeah, it's pretty, pretty amazing. I love, love, love, love, love it. You love it? You got any last thoughts for the people? No, just good stuff. Let us know if there's other biopics, other musicals that we can check out. But this was, this was, I would go with you. 10-9-10.

Starting point is 00:26:07 I really enjoyed it. Rami Malik, amazing, amazing performance. Great film. Good freaking job. Oscar well-deserved. Thank you guys for sticking with this. Please leave a like, leave a comment. Tell us your thoughts about this.

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