I can imagine that one of the greatest difficulties would be finding the right person to cast as Freddie Mercury.
Rami Malek was fairly solid. To me he is known for the Amazon series 'Mr Robot' and will always stand out a little because of the way that he looks. Rami received critical acclaim for his role and I have to say that I enjoyed the movie and even though there will never be another Freddie, Rami is about as close as they will get.
For people like me, who know very little about Queen and their lives, this movie was educational and a lot of fun. It was so hard to resist the temptation to join in with the songs throughout the movie and so hard to not continuously laugh. Freddie Mercury seems like a real character and one that was not easy to work with. I think that the rest of the band really deserved something for working with him. That being said, Freddie was the front of Queen. His vocals, his stage presence and his engagement with fans were really what made Queen. The music was good and they could all play their instruments but Freddie took them to a greater level and made them a world wide name.
Rami has been nominated for several awards and he deserves his nominations. It has taken time to produce this movie and I am very glad that they took the time to get the right cast and the right director for this movie because it is a very, very good movie but could have gone so wrong with the wrong cast. I know that Sacha Barron- Cohen was cast as Freddie but I for one am very glad that they reconsidered as I think that he would have ruined the film. Malek was a much better option.
Probably the strongest part of the movie was the live aid scene right at the end of the movie. Loved it, loved watching the performance and longed to have been a part of that experience. Live aid wasn't really working until Freddie took the stage and engaged with the audience. I loved the fact that Brian May actually made an effort to write a song that the audience could engage with. Queen took audience engagement to a new level and really raised the bar for performers and performances.
I know that they are going to release a similar type of movie based on Elton John but I personally feel that it is too soon for that as Elton John is still alive and the reason why this movie worked so well is because people from all eras either relived moments of their past or learned things about history that they didn't know and everyone got to sing whilst doing it.
If you haven't seen it then make sure that you do.
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