He joined a band, he got a lovely tagalong fiance named Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton), and he rose to stardom in the blink of an eye. We see Freddie (Malik) as a young British Indian student from Zanzibar trying to become something different than what his Zoroastrian parents wanted for him.
I know this was a phenomenal experience, but in many ways the script follows the traditional biopic pattern. The plot is the one thing that really is the “downside” to Bohemian Rhapsody.
A performance that was completely knocked out of the park and so enthralling that I really wanted to see more of the film just to watching Rami bring Freddie to life once more. While there are a number of great performances in the film, this is ALL about Freddie, and the film’s momentum dependent on Rami’s performance. He embodied the enthusiasm, chilling exotic flamboyancy, and nervous shyness of the Queen lead singer. Robot and BoJack Horseman completely eclipse anything I’ve ever seen out of him before. I’ll admit that I was nervous about his casting at first, but from all the trailers he looked, sounded, and acted like Freddie Mercury so I was ecstatic and awestruck to see the mousy little actor from Mr. Not being able to see this in theaters due to a brain fart and some scheduling conflicts, I was super eager to watch the film, so once I got the 4K UHD edition for this review I found out that I was just as enthralled by the biopic as the word of mouth suggested. The $50 million budget was easily beaten with a MASSIVE $835 million (worldwide) box office haul, not to mention the Golden Glove and Academy award wins for Best Film and Best Actor (Rami Malek deserved every award he got) come awards time last month. Well, after years of waiting, and months of nervous chatter the word of mouth was astronomical for the biopic. So you can bet your bottom dollar that I was a bit nervous when the film hit theaters. Then the set itself became a battle ground as director Bryan Singer ( X-men, X-2, X-men Apocalypse, Return of Superman) supposedly raged and was a tyrant on set, and then was summarily fired after MORE reports of sexual misconduct surfaced (the man faced those same charges several years ago as well) and Dexter Fletcher was brought in to finish up filming for the last month (ish) of shooting. The powers that be originally wanted Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury (a take I really would have liked to have seen, as the man can play wacky and serious with amazing dexterity), but eventually settled on Rami Malek. To say that Bohemian Rhapsody has been covered in controversy and setbacks is an understatement. I didn’t grow up with Queen like my older brothers did (I was an 80s kid, so by the time I was really into rock they were fading out after Freddie Mercury’s infamous death in 1991), but there songs are a part of our musical history, and have infused themselves into the modern world with countless covers, songs sung at sporting events (“We are the Champions” has been sung at more sporting events than we could possibly count) and the induction of the iconic band into the Rock n’ Roll hall of fame. The biggest, baddest, and most flamboyant British rock band of the 70s and 80, who have contributed countless songs to rock and roll history. ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and of course Queen. There are legendary bands out there that have made their name in the rock music hall of fame, and then there are those who have transcended mere greatness and have become ICONS of an era.
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