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The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody (2004)
Very good
I think it covered everything. How long it took to record, how it was recorded, how it was layered, the uprise of Queen, how the video was shot, the reason behind the album title... oh yeah, and some guys tried to work out what the song means, I'm with Bob Geldof here: 'Mama just killed a man... what happened, nothing happened! Then we all went away singing nonsense; Scaramouche Scaramouche con you do the Fandango? No...!' Good interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor, shame John Deacon won't have anything to do with it any more. I think Brian May is obsessed with The Darkness... he couldn't stop talking about them. I personally thought that he'd have better music taste than that. If you live in the UK and have BBC3, I'd be surprised if you haven't seen it by now, it's on just about every hour of the day. I've made a conscious effort to see it twice but I've seen it more than that. It was interesting.
Live Aid (1985)
wow!
I just watched the whole thing the other day and blimey it nearly blew my head off. u2, Queen, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, The Who, Status Quo, Duran Duran, Phil Collins, The Boomtown Rats, Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney have to be my favourite performances. Wow it is the most amazing thing ever... everyone should go out and buy it, even if they don't like anyone who was in it because it all raises money for the Band Aid Charitable Trust anyway. People have complained about the complete concert not being there, that's only because most of it was locked away in the BBC's stores for years and years, some of the tapes were destroyed. In America, they were told to destroy the tapes and they did so, MTV luckily had some of the us concert, but not all of it! Also there were things like 'Rat Trap' by the Boomtown Rats was discarded because Bob Geldof ripped the microphone off the lead! I thought it was really well done... when's the next one?
Spice World (1997)
Enjoyable and light hearted!
As I am not a Spice Girls fan I thought that the movie would be a drag and very boring, but I was wrong. Although the girls and half the cast couldn't act, this movie was very funny and enjoyable. Most of the cast were just famous people making cameos, but the actors who were playing main characters were good. The whole thing reminded me a bit of The Beatles' movies, I guess it's just a modern day spoof. The movie is just one joke and anyone who takes it seriously need their heads checked out! One of the funniest bits in the movie is (quite near the end) the journey from the hospital to the Albert Hall. The bit with the bus 'flying through the air' was hilarious. Another good bit was 'Bob, we've got to sort out your hair' and poor old Bob Geldof ended up a ridiculous hair style... v. funny!