Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 film directed by Bryan Singer, and stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury. Look, the film is a biopic about the formation of Queen up until their live aid performance. After doing research, I find the film to have many historical inaccuracies. The timeline was changed and edited for dramatic effect, to make the film more Hollywood typical. The films pacing is uneven, and the supporting cast are very surface level and barely even touched upon. The film is a constant mashup of timelines, and glosses over a lot of things. The script is weak and shallow, and the film also feels very superficial. The editing is sometimes very awkward in the film as well. However, the makeup, costume design, and set design are brillant. The sound mixing and editing are great as well. Rami Malek's performance is pretty damn good as Freddie Mercury. The teeth are a little distracting, but his depiction of his mannerisms, flamboyance, and loneliness is great. The recreation of the performances are epic and great, thrilling and exhilarating. The film is just kind of thrown together in a mash up fashion, with little to emotional investment, and depicting the lifestyle of Freddie Mercury in a interesting, yet almost "bad guy" way. The dialogue is also very bland. The film is entertaining, held up by its sheer appeal to Queen fans, its great lead performance, its costume, makeup, and set design, and its amazing recreation of the Live Aid performance. The film is held back by its historical inaccuracies, its overstuffed mashup plot, its isolation of a supporting cast, it's boring and bland dialogue, its awkward editing, and its emotionless llook at some of the personal life of Freddie Mercury. However, what you get is a very flawed, yet exhilarating crowd pleaser, with some epic moments and a very good lead performance.
Review of Bohemian Rhapsody
