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The turmoil about this film has never stopped. The director changed during the shooting, and the shooting time has been prolonged a lot as a result. After the filming, the two waves of trailers were also completely appetizing, because this is Queen, because this is Freddie Mercury's biopic!
And when it was about to be released, the release of the media word of mouth cast a shadow over the film, and the box office expectations were also not as good as expected. However, all these problems were solved after the film officially appeared on the big screen, and it ranked top in the annual box office lists of most countries in the world, breaking the 700 million US dollar mark globally, and it successfully won Japan in recent days. The annual box office champion, and also won the best film and best actor at the American Golden Globe Awards. It's a pity that because of the subject matter and many other reasons, fans in the mainland can only wait for it, but finally, we are waiting.
The story of the movie is actually very simple. In one sentence, it tells the story of the Queen from becoming an army by accident, to establishing a style, and then to making a big splash. The script of the film was written by Anthony McCarten and Pete Morgan, who wrote biographies, and "The Darkest Hour" and "The Theory of Everything" were all written by him. Therefore, the completion of the whole story is relatively good, and very solid, the ups and downs and rhythm of the story are in place, there are necessary high points and there are enough moving points, conflicts and warmth. As a biographical film, it is very important to have an excellent text as the foundation, but this text cannot be called excellent.
So this film selects several story lines to combine: Queen's journey from formation to glory to split and return, the relationship between Freddie Mercury and his wife, Freddie Mercury and the people around him as a homosexual Relationship. It was a very good choice, but as a result, which line was not fully explained, it would be much better if the duration could be extended and more events and details were filled in.
Judging from the existing events, the selection and combination of events is still too fragmented, and it feels like a glimpse of light. An analogy is like a PPT that is split from each other, lacking a necessary coherence, and appears weak. So the overall architecture looks very mediocre, but fortunately it succeeded in supporting the target person.
To say that the biggest problem of the film is the characters, and the distribution is in a state of imbalance. The protagonist "Uncle Tooth" Freddie Mercury's portrayal is still relatively nuanced, and there is a complete chain of growth. However, the other band members and the characters around them who are supporting roles are completely unable to stand up, like puppets, only appearing in the scene that should appear, as props to promote the plot, and even to assist the protagonist in shaping, even Queen The history of the rise of the movie is like this. Except for the protagonist, do you remember them after watching the movie?
In the second half of the film, the characters are created through the discussion of other sexual orientation issues and even various "lace news". Although it is effective, it is against the reality to fall into some details, and it also weakens the protagonist's to a considerable extent. "Homosexuality" status is to avoid the importance, and you must know that the focus of "Uncle Ya"'s loneliness and experience is this.
Nowadays, it seems a bit clichéd. The overall form is timid, and belongs to the most common and dull type. However, through the director's control of the overall mood, it can still bring a strong sense of substitution to the audience. After all, the foothold of this movie is to restore, and there is no extra discussion and in-depth meaning.
Therefore, from the performance level, Rami Marek, who plays "Uncle Tooth", has done well enough. Although the face is not very similar, as long as the camera is switched to the middle shot or even a larger scene. At that time, he would feel that he was "Uncle Tooth" himself, and his imitation of expressions and physical movements was particularly in place. He made a considerable contribution to the success of this film, and the acting skills he contributed in this film are also worthy of the best. Best actor trophy.
The presentation of the whole movie can be described as gorgeous. The first half mainly talks about the growth of the band, and interspersed with them several performances, large and small. The arrangement and presentation of each performance are quite restorative and outstanding. . And each of the songs is presented with the original sound, striving for the most realistic effect.
In the last 20 minutes, the "Live Aid" concert, which can be called the highlight moment of the film, is even more breathtaking in the use of audiovisual language, whether it is the boiling waves of people or the indulgent Freddie Mercury on the stage. Every time he punches and dances, he is perfectly reproduced under the director's precise camera scheduling. When the lens slides over the entire stadium, I don't think anyone will be unmoved.
From the costume to the scene, even the placement of a glass of Coke is dedicated to the reproduction of the scene, just like copy and paste, showing the most perfect posture of Freddie Mercury’s indulgent burning on the stage. Comparable momentum swept from the screen to everyone, you know, this is a charity concert that includes Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Madonna and other music superstars from all over the world, no matter you No matter how big it is, they can only get 20 minutes of singing time. As a natural performer, Freddie turned this entire concert into his personal performance show through these 20 minutes. This is called charm. It comes from The target person is blessed with unique charm.
When I watched it, I was shocked and moved to tears. This is the magic of music. From "Killer Queen" to "Bohemian Rhapsody", from "We Will Rock You" to "We Are The Champions", a golden song that transcends the times pierced our eardrums, and we must have listened to Freddie across four An octave godsend voice, I believe you will get goose bumps when you watch it.
However, the sudden stop of the film made me quite puzzled. Coupled with the ending subtitles, the whole film once again showed a sense of fracture. Both his loneliness and the shock and excitement of his performance are both lacking. You know, Freddie Mercury did not fall for this reason. After 1985, he led the band to release 3 albums and performed many performances.
Therefore, it is understandable why this film has such a general reputation among film critics, and why the audience’s reputation and box office are so high is easier to understand. We think it is great and wonderful because Queen has become a "Champions". It's also Queen and not this movie.
But of course, we should all be grateful for this movie. It was this movie that made us feel the brief and glorious life of this legendary band and legend again, and also reproduced that wonderful concert.
This is a movie that should not be missed. It doesn't matter if it is just a tribute and review to this legend, after all, there are music and concerts to watch.
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