A biographical musical as one of Hollywood's most important business cards. Every year, I arrive on time to watch it like a pilgrimage. This year is no exception. Although such films have never received the promotion they deserve in the context of Hollywood commercial blockbusters. But the cast, from the director to the actors, has never disappointed me. Expectantly. There are two very productive this year, "Bohemian Rhapsody", a personal biography based on Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury. Whether you know Queen or not, when you see the names of these two songs, It's enough for you to be in awe. "we will rock you" and "we are the champion". A tribute to music, of course.
Although the film won an Oscar for best actor. I still feel that this film is not a five-star good film in my mind under the horizontal comparison of such films. First of all, for a music movie with a personal line as the main line, the director's handling of several scenes with a strong personal style was not satisfactory. 1. The split between the band and the manager in the office over the release of the title track from the album Bohemian Rhapsody. Flat and lacking tension. 2. The quarrel between Freddy and the band when they broke up felt like reciting lines. I really didn't have in, and the hasty breakup was not even the reality of the daily quarrel between husband and wife. After all, it is the feeling of creating brilliant comrades-in-arms and brothers together. As members of the band, artists should have a more delicate emotional expression than ordinary people. Perhaps the director was extremely unconfident in his ability to control the atmosphere and chose to take it lightly, or maybe the director wanted to express too much and tried too hard, and instead presented a mediocre breakup. The same feeling reappears in the next paragraph. 3. The part where Freddy broke up with his former same-sex close friend, the casual and awkward performance of "you out", maybe the director also felt that he didn't get the emotional point, and then decided to use the scene to make up, the director designed a rainy night , Freddie said this line in the rain, separated from this same-sex close friend, who was a close friend of the same sex for many years, and did not even have physical contact when they broke up. There is only the repeated phrase "you out!" Here I have to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Quentin Tarantino, the master director of dealing with scenes in the secret room, let's recall a few scenes, "Inglourious Basterds" In, 1. The colonel came to the farmer's house. The colonel was drinking milk. The gentle and elegant threat was as easy as delivering a courier, but it made people hold their breath and sweat their palms. 2. The Allied squad and the actress join the scene in the German bar, and the Gestapo hears the wrong accent in the corner and shows up a few minutes before the shootout starts. Full of tension, real without lack of drama. The actors performed well and it was exciting. I could even feel the wicked smile of the talented director behind the camera.
Back to the topic, these scenes, which were crucial in shaping the character of Freddie, ended in a hurry, forcing me to focus on the music of the musical. This film invited a professional actor, not a singer, to perform. The musical lethality of the whole film, two stars. Let me down again. Please allow me to take out the old film "Legend of the Blues" 11 years ago, Adrien Brody (Oscar winner), Beyoncé (needless to say, popular science) god-level cast lineup. The performances, storytelling, and songs (mainly jazz, blues, and soul) in the film are classics. In the last scene, the hero decided to disband the record company, and the heroine sang the song "I d rather go blind" for him in the recording studio. The emotional catharsis was like a tide, penetrating the screen and hitting the soul directly. Simple scenes, no exaggerated performances, and the most sincere emotions are often expressed in the simplest language. However, the final climax of "Bohemian Rhapsody", the classic concert scene, is bigger than the copy-paste feeling of the soul. Let me out again. The whole film is laid out and pushed like an eight-legged text. Like a pair of little lovers who don't love each other, but want to learn to love. Disappointment is inevitable. But still pay tribute to the actor. The director still needs to cheer! As my title, embarrassing yet solemn award-winning work. Identification is completed.
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