I really liked Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody, but the movie as a whole honestly felt like a medley of Mercury + Queen, kind of glossing over the story very quickly. Not to say I didn’t enjoy it though, and I understand that Queen had a huge say in the direction of the film.
'Oppenheimer' Surpasses 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Becomes Highest-Grossing Biopic of All-Time
Submitted 1 year ago by Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to moviesandtv@lemmy.film
https://streamsgeek.com/oppenheimer-surpasses-bohemian-rhapsody-becomes-highest-grossing-biopic/
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brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
BaronVonBort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Brian May is Incredibly protective of how Mercury is portrayed, IMO much to the detriment of what the man truly represented and was. Like yes, he was a rock god but he was also a deeply troubled man who struggled with his identity and sexuality for decades much due to the work of people hiding queer icons behind rose-colored glasses as May has done.
DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not just Mercury’s story. All those times the movie had Mercury spiraling into sex and drugs and the movie versions of May and the rest of the group were cuddling with their wives and girlfriends. You know, the way they were famous for doing.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I agree with this 100%.
The scenes were great…but the editing was one of the worst I’ve seen in a long time.
MonosyllabicAmerican@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Unpopular opinion: biopics are the most boring genre of film and I’m sick of hearing about a new one every goddamn week.
holiday@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I found that even at 3 hours long Oppenheimer was one of the most gripping films I’ve ever seen with constant tension between not only the ramifications of developing a nuclear bomb, but also the intense political motives from each of the characters.
Different strokes I suppose.
Kalkaline@programming.dev 1 year ago
My stress was pretty high during it. I don’t know that I have had a movie do that to me before.
1bluepixel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
What truly annoys me about biopics is that Hollywood makes no attempt these days at these being true to the real-life characters they’re portraying. They’re 100% fiction using well-known public figures as the source of their verisimilitude. Movies like The Social Network and The Imitation Game, to name just these two, have barely any resemblance to their real-life counterparts. That’s also true of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Given that, I don’t even understand what’s the point of them.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 1 year ago
I got the feeling that Oppenheimer is quite true to the events compared to many other Hollywood biopics. I could read Wikipedia about the events after watching the movie and think “oh yeah, that happened in the movie” for many paragraphs. Some lines in the movie are even accurate word for word.
The Imitation Game is pure fiction by comparison. It’s a fascinating story to base a movie on, but they decide to throw it all out and instead replace it with something completely made up. I hate how they wasted that potential.
iegod@lemm.ee 1 year ago
The point is first and foremost to entertain.
MonosyllabicAmerican@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Bohemian Rhapsody was probably the final straw for me.
Chetzemoka@kbin.social 1 year ago
Agreed wholeheartedly. That said, Oppenheimer is officially the only biopic I've ever watched twice. Which makes it my favorite biopic, for whatever that is worth about a genre that I loathe.
MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Strong disagree. Biopics are one of my favorite genres of film (and TV). It’s interesting to reflect on how someone else experienced or interpreted events. While a biography/documentary might be more historically accurate I appreciate the more entertaining biopics as they often do a better job of conveying the emotion of their characters.
EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Went to see it last weekend, I really enjoyed it.
TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Great movie, indeed!
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but biopic does not sound like myopic.
littlewonder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Bold of you to assume I know how myopic is correctly pronounced.
zagaberoo@beehaw.org 1 year ago
I can’t help it, bio-pic just sounds dumb to me :(
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 year ago
A bi-opic would be someone who suffers from having two eyes.
HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 1 year ago
What corporate-constructed ironic double-bills do to a POS
nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Americans love nukes
somas@kbin.social 1 year ago
TIL Bohemian Rhapsody was formally the highest grossing biopic. I kind of liked the movie but I know a lot of people who obsessed over Freddie Mercury and they all swear the movie is wretched
Kalkaline@programming.dev 1 year ago
The movie isn’t terrible, but there are some super awkward scenes that apparently were only made because of how the contracts were laid out.
mysoulishome@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I found it terrible but I guess I wanted a Freddie biopic and it was a Queen biopic…I think it was way too sanitized and shallow. They recreated the looks, the clothes, the music and performances but I feel like nothing new or insightful was revealed. There was no emotional intimacy like Walk the Line or Rocketman.
lobut@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’m super upset Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t apart of it. The band came out and he said he wasn’t that type of actor that could do it or something. Sacha said it’s because they were cleaning up the bio pic too much. Can’t argue with the band on profits though.
I just thought a lot of lies were unnecessary. The director said it’s just to tighten up the film, but I think a better director could do justice to both.