![]() ![]() 25 at 10:05 a.m.: Adds the film's four Oscar wins.ĭisclaimer: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products featured on this page. Even under all that hype, the film is about four outsiders who made a bunch of fantastic music.Īs Mercury says: "We're four misfits who don't belong together playing for the other misfits." His presence in the film is wonderfully cheeky especially since Wayne's World was one of the reasons Bohemian Rhapsody had a resurgence.īohemian Rhapsody, much like the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton did for NWA, will introduce Queen to a new audience while easily elevating the band's rock god status even higher. Mike Myers is nearly unrecognizable as EMI executive Ray Foster. The film's a master class in rock star costume design. ![]() I love the way he frames Malek on and off.Īs for the wardrobe, throughout the film I heard various audience members/numerous viewers say, "Oh, I want that shirt" or "I need those shoes." Malek's clothes as Mercury are necessarily, gloriously over the top. Sigel captures the band performing as authentically as he does the tiny mundane moments between shows. The film is gorgeously shot by cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, a frequent collaborator with Bryan Singer, credited as the film's director. ![]() ![]() It doesn't deserve to be overshadowed by off screen in-fighting, and director Dexter Fletcher (credited as executive producer) deserves praise for his work in the final weeks of filming. Mercury is in his full-on Castro clone look with short, slicked hair and large, bushy mustache.ĭespite languishing in development limbo for years, with various attached stars and directors (and not without controversy), the film that came out of such a messy creative process is phenomenal. But as that short silent beginning ends, " Somebody to Love" kicks in and we glimpse Mercury walking past all his cats feasting from fancy bowls to leave his mansion for that famous Live Aid concert. ![]()
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