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Post by Timeblue on Nov 4, 2018 11:51:12 GMT
Me and Mrs T went to see this film last night,all I can say is WOW! Great film about a great band who had the best front man of a band ever. 2 hours of history starting and ending with Live Aid and ultimately a sad end with his early death. The four guys were superb and so like the band (the guy who played John Deacon could have been the same guy!)
The film wasn't perfect and some facts were overlooked and liberties were taken with stories that happened, but all in all an enjoyable night out.
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Post by orioles70 on Nov 4, 2018 13:36:47 GMT
the reviews have been lukewarm, praising the star but criticizing the way they bent some facts to make everything fit a storyline so checked out the Rotten Tomatoes website critics a meh, 59% rating audience gave a wow, 94% rating pretty good match for the Timeblue take on the film. |
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Post by eloneen on Nov 4, 2018 13:41:06 GMT
Thanks for the review, Timeblue. I've been wanting to see it, but couldn't work it in this weekend. Planning on seeing it next weekend.  |
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 4, 2018 15:41:45 GMT
Some really basic facts were rewritten to accommodate the story such as John Deacon in the band smile,playing in Rio in 1977 when it was really 1981 I think, certain songs in the wrong timeframe etc. but on the whole,it was really good.
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Post by unomusette on Nov 4, 2018 18:13:10 GMT
Hasn't there been a similar situation with The Greatest Showman film, the critics mauled it but the public love it? Maybe the "experts" are forgetting that the main aim of a film is entertainment, not being a deeply meaningful work of art.
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 4, 2018 18:27:53 GMT
The thing with a 'critic' is,is that it's just his/her opinion. He or she doesn't speak for me or you or anyone, so why a critics view should be taken as gospel really infuriates me.
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 4, 2018 21:41:45 GMT
The climax of the movie is the Live Aid concert at Wembley (where I would see ELO a year later!) the film depicts almost the full set what Queen played and they captured it brilliantly, I've just watched the original and it really is spot on with the detail. That part alone is enough reason to go and see the film.
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Post by vlogdance on Nov 10, 2018 11:17:24 GMT
Saw the film last night, really enjoyed it. Not surprised it's been a success. Sure it'll be a hit again when they re-release it in 16 years' time.   |
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Post by vlogdance on Nov 10, 2018 14:35:18 GMT
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 10, 2018 14:56:18 GMT
A quote from Ray Foster in the film...
"We need a song teenagers can bang their heads to in a car. Bohemian Rhapsody is not that song."
I wonder if this was wrote with this in mind....? |
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Post by vlogdance on Nov 10, 2018 16:05:09 GMT
A quote from Ray Foster in the film...
"We need a song teenagers can bang their heads to in a car. Bohemian Rhapsody is not that song."
I wonder if this was wrote with this in mind....? Yes, I'm certain that it was - since Mike Myers, who played Wayne, also played Ray Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody! |
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 10, 2018 16:26:26 GMT
That's what I mean!
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Post by orioles70 on Nov 10, 2018 16:41:46 GMT
ah, those were the days, old enough to drive, biding our time before college
just enough money for gas, cheap beer and cassette tapes
buddy of mine had a Chevy Pinto, which is a close rival with the AMC Pacer for worst car of the time
cranking up Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Thin Lizzy and sometimes I could sneak in some ELO as we cluelessly cruised the local scene
like to think we weren't quite as ridiculous as the Wayne's World crew, but we probably came close
looking forward to seeing Bohemian Rhapsody soon
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Post by elophile on Nov 10, 2018 17:00:11 GMT
orioles70 For me and my best girlfriend it was an old, yellow Dodge Dart, wine coolers and the top 40 station. I wouldn't discover ELO for another 20 years.
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Post by eloneen on Nov 10, 2018 20:07:01 GMT
For me it was riding the city bus, spending afternoons wandering with friends around downtown N.O. (window shopping, people watching, hanging out), after school for a couple of hours, going to malls on the weekends; stopping to get coffee and beignets at Café du Monde, or junk food at McDonald's; listening to music on LPs at each other's homes, and on our cassette Walkmans; singing loudly and trying to harmonize like the Bee Gees on the school bus sometimes. No alcohol or cars in my case. I only lived part of the stereotypical American adolescent experience, I guess.  |
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, but we're OK. 
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?