For sure. The shit that we ended getting was so phony.

I think so too. One of the biggest criticism I had with the movie was basically that the movie was far too safe from Freddie's dark life, way too safe. And it took me out of the experience that they had to toned down something to make it PG13. Which is also the main reason I think Rocketman, an Elton John biopic is superior than BoRhap, it's brutally honest and it managed to take risk in what Elton was in his early career. Rocketman was basically what Sacha's plan for BoRhap. Eventhough I enjoyed BoRhap, I wish they took more risk with it

Dear sweet Jesus, I love to fart

Saem

He’s 6’3 , it wouldn’t work out

Just watch borat or bruno, it's all he's good at really.

pizza until dawn 2 is gonna suck

Sacha out; I was out. His take trumps the band's bland tidy version.Ya know, reality

True about everything apart from the height. Sacha is a lot taller than Freddie.

Height?! lmao have you ever seen a picture of Freddie Mercury?! He was 5'9 and Sacha is 6'3.

​@@harold3165 no

True but both rami and Sacha are nowhere near as hot as Freddie was.

Rami doesn't even look like Freddie, even with the makeup and prosthetics he barely resembles him. To be honest, he looks most like Freddie when he has the 70s Freddie look. Once he gets the mustache and short hair... meh. He doesn't even resemble him. Also, little complaint for the hair and makeup department, they got the hair wrong for late 70s Freddie, and definitely got the hair wrong for Freddie in the 80s. His hair wasn't that thick, and it wasn't just brushed back at all times.

Way more

Peace Sacha is much better looking

Yee but that dude is a giant... he would ve been even taller than brian... rami has the same height as Freddie had

Well they Said he wasent serius enough

Brian May is pretty outspoken about how much he disliked Sasha's ideas for the movie. Lol

quack man yeah, Brian May's always been a bit of a prick. Milking the band for all it's worth whilst denying what made it great to begin with. If it really did carry on 'from strength to strength' then why has there never been any new material? Because they can't do it without Freddie, that's why.

quack man probably not a guess

Well its a 50/50

is Brian May an ass

the raiting comes second to the quality

Curious Otter No, It would have been good

As it should have been

@Curious Otter - And a thousand times better.

Curious Otter 🙈

Holy shit yes 😂

I Laughed Out Loud At This Comment That Hair Lmbo! Great Comment 😁

Lmao! And that's the tea 🍵

lol i was thinking the same

They should’ve just shot it themselves.

WHOA. didn't see it that way, but it makes so much sense!

Nah, they became their own thing with Paul Rogers. They became a tribute band when Adam Lambert joined.

yes it is still Queen, just not the same. Stop being so childish about it

Adam is almost as amazing. However, so true, there'll never be another Freddie

John Rodgers. indeed. im not happy fan.why dont they re name the new band. Its not queen.

true, but the same could be said about the rest of them

And queen would not be Queen without Brian. Actually listen to the music. It almost always sounds like they have 2 guitarists. They do not....

Dylan Byrne no his face is taller and slimmer than freddie

Dylan Byrne true

You need glasses.

Accent isn't a big deal but the look is..

It would have been an academy award winning performance!

I wasn't bored tho watching it. It left me wanting more, whatever that means

@HappyRoach1 I couldn't agree more. I'm going to watch this doc right now btw 'cause I need to desanitize myself from all that moralism.

Whats the name of the doc, mate?

HappyRoach1 I would have loved watching a queen movie with live footage with Freddie with interviews and concerts and back stage-clowning around

What is the title of that documentary ?

+chris812125 No.

chris812125 can you imagine it... sounds horrific, like freddy dies but somehow they become great again and ben elton makes queen the musical

Yeah, Brian is only a PHD now who consults with NASA and helped develop the probe that recently passed Pluto. Guy is obviously a loser....

chris812125 It turned out to be a Vh1 tv movie in my opinion except I do think Rami Malek’s performance was pretty decent.

Starring members of Facts of Life

True, and there where lots of good things about the movie - however the most talked about scene, the live aid reconstruction, felt cheesy and rushed and it just does not come off.

yeah i dont know why people always want to see his personal life and private life. they even forget the remaining family of freddie who still alive.

@@rovie1400 absolutely true!

There is a red carpet interview of Roger Taylor for the premiere of the movie. He said that Sasha didn't take Freddie and the role seriously enough. It was a quick comment and easy to miss, but Roger's tone suggested that he felt a bit disrespected.

But at the same time they didn't respect freddies request "never Be Boring.".

I thought the same thing....especially at the beginning of the movie.

Mr. E I swear

I think poor Rami was heavily coached by someone with a real agenda to completely reduce Freddie and make him look small, slow and selfish. Not even Rami is as tiny as the camera angles made him look. It was so insulting and utterly unjustifiable. There were so many distortions and lies in the film - Freddie deserved a movie that at least attempted to portray his quick wit, warmth, kindness, strength and legendary stature. He had the most natural, effortless charisma, and remains the most powerfully commanding presence onstage the rock world has ever seen.

To be fair, it wasn't Rami's fault. It was the directors fault. Rami did a great job in my opinion but I still don't like the movie.

I just don’t think they will, and tbh if Sacha isn’t involved that’s a huge L considering he wanted to accurately portray Freddie Mercury and his life, plus he kinda resembles him a bit

No one can own the rights to a Freddie biopic. However, they would need the rights to the music. Owners of Queen music rights would need to consent for a Freddie biopic to have their music in the movie. A Freddie biopic without the music would just not be as good.

The problem is Brian and Roger own the rights to their own likenesses, and using them in the movie would be legal suicide

Only Freddie's sister is alive, his mother just died a couple days ago....:(

Start a petition!

Queens story is good, but after Freddie died it was over.

totally agree. SBC is about himself, he will do a total mimic of Freddie brilliantly but more like a joke...

@Monn Aguilar: Huh? The movie absolutely makes Freddie look mean. There are scenes in the movie where he is shown being extremely cruel towards the rest of the band.

who are you to say how he would interpret the character. and you're kinda deluded if you think freddy was some kind of angel, they made it clear in the current movie that he could be a huge drunken asshole. SBC is also an asshole, and he's also a good person, and he's also highly animated and artistically on the edge. and he's british. and he looks even more like freddy than the guy they chose, and his ethnicity looks more similar. seems like they missed a great chance. i agree though that making it a biopic would be a bad idea, i think ending it on LIVE AID was perfect - but i think it may have been even better with SBC

@@Swoost i agree with you so much. I think he could've been an amazing Freddie. People only see Borat or Bruno and forget that SBC is an actor with also serious roles and a good singer. Who cares if SBC is mean or kind in his real life? He's an actor he wasn't playing himself... I understand why they chose the Live Aid but i don't agree... They had 2 very important concerts to choose from: live Aid (considered the best by many, got Queen back on the map to the USA, made Queen known to a larger portion of people) and Wembley 86 (last live performance of Queen, sold out, made the whole band proud). If they wanted to make the ending with a concert i understand Live Aid but at least be honest and don't make it look like a reunion when they were on tour and had performed together 3 nights before, don't make Freddie tell the band he had aids in 1985 when he didn't even know until 1987.

Monn Aguilar the movie also Glossed over a lot of things, Freddie didn’t leave them to do solo work, they all had side projects but portrayed to look like he abandoned them. There are a lot of things in the movie that happened out of sync, this movie is not a biopic, and the stnical side of me thinks they wanted the movie made so they could continue to make money off Freddie. In the Uk his work has been sold as fuk in jingles to sell toilet cleaner and vacuums!! They were nothing without him and are nothing without him.

Probably all the sold out shows with guest singers that you and some fans love so much. Why would he think otherwise?

+Michel van der Molen Queen fans are fans of the band too, not just Freddie... I'm a huge fan of all of them, but would much rather see Sascha's version of the movie.

+Michel van der Molen Write he's name right, fucking troll!

+TheSoundEngineAF - Yes, but let's be real... Queen has been able to enjoy the post-Mercury success because of how monumentally influential Freddy was. Brian May will have his place among the greatest of all time, but it will not be in the same league as Mercury.

***** - Exactly... it's like Journey and Steve Perry... Journey is enjoying a lot of success, but they understand and publicly acknowledge that Journey wouldn't be what it is, today, without Steve Perry.

They play the interviews on Sirius so late, I don't have a chance to listen. I still haven't heard this interview.

Yep.

is it? says who?

malignor actually it's about Queen but more specifically Freddie

Even if it is about the band, the movie should really end after Freddie's death. Or, maybe include the tribute concert then have a little blurb at the end on how they have carried on the legacy by doing this and that,etc. If he dies half way through, how are they going to fit 20 years of the band in an hour?? I really hope the movie doesn't get made the way i'm hearing- *cringe*

Mel Z who said that's what the film will be like? Not Brian or Roger, only the bitter comedian that got ditched from the project

Benjamin - I think you're right. Freddie would love Sacha kicking the piss out of him. He always said he never wanted to be boring.

you mean *Freddie

If they want to make a movie about Queen after Freddie, there should be 5 prequels about Freddie alone. I would watch Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury anytime. I'm not interested in watching Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury at all.

Everyone on earth feels like you do. These bands just never know when to let it go. Did you know the Doors made like two or three albums after Morrison died? Like anyone gave a shit. May is a great guitarist, but it's not Queen without Mercury. Start something new, like New Order did, but to continue pretending to be Queen, without probably one of the top two or three most recognizable, original frontmen ever, it's just silly.

Agree

Nope, not rude at all. Just like LZ with Bonham, theres no Queen without Freddie.

Tom it wasn’t just tame, it was plain disrespectful as well. To take Freddie, a calm, quiet and kindhearted man, and make him an egomaniac who breaks up the band with a solo album (when he wasn’t the first to go solo), only to have him crawling back to the apparently perfect Brian May and Roger Taylor is nothing short of disgraceful to such a legendary man

VarietyMusicLover Luis Suarez looks more like Freddie

I think THAT, and the fact that Sacha will do just about anything over the top, makes me the most upset that this never happened. It could have been incredible. I think about this way too often.

Not only does he look like him he's a compelling actor. Sacha's characters are warped and brilliant. Freddie Mercury was both warped and brilliant. I understand the band's decision; they do own rights of the band. Rami Malek is a great actor too - we'll see.

VarietyMusicLover Rami Malek with the mustache they put him in..... spitting image.

You need glasses.

Agree, but not have him die in the middle and than just watch the rest of the film with just the band moving on, Sascha was right!

Max Marriott Then they make a sequel where Adam Lambert and the rest of Queen fight Thanos.

Fuck Adam Lambert

Yeah there's Adam Lambert alright

Exactly, Ethan. Totally agree. It should have been Sasha. And it should have been about Freddie - not a story about Brian and Roger, sometimes twisting the facts in their favour. Very disappointed - as lots of Freddie's true fans must be

Oh yes!

Same thing I thought

How does the location of his remains, matter in any way? The band members wanted to shelter his image, meaning they didn't respect Freddie's tastes and his likes. So they weren't true friends. If they were they should've stood by him like the family of Andrew Beckett.

Also really loved his two cats.

McCartney, Lennon, Elvis and Morrison > Freddie

true

He isnt even close to Freddie so shut up you cant even spell his name!!

ikr

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Rami did an outstanding job.....my only criticism is more of a costume issue. The dental prosthetic was way too big....it was distracting.

I completely agree. Cohen would've been perfect for the role and a real crowd puller. The film subsequently sounds dull as dishwater and will almost certainly bomb.

shows you what tosser cohen knows the film is about , its starts at the formation of the band and ends with the concert at Wembley for live aid, and I believe Freddie was alive and well and knocking it out of the park, so cohen just wanted to make a film of the gruesome side as hes talentless plank,,bet hes so jealous now...

And without Brian May there was no Queen. Do people like you even listen to music?

I agree....although a film about what happened to the band after his passing might also be very interesting....just make the "Queen" film after the "Freddie Mercury" biopic. I saw Bohemian Rhapsody and it was boring tbh. All of the actors were great, but it did feel like they were protecting something that didn't need protecting. Just show everything....the good, the bad, and the absolutely horrific. Freddie Mercury is synonymous with sex, drugs and rock and roll but this latest film was the disney version of "sex, drugs and rock n roll".

and thats the lie he invented to get people to think like you were thinking in your comment. Now that the movie is out, we can see how much of a jerk Sasha was.

"from oprah to rock", lmfao

the only one who compares is rob halford from judas priest, he is far more into hard rock/metal but has the same vocal demeanor as freddy mercury.they are/were both gay as well

He is good but can’t sing low like bono

Ok.

bruce wayne Oprah

Agreed

Search youtube video called "Brian May: 'Thank God' Rami Malek played Freddie Mercury." Roger Taylor basically says that the project with Sasha Cohen was never really "on." And that Sasha "never took Freddie Mercury seriously enough."

@@ej8867 i saw that video. I also know those two and know that Brian hides is emotions really well and Roger is more transparant. So you get a polite answer from Brian (that tells you nothing at all about SBC) and you get a more raw response from Roger saying SBC was never really on after they discussed scripts and storylines for 6 years... I'm a Queen fan but i'm not blind. I'm not a SBC fan but i can't believe Roger for a minute with the "he was never really on" thing.

Poder do Cosmos I actually know Roger. Yeah, he was lying.

@@PoderdoCosmos Agreed. I used to work for a publicist and all celebrities are armed with a narrative when they do interviews. I promise you that we will never know the actual truth - only the narrative that their agents/publicists approve for them. It's a good rule to filter everything that a celebrity says with a good dose of skepticism.

Akva X Yeah, heir side is that they like money

It also isn't a Queen movie, it's a FREDDIE MERCURY BIOPIC.

That selfish prick

Did you see the movie?

Ian Cohan "Queen: The Brian May Story."😄

It seems to me it's all about lead singers and fuck the rest of the band.

yeah and IMHO Queen biopic shouldn't be family friendly ;)

Freddie wasn't family friendly. If they want to do a family friendly film they should have chosen a different musician like Cliff Richard.

There is nothing 'family friendly' about a film which portrays Freddie as small, slow, selfish. There were so many distortions and lies in the film but making Freddie 'small' was the most insulting lie of all.

They haven't said anything though :(

Yup. although could be said for just about anything.. people jumping to conclusions like they don't know it's bad to jump to conclusions.

because people are morons thats why they jump to conclusion

Not going to lie bub but very few people care about them

Fuck Brian

A very mature perspective.

eyeCU13 I can see your point here, and I agree. Yeah Freddie was flamboyant and did what a typical “Rock Star” did in the 70/80’s. But there was more to him than the crazy ‘tales’ and wild parties. He was a true Artists in a sense in the recording studio and songwriting process. Plus not to mention, according to those who knew him and in his close circle, he wasn’t really what we saw on stage and in tabloids articles. He was actually quite quiet, reserved, low key when there were no cameras around or wasn’t performing.

I fully agree! I would never want "Borat" to represent Freddie! He is loaded with bad vibes, and no genuine Queen's fan would like to see that. At least Cohen comes clean right from the start: he wanted a movie about Freddie's reckless lifestyle rather than one about his greatness as a musician and singer. Clearly for the sake of scandal, money and who knows what else. Rami Malek is the best choice for the role. He's likable, a great actor, and the trailers already show he is tremendous in Freddie's skin.

A film about Queen lead by the wildest on screen clown sasha would have smashed the box office!

eyeCU13 I get what you're saying, but if Sacha is being straight here then it doesn't necessarily seem like it'd be going overboard with the sensational aspect. At the time it seemed like the band wanted it to be half Freddie's life and half Queen. That'd suggest they wanted very tight control over what was going to be shown if they already had the story beats planned out. But in his description it just sounds like he didn't plan to sugarcoat or sterilize Freddie's life. He was going to explore his sexuality as well as the darker sides of him as a person. And according to reviews the film does very little of either. The age rating prevents it from really delving into the darker aspects and they apparently do very little to touch on his bisexuality. The movie could've still shown Freddie as a positive character without glossing over key parts of his life. And touching on his sexuality more could've been even more inspiring to people because at the time he really couldn't talk about it as being gay or bisexual was so heavily demonized around the world.

Did you see the movie?

Its a thoroughly mediocre film.

The name of the band is sexual, quit kidding yourself

But it's clearly a lie, showing only the details they want you to see to save their own ass. It's not accurate or real or gritty which isn't like a good thing

Why would Freddie Mercury's friends help produce a movie that would compromise and embarrass their friend? The movie also had Freddie's long term personal assistant Peter Freestone as advisor to make sure Rami captured Freddie as close as possible. That's good enough for me. I'm glad they focused on their music. Queen and Freddie became famous for their music first and foremost and not some parties and AIDS. duh.

RyanInLA Why, shithead?

I totally agree with you

Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie not a documentary. There's a difference between celebrating someone greatness and showcasing real time events.

The movie certainly did brought them to a new audience.

No.

This is the popular opinion

Visual yes... but performace... i dont know

That's why it's unpopular.

Aashish Khakha he’s not a serious actor

But then he'll have to begin from the middle. Lol

+Jurij Fedorov I would actually love to see it. It would be interesting seeing him doing normal stuff like going to grocery, pay his bills, clean his car...

do you believe what this comedian is saying? that isn't what Brian and Roger said, and anyways they were there, not the comedian

Jurij Fedorov ...making Escape to Victory!

We might see the advert for Viagra, though.

Don't forget taxes and colonoscopies.