| scollins 10.09.2017 12:09 |
link |
| Costa86 10.09.2017 14:21 |
Hmm. Hopefully by the time the final product is ready, it will look much better. It's hard to judge a movie just through seeing an amateur video of the actors acting. So much more goes into a movie. |
| Shvili 10.09.2017 15:43 |
Honestly, In this video Rami looks silly to me....not convincing at all. On the other hand, guy playing John is spot on, same as guys playing Brian and Roger. As a professional actor, how do you not get Freddie's mannerisms is beyond me. They are so distinct . |
| Lplix 10.09.2017 15:54 |
...who plays Roger is more like Rick Parfitt... |
| noorie 10.09.2017 16:10 |
Rami Malek looks simply too weird as Freddie! The perfect comment made by somebody under the Sun article: looks more like the late Bugs Bunny |
| Thistle 10.09.2017 16:28 |
"The late Bugs Bunny" lol. The guy looks hopeless. |
| k-m 10.09.2017 16:58 |
Brian and John - spot on, but Freddie and Roger - not so... It looks like the biopic is really going to tank now, which will be such an anticlimax. After all these years and A-list scriptwriters and directors getting rejected, because Brian didn't approve... Brian will realize what a mistake he made when the film goes quickly to DVD distribution and Poundland eventually. Next to an obscure Adam Sandler comedy and "Saw, part 9". |
| cmsdrums 10.09.2017 20:55 |
"It looks like the biopic is really going to tank now".... This statement based on 30 secs of unedited raw footage, from a single phone camera filmed across a field. I despair. |
| stevelondon20 10.09.2017 21:00 |
Disappointing that John Blunt isn't playing Freddie. |
| Russian Headlong 10.09.2017 23:11 |
johnny depp would have made a better fred, he can play guitar too |
| Russian Headlong 10.09.2017 23:13 |
john blunt was very good in that channel 5 docu drama he would have been great too, that rami guy looks odd |
| Queenman!! 10.09.2017 23:19 |
Thistleboy1980 wrote: "The late Bugs Bunny" lol. The guy looks hopeless.======= Looney tunes ?? Agreed .. Brian spot on... though his lenght compared to Freddie is pretty much the same .Maybe a pair of clogs wil help. John spot on... Roger looks more like Rick Parfitt or Phil Collen from the '80 to me. and Freddie... Won't go there... |
| felix ibex 11.09.2017 03:12 |
Russian Headlong wrote: johnny depp would have made a better fred, he can play guitar tooThey wanted someone younger than John Blunt also that wig on Roger has to go... its awful |
| Pingfah 11.09.2017 11:02 |
Young Brian looks really really good. |
| Invisible Woman 11.09.2017 11:30 |
I also think that John Blunt is better for playing Freddie. |
| Togg 11.09.2017 12:16 |
I'm amazed how many world renound film directors there are on this site.... who'd of thought it? well of course there are so many million selling recording artists too so i guess I shouldn't have been so surprised... I bit early to say it;s going to tank folks......... |
| Shvili 11.09.2017 12:49 |
What about Ross McCall as Freddie? That's the kid who played Freddie in Miracle video and did a great job. He is an actor; those of you who don't know. |
| Biggus Dickus 11.09.2017 14:06 |
Shvili wrote: What about Ross McCall as Freddie? That's the kid who played Freddie in Miracle video and did a great job. He is an actor; those of you who don't know.Nope. He doesn't look anything like Freddie. |
| Wiley 11.09.2017 15:10 |
I really don't get all the John Blunt hype. I'm sure he's a great, committed artist and loves Queen, etc. but he is not an actor. He's a Freddie Mercury impersonator that has learnt his mannerisms and style. Granted, the guy has been doing it for way longer Rami Malek has. But he's not an actor. I think it was surprising enough he was hired for dramatizations/re-enactments for a third tier docudrama but there was ZERO chance he would get the lead in a Hollywood production just because he did that. Obviously, acting is more than looking the part but I don't think he really looks the part anymore than any man with a mustache ever did: link And that's him during the docudrama filming. Also, there's no way he would be credible as a 25-year old Freddie in the early years segment of the movie. To me it is not a totally fair comparison to consider, on one side, John Blunt's Freddie look in a FINISHED PRODUCT (the Channel 5 thing) where he did many takes in a STUDIO, which were then edited together seamlessly; each of these takes photographed from angles picked by the film's director and/or a director of photography, where image filters and audio was added/edited in post-production, vs. an odd, awkward photo of Rami Malek taken from across a field during a rehearsal on day one. The term "Movie Magic" exists for a reason :). It's almost like when some people thought somebody like Gary Mullen should tour with Brian and Roger just because he put on a yellow jacket during a dress-up contest. |
| Invisible Woman 11.09.2017 16:28 |
Of course,we are not all directors, but that doesn't mean that we can't say what we think. I would really like Sacha Baron Cohen to play in that movie but he is not their choice. Yes, John Blunt is not an actor but it doesn't have to mean anything.There are so many actors and "actors". This film is only in the beginning, let's wait to find more out but we can share our first impressions, why not. |
| smilesmile 11.09.2017 18:14 |
They should have hired Angelo Palmacci really.... He sounds like Freddie, looks like him (check Angelo's FB page : link, though he's not an actor... and he is a really gifted musician ! link |
| Nitroboy 11.09.2017 18:52 |
smilesmile wrote: They should have hired Angelo Palmacci really.... He sounds like Freddie, looks like him (check Angelo's FB page : link, though he's not an actor... and he is a really gifted musician ! linkHahhaa, you're still droning on about looking like Freddie, and sounding like him? Keep dreaming. Nutter. |
| Shvili 11.09.2017 20:13 |
Biggus Dickus wrote:I think with right makeup artist, he can absolutely pull it off.Shvili wrote: What about Ross McCall as Freddie? That's the kid who played Freddie in Miracle video and did a great job. He is an actor; those of you who don't know.Nope. He doesn't look anything like Freddie. If you think about it, how does Rami look like Freddie? i don't see it. Same goes for Sasha B Cohen; only because he had a mustache as Borat? All the names that have been mentioned during all these years to play Freddie, no one really looks like him:Johnny Depp, John Whishaw...on and on.. not lookalikes. |
| cmsdrums 11.09.2017 21:12 |
smilesmile wrote: though he's not an actor...there you go - answered your own question as to why he wasn't picked.... |
| Wijnand 12.09.2017 07:08 |
k-m wrote: Brian and John - spot on, but Freddie and Roger - not so... It looks like the biopic is really going to tank now, which will be such an anticlimax. After all these years and A-list scriptwriters and directors getting rejected, because Brian didn't approve... Brian will realize what a mistake he made when the film goes quickly to DVD distribution and Poundland eventually. Next to an obscure Adam Sandler comedy and "Saw, part 9".Is Saw, part 9 out already?! :-) |
| felix ibex 12.09.2017 07:46 |
Wijnand wrote:Some people really are so Negative and Nasty I dont know why you are Queen Fans? ..what was above was a dress rehearsalk-m wrote: Brian and John - spot on, but Freddie and Roger - not so... It looks like the biopic is really going to tank now, which will be such an anticlimax. After all these years and A-list scriptwriters and directors getting rejected, because Brian didn't approve... Brian will realize what a mistake he made when the film goes quickly to DVD distribution and Poundland eventually. Next to an obscure Adam Sandler comedy and "Saw, part 9".Is Saw, part 9 out already?! :-) |
| john bodega 12.09.2017 08:29 |
I can't really give myself the necessary distance from Queen to ever give this movie a chance, honestly. I find with things like Apollo 13 or Rush (the F1 movie by Ron Howard), I know way too much about the subject for my own good, and the acting - no matter how well intentioned or talented the players are - comes over as one big expensive cartoon. It is a bit amusing to see John Blunt floated as a 'why didn't they pick him?' option. His characterisation of Freddie for that UK TV thing wasn't far off, to his credit - but it's difficult to fairly evaluate a guy's acting when every second line is "I have AIDS, darling - it's the AIDS! I've got AIDS!". (Not his fault, I understand - it's down to the scriptwriters). If you're gonna play Freddie though, you also need to be at least a little credible when you're kissing other men - which John Blunt couldn't have possibly made more awkward unless he'd looked directly at the camera and rolled his eyes. Not hating, I'm just saying that to do Freddie in a major motion picture would've required a way different approach than the one they took for that production. His moustache looked all of $5, and the entire thing was just maudlin. I'm kind of sick of Freddie Mercury getting sold short in the public eye; he was a fantastic musician and an interesting personality, but all anyone wants to talk about is 'did he catch HIV from that Russian sailor?'. Anyway, I'm hopeful that Brian and Roger are able to steer this thing away from that direction. I honestly don't mind if it's two hours of Brian subtly saying "hey, we were a part of the band too", because I don't need to see any more cheap re-enactments of Freddie Mercury pissing himself to death. Guy was my hero, show some respect. |
| flash00. 13.09.2017 03:22 |
It must be terrible for them having Brian breathing down there neck all the time. As far as Malek in total honesty he looked like a dodgy parody of Freddie, he looked a cross between Norman Wisdom and Gollum. Johnny Depp would of been a better choice he could of been made to younger etc but I'm thinking his fee may be to high not like the half a no bodies fee's. , I still think they should of used real footage of Queen performing at Live Aid instead of a parody. Who knows they might pull it off I hope so it's just his look that takes the eye of the actual movie. |
| RafaelS 13.09.2017 22:57 |
The links doesn't work. |
| dysan 14.09.2017 06:56 |
Very tempted to dig out the old threads by that person who poster endlessly about the person who should play Freddie a couple of years ago just for lolz. Actually, there was a great one even longer ago. A brazilian guy I think who looked EXACTLY like Freddie in a couple of pictures. I have a picture saved somewhere. |
| Togg 14.09.2017 07:56 |
The footage so far has been pre-filming tests, so folk best wait until they see the finished flim before deciding if it was done well.... |
| LOTV 14.09.2017 10:32 |
I don't have concerns over the acting or the direction. I have severe reservations over the Brand Queen approved script and content. |
| Vocal harmony 14.09.2017 12:40 |
john bodega wrote: I can't really give myself the necessary distance from Queen to ever give this movie a chance, honestly. I find with things like Apollo 13 or Rush (the F1 movie by Ron Howard), I know way too much about the subject for my own good, and the acting - no matter how well intentioned or talented the players are - comes over as one big expensive cartoon. It is a bit amusing to see John Blunt floated as a 'why didn't they pick him?' option. His characterisation of Freddie for that UK TV thing wasn't far off, to his credit - but it's difficult to fairly evaluate a guy's acting when every second line is "I have AIDS, darling - it's the AIDS! I've got AIDS!". (Not his fault, I understand - it's down to the scriptwriters). If you're gonna play Freddie though, you also need to be at least a little credible when you're kissing other men - which John Blunt couldn't have possibly made more awkward unless he'd looked directly at the camera and rolled his eyes. Not hating, I'm just saying that to do Freddie in a major motion picture would've required a way different approach than the one they took for that production. His moustache looked all of $5, and the entire thing was just maudlin. I'm kind of sick of Freddie Mercury getting sold short in the public eye; he was a fantastic musician and an interesting personality, but all anyone wants to talk about is 'did he catch HIV from that Russian sailor?'. Anyway, I'm hopeful that Brian and Roger are able to steer this thing away from that direction. I honestly don't mind if it's two hours of Brian subtly saying "hey, we were a part of the band too", because I don't need to see any more cheap re-enactments of Freddie Mercury pissing himself to death. Guy was my hero, show some respect.So another review of acting ability, story path and the film it's self before any real footage is in the can, never mind edited. And all this from someone who's opening line is he knows too much about the subject to distance themselves from the subject to give it a chance. This is a film, based on fact. It's not a factual documentary. The first is entertainment, the second is educational. As with any film you have to suspend a reality for the story to unwind and tell its self. As much as you know, or think you know you weren't there, same goes for Apollo 13 and Rush, both excellent films. Yes we know the main facts of the Queen story, as much as we know the facts as reported on Apollo13 or the F1 feud between Lauda and Hunt. The rest is put together/written to inform the viewer and entertain. If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point |
| Shvili 14.09.2017 14:00 |
Here's the video of live Aid scene shooting with comical Malek. link |
| Chopin1995 14.09.2017 14:46 |
Vocal harmony wrote: If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real pointWhat a great quote that is! BTW I'm huge fan of F1 and have been watching every race since 2006! And I like Rush movie :) |
| The Real Wizard 14.09.2017 15:51 |
Shvili wrote: Here's the video of live Aid scene shooting with comical Malek. linkWow - this looks fantastic. Everyone sure has done their homework. And if that's not Marc Martel singing on the track, then my name is Donald Duck. Holy shit, is he ever a dead ringer for Mercury. |
| Barry Durex 14.09.2017 17:13 |
I haven't laughed so much since I last saw that flying pig. |
| john bodega 15.09.2017 07:13 |
"As much as you know, or think you know you weren't there, same goes for Apollo 13 and Rush, both excellent films" Oh I liked 'em both! (moreso Apollo 13). But they're both very well documented events/periods in history. I didn't need to have 'been there' to know which scenes are hokey or overacted. "If you spend your life looking for perfection you risk missing the real point" This doesn't really mean anything, sorry. No one's asking for perfection! I get that movies are movies, and documentaries are documentaries. I was only pointing out that which bothers me conceptually about this Freddie movie. I'm sure it'll still be entertaining, which is the point of the thing. |
