I thoroughly enjoyed it! Elton John has incredible talent - it was good to see the collaboration between his music and Bernie Taupin's lyrics.
I also wasn't aware of his ability to play be ear so easily.
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Not unlike his quasi-biographical album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.Menolly wrote:...artistic license has been taken with the facts.
Speaking of Bohemian Rhapsody. My hold on the DVD is in at the library. I need to try and get it on Saturday to watch at some point over the weekend.StevieG wrote:Interesting that they (the critics) harped on the artistic licence of Bohemian Rhapsody and slammed it accordingly, but haven't done so for this movie, which has easily as many inconsistencies. Both these movies tell a real-life story, highlighting what happened, is what counts to me. If they rearrange for dramatic effect that's fine with me.
Actually, they blended Freddie, a Freddie sound-alike and Rami together into what it was. But yeah, probably very little Rami, and he wasn't the king of the lipsynchers, so I found it distracting. I liked that it felt like I was hearing possible alternate versions of the recordings throughout the movie.Menolly wrote:But, it was Queen's performances we heard.
I can see that affecting ones enjoyment. It's the astrophysicist May putting a human spin on the theory of time dilation. How would one feel upon returning after a 100 year mission in space, only to find due to time dilation a thousand years have passed and everyone you have known has passed on?Cagliostro wrote:Oh, and I used to adore '39 as well until I found out that it was some sci-fi space thing. For some reason that has blunted my appreciation of the song. I'm not sure why.