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Bo­hemi­an Rhap­sody (2018) might not be a great film. Per the peo­ple that de­cide those things any­way I guess.

Parts of it are a bit on the Rock Mu­sic Movie nose and it could have per­haps done a harsh­er and more sober dive into it all ala Todd Haynes (and i would love to see that film some day) BUT I went in with tem­pered ex­pec­ta­tions and came out full and hap­py and lift­ed and moved.

It’s more per­for­mance than it is study and I think per­haps that’s more ap­pro­pri­ate for the sub­ject. Pomp and ar­ti­fice over dis­sec­tion seem more fit­ting to the band, singer, and lega­cy and I think Fred­die would prob­a­bly agree were he still around.

Rami ful­ly and com­plete­ly em­bod­ies the part as per­fect­ly as Gary, Jamie, and Joaquin did theirs to the point that each ones por­tray­als even­tu­al­ly will blend with the real things in pop­u­lar mem­o­ry.

All in all, Bo­hemi­an Rhap­sody is a hell of a great time. Tri­umphant and trag­ic in feel­ing and scope.

See it in a the­ater. Loud.

Lest this sound like faint praise I as­sure you I had a blast. As did every­one else in the the­ater. I can’t wait to see it again, which is more than I can say for oth­er more pres­ti­gious mu­sic biopics.
 
 

—ja­son malm­berg

Flom­mist Ja­son Malm­berg is a sim­ple man who be­lieves in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art some­times. Copy­right © 2018 Ja­son Malm­berg.

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