Everything ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Gets Completely Wrong About Queen
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2021
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The Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody now rules the roost as the top movie in America, as every true Queen fan could have told you it would.
It is wonderful for the legendary band's legacy - proving to everyone that their music is famous all over the world - however, this also means that so many untruths are now enshrined as the biography best known to the moviegoing public. Yes, many things you saw in the movie were tweaked for the audience.
Now when you dig into Queen's actual history, the true version of their tale is, in almost every instance, far far more interesting. Freddie Mercury led band Queen, was larger than life and certainly larger than the standard-issue music biopic cliches that populate Bohemian Rhapsody.
Here, we talk about tales of music that your school classes probably never covered. In here, you will find discussions about some of the worlds greatest artists, stories about their personal life and the untold weird parts of their history!
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The worst thing is they never broke up. The works tour 2nd leg ended in may 85. Live aid was 2 months later, not 2 years. Yes, they were tired and jaded, after tour but Freddie was never out and had to ask to be let back in band. The music is what made the film. Don't know why they changed so much, when their real story is so fantastic. I was very disappointed and wondered why Brian and Roger went along with so many things being untrue. The band was the best ever songwriting, arranging , performing and very hard workers. For 10 years they produced albums and toured til they finally took a break in 83. 👑 Queen best band ever!!!
It's called artistic license and combining events for time. And no, the movie would not have been #1 in the world, $1 billion if people only enjoyed the music.
@@theaterpup3466 no one cares what it’s called. We all wanted to see the real story of queen and Freddie Mercury. I’m not saying it’s a bad movie I’m just saying that most of it was fake. It would have been better if they just did it right.
@@maddi5578 LOL Informed people care what it's called.
@@maddi5578 You also might want to read Brian's 3D book. There was genuine concern that Prenter was trying to break up the band around this time, and that Freddie had a stronger appreciation for Queen after his solo album. And they did take a break from touring for a couple of years. It's not especially incorrect. Again, it's a 2 hour movie, events have to be combined.
@@theaterpup3466 there are so many things they could have done to make it better but they didn’t. The story line was all mixed up when it didn’t have to be. Look at rocket man. They weren’t afraid to tell the truth. It showed the bad side of Elton John. Bohemian rhapsody could have done that but they didn’t.
The worst thing for me was how they showed Freddie's personality and personal life in the movie. They got so many things wrong! What's the point of making a biopic without even getting right the main character!!! I was really upset.
Did you know him?
He seemed weak and doubtful in the movie, not like who he was. Bold, tough, irrepressible, with swings between confidence and self-doubt
@@richlisola1 The point was to show behind the scenes. But I never thought he seemed weak in the movie.
He also didn't tell his band mates he was HIV positive before Live Aid, because at that time he wasn't, or didn't know.
It's called artistic license and combining events for time.
He dident tell his band mates. But he knew he was HIV + or he took the test after Live Aid, he told his band mates in -89 at Garden Lodge 😭
@@melinakristinmercury9586
there were no tests in 85 for HIV
they were able to test blood for anti bodies which they did with donated blood and disregarded any that showed up anti bodies but that couldn't be used to diagnose patients
86 new tests but were unreliable
before 85 they knew if they had aids or atleast probably
when they were very ill and had very low immune syatem
Freddie realised in 86 after the tour that something serious was wrong
he was diagnosed with AIDS and sarcoma cancer in April 87
@@bluebell3720 ok, then I have wrong information from wherever I have read, and heard on interview about it 🤷♀️
@@melinakristinmercury9586 He didn’t know he was HIV+ until 1987, he might have had some nagging suspicions, maybe. Maybe not. But he didn’t know in ‘85 and he definitely wasn’t feeling very sick
I totally agree with what you are saying. When I use the word warts, we know that Freddie used cocaine. He never used IV drugs. What I’m stating is that the movie doesn’t even come close to the history of Queen. There was never going to be a break up. Freddie even states this in live at Wembley. I just was stating that the film was more fiction than fact.
I suggest you read Brian's 3D book. There was genuine concern that Prenter was trying to break up the band. Freddie said that after a lot of the friction had ended.
Never trust a movie that says 'true story' at the start.
I am just glad that the positive outcome from that movie is the plethora of new fans who will go on to learn the facts and share the love.
Trust that biopics aren't documentaries, and they aren't supposed to be.
@@theaterpup3466They are supposed to tell the story of real things.
The movie did say at the end that some things were changed for dramatical purposes
You also missed the Hot Space TV interview where Freddie got angry - that never happened.
I was searching for that, Literally no footage, This movie is just basically all Fictional
the movie makes it look like freddie was the first to release a solo album but roger and brian already did earlier
THANK YOU! Some of the “facts” in the movie I was questioning glad u made a video about this!
It's called artistic license and combining events for time.
I realize that I still feel like they could have possibly done a trilogy instead
1st focusing on his early life and how queen got started
2nd the 80’s
3rd after the magic tour and later in his life which would definitely be the saddest out of the 3 if they went this route instead
And getting the facts more in line with what actually happened
I still would love at least the inclusion of the magic tour cause that would have been an amazing set of stuff to show in a movie
@@nicksgamesandmusicreview9629 I mean as a fan I would have adored three movies, but it might have also come across like cashing in on a real person after awhile.
@@theaterpup3466 ya that’s true they could try and make one last one cause there is still a lot of material after live aid but ya I do agree in a dream world I would love 3 movies but that definitely won’t happen sadly
@@nicksgamesandmusicreview9629 I just want a new Blu Ray with the deleted scenes. ;D
Don’t forget that they got Freddie’s eye color wrong. Close-ups of Rami as Freddie show that he has grey eyes instead of brown.
rami couldn't wear contacts made his eyes red it bothered him.soo...
they didnt do anything
rami couldnt wear brown contacts he tryed but they irritated his eyes so they had to go do it that way
here are some things that i found:
1. they didn’t sell rogers van to make an album, they were allowed to do demos in the recording studio allowing then to make their first album.
2. freddie didn’t know he had aids before the live aid concert.
3. he never told his queen mates that he had aids until days before his death.
4. he never disregarded mary.
5. roger was the first to do a solo album, they never ‘broke up’. annoying how roger and brian depicted freddie to be that bad guy.
6. freddie didn’t live in his parents house during the 1970 period. he lived in a flat with the band he was in before queen.
7. he was good friends with roger before they became a band. they owned a clothing store too.
8. mary didn’t just magically meet freddie after the smile concert. they were introduced together by brian, who had been dating her for not long.
3 The band new before that. Roger Taylor talks about lying to friends and family about Freddie having AIDS.
They were one hell of a Band, and the World lost an Incredible Voice when Mercury died. RIP Freddie
Don’t forget that the queen members made the movie and they had to change some things to actually make it a movie
Makes it even worse that they signed off on this. And they did not make the movie.
I applaud the research that has gone into this video. However, US words such as "period" and "beverage" have long been used informally in the British language.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
"Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"
CLEARLY, IT WAS JUST FANTASY!! 😤😤😤😤
Was pretty disappointed by this film.
Worst of all, people who watch it, often THINK it's factual! For instance, I had a friend ask me: do you know why they did Live Aid? Because Freddie was diagnosed with aids.
WHAT!? He was diagnosed two years after live aid! 😤😤
Not okay to just change facts like that without a disclaimer.
Very upset with the movie. The time line was so wrong and being a huge Queen song since 1974 with Sheer Heart Attack. I wanted to see the REAL FREDDIE, warts and all. If you were a Queen fan we know their history so they should have told the truth. We still loved them because they were and remain phenomenal.
It's called artistic license and combining events for time. And you wanting to see "warts" does not equal more accurate.
@@bluebell3720 You think it’s too negative, Carol thinks it’s too positive. I and most people think it’s just right. :)
@carol
What warts do you want shown exactly?
What history
From clips and what ive read they showed Freddie in a negative way that was false
He didnt want to leave the band
He wasn't all Queen is what I say it is
He had a good relationship with John and supported him with his music when the other two didn't want it
He wasnt selfish with Mary
She wasn't pregnant in 85
Freddie wasn't selfish about it
He used cocain occ but no one has suggested he had a problem with it
Roger took drugs aswell
He wasn't lovers with prenter
He wasn't horrible withJohn Reid thry stayed friends
It seems they showed warts that weren't there!
@@bluebell3720 In other words, you still haven’t actually seen the movie.
TheaterPup yes, they have. Stop being dishonest.
Excellent commentary!!!!
The entire timeline issue would've been fixed if they had just made it a jukebox musical like Rocketman. It also would've been a lot cooler
Queen and the cars was my first 8 track cassettes and I listened to every song for hours.
Any proper Queen fan should outright hate this movie.
To be honest I found the film a complete mess.
so untrue they should have used a pseudonym for Queen as it's an insult to musical history.
Great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They completely ignored the Magic Tour in Eastern Europe, and most of the Japanese and South American concerts. These were groundbreaking events because very few bands had done concerts there before. The band did argue at times, but there was no breakup or threats of going solo. The movie did not mention the last four albums at all if I recall.
Thank you! Thank you again! My thought at the time, was don’t these filmmakers have access to Wikipedia, at the very least?! My 12 year old son, who was getting into Queen at the time, noticed some chronology errors, and he’s not the detail nerd that I am. They had good casting and the approval of Roger and Brian and they just got lazy with the rest.
The main storyline was wrong, Freddie was the 3rd member to make a solo album and Queen didn't break up before Live Aid, they finished the a tour in May of 85 and Live Aid was July 85, so having Freddie asking to come back to the band was not only completely wrong but incredibly insulting. Brian himself said in some interviews that Freddie was not the diva people might expect but usually the peacemaker. Also British people don't say "counter clockwise" they say "anticlockwise" 🙂
Yes. I have read that and the BCC biography about Queen, Brian did state that.
great video
What an Amazing Movie!! I'm 52 years old and have been a HUGE Fan since I was 5 years old in 1975. Enough Said.
According to a blog on the Mercury Phoenix Trust site, "Freddie had never used intravenous drugs" so why show a clip of someone drawing up a needle?
When was that?
@@theaterpup3466 0.54 when it's talking about Freddie's drug use and promiscuity. It's misleading.
@@trishbelfield5941 You’re right, this video is being misleading.
*I'm sure during research, allot of things were change due to legal and licenses reason.*
TBH, I pretty much hated the movie. Most of the things were false like recording of We will Rock You,Paul Prenter Break up, AIDS Diagnosis.
I appreciate the acting tho.☺️🤗
It's called artistic license and combining events for time. Entirely your loss.
@@theaterpup3466 Ok..☺️
Trouble is even though artistic license was used in order to make it a movie and not a documentary, people who do not know the truth will believe the film and believe it as factual. And in future too, when people see it. Hence changing true historical facts with nonsense about the band.
Already people quote on SM bits of the film they believe is true, without knowing how much they are wrong. Obviously not their fault .
Thank you for doing this 💘 ☺️
For confusing nitpicking with film analysis?
@@theaterpup3466 For helping to correct some of the mistakes made in the film.
@@micheleduval3993 There were no mistakes. These are professionals. They made choices for time and pacing.
@@theaterpup3466 You are entitled to your opinion. Have a good day 😊
@@micheleduval3993 My informed opinion. :)
I didn't pay much attention to the sequence of concerts and events, although it really felt from the very beginning of the movie that they took, say, a creative license. Instead I went for the music. Long time I hadn't listened to Queen and each new song I was like "ah yeah that's true, they also came up with that one". They tried to recreate the ambiance of their shows, I think they did that right. They nailed the live aid concert (I am talking about the performance itself, not the context). So all in all, fantastic music, good actor performance, questionable directing choices... I still had a good time.
I just wonder if they would dare to make that film if Freddie were still among us?
To me it was just a way to promote tours and records of what they call Queen now.
To portrait Freddie the way they did and tell the truth in interviews later is to betray.
Queen is Freddie and it will always be. His skills and talent can be and are compared to great piano players and composers.
I'm sorry if you like that film but I think the new generation should know the truth about Freddie, and know more about the talented, generous and great man he was and the example he still is.
Brian may said that he doesn’t care that it wasn’t completely accurate
I'm a giant fan of Queen, they have all of my fav songs too, i'm young and i'm ready growing a mustache like Freddie
You didn't call out the aids... diagnosis..in 85....he got diagnosed in 87!!
It's called artistic license and combining events for time.
@@theaterpup3466 but he got aids in 87 NOT 85!
And they certainly did not break up in 84.
@@dylanrinker6831 It's called artistic license and combining events for time.
TheaterPup it’s called you have no argument and spam the same crap in dishonest defense of your precious movie.
The cat in this video was Tiffany.... not Delilah. Just so you know.
There may be a number of mistakes in the movie ....but so what. ..the important thing is.... their music was there and it sounded great..
listen to the music then on its own..no need to for a biopic that was terrible. If you take out the music what do you have? Poorly acted movie that is boring.
In terms of historical accuracy it's almost completely ficticious, however what bugs me the most is Malek's performance as Freddie. In some scenes he is very good (like keep yourself alive song), but overall he misses the point. Freddy Mercury in private life and Freddy Mercury on stage were completely different people. In Malek's performance they are one and the same. And add to that that Mercury was a masculine guy. Malek makes him a stereotypical, sometimes to dangerously close to parody, effeminate homosexual.
Wrong or not wrong.... . Something is not like reality, o.k. but
this movie entertained.
Rami, Gwilym, Ben and Joe did perfect jobs.
Try to summarize 30 years in less than 2 hours. The movie was great, there were things wrong for sure there's a reason for it.
Screenplays adhere to a fairly strict three-act format with events that generally happen at a certain number of minutes into the movie. The biggest problem with trying to make a movie based on a real band or person is that real life NEVER plays out exactly like a screenplay demands it to. That is why stretching the truth for drama's sake happens in virtually every movie based on real people and events, and why documentaries are the only type of film to watch if you want accuracy. That said, as a Queen fan and someone who is generally forgiving about the inaccuracy of biopics, I was pretty disgusted by how far off so many things were in this movie. It was hard to watch.
I don’t think that all these little things you found really matter that much other than how they resembled Freddie in the movie. But the movie overall inspired me to listen to queen more.
another thing they got wrong was Freddie's aids diagnosis. the year was wrong
It's called artistic license and combining events for time.
Well maybe they wanted the movie to be shorter thats why they didnt make the full detail about queen
Also, the actor playing Freddie did not replicate Freddie's distinctive walk and mannerisms. Freddie used the word " darling" frequently.
10:30 I loved the movie and being a huge Queen fan I did see some mistakes but I know movies take what they call “artistic license “ to make the movie work. Queens longevity could never fit into a 2 hour movie so I believe this is why movies get made this way. Don’t forget Brian May was one of the producers on the movie so I’m sure he knew some of the inconsistencies. Still a great movie!
I have noticed,since the movie The Doors,movie industries have been trying to make good movies based on a band and or musicians life and history.
Expert opinions of qualified experts aged 10 to 15 years. It's funny to read those comments. Freddie had a good time too.
Right?!
With all these changes, it makes me feel that the keytar was on purpose.
Brian said they wanted also to make a movie not a biography so some things were changed.
Why couldn’t they get Freddie‘s eye color right?
I found the movie too hard to watch. It made Freddie look like a stupid, confused clown. I walked out early on.
Not sure what movie you saw.
these movies are just to get new fans and old fans excited not to make it just like it actaully happened
Yep the real life story was better than the movie.
Yes I enjoyed this video as it’s close to how I felt about the film. Seems a shame they changed so many things
I think the movie missed the mark. Freddie was a relatively private and shy person. He had a different personality on the stage. The movie did not distinguish the difference. Also Freddie was a chain smoker and you didn't see that much in the movie. He was also known for his generosity and that was left out as well.
I understand not showing the promiscuity but it should’ve at the very least been referenced more I mean jeez there’s literally an interview where he’s asked ‘do you have any hobbies?’ And he replied ‘yeah a lot of sex’ I honestly think Malek could’ve said that line perfectly and made it just as funny as when Mercury actually said it
Why does this all matter anyway. The point of this movie wasn’t a history class. It was just a movie
They already messed up the start when not giving Sasha Baron Cohen the part.
The movie is really great, but looking at some aspects it looks like it was written in a hurry.
For example- Freddie found out about his illness only in the spring of 1987, but I understand that the film had to be made more dramatic ;)
Plus my little digression. Maybe not so imprtant, but... ;) In the scene where Freddie shows Roger around his house, he asks him to stay for dinner. He apologizes, saying he has to get back to his wife and children. It's 1980, so Roger and Dominique weren't married yet, and besides, their first child, son Feliks, was born in the same year ;)
What I didn't like was the portrayal of freddie during the recording of the mr bad guy album. It shows him as depressed and hateful towards the project (all during a separation from queen which didn't really happen). In real life freddie loved the mr bad guy album, and the way the film portrays it ruins it's legacy.
This video made no sense like the point of the movie wasn’t to make a documentary it was to have some fun make drama and just make Freddie happy. U can say all u want about oh Freddie would be so disappointed but no he wouldn’t he would love it even if the dates of the music were wrong. He did say I don’t care what u do with my music just don’t make it boring. And fun that movie was I old people just need to relax learn to enjoy some music. Don’t like it watch a documentary about queen
Ok but some of the timeline stuff I can see why they cut and spliced some things together for time
Not a Queen fan but I believe it is important not to rewrite history. A similar thing has happened with Pistol, the series about the Sex Pistols. Looks like lots of liberties have been taken with this Queen biopic. I thought Mr. May was an executive producer, so it's a bit baffling. My bro' is the Queen fan and I'll ask him what he thinks when he sees it.
The film only has half of radio gaga in live aid!!!
Let Freddie Mercury's Spirit Rest In Peace!! All This Turmoil Now, 31 Years After He Passed Away, Is Wrong. If There Were Any Controversies, They Should Have Been Addressed, While Freddie Was Still Alive!! This Is Very Wrong, To Smear Freddie's Name, And Queen's Too. And To Degrade Freddie's Character, And His Personal Life!! If He Had Been Anyone Else, All This Rubbish Would Not Be Spread All Over CZcams. And Why Are So Many People Dissecting And Degrading Bohemian Rhapsody For Anyway?? All The People Who Did This, Are You Perfect?? Freddie Mercury, Was A Human Being, Like All Of Us Are. And We All Have Sinned, And We Do Everyday!! God Says, Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged. God Also Tells Us, Take The Plank Out Of Your Own Eye, Before You Remove The Splinter Out Of Your Brother's Eye. July 17, 2022
Movie came out almost 3 years ago and now u gonna make a video about it 🤦♂️🤦♂️ right on time
Why not ....
@@stephaniesawake5799 like 495221 other channels made a video like this, think of some normal content instead of something thats Ben done too many times..
I don't care, I love the movie. Whoever isn't content should create their own "perfect" movie
Silly comment for so many reasons.
I spottet the Roland AX-1 in the movie and it kinda shocked me how lazy the details where.
Freddie was mega awesome, but they should have got one of our Bollywood actors to play him. We have some great actors who would have been perfect.. Rami was good, but a Bollywood actor could have brought real magic to the film. That's what Bollywood actors do.
And they also used Freddies live aid ay-oh in the first performance for bohemian rhapsody in the movie I believe and it hella annoyed me
It's called setting a plot point up. It's a movie.
Watching the movie now and watching old interviews with Brian May and Roger Taylor and finding inaccuracies in the movie.
If I saw this video first, I would have skipped the movie. It goes down from 5 stars to 2 stars for being factually inaccurate.
Un buon film bravo malek
The movie ending was too abrupt. All of a sudden it was over. A few sentences on the screen took over and the movie was over.
The worst thing I hated was Freddie sung we will rock you without a mustache in 1977 not 1980 and fat bottom girls was after 1976 not pre 1976 :(
Whatever still an awesome movie!! so much was done right.
My comment is just basic Freddie had brown eyes and Rami hasblue eyes that is the only one that I saw, the test w as entertainment 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
While you're on about correct information, who told you English people don't say 'Beverage' or 'Period', I'm English and I've always used those words. You talked about the headphones of the sound engineer but what about the bigger issue that Jim Beach didn't change the settings on the desk!. It's a film and lots of things are wrong, real fans know the truth and the rest probably don't care.
Resurch is a good idea.
Artistic licence, son.
the problem with this movie is that they didn't care at all about what to do in the movie
Mnenje bi moral podati tudi John,ki bi sigurno želel resnico.
Well my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the film.
Well brian and Roger actually helped with the movie zoif they were OK with it then I'm OK with it
Who cares - it’s a great movie about a great band.
Fun fact: 8 Mile isn't the real story of Eminem!
After seeing many documentaries, reports ir interviews which showed both Brian and Roger ever present while the movie was being shot clearly intervening, giving specific attention, instructions to the actors, saying,"It's ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC"!!! A PG movie wouldn't give all the gritty real-life events of any of the band members, much less of Freddie Mercury himself because then it would've not only revealed deep kept Secrets of his personal life but, then the movie would definitely have to be rated R!!
Personally, I would have preferred everything told straight out how it really was but perhaps that would have to be part 2 with the real 💯% story of the Legend Band of QUEEN and our beloved Notorious Freddie Mercury ❤. Again, they said,"IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC" ..
They got a lot more wrong: Freddie has blue eyes? Wrong equipment at live Aid, Terrible lypsynching of Rami at Live Aid etc. But with Brian and Roger as executive producers of the movie it's all to protect Freddie's legacy and accept all this.
It is a movie, not a biopic. Relax.
Facts are a problem, but this still is a cinematographic masterpiece and still one of the best movies I've ever watched, with also one of the best soundtracks ever
They weren’t mistakes because this wasn’t a documentary. They were choices made because this was a fictionalisation featuring real events and people.
I enjoy the movie
The movie was entertaining at least
I was very hyped to see Bohemian Rhapsody, but they messed it up so bad, to me mainly because they made it so family friendly, the characters simplified, and they didn't give the lead role to Sasha Baron Cohen.
Oh man!!! Sasha Baron Cohen would have given us an amazing Freddie Mercury!!! What a shame we, as fans of Queen and the movie, were denied this possibly. Brian May did say however that there's so much more to show movie audiences. He did not close the door to another film depicting the band.
A side note: I have been a fan of Queen and Freddie Mercury since I was a kid. Bohemian Rhapsody reignited my joy and desire for The Boys music. I have relearned all the words that I once knew and have watched countless fan made videos and documentaries about Freddie and Queen. That's why I love YouTub: Anyone can find a documentary about almost anything. As a history buff, I find this app to be my favorite.
It is really sad they made so many mistakes in this movie! I hope these people don’t produce any more movies! Glad I haven’t wasted my time watching this piece of crap movie !