Wikipedia credits Aaron McCusker as playing Jim Hutton who was Mercury's partner till his death, so it looks like that's not left out of the film. Still, nothing about this looks appealing to me and I'm not much of a Queen fan.
To be fair, I am not a Carpenters fan but I love Todd Haynes's Superstar. But Singer is not on the same level as Haynes, even if he gets to play with bigger budgets.
Hardly you run-of-the-mill biopic. I'm not a fan of the genre at the best of times but could be convinced if the movie is formally interesting, like Superstar, or if I like the artist/s and the music.
...I do quite like The Carpenters though.
There was zero chance anyone but Singer would get the director credit here—DGA rules prohibit multiple director credits on a single film without a special waiver, and Bohemian Rhapsody was clearly not going to get one, since this situation (director fired by studio and replaced mid-shoot) is exactly the sort of thing the rule was meant to discourage.
Right. Principal photography had clearly made it past the halfway point when Singer was booted, so I figured he'd retain his credit.
One notable exception to the DGA guidelines, which was clearly precipitated by very exception circumstances, is the shared credit Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson got on Chasing Mavericks.
If you watched Press Gang or Gamesmaster, he does!
I don't even know what to say. I winced more than once.
Early impressions are floating in on this, and apparently Malek is the only thing that's good about it. Kyle Buchanan said it's a "glorified Wikipedia entry"
It can't help at all that the leads actually sing in A Star is Born, where here it's all Mercury's vocals.
I still can't imagine Malek not getting nominated, unless this is just totally ignored commercially.
Lip-syncing didn't hurt Cotillard when she played Édith Piaf.
Even then there's still the Bryan Singer problem.
He's already been hired for the Red Sonja movie and just received a big payday. So I'm guessing the most recent accusation meant nothing to executives.
Oh, and for the record, I think Singer is perhaps the luckiest man in Hollywood and is definitely guilty of almost everything Kevin Spacey has been blacklisted for, and more. The documentary An Open Secret alone should have sent him packing.
But I won't continue on that line of discussion in this thread! Just want it clear that I am far from in the tank for the film itself.
Queen are my least favourite band of all time so I'd be more than happy to see this flop, but given the praise for him I think a Bafta nod for Malek is pretty much a certainty and the crossover with Oscar voters could push him in. But regardless of Singer getting new work I think if this does look to have any traction heading in to the Oscars there'll be enough negative stories brought up to hurt the film.
Thanks for that hot take.
Just a honest opinion. I absolutely despise the band and hope the film flops so it gets no awards play. If it hits big at the Oscars I'll have to make myself see it to have an informed opinion. But despite my hopes I think Malek is going to get a Bafta nom at least. The film might well be decent but I know how much I'll loathe the soundtrack and what a huge part of the film it'll play. Is that really that outrageous an opinion?