Let me preface by saying that Queen is, and has been one of my favorite bands for many years. I've waited a long time for the biopic to come out. It's been in the works for at least a decade. So I had anxiously anticipated it's release for a long time.
I was pretty disappointed with it. For those who say Rami nailed it as Freddie, I would have to disagree. He didn't look much like him at all, which is fine, but he really couldn't nail his speaking voice or mannerisms either.
Apart from that, the story they chose to tell was pretty anticlimactic, and unfair to Freddie's legacy. The way they portrayed it in the movie was that Freddie's solo album had fractured the band, and that they had to have a meeting to make him realize what truly mattered. The fact is that both May and Taylor had solo albums before Mercury ever decided to do one. Kind of an odd choice to make Mercury, who is dead and can't defend himself look like the *******.
I think the real story of the band ended with the recording of the Innuendo and Made in Heaven albums. At that point Mercury was very ill (he died before ever finishing Made in Heaven). Mercury loved music. It was his life. When he knew that the end was near he totally absorbed himself in the music. I think his bravery and determination in the face of certain death would have been a more fitting tribute to the man's story than the self serving story they chose.
If you haven't listened to the Innuendo album, I highly recommend it. There are some great songs on it. Innuendo, These are the Days of our Lives, Bijou, The Show Must Go On to name a few.
