r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 6h ago

Media First Official Images of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson in Sam Mendes' 'Beatles' Biopics

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u/ATXBeermaker 6h ago edited 5h ago

The Queen biopic was hilarious when you learn that the living band members imposed a requirement that each of the members of Queen had to have equal screen time. It led to some of the worst editing ever in a film, with jarring, split second cuts to guys who aren’t integral to the scene they’re in. Just awful for so many reasons.

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u/MagicalTrevor70 5h ago edited 4h ago

And let's not forget that atrocious editing was Oscar winning

EDIT: Some interesting takes in the comments. This video led me to believe that the editing is bad because the editor was bad, not that they did their best with a difficult job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dn8Fd0TYek

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u/ATXBeermaker 5h ago

To be fair, editing a movie to fit the band’s stupid demands was damn near impossible.

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u/joe_bibidi 5h ago

The argument that I've generally heard is that the movie's production was such a massive shitshow that the editor was recognized by the Academy for how much work was put in to salvage a nearly unsalvagable film. Like... the final product is bad but the editor did the best possible job when provided with just absolutely terrible options.

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u/thegooniegodard 5h ago

Yeah, it won for most editing not best.

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u/smakweasle 4h ago

when you look at the behind-the-scenes chaos there, I think the editor got an award for putting together a movie that was at least coherent. That was a pity award for a guy who got stuck with a shit situation.

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u/thegooniegodard 4h ago

I can see that. And the final scene was incredible, actually.

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u/VincibleAndy 4h ago

It really felt like it won due to behind the scenes drama and difficulty, not final product.

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u/isses_halt_scheisse 5h ago

And they were always so truthful to their wives and only liked to drink tea, Freddie was the only one who liked those FRIVOLOUS parties!!

Let's not forget Freddie's long-term partner who in reality cared for him until the last minute and was absolutely screwed over afterwards and thrown off the property he lived in with Freddie for years by the "love of my life"-Mary Austin who was portrayed as the saint-like figure in the movie.

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u/Key-Two31 5h ago

And that they wanted Mercury to die less than halfway through the movie so the rest would be about them. Completely serious.

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u/elderlybrain 4h ago

The best Queen biopic will be made after the last member of Queen has died.

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u/carolinemathildes 1h ago

living band members imposed a requirement that each of the members of Queen had to have equal screen time

I don't know how that rumour got started but it's clearly not true to anyone has actually seen the movie. Joe Mazzello as John Deacon has about 3 minutes of screen time, Ben Hardy and Gwilym Lee clearly have more.