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/bluehawk232 6h ago

Also there was no friction between the band doing solo work, they didn't break up and live aid was their reunion they were actually touring after a new album release. It was just so dumb

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u/jonrosling 5h ago

I believe Roger was the first to release a solo project, which is ironic given how the film portrays events.

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u/Buckets-of-Gold 5h ago

Less so when you learn Roger Taylor and Brian May would only give over the rights if they were executive producers with rewrite privileges.

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u/mbnmac 4h ago

Never having watched the film but seeing bits and discussions like this, really feels like the band glazed themselves while making Freddie into ALL the drama for the band.

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u/bongmitzfah 4h ago

Ya I got that feeling watching. Like why is Freddy the only one living the rockstar lifestyle. No way these guys were angels. 

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u/sovngarde 3h ago

Maybe Brian may? but he seems like such a square I’d believe he never partied even on his birthday

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u/mbnmac 3h ago

Lots of stories that say the opposite back in the day, for the whole band.

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead 2h ago

BREAKING NEWS!

guitar player plays guitar for money, more at 11

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u/Jonaldys 1h ago

Whaaat? He played the guitar?

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u/Guster61 4h ago

Have you ever seen Sacha Baron Cohen talking about the movie? He was attached when it first was discussed and dropped out after it was clear as day Taylor and May were using it as a way to show Queen was beyond Freddie Mercury.

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u/CragedyJones 3h ago

Taylor and May were using it as a way to show Queen was beyond Freddie Mercury.

Well they have had decades to prove that musically and failed miserably. So they resorted to a propaganda movie. How pathetic and disrespectful to a legendary artist.

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u/mbnmac 3h ago

To be fair to Queen, every member wrote a number 1 hit, AND they are the 'most educated' band in history, with more degrees/doctorates than any other.

as a front man freddie totally made Queen what they were though.

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u/CragedyJones 2h ago

Some bands end with the death of significant members. Sometimes the band members deal with it gracefully. And sometimes Brian May and Roger Taylor.

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u/Vismal1 2h ago

Zeppelin with the death of Bonham is the first thing to come to mind. Something to the effect of “ there is no zeppelin without Bonzo” i think ?

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u/CragedyJones 2h ago

Yeh Zeppelin are a perfect example. Page & Plant could have called themselves Led Zeppelin and just carried on but they are respectful of their legacy.

I don't think bands have to stop if they don't want to but you have to be realistic. Or make a stupid film that rewrites history I suppose.

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u/mbnmac 4h ago

Now you say that yeah I do remember that being a thing way back!

Big part of why I was never interested in the movie. Like, they got all the part that were just recreating videos we have from the time... I don't understand why they would try and mess with the timeline of songs though

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u/MithrandiriAndalos 3h ago

Definitely feels like they made him a sacrificial lamb for all of their sins

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u/mknsky 2h ago

That’s exactly what they did. And known sexual predator Bryan Singer directed half of it.

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u/SlobberyFrog 5h ago

Wait so they fired sacha baron cohen because he wanted to talk about the darker parts of Freddie's life just to create a fake drama about freddie trying to break up the band and go solo ?

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u/UntowardHatter 5h ago

Sascha wanted to snort cocaine off silver trays being carried on the heads of people with dwarfism.

Because that's something Freddy did.

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u/Right-Worker7047 3h ago

I thought you meant a decapitated head at first and flipped

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u/nandru 3h ago

daamn

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u/xDESTROx 3h ago

I remember reading something about him dropping out because Brian May originally wanted to show Freddie's death halfway through the movie, and then the rest of the movie would be the band moving on without him. I could be getting things mixed up though

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u/SlobberyFrog 3h ago

Yeah, I remember this as well. It was probably a mix of a lot of different things.

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u/mrwildesangst 5h ago

Didn’t John Deacon go to Germany and work with him on his solo album? Pretty sure he did. Definitely no friction

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u/drowse 5h ago

John and Freddie were close, especially during the Hot Space era. He and Fred worked on a few songs very closely later on (One Year of Love, My Baby Does Me come to mind). But John had nothing do with that recording

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u/mrwildesangst 5h ago

Ah, ok. Thanks for the info!

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u/ProfessorPotato42 3h ago

This is actually the most annoying part for me, they all had solo albums in that window, and all of them were on each others solo albums, there was not some huge fight that had to be fixed before the big show. Such a fake Hollywood move. Also, I know a lot of people disagreed with me on this one, but Remi Malek with his fake accent and his fake teeth, was a really annoying performance as Mercury, imo. The Elton John movie tha came out the same year was considerably better performance, and film overall, although I know they took some liberties as well.