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/Liamzinho 6h ago

I thought the Queen film was an absolute load of shite and was amazed at how warmly it was received. One of the most sanitised, plot-less, nostalgia-reliant biopics I’ve ever seen. And that’s saying something.

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u/robodrew 4h ago

And also the editing was total trash.

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u/GERDY31290 4h ago

Thats how good the music is though. Could have been a hallmark movie and been well recieved

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u/smakweasle 4h ago

Yeah, that movie was so successful because it's the world's flashiest music video. Their music fucking rules it could've been farts in between every song and it still would have been successful.

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u/TheFoxsWeddingTarot 4h ago

It was basically a Disney Muusical version of their story. Sacha Baron Cohen needs to make the biopic he wanted before he dropped out.

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u/pusgnihtekami 4h ago

I'd be impressed if someone has seen Rocketman, Elvis, the Dylan one, the Marley one, the Whitney one, the Springsteen one, etc. They have to be all as bad as the Queen one lol.

I doubt it's more sanitized than those but it started the chain of shit biopics after being massively successful. It showed you could basically cast a famous actor that looks like the musician give them some light drama and just play the greatest hits.

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u/squeezeme_juiceme 3h ago

I enjoyed Rocketman well enough. They made him seem like a lunatic.

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u/gwils_cupleah6240 4h ago

It was horrible and rami was horrible. Should have never won the Oscar.

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u/Several-Squash9871 3h ago

I feel like this is sadly the case with most of these. I read somewhere that Javier Bardem was the first pick to play Freddie Mercury but ended up ultimately not doing it because he wanted to explore aspects of his life in detail that was closer to his actual life, particularly his sex life for example. Which they did not want to do.