Bohemian Rhapsody

The story of the band Queen, which era-wise, was after the Led Zeppelin era and before the MTV heyday, approximately 1975 to 1985.  That just happens to be my heydey as well, so a lot of this was familiar.

Freddy Mercury is the lead performer and he is played by Rami Malik very well.  He's an unlikely front man for this otherwise square band, cut in the mold of Mick Jagger, but with an LGBTQ twist.  They meet up, get discovered, get told that Bohemian Rhapsody will go nowhere, too long for radio.  And guess what, the experts are wrong.

An interesting culmination leading up to Live Aid in 1984, which is the flashback from the opening scene.  Good music of course and nice casting and the look of the era.  Kind of reminded me of Almost Famous but with a real band.

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