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On May 15th, 20th Century Fox dropped one of the
most anticipated movie trailers of 2018. It is fitting
that, Bohemian Rhapsody, one of the most iconic
rock songs of all time will be the title of the movie
about one of the most iconic rock bands to ever take
to stage. The teaser trailer of the movie, Bohemian
Rhapsody features Rami Malek who plays Freddie
Mercury, the frontman of Queen in this musically
engrossing biopic of the rock band.
The 1 minute 37 second long teaser has bits of song
such as Another One Bites The Dust, Bohemian
Rhapsody (of course), Killer Queen and a very
Freddie-looking Rami Malek. Especially in scene
with the short hair and moustache, Malek manages
to look uncannily similar to the iconic vocalist. The
movie has been long in the making with the project
first announced in 2010. Sacha Baron Cohen, known
for his roles in Borat and The Dictator, was cast as
Freddie Mercury. However, the production house and
Cohen went separate ways in 2011 due to “creative
differences.” Apparently, Cohen, who is famous
for making movies that aren’t very family-oriented
and has edgy comedy, wanted to make an adult-
oriented film while Brian May, guitarist of Queen and
producer of Bohemian Rhapsody wanted this film to
be more family oriented. On November 4, 2016,
it was announced that Rami Malek will star as
Freddie Mercury.
THE
BOHEMIAN
RHAPSODY
Coming back to the trailer, it gives us a glimpse of
what went on behind the scenes during the making
of Bohemian Rhapsody, the song. Freddie Mercury is
shown in all his famous appearances. It appears that
while the movie is about the story of Queen, Freddie
will be the focal point of the movie, exploring all the
personal aspects of his life. The trailer has received
some criticism for ignoring his bisexuality and his
struggles with AIDS (which ultimately killed him).
Twitter, of course, jumped the gun on this and blamed
the studio of ‘hetwashing’.
Nobody has seen the film yet, and a minute and a
half long teaser barely tells you the whole story. A
teaser is supposed to get people excited about a film
and give them a glimpse of what’s about to come. A
teaser of a movie about a rock band should revolve
around the band members and their stage life, and
songs. The teaser captures that adequately, showing
us Freddie’s exchanges with his band members
and music label executives. There is a scene where
Freddie flirtatiously looks at a girl, who could be
Mary Austin, his former girlfriend. Mary was an
important part of Freddie’s life, who inherited is
wealth after Freddie passed away in 1991. It is fair to
say that we have not seen everything that the movie
will encapsulate in just 90 seconds.
The teaser looks absolutely brilliant and anything
with Queen’s songs becomes better. The movie set to
release on the 2nd of November, 2018 in the US. More
trailers will be released where we might get to see
how the movie handles the latter stages of Freddie’s
life, dealing with his illness and bisexuality. Till then,
let the trailer of Bohemian Rhapsody rock you, rock you!
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