2018 Movie Reviews

TrueFaith77 · #1 10-26-2018, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I cannot wait to see this film.

It looks awful. The record producer in the commercial saying "we can't have a 6-minute song" -- in the 70s???!!!

phony

Bryan Singer has never made a watchable film.

And that actor is freaky looking and too short for the role.

FuzzyPlum · #2 10-26-2018, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

It looks awful. The record producer in the commercial saying "we can't have a 6-minute song" -- in the 70s???!!!

phony

Bryan Singer has never made a watchable film.

And that actor is freaky looking and too short for the role.

The record producer is played by Mike Myers in a very comedic cameo. Yes, in the 70's it was (as it always has been) difficult to get radio airplay for long songs. Though it was a prime example of the prog rock of that time, generally prog rock bands such as Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, ELP etc, tended to focus more on album releases rather than single songs. Queen found it difficult to convince their record company to release the song and had to rely on the support of eccentric English DJ Kenny Everett.

I can't say I've watched any other Bryan Singer films except The Usual Suspects. That was a pretty brilliant film. That said, its difficult to determine how much of this was Bryan Singer and how much was Dexter Fletcher who took over part-way through.

Rami Malek was great for the role of Freddie Mercury and was only just a tiny bit shorter than Freddie in real life. Freddie was 5ft 10''
He was freaky looking???? Freddie Mercury didn't exactly blend into a crowd

Jondalar · #3 10-26-2018, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

It looks awful. The record producer in the commercial saying "we can't have a 6-minute song" -- in the 70s???!!!

phony

Bryan Singer has never made a watchable film.

And that actor is freaky looking and too short for the role.

Are you know kidding?Xmen 2 is the best X men film and he directed it.

Feather Blade · #4 10-29-2018, 10:18 AM

We did make it out to see Bad Times at the El Royale. I enjoyed it. Somewhere between a B+ and an A- maybe? Lots of twists and turns, some shocking moments, a little bit of mystery as to which historical figure a certain object pertains to... It was one of those movies that you have to discuss with your fellow attendees for a bit afterwards. Everyone had theories about certain issues. The fact that the location was based on the famous Cal Neva resort (once owned by Frank Sinatra) added a little bit of interest as well. I wouldn't want to lead anyone wrong, but I liked it.

Jondalar · #5 10-31-2018, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Feather Blade

We did make it out to see Bad Times at the El Royale. I enjoyed it. Somewhere between a B+ and an A- maybe? Lots of twists and turns, some shocking moments, a little bit of mystery as to which historical figure a certain object pertains to... It was one of those movies that you have to discuss with your fellow attendees for a bit afterwards. Everyone had theories about certain issues. The fact that the location was based on the famous Cal Neva resort (once owned by Frank Sinatra) added a little bit of interest as well. I wouldn't want to lead anyone wrong, but I liked it.

Was it repetitive?