![]() ![]() ![]() The reason you hate Paul is because you love Queen. Yet, Queen’s members really did like each other, which makes their journey together both heartbreaking and heartwarming. So often in music films, there is a focus or, at least, a revelation that the band did not get along, which, of course, there were ruptures in this band. They say friends are the family you choose, and Bohemian Rhapsody celebrates this truth by presenting the formation of Queen as a group of extremely talented, daring misfits that genuinely liked each other. When you are picking your band, you are not solely picking a group musicians, you are picking your brothers. They are so charming and down to earth in their chemistry that they helped to build how much love was between this band, and teach a powerful lesson for rising artists. Unfortunately, Freddie confused that possessiveness for love, and dwindles away from the family that truly cares for him: his band.īen Hardy as Roger Taylor, Gwilym Lee at Brian May, and Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon are absolutely wonderful. Thus, Bohemian Rhapsody unequivocally makes him the “villain,” and turns him into Machiavelli obsessed with keeping Freddie solely as his own. Leech is exceptional as Paul because every time he came onscreen I could hear an, “Ugh! This Guy!” For a man that could not spark a thought, he sure latched onto Freddie’s genius. Hence, part of Freddie’s downfall comes in the form of Allen Leech’s Paul Prenter. Cosmically generous and open, throughout the film you grow protective of Freddie seeing that he makes massive mistakes because he is so easily trusting and eager to connect.
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