What is the last movie you saw, and rating?
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Re: What is the last movie you saw, and rating?
I would give it a 5 out of 10.
I think they could have gone a completely new route. Considering at the end of the 3rd installment she was married to Patrick Dempsey's character this installment made no sense at all.
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As biopics go, it's something a true fan will appreciate more than someone who is simply curious about the band. If you're not already familiar with the events of Freddy Mercury's life, this would be a terrible source of information. There are a lot of factual errors in the script, including rewriting Mercury's long term male partner from a touted London hair dresser to a random waiter who gets groped after a party, and re-arranging the timeline of Mercury's AIDS diagnosis by years in order to unnecessarily raise the stakes of their LiveAID for Africa performance.
The treatment of his personal life and its impact on the band is messy. His solo career was not a point of major contention; the other band members were also doing solo projects in those years. He certainly didn't fire the band's manager over suggesting it to him. Even if Mercury didn't come out and announce his bisexuality to the media, he was not a shame-faced tag-along for someone to "corrupt." The film depicts him seeming to struggle against his inclinations, uses his boyfriend (the main gay character for the bulk of the movie) as a scapegoat for all evils, and ties it all up in a neat "prodigal son" scene where he rejects his wild partying ways and settles down abruptly with a guy he'd spent approximately 6 hours with, if the movie is to be believed.
The actor portraying Mercury was delightful. The band members seemed very well cast. It was fun to rock out to Queen songs on the big screen. If you had any hopes beyond that, you’ll sadly be disappointed.
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Desmond doss plays a brilliant role showing really what happened during the war and his character is based on a real person.
The plot of the film is exhilarating and somewhat mind blowing.
It shows the true horror of war and how people risked there lives for there country.
My rating for this film is 10 out of 10 by far the best film I have watched.
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I loved the movie it was so beautiful
& our together
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The twists and turns in the movie are very interesting, as is the direction they are moving the character, Queenie. I want to see the 3rd movie when it comes out. I just really wish the Fantastic Beast movies would be written as books. I don't think J. K. Rowling wants to go that route and it just sticking with screenplays, but I know something gets lost between the writer and the production of a movie. I'll just have to get over it, since that it the way the writer decided to go.
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It is a story about a two man military sniper team in Saudi Arabia who are up against a legendary single man enemy sniper known only as Juba. The whole movie takes place in the desert where one of the men is pinned down by the enemy sniper behind a wall. The enemy finds a way to get on the American's radio frequency and has an ongoing "talk" with him as the movie progresses. It's sort of a psychological thriller in a way.
It is one of the better movies I've seen in awhile.
― Steven Wright
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