May not go quite as far as best in 20... but it was fantastic !!!! So glad we saw it in the theatre !! Worth it to see on the big screen. Excellent movie !!!!
For movies, I never understood ratings like A- or C+ (reminded me too much of school and subjective ways teachers could reward or punish you without having to give any more thought to the process).
And I never trusted numerical rankings based on samples of people I have no knowledge about (e.g. Rotten Tomatoes claims "Average Rating of Reviews = 62%" but "Average Audience Score = 93% Liked It"). From who? Antifa demonstrators, Russian cyber-hackers, Canadian postal workers?
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So I developed a personal rating system many years ago, based congruently on what I thought of a movie, and how I valued my time spent with a friend. (Please note: I am a notorious cheapskate and misanthrope). Here's how it goes (theoretical SOR example)...
4 LMs = I would go to the movie again, and even buy a ticket for xxx to watch it with me.
3 LMs = I would go to the movie again, and take xxx, if he bought his own ticket.
2 LMs = I would go to the movie again, and take xxx, but only if he paid for my ticket too.
1 LMs = I would go to the movie again, and take xxx, but only if he paid for my ticket; and bought me a hotdog, popcorn & coke.
0 LMs = I wouldn't go to the movie again, even if xxx paid for my ticket, bought me a hotdog, popcorn & coke; renounced his favorite politician; and rescinded his threat to have me travel to his home state so he could punch me in the nose.
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Based on this, I give "Bohemian Rhapsody" a "3 LMs" rating. Anyone wanting to take me up on this would have to travel to London, Ontario, Canada - and not punch me in the nose...
My favorite part of the movie was Mike Meyers (of all people) saying that NOBODY was ever going to bang their heads in a car over a song like Bohemian Rhapsody. Priceless!
That, and "If I sing it any higher, only dogs will be able to hear it!"
My rating system is similar.
A 10 is a movie that I would watch TEN TIMES.
Example: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A 9 is a movie that is SO good, I would NOT hesitate to see it again (and again), but I'm just not sure if I would want to watch it TEN times!
Example: This is Spinal Tap
An 8 is a really good, entertaining movie, and while I wouldn't mind reliving a FEW scenes, I'm not sure I want to sit through an ENTIRE additional screening.
Examples: Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star is Born (the original - haven't seen the remake yet).
A 7 is a descent movie. Glad I watched it, but not interested in seeing it again, even for free.
Example: Rock Star
2-6 are meaningless.
1 sucks - I want my money back.
Example: Any Beatles movie
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Wayne's world was one of my favorite films of the 1990s and I think it did much in making Queen cool again ("salonfähig" as the Germans would say). Many films are watched and then fade away to become a blurry memory, but I can still remember most of Wayne's World. Perhaps not minute by minute, but it comes close :-)
The scene where they are all in that incredibly ugly AMC is priceless and the fact this Queen biopic is now paying tribute to this, makes that it scores some bonus points.
I think I may very well enjoy it and am glad to read that it is not a musical or musical-ish, like those Abba films. Apart from certain songs (like Bohemian Rhapsody) I have always found Queen's music quite cheesy.
'This is Spinal Tap' is legendary stuff. 'put it up to eleven'. 'Exactly, one louder' and 'hello Cleveland' and the scene they get lost backstage.
" I have always found Queen's music quite cheesy."
"Who Wants To Live Forever"
Seemingly not Jan-Simon, he is obviously "Under Pressure".
He had better watch out for the "Killer Queen" because she might use a "Kind of Magic" on him and he will be shouting "Save Me".
But there again "Its A Hard Life" and he has gone "Radio Ga Ga", maybe he wants "Somebody To Love" or take part in a "Bicycle Race" so he can go "Headlong".
"Don't Stop Me Now" I am having a good time, maybe I can make a "Breakthrough" but there again" I'm Going Slightly Mad".
Please, "I Want To Break Free" from "The Invisible Man" who has "One Vision",
that "The Show Must Go On", but "Friends Will Be Friends".
Yes Yes Yes "I Want It All" but I'll probably end up "Living On My Own".
Jan-simon "You Are My Best Friend" and there is no "Innuendo".
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One has a bacon and egg roll. The egg of course must be sunny side up so when you take a bite of the roll the yolk may or may not run down your fingers. (I do live dangerously
at times)
Haggis is for dinner along with mashed neeps and mashed potatoes.
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"a Scottish dish consisting of a sheep's or calf's offal mixed with suet, oatmeal, and seasoning and boiled in a bag, traditionally one made from the animal's stomach."
I almost threw up reading it. So let me get this straight, slaughterhouse "extras" mixed with oatmeal? Dang, dem Scots are hardcore.
i have a facebook picture of my daughter having what was described as a typical breakfast of blood sausage and haggis. Perhaps she woke up late? Anyway she liked it. i have never had the opportunity to try it.
Parkinlot has the choice of weapons...anyway, what i liked about the film was that it did not Glamorize anything....it showed the people as human beings.
I ate canned Haggis once on buttered toast. I also got deathly ill eating blood pudding on one of the islands of the Inner Hebrides (Mull or Skye). That's why I bought a can of Haggis to take home. I wasn't going to eat Haggis right away after being so sick.
""..we wanted to use all of the animal carcass!!""
This seemed to be the same mentality in China. They even justified it by telling how good it was for you for a certain body function- virility, heart, stomach, brain, etc.
"A machine engineer I knew went to China and told me they even eat ducks feet!!"
In South African street vendors serve a dish of chicken feet, and chicken heads, complete with comb and beak.
Popularly known as "walkie talkies" or "runaways", it may be served spiced and grilled, stewed, or in a curry sauce.
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Then some may like fish head soup. Tt is a curry soup with a fish head. You eat the cheek meat but some consider the eyes a delicacy. The guest is usually given first dibs.
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