Bohemian Rhapsody #1

In December 2018, I watched Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time at Movix Kameari. I could not stop crying. After that, I watched it four times at theaters. The last one was United Cinemas Terrace Mall Matsudo where I did it on Screen X. I was moved to tears every time I did. I want to watch it again at not a TV screen but a theater one. It is the most moving film I have ever done. The story follows the vocalist of the rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury, and his fellows. It describes friendship, glory, betrayal and various forms of love, not to mention music. 

I had not been a fan of Queen but I had known that Freddie was the vocalist of it and a gay, moreover, he died of AIDS in his forties, so the story was kind of predictable. The music, however, was really wonderful. I at first thought that the movie was unorthodox and unfair because many of Queen's great tunes were used in it but I gradually changed my mind and did not care about whether it is orthodox since I was moved to tears every time I watched it. The most important thing is to entertain me about movies. 

When I watched Rocketman which describes half of Elton John's life, I realized why I was really touched by Bohemian Rhapsody. It was because the story was about a rock band. I was fascinated by the atmosphere which not a solo artist but a rock band can create. 

I was always moved to tears at the scene where Queen is performing at Live Aid. Queen plays the song "Hammer to Fall" in the live scene, which always reminded me the song "Hammer (4.8 billion peoples' blues)" by The Blue Hearts, a Japanese rock band. "Hammer to Fall" was written by the guitarist of Queen, Brian May, and was included in Queen's album The Works released in 1984. "Hammer" released in 1987 was written by Mashima "Mercy" Masatoshi, the guitarist of The Blue Hearts that is my most favorite band in Japan. I am pleased if the young Mercy wrote the song in homage to Queen. Then I might have been detained to watch Bohemian Rhapsody and be quite moved by the film if the British band had inspired the members of the Japanese band that I love most deeply.