I have mixed feelings about this film. As a fan of the music, I'm sure this will be a great film. The teaser trailer sounded great, and everyone looked and seemed to act the part well enough, but the near-erasure of Freddie's homosexuality and his fight with AIDS being absent from the film seems to take away from a huge part of what his life and legacy are. A lot of Queen fans are pretty upset that they (i.e., Brian May and the rest of the band) are choosing to omit these parts of Freddie's life from the film when they seem to be touting this as a Freddie-focused Queen biopic.
I'm torn, as I'd like to see it, maybe not in theaters, but it does feel unfair to leave out those parts of Freddie's life, especially when he means a lot to people in the LGBT community, and to those who have fought or known others who have fought against AIDS. At best, I'll wait and see what the reviews are when it's closer to release date. If anything, this film should renew interest in Queen music, so I expect more exploitation of their back catalog going forth.
-Marc.