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Bohemian Rhapsody's Terrible Editing - A Breakdown

Thomas Flight

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Bohemian Rhapsody won the Oscar for Best Editing... but it has terrible editing.

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20 Comments

@ThomasFlight Creator 7 years ago Pinned

John Ottman Editor of Bohemian Rhapsody Responds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy35ZJcxIg8

@Maikologi 7 years ago

This movie has no idea what it means to take your time and tell the story.
The movie basically went
- hey im freddy mercury im gonna be a singer
-meets band
-Okay im a succesful singer now
-multiple montages of popular concerts and song debuts
-Okay we're done

@elliottchrist 3 years ago

Of course, the Academy read “Best Editing” as “Most Editing,” and this movie has it by a mile.

@StephenRahrig 7 years ago

Pretty sure by “best editing” they just meant the Live Aide scene was super accurate.

@isaywhateveriwantandyougot7421 4 years ago

The job of an editor is so unrewarding. If they do it well, nobody notices. If they do it badly, everyone hates it.

@ice.man95 6 years ago

Actor: moves a single facial muscle
Crew: OK SHOW HIM NOW

@joelmillerfanclub 7 years ago

someone said the editing on this movie looks like when you’re rushing through instagram stories HSJSHJ

@Jason_Portman 7 years ago (edited)

Is it just me or do others feel sick when there are a lot of quick cuts in a scene. Like movie motion sickness

@Rubbish_ 3 years ago

It’s like you’re in a zoom call and whoever made noise will have the camera switch to them.

@josepholiveira2873 7 years ago

Courtesy of a comment on Twitter: "Apparently 'Best Editing' now just means 'Most Editing'?"

@taffysaur 7 years ago

You’re telling me the Oscars AREN’T the qualified, impartial arbiters of quality they present themselves as..? Next you will be telling me politicians don’t actually represent my interests!

@jeanlucdiscard 7 years ago

"So this is Queen?"

"Aye, Lord Baelish."

@nateds7326 6 years ago

One of my problems with the scene is that Reed says "you've got a gift. All of you have." And then he says "so, what makes Queen different from all the other wanabe rock stars". Like you just said they had a gift what do you mean? I don't know if that's an editing thing but that stuck out to me.

@BriTaylor 7 years ago

I felt crazy/picky for thinking the editing in this movie was off, but now i feel 10x better that someone addressed it

@ThinkBigAnimation 7 years ago

I don't study film, but I felt entirely bothered by this scene but didn't know why. Now I know. Great analysis

@homelesspaladin 7 years ago

So you're telling me that Oscars mean absolutely nothing now? Color me surprised.

@b.f.2461 4 years ago

The interesting thing about having May in a separate shot from the rest of the band, is that it makes it look like HE is the main character. The frame amplifies his reactions compared to Freddie and the others. I bet if you showed just that scene to someone who didn’t know of
Queen, they’d assume May was the lead singer, or at least the prime creative force, from the way he seems singled out.

@godgirl34599 7 years ago

Glad I'm not the only one who found the editing strange & thought the movie rushed by too quickly

@fredrikstaffansson4473 7 years ago

The only time I walked away from a movie thinking "that was some awesome editing" was after Whiplash.

@Abhi-cb7eh 7 years ago

Usually, Academy voters don't see the whole movie before voting. People behind the film send the best edited 10 to 20 minutes of footage to the academy to see. So the worst edited parts of a film are not taken into account. It's like choosing best edited 10 minutes of all films nominated.