Queen: Days of Our Lives

Most rock documentaries give you a Cliff Notes version of a band’s career. They cover the making of a few hits, drop in a couple of videos and wrap it up with a ‘where are they now’ finale. That kind of format wouldn’t do justice to a band like Queen. They were big in the US, primarily because of Bohemian Rhapsody and its head banging use in Wayne’s World, but Queen were huge to the rest of the world. The movie goes in deep detail about how the members met, their creative process, and how they dealt with the fame they eventually achieved. It also gives a pretty in-depth look at the lifestyle that front-man Freddie Mercury lived and how it led to his contracting and eventually dying of AIDs. The film’s not a dry detailing of facts, though; there is plenty of music throughout, which is probably the best reminder of how cool a band Queen really was.