The
big thing about this box set, which includes a live concert disc and two discs
of music, isn’t how good the band looks and sounds but the fact that it was
made at a time when Queen was close to not even being a band any longer. After
years of being at the top of the charts, and fighting like hellions back stage,
the four members of Queen – Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon and Roger
Taylor – were ready to call it quits when Bob Geldof called them to perform at
Live Aid and they rediscovered just how good they were and how much they liked being
Queen. So the music they play here, the first major rock show to play in
Budapest, is full of energy and while Queen has arguably always been better in
the studio than in concert, they rock the stadium. The film also takes time to
give each member a little off-stage vignette to let us get to know them a
little better. It’s a bit cheesy, but fans will love it.
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