(Little disclaimer: I'm making this post as a topic of debate, not to point out any "errors" because I don't expect a dramatic work to have to adhere strictly to the facts by any means, so please don't misinterpret this as me being a pedant. But I found this list on TV Tropes and thought it was interesting. Spoilers for the film, of course.)On Roger Taylor's drum set, an anachronistic Latin Percussion (LP) cowbell is used, along with an updated cymbal product line from Zildjian and a Premier bass drum pedal.A scene in one of the trailers shows Brian May discussing the song "We Will Rock You." The song was released in 1977, before Freddie Mercury grew a mustache, and yet he's depicted in the scene as having one. This is because in the film, the song is pushed back to 1980.Freddie was previously part of a band called Ibex - which is how he met Roger and Brian - that fell apart due to the other members' outside commitments. They are Adapted Out, although Freddie does already demonstrate singing prowess when he meets Roger and Brian.The character Ray Foster who refuses to release "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a single is completely fictional.Queen didn't get to finish their first American tour, due to Brian May coming down with hepatitis. They wouldn't go back to the States until 1977.The song "Fat Bottomed Girls" is depicted as being played on tour between the first album and A Night at the Opera (1973-74), when in fact the song was not released until late 1978.The Big finale of the Live Aid concert features several events being moved up so the concert can act as the film's climax.Jim Hutton's relationship with Freddie had already begun before the Live Aid concert, and the film tweaks the timeline around so that the concert is the start of it.Freddie finds out he has AIDS and confesses to the band as they are getting ready for the Live Aid performance. He wasn't actually diagnosed until 1987, and his friends and family didn't get told until a couple of years later.Paul Prenter's relationship with Freddie Mercury didn't end until after Live Aid.The concert is presented as the first show the band did upon reuniting following Freddie's short lived solo career. In fact they had just finished touring in Japan 2 months prior. In fact Freddie's second solo album Barcelona, came out 3 years after the concert.Furthermore, the band didn't really "break up" while Freddie went solo - he was very clear his solo albums were a side project, and they simply took a hiatus from making albums but kept touring. Not only that, but the other band members taking Freddie wanting to do solo albums as some sort of betrayal makes no sense as Roger Taylor had a solo side-gig since 1977, with an album in 1981, and Brian May released a solo album in 1983.John Deacon is portrayed has joining the band by the time of their first performance with Freddie in July 1970. The band in fact went through a few bassists for their first shows, settling on Deacon in February 1971.The film also plays up the success of their first album, making it seem like they immediately made it big to serve as buildup for the aforementioned conflict over Bohemian Rhapsody - the character Ray Foster's insistence that Queen play it safe and not go too experimental makes a lot more sense narratively if the Band's first album is a big hit. In reality, their first album, while well reviewed at the time, met only modest mainstream sales and the only single on the album on release Keep Yourself Alive, sold rather poorly at the time. In fact their second album would become the first one to actually chart in the UK.This is due to the film skipping around and making it almost seem like "A Night At The Opera" was Queen's 2nd album, as the plot sort of skips over "Queen II" and "Sheer Heart Attack", though the later's "Killer Queen" is briefly mentioned. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2TtLOAr
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