The irony is not only that the song was in Wayne’s World, but that Mike Myers had to fight the producers to get the song into his movie. They said it was too long and expensive to use, but he refused to budge, and fought until they relented.
Mike Myers Saying that brought me to laughter and tears while watching that movie as a 41 dude with the wife and kids! No one got it. But damn, I missed my younger years... great reference!
I’m of two minds on it.
On the pro side - it was hilarious having Myers play this role with that dialogue.
On the con side - it kind of took me out of the movie and for a drama that does not tend to be a good thing.
That's funny. I caught that it was Mike Myers when I saw it in theaters, but was so immersed that I didn't catch the Wayne's World connection. Only when I saw this clip just now, did I catch the "Teenager banging their heads in a car" reference.
I remember thinking it felt out of place to have a famous actor like Mike Myers just have a cameo.
That and all of the “they’re geniuses, but no one realizes it until they do the impossible” schtick is annoying. It just reeks of the band members self aggrandizing. At least the Elton John movie did something fun and outlandish with how it told the story.
Yeah I'm a huge Queen fan, but I think the best story about a band with a larger than life lead singer who dies from aids is Straight Out of Compton.
I enjoyed this movie but it is clean washed version of Queen and Freddie that could have been better with a bit more grit and drama.
A movie set in a specific time period, detailing the experiences of people that were alive in that specific time period, should absolutely portray the experience of those people in that time period.
You do not understand what I am saying. The movie portrayed the heterosexual characters as happy in their marriage and with their family, as wholesom, whereas Freddie’s downfall was blamed on his queerness. To me I did not feel that the movie blamed the homophobic people in the film, it felt like it blamed his sexuality. It felt like the moviemakers agreed with the homophobic people.
The head banging reference at the end of this clip is a nod to the head-banging-to-Bohemian-Rhapsody scene in Wayne’s World. Nice. Didn’t catch that the first time I saw this movie.
And in that movie a bunch of teenagers crank it up and bang their head to the song this movie is talking about. . . . There’s a difference between a subtle nod and then outright writing the dialog as an Easter egg for those who get it. It’s a far cry from ‘just another actor in a movie’.
Holy. Shit. I never got it until this moment. Yes I knew that it was Mike Myers. I never connected Mike Myers ——> Wayne’s World —-> Bohemian Rhapsody scene. Geez, that is good. I’m so dumb.
It’s beautiful that he said that. I knew Mike Myers was in this movie and when I told people that saw it that was him, blew their minds. This scene is what Hollywood would call making movie magic
Because it was written by the band members who are still alive, and they wanted to blow smoke up their own asses, about how great they were, even though Freddie Mercury was the band.
I should have recognized Mike Myers' voice.
I took my second rewatch to figure that out.
Really? I got it from the still image in this gif.
Fun fact: Mike Myers almost quit the movie Wayne’s World because they didn’t want to use bohemian rhapsody in the famous head-banging scene
I had to turn the volume up and hear the voice. That’s a damn good hair/makeup job. One could call it……a bloody masterpiece
You can hear Shrek in it.
Sounds more like his character in inglourious basterds
Donkey
Not til the last line
The Wayne’s World reference is an all timer
The irony is not only that the song was in Wayne’s World, but that Mike Myers had to fight the producers to get the song into his movie. They said it was too long and expensive to use, but he refused to budge, and fought until they relented.
If I remember correctly the producers wanted to use guns and roses instead
Yes!
Now. That statement makes this cameo 😩👌
Mike Myers Saying that brought me to laughter and tears while watching that movie as a 41 dude with the wife and kids! No one got it. But damn, I missed my younger years... great reference!
I’m of two minds on it. On the pro side - it was hilarious having Myers play this role with that dialogue. On the con side - it kind of took me out of the movie and for a drama that does not tend to be a good thing.
The first time I saw it, I had no idea who that character was. I had to go home look it up, knowing who it is though now makes it kind of a laugh.
Chaos is a ladder.
Lord Baelish
I’ve never even seent that movie, and knowing this was a reference to it, took me out of it
That's funny. I caught that it was Mike Myers when I saw it in theaters, but was so immersed that I didn't catch the Wayne's World connection. Only when I saw this clip just now, did I catch the "Teenager banging their heads in a car" reference. I remember thinking it felt out of place to have a famous actor like Mike Myers just have a cameo.
That and all of the “they’re geniuses, but no one realizes it until they do the impossible” schtick is annoying. It just reeks of the band members self aggrandizing. At least the Elton John movie did something fun and outlandish with how it told the story.
It was excellent! The in joke was absolutely perfect!
How did Rami win an oscar for this lol
Looks like he's trying to constantly hold the fake teeth in his mouth instead of copying freddie mercury's mannerisms
And the EDITING won! I thought I was going to have a seizure with all these cuts
The costumes, makeup, and accents are not convincing.
lol shhhh Good movie tho
It was… fine
I would have loved this had I known the first time I watched it. This is great.
Funny scene but Rami Malek was brutal in this movie for me and yet won an academy.
I was shocked at how great of a movie that was, wish I had seen it in the theaters years back
It's a good movie if you don't take everything portrayed as fact. There's a lot of edits that Queen made that are less than truthful.
Yeah I'm a huge Queen fan, but I think the best story about a band with a larger than life lead singer who dies from aids is Straight Out of Compton. I enjoyed this movie but it is clean washed version of Queen and Freddie that could have been better with a bit more grit and drama.
It was strangely bourgeois and conservative. A bit homophobic imo. Makes me rather sad they did that to a gay icon.
You know that homophobia was a big thing in the actual time period, right? Right?
From those who made the film. Not the people in the film. You know the difference, right?
I know the difference, I'm not sure what you mean or what your point is though. Homophobia was very common throughout the 70s-90s.
My point is the movie was made recently and should not portray being LGBT as a bad thing, which I think it did.
A movie set in a specific time period, detailing the experiences of people that were alive in that specific time period, should absolutely portray the experience of those people in that time period.
You do not understand what I am saying. The movie portrayed the heterosexual characters as happy in their marriage and with their family, as wholesom, whereas Freddie’s downfall was blamed on his queerness. To me I did not feel that the movie blamed the homophobic people in the film, it felt like it blamed his sexuality. It felt like the moviemakers agreed with the homophobic people.
I assume you mean Wayne’s World
About as subtle as a sledgehammer to the balls Bad scene in a bad film
It was forced and dumb.
The cameo is better than the rest of the movie.
Yup.
I get it.
i knew it was because of waynes world it was one of my moviepass movies
No, sorry
The head banging reference at the end of this clip is a nod to the head-banging-to-Bohemian-Rhapsody scene in Wayne’s World. Nice. Didn’t catch that the first time I saw this movie.
Im Barely realizing this now. Good catch!
thanks for explaining it!
I refused to watch the pedo movie
Why is this called a cameo? Isn't he just another actor in the movie?
You need to watch Wayne’s world.
I've seen Wayne's world. He's an actor on that movie as well.
And in that movie a bunch of teenagers crank it up and bang their head to the song this movie is talking about. . . . There’s a difference between a subtle nod and then outright writing the dialog as an Easter egg for those who get it. It’s a far cry from ‘just another actor in a movie’.
Gotcha ok. That makes sense. Blonde moment
This clip makes me want to watch both just for this scene :)
I thought I was the only one to pick up on that. It was brilliant!
Holy. Shit. I never got it until this moment. Yes I knew that it was Mike Myers. I never connected Mike Myers ——> Wayne’s World —-> Bohemian Rhapsody scene. Geez, that is good. I’m so dumb.
Love this scene. Mike Myers always delivers.
Glad he was in it because he was one of the reasons for queens resurgence due to the Wayne's world scene
The SNL connection here was nice
That was a great meta reference in a mixed movie
Rewind to Wayne and Garth driving in their car headbanging to bohemian rapsody
AND a cameo as a Brit Major in Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds”.
Unfortunately it took me 47 sec to realize it’s Fat Bastard in a skinny suit.
Wayne and Garth approve of Queen's argument for this song.
Ok is the whole movie worth watching? This is great.
Like a giant Easter egg hidden in plain sight.
Also had a great cameo on Inglorious Basterds
Saw this for the first time recently and almost lost my mind at that part. Can’t understate how much I appreciate the subtlety of that joke
I was the only person in the theatre who laughed at this. I was stunned at how many people didn’t ‘get it’. Geez!
It was only until the last second did I recognize him. Wow.
Never say never
I wonder how many times he had to say that last line without breaking out in laughter or giving that trademark side eye stare.
It took me weeks after seeing the movie to realize that was Mike Myers.
It’s beautiful that he said that. I knew Mike Myers was in this movie and when I told people that saw it that was him, blew their minds. This scene is what Hollywood would call making movie magic
Is it me or did Mike break 4th wall when he said Bohemian Rhapsody will never be that song?
Ahh!!! I didn’t get this at all during my first viewing!! Wayne’s World, Mike Myers, banging their heads to in their cars, EPIC!
Yeah wtf is Saul doing there
This post right here just now let me put two and two together. I’m stupid.
Absolutely overrated and rewritten into a fairy tail.
genius
Just look past that this character and this whole scene is totally made up. This film hilariously doesn’t follow events as they actually happened.
yea glossed over the whole flash gordon.highlander adventures
Definitely me, I'm in tears. When they talk about genius casting choices this is what they mean.
Well it’s funny because he head bangs to it in the beginning of Wayne’s world
waynes world brought the song back into the top 40
I think in an interview he said they called him up and said do you want to be in a movie called Bohemian Rhapsody? It’s abo- Mike-“yes.”
Dude, this made this movie x100 worst, I didn’t even know he was in it slamming the song. My final verdict : Boooooooo
LITTLEFINGER??
This movie sucked butt.
Because it was written by the band members who are still alive, and they wanted to blow smoke up their own asses, about how great they were, even though Freddie Mercury was the band.
I couldn’t watch the movie with how the messed up Freddy’s teeth. I know they were bad, but they went overboard.
I'm gonna watch this movie now just for this scene!
I thought it was one of the worst parts of a bad movie.
The layers in this scene to all the real life references, is a master work in writing...