Amadeus
It would be very easy for me as a reviewer to write that the film Amadeus was one of the best films I have ever seen, that it was a masterpiece worthy of exaltation and extensive reward. However, doing so would be agreeing with a vast majority simply because it is the popular opinion. Amadeus won eight academy awards, which makes it one of the most award winning films of all time but, unfortunately, awards do not make a film interesting. While watching Amadeus, I found myself often board and counting the seconds until the films 180 minutes would come to an end. The film Amadeus is false in the title itself. I was expecting this film to be about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, however by the end of the film I came to believe that the film had been more about composer Antonio Salieri and his contempt for a God he had once loved and honored. Antonio Salieri had a dream of becoming the best composer in Vienna as well as the world. The music filled his soul like nothing else and he wanted nothing more than to create music that the world would appreciate. He asked that God work through him, that God give him this gift in exchange for his complete obedience and sacrifice of worldly things. He would give up women as well as a
Mozart would perfect his talent even more through the years until finally he was unmistakably the best in the world. In the end, Mozart destroyed himself and died believing that Salieri was a friend and admirer of his work. About the same time that Salieri was growing up, another child was growing up with the same passion, a passion his father forced on him from a very young age. Drinking along with pressure led to illness and almost insanity. Soon after Mozart's arrival in Vienna, Salieri began to become aware of the talent that Mozart possessed. Amadeus was not the worst film I have ever seen. This simple fact filled Salieri with an anger and contempt for not only Mozart, but for God as well. Salieri felt betrayed by a God he had given everything to, a God he had dedicated his whole life to. I personally would have liked to see more about his life and his music and less about the hatred that filled a jealous composer. ll other vices, he would become a symbol of complete virtue in exchange for the gift he desired more that anything. He could write music in his head, remember a complete tune after hearing it once, as well as create Opera's that were new and contained elements that no other composer had ever attempted. The score was nothing short of amazing and the acting was exceptional. Salieri would ask God one more time to fill him with his voice so that he may know that he had not been forgotten in favor of Mozart. Mozart began to show him up and show complete disdain for his work. Maybe Milos Forman, the director, should have taken Salieri's advice.
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