I thought it was very good. Do the critics dislike it because it isn't as good as Amadaeus? Or because it's a fictional "what if" story about Beethoven. Or because they resent the fictional "feminist" take on the story. Or is it some other reason.
sharethey don't like it because it isn't any good. kruger's performance is embarrassing. and harris's is only slightly better.
shareI liked Ed Harris' performance, and the premiere of his 9th Symphony was moving (esp. Ode To Joy) but still did not make it quite worth it for me. Mainly a lot of boring scenes punctuated with ridiculous dialogue. Toward the end, when Beethoven fell ill, I was glad because I knew it was almost over.
My friend loved it though.
i agree. after the 9th symphony the movie got boring.
sharethe film's boring. My husband fell asleep watching it, and me, I suffered because I love Beethoven.
shareHmmmm . . .
I actually thought this a very comprehensive and effective effort at storytelling . . . on so many levels.
From the visual symbolism implied through camera angles that changed as the story (and the various emotions shifted), tracking and composition to the Director's hand in highlighting the principal's pathos within the "genius against programmed social expectation" paradox. Ed Harris was his usual talented self and Diane Kruger's "Anna" was marginally restricted in energy, not only because of her character's implied historically restrained gender-subserviency (which was an educational subplot for those in tune to that sort of thing), but also because of Harris' overwhelming and sometimes intense personal energy simply overwhelms whomever stands in his acting path. The 9th Symphony scene is a masterpiece on so many film-making levels.
I can also easily understand why people didn't like it.
This film clearly does not at all comport with today's (film viewer's and critic's) programmed expectations. The director uses a camera-load of nuance (visual, scripted and implied) and relies on the viewer's understanding and employment of personal empathy and honesty within our own personal relationships and sensitivities in order to find the beauty in all this. Typical American dysfunction might prevent such necessary vulnerability. I will definitely view this film again, as it delivers in so many layers that one viewing clearly has people missing things.
your funny.
Let's put a smile on that face!
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The critics don't like it because they can see this is feminist propaganda, plain and simple. If Beethoven had been born with a vagina this movie never would have been made.
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If that were true, they would hate 99.99% of what Hollywood produces, because it's all feminist propaganda. Some of the shots literally made me nauseous, and it was too fictional, so it might not be the best movie, but I doubt feminists have that much love for this movie. It did after all recognize Beethoven as the Maestro, while the little woman was bathing him. Once the feminists fully consolidate power, this film along with Beethoven's work would be burned.
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