Amadeus
SCORE: 63
On a Sunday afternoon between streaming
engagements and while I was working on building pages in the Family
Friendly Gaming magazine and website I watched Amadeus on Blu-ray. This
Mozart related movie takes 180 minutes to watch. I say Amadeus is Mozart
related because it is really about Salieri. In typical Holly Weird
redefinitionist fashion we do not get the truth or history out of
Amadeus. Instead we get terrible inaccuracies and in some cases the
opposite of truth.
Amadeus the movie shows Mozart to be a genius. Salieri recognizes the
genius and is jealous because he is mediocre in comparison. In Amadeus
Salieri goes from hearing the voice of God from Mozart to finding ways
to undermine him. Salieri hates God in Amadeus. He wants to be as ugly
and nasty to God as possible. No wonder Amadeus received so many
accolades. Since hostility to God, and Christians seems to be a
requirement in Holly Weird.
I am a bit shocked that Amadeus was given the PG rating instead of
PG-13. Why do I say that? Amadeus has violence, blood, nudity, bad
language, sexual content, hatred and more. In some regards Amadeus could
easily fit under the R for Restricted category. Amadeus shows Mozart as
a playboy who works hard and plays hard. He is a fiend with the women
and has very few morals. Mozart is shown as pushing the boundary of what
is acceptable in that society.
Amadeus really goes after the emperor and the ruling class. The common
man is shown as being better to Mozart in Amadeus. Amadeus takes a
couple of jabs at the church, parents, and even marriage. Salieri prays
to God to play music and his father dies. Why is this relevant? His
father did not see much of a future in music for his son. Salieri
believes in Amadeus that God killed his father to answer his prayer.
Salieri is shown as very mentally messed up in Amadeus.
Amadeus is a long movie to sit through. There are so many parts that
could have easily been cut out to make it flow faster. The attempts to
redefine history in Amadeus wind up making the content very confusing.
Amadeus is so full of contradictions that I think the movie wants to
make the viewer as mad as they show Salieri is. I felt like Amadeus
wanted me to think Salieri drove Mozart mad to the point of death, and
paid the price with his own sanity.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sound: 65%
Replay/Extras: 71%
Gameplay: 70%
Family Friendly Factor: 50%
System: Blu-ray/DVD
Publisher: Warner Bros Pictures
Developer: Saul Zaentz Company
Rating: 'PG' for Parental Guidance Suggested
{Mild Scary Themes, Nudity, Sex References, and Language}
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