Very powerful music

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2006)

This is a beautifully made movie. I wasn't expecting a movie like this to be funny and powerful at the same time. F.Murray Abraham is excellent as Antonio salieri. You can truly understand how jealous he feels towards Mozart. Basically, Salieri is the top composer in vienna, but when Mozart comes along, he feels angry that Mozart has a much better gift for music than he. Salieri is then determined to destroy Mozart. The music used for the movie also plays a big part. There is also a lot to do with god as well. Salieri is angry at god for blessing Mozart(who is very big-headed and annoying) with such devine gifts that he so desperately wants for himself. Even though Salieri may sound like a bad person, you actually feel sorry for him. When he first meets Mozart, he tries his best to welcome him by writing a piece of music for him, but Mozart, not exactly meaning to, sort of critices Salieri's music for being repetitive, so makes his own changes to it.
So really this is a very powerful film with great performances from F. Murray Abraham and Tom hulas, who plays Mozart. You must see this.