yeah everyone thinks it's a classic but..

Rating: 2/10 (26 February 2003)

now most classics, i can very well agree with their status, but this one i just can't understand why it's so acclaimed.. critics love bringing down any historical film down to it's artistic licences, but i'm amazed at how this one is so over-missed.. now come on Mozart speaking in an American accent, and most of the cast using contemporary dialogue.. i don't care how great the subject matter or production design is.. but really i can't overlook that fact.. A Knight's Tale having a moment where they sing Queen's 'We Will Rock You' i can enjoy, that film isn't taking itself entirely serious.. but Amadeus is!!! and there cast using american accents and contemporary dialogue in film set in Europe hundereds of years ago, is one of the biggest plot points i could think of.. i just couldn't take the film seriously, and it was pretty boring.
i'm not some ignorant movie goer either.. in fact i know a hell of a lot, so don't think i'm some 14yr old movie buff wannabe..
This film is seriously over-rated. Milos Forman has made many a great film (Cukoo's Nest, Larry Flynt, Man On The Moon [all set in the 20th Century i might add!]), but this in my mind was one of his absolute worst.. it's as if he was lazy enough to just leave the boom mike in shot the whole time, and leave in sounds of the crew working behind camera. .it's just that ignorant a film.
It has enough fans (and oscars), that i don't think my blasting of it is going to hurt it one bit, but if you're REALLY serious about films, (and i don't just mean someone who watches a lot of films, but someone who thinks about films every other second of the day) don't go into this movie thinking it's the absolute masterpiece everyone makes it out out to be, it just isn't... the accents and dialogue totally overshadow what could have been a truly great film! because everything else is top notch.. but i can't forgive such easy and obvious mistakes in such a high profile film!!!