Amadeus is ranked 90th on the Top 250 list. I don't expect everyone to agree with my no. 1 ranking but 90 seems way too
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CathBridgers — 9 years ago(April 19, 2016 10:46 AM)
Interesting thoughts. I just watched the director's cut after having seen it in the top 250 and Roger Ebert's Great Movies list and frankly I feel a little underwhelmed. I can see why people think it's great but I didn't feel very impacted by it. I certainly have no quarrel with the historical inaccuracies.
Sometimes I think films that were a little bit before my time have a lesser effect on me. I think also it was strange watching a period drama set in Germany with a cast who largely had American accents, which also happens in Marie Antoinette, a movie I very much enjoyed.
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daddysarm — 9 years ago(May 13, 2016 04:10 PM)
Spending so much time on his operas was a huge mistake. I know why they did it. A film is a visual experience & so is an opera, whereas Eine Kleine or a symphony is not.
But. That decision makes Amadeus the film that always makes me think:
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KhurramAtta — 9 years ago(July 13, 2016 12:25 PM)
because people are filthy plebs these days. They want to watch superhero crap. The want to watch beep feminist remakes. They don't know what quality is. When The Rock is the highest paid actor in the world, you know there's something wrong with cinema.
Amadeus is one of the greatest movies of all time. If it would've been released today, it would've flopped. Thank God for this movie and Milos Forman.
Top 250 Foreign Movies
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longcooljolie — 9 years ago(August 13, 2016 07:19 PM)
So, the rating is not too low by IMDB standards: an 8.3.
Amadeus won lots of Oscars, back before they became so political. The movie was not hugely financially successful, but this is because of people's knee-jerk reactions to period dramas. F Murray Abraham's performance probably gets analyzed in college level film and acting courses.
This is a collection film, one that you can watch over and over again and never get tired of because of the music and the performances.
