... . When Emperors and Kings ruled the land, and when most of all music was commissioned by them. I thought the manner in which the director chose to unfold the plot was classic. So many great movies are given as flashbacks. It is a chance to see their perspective now and the perspective of which they had back then. Which in this case we ... he hardly ever made a mistake on his compositions. He did everything perfectly in his mind, never settling for mediocrity. Even when the Emperor told him that there was too many notes in his opera, in Mozart's mind it was perfect. Salieri was a jealous ...

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At first glance, "Amadeus" seems like a filmed version of a classic story, but it quickly throws in modern elements to lighten the mood and make everything more relatable. I liked what I saw at first, but in a way I felt as if I was being ... the first act that perfectly symbolizes my view of "Amadeus." After Emperor Joseph II has watched his first Mozart opera, he says he liked it, but there were "too many notes." I'd have to say the same to Shaffer, Zaentz, and Forman: "Your movie is good but it's just too much. I don't understand what the point was, but you did a fair job ... ...

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