i expected so much more than what i received from watching this movie. it is not that i object to literary license and (if that is what it should be called) especially when there is no overt attempt to say based on a true story. but this movie is about beethoven  a real historical person who is so widely known and so deeply embedded into our musical experiences and i expected the movie to be true to history at least in the primary elements. this movie took such great exception from the historic record it could only disappoint. my assumption (because i had not researched the movie at all) was that it was true. half way through and i stopped the movie to look it up on imdb. the rest of the movie was a remarkably different experience. i was relieved that this was not accurate with history because it was so hard to believe a major portion of the story. to enjoy this movie and i was required to recognize it as a fantasy and a what if it was like this story. the movie lacked this honest disclaimer. what disappointed me most was the fictionalized conducting of the 9th symphony. the very concept portrayed in the film stretched my imagination to the point of incredulity. i ended up doubting anything was true to history other than ludwig van beethoven and his relationship with karl van beethoven. i really enjoyed the performance of ed harris  an exceptional actor who knows how to play a role and keep himself out of it and that was about it and for that i give it a negative . those who portend that this movie is as good as or better than amadeus have not a clue about either either composers life and are looking only for what this movie really is and for in the end it was a cheap novel of a story  pulp fiction. 
i expected so much more than what i received from watching this movie. it is not that i object to literary license and (if that is what it should be called) especially when there is no overt attempt to say based on a true story. but this movie is about beethoven  a real historical person who is so widely known and so deeply embedded into our musical experiences and i expected the movie to be true to history at least in the primary elements. this movie took such great exception from the historic record it could only disappoint. my assumption (because i had not researched the movie at all) was that it was true. half way through and i stopped the movie to look it up on imdb. the rest of the movie was a remarkably different experience. i was relieved that this was not accurate with history because it was so hard to believe a major portion of the story. to enjoy this movie and i was required to recognize it as a fantasy and a what if it was like this story. the movie lacked this honest disclaimer. what disappointed me most was the fictionalized conducting of the 9th symphony. the very concept portrayed in the film stretched my imagination to the point of incredulity. i ended up doubting anything was true to history other than ludwig van beethoven and his relationship with karl van beethoven. i really enjoyed the performance of ed harris  an exceptional actor who knows how to play a role and keep himself out of it and that was about it and for that i give it a negative . those who portend that this movie is as good as or better than amadeus have not a clue about either either composers life and are looking only for what this movie really is and for in the end it was a cheap novel of a story  pulp fiction. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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