Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

aspiration-ini An awkward, ridiculous, pathetic interpretation! Beethoven loved only music and himself. He hated his father. He hated all women and all children because they were mere distractions from his work. The immortal beloved is music. That is the truth. Script 4 Director 4 Actor play 8 Gary Oldman 5 the others subtotal 6.5 Entertainment 7 (6 nice decorations and costumes +1 for scene of Starlight sky) TOTAL 5

kovackornelije First class cinematography, direction, music, main actor, costumes, set design. There are a few small thing in the story that could have been corrected, nothing too important, but just to make some points more convincing.

treeline1 The year is 1827, and famed composer Ludwig van Beethoven has just died. He leaves his estate to someone only known as his "Immortal Beloved," so his secretary goes about finding out who she may be among his many lovers.This movie is absolutely beautiful. Beethoven's music, of course, is the soundtrack and also the main plot point, as the writer/director speculates on the events in the maestro's life that inspired each piece. The movie goes back and forth in time to each of the important people in Beethoven's life and we see his music evolve from much tragedy, some euphoria, and most of all, his passion for life. There is even a persuasive scene accounting for his deafness.With lavish costumes and picturesque Czech locations, it's lovely to look at but even more impressive is Gary Oldman's portrayal of Beethoven. Though playing a conceited, temperamental, and often angry man, Oldman still wins our sympathy and he is at his charismatic best. If you love Beethoven's music and/or period films, you'll enjoy this exciting biopic. Highly recommended.

ShannonTriumphant There is a LOT of mixture of the film's mythology about Beethoven, just as there was between fantasy (often promulgated by Ludwig himself!) and reality.First of all, he was NOT regarded as the "gigantic musical genius" that we think he was today. Next to Mozart...or even Haydn, he was seen as an insufferable boor, a self-obsessed whacko and vain beyond belief, not to mention cruel to anyone and everyone and unhygienic, even for THOSE days! Yes, I used to worship him in college, but that is what college girls DO, until they a) listen to his boring, long-winded string quartets and/or b) travel to SALZBURG, Austria, to see where the real master lived, work and whence he launched his true immortal music into the world.Unlike Beethoven, Mozart never had to "slave" over anything; one of the best parts of the deeply flawed (yet STILL great!) film "Amadeus" was that Mozart really DID write, "as if he was taking dictation" and furthermore, could really, truly conduct a symphony, while writing another in his head! It's just that Salieri never said that.Mozart's only "flaws" were remarkably similar to those of a later, great U.S. President, William Jefferson Clinton: those of the flesh...and let's face i: if you are NOT a Repressed Republican...WHO CARES??! Yes, Beethoven was crude, sexist, and even misogynistic, not to mention conceited. Let's just say that after bathing in the music of BOTH these "Titans" all summer, I came away with Mozart in my soul...and Beethoven between my teeth (As I'm sure he meant it to be!).Let's face it: he NEVER went out of his way to pleas ANYONE (personally--I'm sure he WOULD have if he's been a U.S. president!)...and did Mozart one better in alienating anyone who could have helped him (Mozart at least hung on to a couple of patrons).In my opinion, Beethoven is for GUYS, like Mars. Mozart is for women and more enlightened guys, like Venus (or Dionysus...or for compulsive gamblers!).Wolfi...you were SO right about that dolt, Ludwig! Let's put it to rest with the assessment of a contemporary, the esteemed Franz Joseph Haydn. He told Mozart's FATHER that his son was "the best composer known to him" and that he had "Taste and style". He said very little about poor Ludwig. I'd feel sorry for the jerk if he wasn't such a...well...JERK! (OH...and a lesser musician).