Sorry, SM, Teacups is based on a movie, based on a book.
Ok, which is better -
Immortal Beloved based on the true story of Beethovan with a tiny bit of conjecture as to the riddle of his death letter mystery
-OR-
Amadeus - based on, well, almost pure fiction about Mozart?
I ask because I just saw
Immortal Beloved for the first time, really liked it - but was much more charmed by
Amadeus. It bugs me a bit, though, that my naive trust is abused because when I watch a movie about a famous historical figure, I assume it's mostly true - with the usual exceptions for dramatic license.
I mean, certainly everyone knew going in that something like
Shakespeare in Love was a totally fictional account featuring historical characters. But was I completely clueless not to realize
Amadeus was pretty much the same thing?
In any event, I liked learning about Beethovan's life through this movie better than I liked learning little about Mozart's life through the Oscar-winning Milos Forman pic. Oh, and I enjoy Beethovan's music better than Mozart's, too.
Of course, Gary Oldman's Beethovan was kind of a creep, and Thomas Hulce's Mozart was a ton of immature fun. So there's that.
