i expect so much more than what i receive from watch this movie . it be not that i object to literary license and ( if that be what it should be call ) especially when there be no overt attempt to say base on a true story . but this movie be about beethoven a real historical person who be so widely know and so deeply embed into our musical experience and i expect the movie to be true to history at least in the primary element . this movie take such great exception from the historic record it could only disappoint . my assumption ( because i have not research the movie at all ) be that it be true . half way through and i stop the movie to look it up on imdb . the rest of the movie be a remarkably different experience . i be relieve that this be not accurate with history because it be so hard to believe a major portion of the story . to enjoy this movie and i be require to recognize it a a fantasy and a what if it be like this story . the movie lack this honest disclaimer . what disappoint me most be the fictionalized conducting of the 9th symphony . the very concept portray in the film stretch my imagination to the point of incredulity . i end up doubt anything be true to history other than ludwig van beethoven and his relationship with karl van beethoven . i really enjoy the performance of ed harris an exceptional actor who know how to play a role and keep himself out of it and that be about it and for that i give it a negative . those who portend that this movie be as good a or good than amadeus have not a clue about either either composer life and be look only for what this movie really be and for in the end it be a cheap novel of a story pulp fiction .