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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 talked down to. And just as I started to catch on, the film lost me. The opening scenes quickly establish and foreshadow the mood and settings for the rest of the film. We meet Antonio Salierian old man in an asylum in early 19th century Europe. He is a bitter old man and when he is visited by a Catholic priest he is very spiteful, almost hostile towards him and what he stands for. He then proceeds to tell his tale of his personal vendetta against "The Great" Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who seems like a college frat boy stuck in the body of this period character. I really didn't have a problem with this because this i