Review of Copying Beethoven (2006) by Topher B — 29 Jan 2013

This movie is proof that a mediocre idea can be turned into a true waste of film. Surrounded by ripoffs from Immortal Beloved and Amadeus, not that the former of which would be worth ripping off, this pathetic attempt at a period piece had about as much to do with Beethoven as those stupid St Bernard movies.

I applaud the attempt at a feminist slant, but it made little sense here. And by the way the term "Grossest Fugue" was a from a spoof by PDQ Bach. The actual work is the Große Fuge, and as no other German was spoken through out the film, it should have been translated to "Great Fugue.

" Oh, but I forgot, that was the part where Harris danced around in his underwear and said that music has to be ugly to be human, so he had to say "Gross." I think this was after the extremely awkward sponge bath scene, which was just SO relevant.

I always forget that part of Music History when composers say to their copyists (as if they actually met them), "Wash me." I think it's the audience that needs to be washed.