Thank's mister del toro for such a balance and fair film...

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2007)

I like some other's pictures of del toro like "cronos" blade 2" and most of all "devils backbone" despise the ending of "en la union esta la fuerza" I guess is very clear now where the sympathies or money come from.The movie is a very simple and trivial propaganda, we know since the beginning who are the bad guy's(franco's troops del toro own version of the gestapo) and the good guys the guerrilleros on the mountain( similar of those in Cuba, those who fight for the people).
The movie is well done and design but very predictable and simple and copy other movies as well."MirrorMask" "the shining" el bosque encantado" etc...
I wonder what impression American audience who probably don't know much of the Spanish civil war are going to get? anyway I went with high hopes and come back empty and manipulated.
Viva la Pepa!