Great film; I'll never watch again

Rating: 7/10 (8 June 2009)

This was a fabulous picture with some slow-moving spots (hence the 7 out of 10). I wish the description of it had been more accurate. I was expecting more fantasy sequences, not so much focus on the Spanish war.
What makes me not want to see it again was the brutality depicted. It was very realistically done, not sensationalized, which made it all the more difficult to watch. I had to close my eyes in parts, not due to squeamishness, but because I didn't want the images of barbarity seared into my brain.
I had some difficulty relating to the movie entirely because of the subtitles, but that often happens with "foreign" films. Overall, this is an extremely well-made picture. Not for children!