Not enough fantasy

Rating: 3/10 (13 January 2007)

The trailer sells it as some kind of fantasy adventure... well it's not. 80-90% of the movie deals with the civil war in Spain in the 40's. So it completely misled me. Given that, I was willing to give it a chance, but really I just wanted to scream "GET TO THE POINT!!" in the middle of the show.
Of the fantasy scenes that were in it, there was some cool stuff, but there could have so much more. It ended up just being boring. The intro seemed forced or contrived. The directing was pretty good. The anti-hero was so cruel he didn't seem real at all. The costumes were the best part. The conclusion made me go "Is that it? That was the most obvious ending... that couldn't be the real ending."
On the positive side, I liked the fact that, as she was being guided, you didn't know whether to believe her guide or not. As an innocent observer you were conflicted with the main character's choices, as she was. It made it climactic, in a sense, when you found out what was the truth.