Review of There Be Dragons (2011) by Eztizen S — 07 May 2011

It's not bad. Not awesome, but it is not bad at all.

This is my last year in High School and we have just finished studying the Spanish Civil War (I'm from Spain), so I had no problem understanding the background, and I think that allowed me to enjoy the film more than if I hadn't studied it.

The first minutes are kind of boring because they spend too much time telling the story set in 1982. But once Escrivá becomes priest and the Civil War starts, it becomes better, way better.

I like how they showed that both sides did awful things and that both sides had really good people among them. There are no good or bad people, just people trying to survive during very hard times. It made me remember the stories my grandparents told me about those years.

The only thing I didn't quite like was the part that happens during 1982. I don't really care about it, to be honest. It is not completely bad, but I think they should have focused a little bit more on the war. But it's good overall.

And I have to admit that watching Rodrigo Santoro (and well, Wes Bentley and my fellow countryman Unax Ugalde) and his sexy face made it more interesting xP And Olga Kurylenko is always great.