Alatriste

I rented it because of the good reviews here in yahoo, but just found myself watching something so boooring and long, I got up and started cleaning up my room!!! that seemed to be more fun that watching "alatriste". .... Full review

I rented it because of the good reviews here in yahoo, but just found myself watching something so boooring and long, I got up and started cleaning up my room!!! that seemed to be more fun that watching "alatriste". .... Full review

Es una película ambientada en el Siglo de Oro español. Retrata de una manera muy acertada lo que significaba la vida diaria en España en aquella época, los tercios de Flandes, etc. En la misma se muestra el honor, amor, orgullo,... Full review

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For those not familiar with powerful medieval foreign politics of Spain a short and colourful lesson. Also a lesson from endurance of pride and honour,court plots(seen so often throughout history)and unnecessary deaths.Reccomended!... Full review

For those not familiar with powerful medieval foreign politics of Spain a short and colourful lesson. Also a lesson from endurance of pride and honour,court plots(seen so often throughout history)and unnecessary deaths.Reccomended!... Full review

All the time complaining about the lack of commercial movies in the Spanish industry, and when a nice effort comes trough, everybody is bashing it!! Now, it's true that the movie has his share of flaws: The story feels disjointed, but... Full review

It's big-budget, it boasts extras by the planeload, and a broad historical panorama: it's all about intrigue, loyalty, love, and loads of a real man doing what a real man's gotta do. This is the Spanish film industry's most serious attempt... Full review

I enjoyed Alatriste; it's not your typical fast-paced Hollywood action flick (if you go see it expecting something of the sort, you'll probably be disappointed and bored) and the plot is not too clearly defined, but it has an excellent cinematography... Full review

XVII Spanish Century is too rich to be told in two hours and a half, and that's what the film has tried. Perhaps too many characters that unable us to be identified with them. Alatriste is too many things in just... Full review

Things have taken a sharp turn for the worst back home, however, and as Alatriste does his best to help the boy reach manhood while earning his keep as a hired swordsman, he sees his country crumbling at the feet of a feeble monarch who is failing to grasp the inner workings of his own corrupt court. ... Full Review

Filmax International has picked up the international sales rights to Agustin Diaz Yanes' Just Walking (Solo Quiero Caminar) and will commence sales at AFM. The Alatriste director's latest film about three brave women who take on a group of Mexican... ... Full Article

"Alatriste", "Volver", and Pan's Labyrinth" all landed over ten nods for the event. Recognized as the one who holds the award event equivalent to Academy Awards, Spain's Academia of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences (AACCE) made public the contenders for its... ... Full Article

I must begin this entry by posing a question to anyone out there who's been reading along here while TIFFing: did anybody attend the screening of Alatriste this afternoon at the Paramount? ... Full Article

"The Abandoned" (Castelao) Woman terrorized by her own ghost. Chiller debut of Nacho Cerda. Selling very nicely. Sales: Filmax. "Alatriste" (Estudios Picasso/Origen/Universal Studios Networks Espana) A $28 million scabbard and pike adventure pic with Viggo Mortensen playing 16th century mercenary... ... Full Article

Viggo Mortensen , recently of Hidalgo and Return of the King, is in negotiations to star in Alatriste. He would play Captain Alatriste, a "Spanish soldier-cum-mercenary embroiled in the country's 16th century imperial wars." ... Full Article