Review: El Cid (1961)

I can see why this movie might have been popular at the time it was released. It has everything: politics, drama, fighting, good vs. evil struggles, character, growth, romance, and even a little bit of degeneracy. However, as I've been noticing in my film journey, Western historical movies just don't quite hold up because of the way they handle relationships between different ethnic groups. For a long epic historical movie, this was fine, but if you want to have a good time, don't look too closely at how people of different ethnicities are treated.

Spoilers.

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