i do here this movie be good from various people . plus i do like natalie portman and javier bardem as well a the director milo forman . yet after watch this movie i really have nothing to admire about it . first off the acting be very much below average . the performance be just not powerful enough to really feel shock by what the inquisition do . javier bardem do give a solid performance and be probably the only one who actually have a spanish accent . it be pretty obvious why this bardem be the only one . natalie portman and who i think be a very good up and come actress do not really make me feel sorry for her be torture . like the movie there be nothing to admire about her performance . stellan skarsgaard who i do like give a very average performance and like the other actor give a boring performance . this movie be essentially about him since he play goya . yet he do not become what he need to be to make this movie good . what about randy quaid . you have just get to be kid me . him play king carlos iv . look he be great in comedy but him play a king that just describe the whole movie for you . the directing be just horrible in this movie . when a movie be a mess there be usually two people to blame for that represent the director and the writer . i get the feeling that milos forman really do not want his actor to put a spanish accent on . from the very few battle scene in here they be all display horribly . also a a director he need to give you the feeling of shock of what the inquisition do . after this movie i felt like i could careless about the event . to sum it all up he poorly shoot the scene and misguide the actor . the write which be also do by milo forman be just a bad or maybe even bad than the directing . there really be nothing memorable of the movie except for one see where bardem do get the same treatment that portman character have get . other then that the movie do not give you the feeling of the time period and at least it could have make up for it with a quote or two . after finish this movie i be just look at the t. v. think ok why should i care about any of this . i do care and be very much interested in history but when movie like this come up it feel like the producer rob you of something good that could have be take away from the movie . when movie be this bad we highlight a lot of the technical fault in a movie than if it be good . like the accent . i be not sure people would have emphasize the lack of spanish accent if this movie be good . thw whole point of this review be to say just do not watch it .