I'll admit to being a phililstine and to drifting off occasionally, wishing there were more close ups and struggling to tell people apart (a few more close ups would've worked wonders). The beautiful images sometimes distance me - musical scores over battles. This was deliberate to avoid feeling of pain.
But it's certainy rich and I'm still thinking about it. Even if the main lord is a dill - a man who murdered and massacred his way to the top dividing his land into three; the elder two sons start fighting almost immediately, the "good" son is smart at war but dumb enough to be attached to his dumb dad.
Nice characters - third son, the jester (I guess), the second son's ethical general, the second son's nice wife, her blind brother. They all end up dead except the brother. (Well we don't see the second son or ethical general die we just assume).
Nasty characters - the lord, the elder two sons, the wife of the eldest who shags the second one (easily the best character with the most brilliant scenes and death). They all die too.
I was confused who was the army at the end against the second son - the people who won I guess. I assume neighbouring lord.
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