It's beautiful. It's horrible and hard to watch at times but I'm glad I did. I caught myself saying-"Oh no! Oh no!" several times during the watch and I usually don't get that emotionally invested in a movie but I did. It affected me the next day and a few days after as I found my mind drifting back to it. I think it's the finest war movie ever made. And I really don't think it's even close.