This movie, like the book it's heavily based from as well as the 1930 and 1971 movies, delivered punch after punch of psychological and emotional blows, culminating in a extremely heart wrenching and depressing story. The direction was incredible, the characters fleshed out, each one you hope can somehow survive. However, this film shows the true brutality of a war that happened and shows the true depravity of humanity and destruction of the human soul through Paul, culminating in heartwrenching deaths of his friends and himself. This movie was superbly done, the actors, writing, sets and production was impressive to watch, almost as if you were there yourself, watching the horrors of war unfold. A truly beautiful and distressing experience that lives up to many expectations.