The second time we saw it with our son who was about to leave for Iraq.
It was tough to see the part about the Mom watching her son go to war....
Gettysburgh, IMO, was better overall as a motion picture, but G&G had such a strong spiritual message, that I liked it as well.
I liked Gettysburg better... but I loved Stonewall Jackson... Stephen Lang did a great job. Then I learned that he played Pickett in Gettysburg. I thought Pickett was very charismatic... so Stephen Lang's stock has gone up considerably in my opinion. What a fantastic actor.