Ultimately rather grim tale about the human folly, greed and stupidity that leads to the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Religious fanatcism, political backstabbing, a profound misunderstanding of the dynamics of the conflict, a lot of wasted lives. Marvelous battle scenes. Two doomed love stories. A figure of towering nobility brought low by a terrible disease. Secret rites. Toxic masculinity by the ton. Not uplifting, but savagely effective.