(Average) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

NOTE: Watched this series in English and only the first season/part 1

Series in one sentence:  
The original Fullmetal Alchemist, but rushed and unfunny.

Series in more sentences:
Two young brothers try to resurrect their dead mother using magic based in science, called "alchemy", but learn about the sacrifice that is needed in order to get such a wish fulfilled, the hard way. The eldest loses his leg and has to further give up his arm to save his little brother's fleeting soul in time; who now has to live his life as an empty piece of armour.

Obviously not content with this, considering their failure to get their actual mother back, the two go out to find ways to restore their body. The eldest decides to join the military as a state alchemist and hopes to get exposed to more knowledge that'll get his little brother his body back.
 

This one's a bit difficult to sit through when you've just finished the original. The one sentence description says it all.

I believe this remake exists because they thought it was necessary to have the same thing, but more accurate to the manga. I'm not familiar with it, so all I can do is assume that all the changes and added stuff in Brotherhood is entirely accurate, which explains why some fans love this show the way they do. I can't relate, but I can understand.

Still, I'm baffled that many of them say it's even better than the original.

I believe the comics were still going on when the first series was created, so many of the episodes are -or were considered- filler. It might be strange to watch them back now that the books have finished and there's more of the story out there, but I find that an unfair point to make against it. That's not the anime's fault.

My complaints concerning Brotherhood are not the changes and added content, but the way it downplays serious moments, consistently. When I turned on this show, I noticed right away that the exciting, fun, and tragic storylines from the first anime were extremely rushed and soulless. They inserted pointless humor and funny faces in scenes that were once treated with dignity, I found it a bit insulting.
Some things were done better, like the storyline where Alphonse assumed he was created by his brother, the fast pacing helped here, but I became so annoyed by above mentioned negatives, I no longer enjoyed the show enough to keep on watching.

Maybe I'll continue somewhere in the far future.