“Review” -Good movie.

-Masala and George Bush both say either you are with me or against me, hmm..

-In the last scenes pontius pilot actually seems a little reasonable and Ben Hur a little hard headed. But oppressive governments never last.

-The thunder storm after the cricifiction seems to have a vindictive mood and takes away from the Christ’s message. Of course Christ’s message is entirely lost in modern Christianity, where soldiers are allowed to be Christian.

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A jewish nobleman in palestine is drawn into a heroic odyssey that includes enslavement by the romans a bold escape from an embattled slave gallery vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot and fateful encounters with jesus christ. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 01/16/2007 Starring: Charlton Heston Hugh Griffith Run time: 222 minutes Rating: G Director: William Wyler

Ben-Hur scooped an unprecedented 11 Academy Awards? in 1959 and, unlike some later rivals, richly deserved every single one. This is epic filmmaking on a scale that had not been seen before and is unlikely ever to be seen again. But it’s not just running time or a cast of thousands that makes an epic, it’s the subject matter, and here the subject–Prince Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his estrangement from old Roman pal Messala (Stephen Boyd)–is rich, detailed, and sensitively handled. Director William Wyler, who had been a junior assistant on MGM’s original silent version back in 1925, never sacrifices the human focus of the story in favor of spectacle, and is aided immeasurably by Miklos Rozsa’s majestic musical score, arguably the greatest ever written for a Hollywood picture. At four hours it’s a long haul (especially given some of the portentous dialogue), but all in all, Ben-Hur is a great movie, best seen on the biggest screen possible. –Mark Walker

Cinema at its Best
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Ben Hur at 50 still nifty!
Recently I have been watching some movies that were big in the year I was born…1959. This one is definitely in the top 10! A story of redemption, betrayal,anger and oh yes,a chariot race! Charlton Heston was first rate in this classic William Wyler movie. 212 minutes of classic cinema. After 50 years Ben Hur has stood as a monument to great movie making! Bravo! :) …more info

A Masterpiece of High Scale
Who doesn’t like Ben-Hur? It’s just one of the greatest movies ever made. This edition of the movie is actually really good! It has an hour long documentary on it! This movie truly deserved its 11 Oscars! I give the movie and the dvd 5 stars, however, you should buy the 4-disc edition….more info