epic saga

Daphney 2022-04-20 09:01:17

If my dad didn't know where to download this movie and tell me that it was super classic and won 11 Oscars that year, I probably wouldn't be interested in watching this movie. But after reading it, I feel that 3 hours and 40 minutes of my life are not wasted. It should have been given 5 stars, but one is missing because I'm slightly disgusted by the religious theme of the film.
In an era without computer special effects, it was still shocking that the movie had such a momentum. BEN-HUR's whole life has been holding people's attention tightly, and it doesn't make people feel that the movie is too long. But what interests me most about the film is its depiction of Rome. I don't know if it's historically accurate, but let's assume it's relatively faithful to history.
First of all, the Romans seemed to be godless at the time, thinking that Caesar was the symbol of supreme power. Westerners seem to always think that people who do not believe in God are terrifying and immoral, so when they hear the atheistic COMMUNISM, they feel terrified.
Secondly, the warship that BEN-HUR stayed for 3 years and 1 month reminded me of DEMOCRACY. If a warship is a country, it must have a dark bottom and a "free" deck. If there is no inhuman treatment of death row prisoners in the bottom, the warship will have no combat effectiveness. In Rome, too, the liberties and rights of citizens could not be guaranteed without the sacrifice of numerous slaves. The same is true in today’s society. It’s just that people have invented various machines to do things that people used to do, and people may be freed to pursue higher-level things. So the degree of industrialization and the progress of democracy are closely related.
There is also the treatment of lepers. BEN-HUR thinks it is very inhumane and angry that the Roman government isolates lepers in the Valley of Leprosy, does not allow them to have contact with the society and does not give them any rights. This should be a no-brainer. Any government in any place treats infectious diseases like a formidable enemy. Until there is no definite cure, only isolation can prevent the spread of the disease. Of course, it may be possible to build some leprosy hospitals with better facilities for them, but isolation is inevitable. The fact that he brought two contagious people to a densely populated city is actually quite irresponsible, although it is also quite touching.

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Extended Reading
  • Lane 2022-04-23 07:01:26

    This film is the film that has won the most Oscars, and it has not been broken so far, with 12 nominations and 11 wins. It was not until the release of "Titanic" in 1997 that this record was tied. With over $15 million in investment, it was the most expensive movie of its time. In order to shoot the film, more than 300 sets were built on more than 900 acres of land, the most exquisite of which was the arena used for chariot races, which was the largest set at the time, costing more than $1 million, and a 9-minute chariot The competition is the climax of the film, and now it seems that it is still fierce and breathtaking

  • Megane 2022-03-22 09:01:21

    The epic masterpiece, the magnificent scene is not inferior to today's blockbuster. . . Love is always a more powerful and charismatic force than violence, hallelujah

Ben-Hur quotes

  • [last lines]

    Judah Ben-Hur: Almost at the moment He died, I heard Him say, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

    Esther: Even then.

    Judah Ben-Hur: Even then. And I felt His voice take the sword out of my hand.

    [Miriam and Tirzah appear at the top of the stairs; Judah goes up to them, sees that they have been miraculously healed; they embrace each other]

  • Esther: Oh, Judah, rest. Sleep. For a few hours of the night, let your mind be at peace.

    Judah Ben-Hur: [bitterly] Peace! Love and peace. Do you think I don't long for them as you do? Where do you see them?

    Esther: If you had heard this man from Nazareth...

    Judah Ben-Hur: Balthasar's word.

    Esther: He is more than Balthasar's word. His voice traveled with such a still purpose... It was more than a voice... a man more than a man! He said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God."

    Judah Ben-Hur: Children of God? In that dead valley where we left them? I tell you every man in Judea is unclean, and will *stay* unclean, until we've scoured off our bodies the crust and filth of being at the mercy of tyranny. No other life is possible except to wash this land clean!

    Esther: In blood?

    Judah Ben-Hur: Yes, in blood!

    Esther: I know there is a law in life, that blood gets more blood as dog begets dog. Death generates death, as the vulture breeds the vulture! But the voice I heard today on the hill said, "Love your enemy. Do good to those who despitefully use you."

    Judah Ben-Hur: So all who are born in this land hereafter can suffer as we have done!

    Esther: As you make us do now! Are we to bear nothing together? Even love?

    Judah Ben-Hur: I can hardly draw breath without feeling you in my heart. Yet I know that everything I do from this moment will be as great a pain to you as you have ever suffered. It is better not to love me!

    Esther: It was Judah Ben-Hur I loved. What has become of him? You seem to be now the very thing you set out to destroy, giving evil for evil! Hatred is turning you to stone. It is as though you had become Messala!

    [Judah looks at Esther, shocked]

    Esther: [sadly] I've lost you, Judah.