This is a real epic film in my heart. "Ben-Hur" not only has the grand war scenes and historical background of other epic films, but it has not abandoned the exploration of human soul redemption. The film tells the story of Juda Ben-Hur, a Jew who was framed by a friend during the Roman Empire, and then endured humiliation and revenge. I originally knew about this film thanks to Titanic. When introducing "Titanic" on TV once, it said that it and "Ben-Hur" tied for the most Oscar-winning movies, with 11 awards. When I watched this film, I was already in my third year, because it was too long, so I never thought about watching it. When I watched it at the time, I thought it was just the routines of ordinary epic films: heroes suffer, resist, and die heroically. But when his friend who framed Ben-Hur in the film died, and the film was still long, I couldn't help but wonder, what else could this show? Then, slowly, I learned that revenge is not the theme of this epic. Even though the culprit who framed Ben-Hur was dead, Ben-Hur's family had no cure for the leprosy they contracted in prison. They had to wait to die in the valley of leprosy until that person, a young preacher, appeared.
The barbaric and brutal Roman Empire is notorious in history, and Jesus Christ happened to come here, this era. Hatred destroys yourself before destroying your enemies. That's why the godfather tells you: Don't hate your enemy, or you will make wrong judgment. Christianity taught people to be tolerant, compassionate, and repentant, and to free people in suffering. This is a film made in Christendom, and after watching it, I can better understand why this religion rules more than half of the world. The power of faith is great. As an atheist, I thought that believing in God, Buddha, and Allah was a sign of lack of scientific literacy, but now I really feel that people with faith are reliable. Such as the story told in "A Farewell". We Han people are often like scattered sand, and the Hui people and Tibetans around us are much more united than us, because they all share common and devout beliefs.
The most impressive scene: At the end of the film, Jesus was nailed to the cross, and then it rained in the sky, and the rain dripped on Ben-Hur's family and cured their leprosy.
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