Posted on 02/22/2016 11:43:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Some say the same of Bin Laden.
I really enjoyed “The Bible” mini series.
‘Exodus’ was bad. I was sitting next to a Jewish man on a flight to Warsaw. He started to watch ‘Moses’ and I told him “You’re better off just reading the book.” He didn’t really understand what I meant until he laughed at me about the comment when he finished the movie.
‘Noah’ was reprehensible. Rock people? Really? Rock people?
The director you never heard of before won the Oscar for best director last year.
THANKS for the heads-up. I won’t miss it.
Oh, I don’t know. Carol is not expected to win any Oscars this year and only did about $12 million at the box office. The critics loved it and when it was released, the movie had no legs and the Oscar buzz completely died.
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Nooooo!!!! My all-time favorite movie! No one could top Charlton Heston as Judah Ben Hur.
Only a bunch of liberals think they can remake a movie and do better the original that won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. Sort of like a remake of The Godfather, minus Brando.
And I want a REAL Chariot Race, not a CGI Chariot Race! :-) (One of my Favorite movies too!)
>>I refute that “Ben Hur†was a Christian movie; it had mass appeal and was simply a reflection of the Western Civilization from which it sprung.
People think of the chariot races when they think of Ben Hur, but it really is a Christian story. It is the story that many Christians live.
>>A remake is coming out this year. Yes, a remake.
Will the new Judah Ben-Hur be a strong black man, or an androgynous-hinting-at-homosexual vaguely causcasian person? Or will it be a proud Feminist?
Those are your only choices for the lead in most remakes these days.
Please see this movie. I saw it last night and better than expected. Beautiful scenery, shot in Spain, and excellent acting. Kudos to Sony.
It is supposed to be closer to the book than the 1959 version and will show Jesus more. It was supposed to be released in early 2016 and is now moved to late summer, which is not a good sign. Studios often dump movies in late summer they think are no good. I came across this by accident. There seems to be no buzz, nothing. No trailers yet.
We rarely go to the movies but I will definitely make an exception for this great sounding film.
But, the release date has been moved to late summer of this year and no buzz at all. No trailers. I have read that late summer can be a dumping ground for films studios have no faith in (no pun intended).
Who knows? We may be pleasantly surprised. I agree Charlton Heston was an amazing Judah Ben Hur and that lady (I don't know her name), Judah's "love interest" is absolutely mesmerizing to me.
Ben Hur was written in 1880, long before our Masters of Western Civ corrupted things. Author Wallace, in his memoirs, said
The Christian world would not tolerate a novel with Jesus Christ its hero, and I knew it ... He should not be present as an actor in any scene of my creation. The giving a cup of water to Ben-Hur at the well near Nazareth is the only violation of this rule ... I would be religiously careful that every word He uttered should be a literal quotation from one of His sainted biographers
>>> Is it as good as Passion?
Not nearly as riveting and wrenching as Passion. Much more intellectual, as in Clavius trying to make sense of various testimonies and evidentiary discrepancies.
Mrs. XEHRpa and I enjoyed it very much.
I will have to check it out then.
>>> And I want a REAL Chariot Race, not a CGI Chariot Race!
The scene where the rider flips over the front of the chariot before climbing back in (don’t recall if that was the Ben Hur character) was actually a near death scene of the stuntman, but they kept the cameras rolling.
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