My Very Favorite Movie!!! MAGNIFICENT!!!

Rating: 10/10 (2 July 2003)

I find it somewhat difficult to describe why "BEN HUR" is indeed my favorite movie of all (I bought a good used two-volume set, and my son bought me the first DVD I ever owned: "BEN HUR"). Maybe it's because there are a number of reasons, some of which I probably can't think of at this time. When I see "BEN HUR" again - have already seen it more than once, I hope to write down the various reasons why I consider it such a MAGNIFICENT movie. Some of the reasons are: the TREMENDOUS ACTING; the INCREDIBLE CHARIOT RACE, especially for that time (1959); the BEAUTIFUL COLOR; the movie leaving me FEELING TERRIFIC, not sad, not depressed; the FANTASTIC STORY! My being a Christian makes this movie so very meaningful to me. For me, two of the GREATEST SCENES (among so very many) are where Jesus gives Ben Hur a drink of water, and the other - ABSOLUTELY THRILLING - is where Ben Hur gives Jesus a drink of water (someone commented on this web site about that scene causing them to have goose bumps)!!! It is great to know that scene affected someone else so deeply (and probably many, many others as well)! At this time I can't imagine there ever being a movie that would replace "BEN HUR" as my favorite movie of all time!!!