Heston's Best!

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2006)

This is arguably the best movie ever! It's my favorite anyway. Of all movies I've seen, I've watched this one the most and, though it does contain a few small errors, I never grow tired of seeing it. There are some movies we've seen several times and they get worse with each subsequent viewing. This is not the case with Heston's Ben Hur.
It is a long one, but it keeps you pulled in for the entire show. What's more, the movie has a perfect balance of drama and action; moving fluently between the two. In addition, the scenes with actors displaying their emotions are superbly crafted...Wyler was a master at directing emotional sequences. Lastly, the message the movie sends transcends time. My only disappointment is the movie's fall in favor over the years...loosing ground to the likes of American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, and Sin City, to name a few. That's just plain disappointing.