Epic...

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 2015)

There is only one word worthy enough to describe this movie, as I wrote on the title; EPIC. I watched this movie out of curiosity, and aiming for the IMDb badge. But it turns out that it was a very worthy experience. An epic adventure of almost four hour in duration, this movie was able to include many genres into it. There's the whole drama parts, where I see so many other revenge movies, also epic ones, take their inspiration from, such as The Count of Monte Cristo and even Gladiator. There's the great cinematography done on the ship battle scene and particularly the chariot race scene. And there's the touching moments time and time again where the story brushes with the story of the life of Jesus. The acting overall feels quite nice. Charlton Heston did well in giving definition to Judah Ben-Hur's character, as well as Stephen Boyd and Hugh Griffith in their respective characters. The other cast members also did well enough to attain such deep characters, supporting this colossal endeavor of a movie.