Long oldie seems short and timeless

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2015)

One of the great pillars of Hollywood, Ben-Hur is a must see for any movie lover no matter their religion, background or preference. The great leading man Charlton Heston commands an ensemble cast from his first scene to his last in what could be his finest performance. With every desert depicted and every splash filmed you feel it as an audience member. Like any great movie, this one makes you forget anything is around you. You are in a black void watching the adventure from above, pleading for characters lives and suffering and triumphing alongside them until the very end. If you like westerns, this is not it. If you like action films headed by a lone goliath of an actor this is not it either. This is an historical epic and yet so much more.