A life-long favourite movie

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2013)

I think I must have seen this movie more than any other over the past 50 years.
I used to get taken to see it at the cinema and I can still hear what it sounded it like when watching on those giant screens.
The chariot race is immense and the whole movie, although quite long, never drags for me. It still moves me like it did when I was a kid.
It is a shame that modern audiences seem unable to appreciate it. Everything these days is so slick and full of CGI that it's just as "unreal" as the sea battle in this movie. I might seem old fashioned but any mention of CGI or 3D just takes me out of the mood in order to look for the "join". All my friends know that I don't want to hear about any CGI because then I think I may as well be watching a cartoon.
The was actual death during the filming of the chariot race and I think those who were injured or killed should be given huge billing for being part of one of the greatest movies ever made.
Now, will somebody please show it at a big screen cinema!