BEN-HUR (1959) Movie REACTION! (Part 2) 

True. A masterpiece. Just the chariot race alone.

65 years of age?? You are OLD AS well as ancient!!!❤❤LOL I AM 65 ALSO

I mostly agree. Only segment of this film that really looks outdated to me was naval battle. I saw silent version of Ben Hur from 1925 and it's naval battle was vastly better. But as for the rest of the film, it holds up phenomenal. Settings look like real places, unlike for example Ten Commandments.

Only equalled by Titanic, but this movie got most for the acting nods.

"The Ten Commandments" is cheesy and doesn't compare to "Ben Hur."

@@willardchi2571In no way is it "cheesy".

@willardchi2571 I respect your opinion & right to voice it..Although many others (Including myself) Don't agree with it & the movie establishment/industry/critics didn't & still don't agree with that as well.

@Akihito007 100% Agreed & Thanks for sharing your veiw on it.

@@willardchi2571 "The Ten Commandments" is an epic movie. I believe there are a lot of top tier knowledgeable movie industry professionals that hold TTC in very high regard. Martin Scorsese considers TTC as one of his cinema favorites. In 1978 he stated he had watched TTC around 40 - 50 times.

This already is a remake.

Yep. Like Point Break and Roadhouse.

Unfortunately it was...and the remake sank without trace..a blasphemy

This exceptional film IS a remake, and the original 1925 film (which technically is a remake of a 1907 film) is also exceptional and stands on its own as well. Granted, most remakes are horrible, but this was the rare case where the 1925 version and the 1959 version are both legendary classics. I love both of them, and while they obviously share the same characters and plots, they are quite different as well. Thank God this great film was remade, now we have two great films of the same story. Most films are taken from novels and even plays, and those stories are remade and performed by countless different people, so don't get too hung up on the marketing aspect of remade films. Besides, we as viewers can choose which sequels or re-makes we want to acknowledge or those we want to ignore. Jaws 4 :The Revenge, possibly the worst film ever made that had a budget and is actually comedic gold and worth watching once in a while it's so bad, does not diminish the original Jaws (a legendary great film) one iota. The absurdity and train wreck of Nick Cage's The Wicker Man cannot diminish the 1973 original classic.

Agree. Agree. Agree!

I did a Google and about 100 horses were killed. I thought there would be few but nothing like that. Apparently the second unit director would have a horse shot if it was just limping rather than call a vet. Much different times.

The bounce up and over the rail on the chariot was the result of Charlton Heston's stunt double purposely not wearing the safety strap tying him to the chariot. He said it was uncomfortable and thought it wasn't needed.Only his being dexterous enough to land his feet on the tongue of the chariot and simultaneously leaping out of the way of the chariots and other horses kept him from getting seriously injured. He got a serious tongue lashing from the stunt coordinator though. His name was Joe Canutt and the stunt coordinator was his father, famed stuntman/coordinator Yakima Canutt.

Many of the stunts were inspired by the great chase scene in _Stagecoach (1939)_

@@ronweber1402 The 1925 silent version went through about 150.

​@@ronweber1402 That totally bogus statement is frequently repeated on the internet Over 100 horses were killed in making the 1925 silent version. No horses died in this version.

Held the record for several decades. It is still unsurpassed but by now has two equals in Titanic and Return of the King.

One of three films I know him from the others being “Fantastic Voyage” and “The Man who Never Was”

@@shawnmiller4781 He also played the lead in Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), which costarred Sophia Loren. They wanted Charlton Heston, but he turned down the offer, because he didn't want to work with Loren a second time after starring with her in El Cid (1961).

Very talented actor.

@@aaaht3810 It's a real shame that Boyd was not nominated for an acting award for his portrayal of Messala. He MADE the role a realty, to be sure.

Every time.

I cry, as well.

Same

Wish she'd wipe the grease off her face, it's bad look.

@@ckobo84….You’re an idiot.

It’s a real relief!

The Oscars for "Return Of The King" were an acknowledgement of the entire three film trilogy, and they were very much earned. I agree "Titanic" wasn't the greatest, but the LOTR trilogy was. Still the best films of this century, now along with "Oppenheimer", which is true film craft.

Only two movies made my U.S. Marine father shed a tear to my memory. This one, when Juda sees his mother and sister at the top of the staircase, and Boys Town (1938) when little Pee Wee gets hit by the car. I, on the other hand, wear my heart on my sleeve.

I wonder why Ten Commandments is an Easter movie? It has got nothing to do with Jesus (PBUH). Probably to please the ziopig lobby in US.

I understand the stunt double broke his arm and a few ribs in that scene.

I love that film and have a copy. Also international VELVET done in 1977 is a quite fitting sequel.

Miklós Rózsa. Hungarian -American composer.

Its a magnificent soundtrack.

He did many. My favorite is for "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940)@@Straun30

@@alanfoster6589 I was shocked the first time I watched Thief of Baghdad, it was basically Disneys Aladin almost stroke by stroke

TofB won two Academy Awards. Best evil grand vizir ever, impossible to beat genie (Hollywood kept giving Rex Ingram exotic roles beause they didn't know what else to do back then with a powerful black actor), uneven but often amazing sfx...a grand film. @@Straun30

I especially love the theology of this movie: that the power of Jesus can be seen in watching how an encounter with God affects people's lives. Even people who do not see Jesus himself can see what his Presence can do.

Same here 😂

Yakima Canute was the stunt coordinator but his son, Joe Canute, doubled for Chuck Heston in the famous jump scene. He removed the safety ring against the direction of his father. Of course, it looked so fantastic that it was incorporated into the movie, and as you state they filmed a follow up shot of Heston climbing back in.

El Cid would be a great one to watch

Yup. I was lucky enough to have seen this in the theater. It was amazing then and now, the way that was filmed and edited. It's enjoying watching someone else enjoying the same films I grew up with. She has a great channel.

Hear hear! Yes, this is a good list. I would probably add Quo Vadis

Spatracus is the most Intelligent Epic of the lot!

@@Straun30 Another good choice.

@@jamesalexander5623 I think it is too.

All of these would be great. I’d also love to see a reaction to the original Robin Hood as well as Ivanhoe with Elizabeth Taylor (1952). Both have good action sequences. Not as epic as this one but still lots of fun.

I think that was his last cinematic foray before he passed. Unless you count Bowling for Columbine (which I don't).

Mine as well. I feel most men can relate to this interpretation of Barabbas....... 💯

Indeed. Has the best non-special, special effect ever....

Wallace played a key role in the Battle of Shiloh and was promoted to major general at the age of 34. And yea, he lived a pretty amazing life.

The thing about Wallace is that his contribution to Shiloh was late in coming (he took the wrong fork in the road), and so many men who might have otherwise survived the battle lost their lives instead. It was the bloodiest battle of the war thus far and someone had to be thrown under the ox-cart, and it unfairly ended up being Wallace. His account of Judah's betrayal by a friend who knew better but stood to gain from duplicity grew in part out of that injustice. 😮 😠

Interesting. 👍 I did not know of this.

No, first equaled in 1998 by Titanic, and then equaled again in 2004 by LOTR: The Return of the King. ROTK was the a clean sweep where Ben-Hur and Titanic were nominated for 12 and 14 Oscars respectively. So these 3 movies tie for most wins at 11.

As stated in the other comment, it has been tied twice. Also, let's not forget that unlike "Titanic" and "Return of the King", "Ben-Hur" won an Oscar in the Best Acting category. If you were to score the Oscars weighted by the importance of the award, "Ben-Hur" is still unmatched.

That is correct and besides, 11 oscars out of 12 wins over 11 out of 14.

I think some of the sets from an early movie about the Ancient world, possibly the 1925 "Ben Hur," were discovered a few years ago burited under many feet of sand. I think the site was being excavated as if it were an archaeological dig.