'Ben-Hur' Blu-ray review

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… stars Charlton Heston as the Jewish prince, Judah Ben-Hur, during the time of Christ. Rome has taken over Judea, and Ben-Hur is recruited by Massala (Stephen Boyd) to quiet the rebellion against Rome. Ben-Hur refuses, and is thrown into slavery. However, he saves Arrius (Jack Hawkins), who adopts him as his son. In order to get his revenge on Massala for throwing his mother and sister into slavery with him, he decides to go against him in a chariot race. After the race, he and Esther (Haya Harareet) will later witness the Crucifixion of Christ, which moves him incredibly. Thanks to Wyler’s desire to make the film appeal to as wide an audience as possible, Christ’s role is a little more open. He staged the film so that people reacted to him, giving the audience a sense of Christ without shoving it in their face.

This all plays out over the course of the three and a half hours, which is so much that Warner actually spread the film over two Blu-ray discs. This is a great move because it allows the film to look as crisp and beautiful as a film made today. The incredible width of the film is even more pronounced on a wide screen television. It was shot at a 2.76:1 ratio, making it one of the widest films ever and allowing the chariot race, which is easily the best action scene ever filmed, an even more pronounced power. Movies today aren’t even made in that wide a ratio.

Unlike the …

Source: Time Out Chicago

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