Ben-Hur remake

Never watched the first, read the wiki on first movie and the source book(s) .. I think its funny that the new movie director or whatever lauded the writer for re-writing the entire thing based MORE on the source material... lol?

Poor William Wyler, his movies deserve better then this.

If this makes any money at all Lawrence of Arabia is next and it will be a very sad day.

Fun fact: my late grandmother, when she was a child, saw a screening of the original Ben Hur. And I mean the 1925 silent film.

Having the 2016 version be close to the book is strange when you consider this part from the wikipedia article about 1959 film: "The screenplay differed more from the original novel than did the 1925 silent film version. Some changes made the film's storyline more dramatic. Others inserted an admiration for Jewish people (who had founded the state of Israel by this time) and the more pluralistic society of 1950s America rather than the "Christian superiority" view of Wallace's novel."

This movie make me feel like I have Ben-Hur, Done That.

Brad2770_sl said:

This movie make me feel like I have Ben-Hur, Done That.

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/groan

its interesting to see the 1959 trailer (Heston's version), the images just kind of really pop on screen and it all looks so colorful and gorgeous, whereas this version looks so CGI'd. Although the 1959 version has some amazingly bad acting



Its also kind of a super religious movie, especially near the end, wonder which direction this one goes in. Feels very Spartacus'ish in how Messala treats Ben-Hur's family.

While watching that trailer i couldn't decide what's more distracting: Rastafari Freeman or the excessive use of CGI.

spronk_sl said:

its interesting to see the 1959 trailer (Heston's version), the images just kind of really pop on screen and it all looks so colorful and gorgeous, whereas this version looks so CGI'd. Although the 1959 version has some amazingly bad acting



Its also kind of a super religious movie, especially near the end, wonder which direction this one goes in. Feels very Spartacus'ish in how Messala treats Ben-Hur's family.

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The book and the 50's movie both have the crucifixion and turning point of the main character whos life has been consumed with vengeance choosing to follow Christ and realize that vengeance was not the point, and him saving his captain from killing himself after the ship wreck, and saving his fellow gally slaves, and him being NOT chained - so I still don't see how the new movie is MORE like the book lol, hence my ...? above.

It does look like they got a lot of gladiator and Spartacus Rome hate going on and that seems to be the focus - I am sure the ending is overcoming the evils of Rome! not "Jesus' sacrifice showed me that vengeance and death is not the way."

Either way, if it spends a crap ton of money to be made it will be just like its daddy!