I feel that the first major point that ties the movie together was summarized in a quote during the film from a servant girl towards Ben Hur. She states, "The stone that fell from this roof so long ago is still falling." I think she was talking about his rage towards Messala and how he still harbors it many years later. That stone symbolizes rage and how one man can continue to grasp it over such a small stone that fell so long ago. The Roman Rule was also very important to the plot of the movie. Messala talks about how the Romans are powerful and how they built roads and great m

This has been one of the best films I?ve seen that was produced before 1960. The acting lacked but the extraordinary scenes and visuals along with the intense plot easily made up for it. I would definitely recommend this film to anyone who has 3 ½ hours to spend watching a great movie.

This movie was historically acclaimed for its acting and length of film back in 1959. I researched the film online many times and found out many different things that other people talked about. I found out more information about the whole leprosy issue with Ben Hur?s mother and daughter. During the Roman rule, leprosy was a huge ordeal which led to Jesus healing people in a few certain cases. They treated leprosy like a plague that spread like wildfire; everything that a leper touched was considered infected and had to be cleaned. Other sites including textbooks suck as, ?Rome? include historical accuracies about the chariot races which took place in the mo

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