Review of Ben-Hur (2016) by Clint G — 01 May 2017

This could possibly be because I haven't seen the original 1959 version of this film, but I found this movie to be a lot better than the majority found it to be. Almost everything about this movie was entertaining to me, so for that I have to give it credit where it is due.

The plot was a little condensed, as I could clearly tell this story was meant for either a book or a 3 hour plus movie, so the story kinda jumbles around a lot. However, there were some scenes in this movie that absolutely caught my attention, the slave scenes on the boat were beautifully done, and invigorating to watch.

I will admit the ending was a little hurried, and just ended pretty oddly and abruptly, but still, the scenes that were enjoyable were enough to make sure that ending didn't ruin the movie for me as much as it could have.

Jack Huston (Judah Ben-Hur) was great in this movie, he had to act out a variety of different circumstances, unlike some of the other characters who had a pretty blunt and flat personality, whereas this character was allowed to change drastically throughout the movie, and Huston executed that really well.

Are there some scenes that this movie rushes through? Sure. This movie might have a few parts that might leave the audience confused, but the overall story, and the way that story was executed in this movie was done quite to my amusement, so I have no choice but to go against the grain and say that "Ben-Hur" is definitely worth the watch.