Benhur (Movie Rating:6.5/10)

Benhur (Movie Rating:6.5/10)

The Red Car is still in the Chariot race and this time Messala wins....jesting. 

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This remake is technically superior, better screenplay, more Jesus - sculpting furniture... and the Roman dresses are better still. Somewhere, unfairly though, you keep comparing... Is this as good as 12 Oscars.. Naaah...it's unfair. 

The Charioteers, their horses, the tension in the stables, stands and the Roman Quaestors & Prefects...the race is astounding with remarkable clarity... Morgan Freeman-ed... You've got to watch it to see how dissimilar and identical it is to the original with Charlton Heston and his white horses. 

Embedded everywhere, though very subtly, are the Star 🌟 of David, the preaching of Jesus, the scene at Calvary and Jews (oppressed by EVERYONE...). Slavery in the ships and the close shave worn death is shown well, with everything from Ramming, flooding galleys, pouring oil to ignition and succumbing to ocean drowning....well the protagonist has to win and so he survives... to return to Jerusalem and.... the ending is different. 

Fair attempt by all standards.