Ben-Hur (2010)

 I probably should have started with the original Ben-Hur with Charlton Heston, but I rented this one instead. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be and the music at the end was so modern it threw me from the time and place of the movie. It was pretty bloody, the whole thing, and the fights and the brothers and all... but I do get the Christian message. I would like to see the original Ben-Hur now, just to see a comparison.

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