| 1 | [[YMMV/BenHur1925 1925 Film]] | [[YMMV/BenHur1959 1959 Film]] | [[YMMV/BenHur2016 2016 Film]] |
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| 3 | * AwesomeMusic: The Charlton Hestor version. And for good reason did it win an academy award for Best Score. |
| 4 | * HoYay: |
| 5 | ** The novel hints at Messala partaking in homosexuality. There is a chapter of Messala being in a Roman orgy with no female presence. Boys are included, however. |
| 6 | ** An AnimatedAdaptation that was made between the two Heston films featured Messala at one point referring to Drusus as "My Drusus." Of course, he previously refers to Drusus in the same scene as "Drusus, my friend." so whether or not there is something between them or if there are other men of that name present (and given Roman naming conventions, there likely is) that he is on less friendly terms with is up to interpretation. Likewise, early in the adaptation, Judah refers to Messala as "my Messala", when referring to him before he left for Rome, though this is again mitigated by the fact that he is speaking to someone from a culture with only so many names. |
| 7 | * IAmNotShazam: ''Ben-Hur'' is just a title to the character, whose name is Judah. It is a familial title, ''Ben'' translated as "Son of...". In the story, the title is rarely used as a sole reference, except when mentioned in full: Judah Ben-Hur. |
| 8 | * MisaimedFandom: Many have mistakenly believed that Judah Ben-Hur is an actual character in the New Testament. |
| 9 | * NightmareFuel: The sea battle definitely brings WarIsHell to mind. |
| 10 | * SignatureScene: The chariot race. So much so that early stage versions of the novel had it as the climax, which later film versions followed suit until [[Film/BenHur1959 1959]], despite the real resolution to Ben-Hur's story being later, much later in the novel. The races in the [[Film/BenHur1925 1925]] and 1959 versions are justly remembered as among the most spectacular film sequences ever made, with only practical effects at that. |
| 11 | * ValuesResonance: The story's conflict is just as relevant today as it was then. Judah and Messala tragically becoming enemies due to their differing ideologies is all the more applicable in the era of partisan politics. |
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