Ben-Hur with Andrew Horneman

This movie is EPIC. It defines epic. And it clearly influenced both George Lucas and John Williams, because some of the scenes and score clips are obvious precursors to the Star Wars saga. But is it fun to watch? It was with Andrew, who developed an insta-crush on Charlton Heston's body that sustained him for almost the entire 3 hours and 45 minutes. For me? Well, it's a lot of men, manning around, plus 250% of your recommended daily allowance of Jesus. The movie still holds the record for the most Oscars (in a three-way tie with Titanic and LOTR), and it's obvious to see why it gave Hollywood a hard-on. The chariot race still holds up, and some of the crowd sequences stuffed with thousands of extras are spectacular. That said, the Best Supporting Actor that year was for a white guy in this movie who plays an Arab by wearing dark bronze makeup and affecting a thick accent and silly manner, so ... it's still a 1950s movie, through and through. Strap in, because it took us a while to cover all the Ben in this Hur movie.

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