Ben-Hur | 8/19/16 | 7 minutes of Jack Reacher will play before the movie

[kayumanggi]

A chariot race exciting enough to evoke the one from 1959 still isn't enough to justify a sludgy and scattershot remake.

[kayumanggi]

.@BenHurMovie Review: Chariot Racer Swings Low in Overblown Remake https://t.co/AHF2yg1oQX pic.twitter.com/NqOKW9JzQ4

— TheWrap (@TheWrap) August 17, 2016

[Macleod]

Why is Variety calling this a "reboot"?   Like there would be a sequel to a nearly sixty year-old movie??

[Arlborn]

It actually has 3 fresh reviews to this one rotten on RT so far lol

[TalismanRing]

 

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Minus a hero who has the macho charisma to wrap a movie around him like he owned it, the new “Ben-Hur” is an oddly lackluster affair: sludgy and plodding, photographed (by Oliver Wood) in nondescript medium close-up, an epic that feels like a mini-series served up in bits and pieces. 

 

Doesn't sound macho, epic or Shay enough. 

[Morieris]

1 hour ago, Macleod said:

Why is Variety calling this a "reboot"?   Like there would be a sequel to a nearly sixty year-old movie??

 

Honestly If this was a success I absolutely imagined them having another one.....somehow.

 

 

& honestly 43% RT is exceeding my expectations. 

[Dementeleus]

I think this overperforms compared to expectations. Not enough to become a hit or anything, but I can see it getting close to 50m. 

[Arlborn]

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/ben-hur-review-bekmambetov-morgan-freeman-1201717615/

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Ben-Hur has the luxury to favor love, and his natural inclination is kindled by a handful of chance encounters with a hardbodied and heavily accented local carpenter (Rodrigo Santoro is Sexy Jesus).

That's all I'm here for.

 

 

[shayhiri]

1 hour ago, Arlborn said:

It actually has 3 fresh reviews to this one rotten on RT so far lol

 

First in the strings of victories of this glorious movie: much better reviews than expected!!

 

GO JESUS!!

Edited August 17, 2016 by shayhiri

[Morieris]

Spoiler

 

 

It's only a review video but spoilers, but honestly...this makes me want to see this sometime this weekend.

 

 

Edited August 17, 2016 by Morieris

[grim22]

I wonder what the IMAX rollout for this actually looks like. No IMAX theaters in SoCal have this playing on the IMAX screen this weekend. Same thing checking across more IMAX locations like Lincoln Square. I see that it has a few IMAX theaters in Kansas and Missouri currently but looks like it will have a very limited IMAX rollout.

[Morieris]

It didn't even hit our IMAX, still about 5 showings for SS.

[Lordmandeep]

I will watch this but at home

 

 

Such movies are usually decent time pass at home

[robertman2]

I saw an ad for a fucking video game based off of this thing

lol

[HesAPooka]

 

[Morieris]

To the surprise of absolutely no one besides whoever greenlit this.

 

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/08/17/movies-ben-hur-remake-universally-panned-set-to-be-summers-biggest-flop-with-possible-100-mil-loss

 

[Dementeleus]

15 minutes ago, Morieris said:

To the surprise of absolutely no one besides whoever greenlit this.

 

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/08/17/movies-ben-hur-remake-universally-panned-set-to-be-summers-biggest-flop-with-possible-100-mil-loss

 

 

Geez, Roger Friedman, talk about making up numbers out of your ass.  

[shayhiri]

1 hour ago, Morieris said:

To the surprise of absolutely no one besides whoever greenlit this.

 

http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/08/17/movies-ben-hur-remake-universally-panned-set-to-be-summers-biggest-flop-with-possible-100-mil-loss

 

 

Shoo. You can't mess with Jesus. Our Lord works in mysterious ways.

[shayhiri]

No, seriously!! Tell me ONE faith based movie that bombed!!

 

You can't. For Jesus delivers.

 

Edited August 17, 2016 by shayhiri

[Rthmessiah]

Just go watch the 1959 version, perf in cinemas doing a revival