I recently watched this again and the violence depicted in this film is pretty hard core for 1959. I'm really surprised they let this fly back then.
Ben-Hur (1959) - 8 outta 10 stars
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Reply by tmdb53400018
on October 16, 2021 at 8:25 AM
Oh man, I still remember the slaves in the bottom of the ship when the ship was sinking..... they're trying to get the chains off of their legs and the skin around the chains is......
Yeah, hardcore.
Reply by movie_nazi
on October 16, 2021 at 9:52 AM
Yes! That is actually the scene that really made me go "Ugh!" . Also when they are exiting the below deck of the ship, it looks like one of the slaves is missing a recently severed hand.
Reply by movie_nazi
on October 16, 2021 at 9:56 AM
Yes but times have indeed changed and you are more than likely to see a film condemn the Israelites for practicing slavery than to simply gloss over it like in Ben-Hur when Esther comes to ask permission for marriage since she is technically owned by Judah. Sure, he freed her but if Judah is such a good guy why not free them and hire them as free men in the first place? These were people he claimed to love.
Reply by movie_nazi
on October 16, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Oh man, too funny!