Reviewed By Abbie Bernstein
Rating: Three Stars
![]() “Troy” is
an especially odd historical epic. Much of what’s good about it comes
from
moments of narrative daring – things that are either so dramatic they
might have come from Shakespeare or so against conventional wisdom that you
have to admire the sheer guts of the attempt. Much of what’s wrong
with it comes from stretches of really problematic dialogue (it was not a
good idea to give Odysseus – the character whose name is the basis for
the type of tale called an “odyssey” – a voiceover including
the line, “If they ever tell my story …”) and a miscast
pivotal character.
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Gladiator
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jars of blazing oil slam into trees, inundating the warriors below with
liquid fire. War machines fire arrows the size of spears, shishkabobbing
men in fur cloaks. Gladiators dressed as minotaurs slam spiked balls into
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Ben-Hur
![]() “Ben-Hur” stands out among ‘50s Biblical epics. For
one thing, it won an armload of Oscars – 11 in all. There are a number
of films of that era that are true spectacles in terms of sheer production
value, but “Ben-Hur,” unlike most of its kindred, can boast
multi-faceted characters. The screenplay credited to Karl Tunberg (Gore
Vidal took an uncredited by acknowledged crack at it) from Lew
Wallace’s novel, is obviously a product of its day, but it holds up
extremely well and it’s a good deal more emotionally complex than,
say, “Gladiator.” It is also very long – 212 minutes –
and, in its DVD release, very wide. Transferred in its original 2.76:1
aspect ratio, “Ben-Hur” has one of the most extensive (from side
to side) and short (from top to bottom) images ever to grace the
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